CHICAGO - Even though have been curbing social media use as much as possible as per this year's New Year's Resolutions, it is still a part of my work, and happily there are still some lovely and inspiring things to be found from time to time. Such was the utterly stunning home of Chicago-based artist, designer and tastemaker Josh Young.
“The place had really fallen to wreck and ruin,” says Sara, standing by the open fridge. “But it was a chic disaster,” Paul adds. “Part of the appeal of the house is that the people who lived here had such great style.”“The place had really fallen to wreck and ruin,” says Sara, standing by the open fridge. “But it was a chic disaster,” Paul adds. “Part of the appeal of the house is that the people who lived here had such great style.”
THERE IS SOMETHING utterly charming about John Derian's eclectic Manhattan apartment. It is one of those fascinating spaces where one could get lost for hours in another world—a world where French armchairs and Italian armoires co-exist, where a Swedish wall and Transylvanian linens intermingle comfortably side by side. There is a 19th-century canopy bed, open shelves filled with 18th-21st-century dishware, scatterings of area rugs and a well-worn chesterfield, oil paintings and other artwork, moody grey walls and plenty of wood, all bathed in a smokey, dusky light...