This Former “Basic White Box” Now Has Moody, English Countryside Vibes
ABOUT THIS TOUR
HOME TYPE: Apartment
LOCATION: Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York
STYLE: Maximalist, Traditional, Vintage
BEDROOMS: 1
SQUARE FEET: 700
Photographer Jacqueline Clair has an eye for capturing great design — but she’s also got design skills, as evidenced by this 700-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment on New York’s Upper East Side she rented for two years. Though she recently moved from this place, it has too many brilliant ideas not to share.
“I think the biggest challenge was taking what was your basic white box and turning it into a space that had charm and character,” Jacqueline writes. “I was very inspired by English designers like Louise Roe and Carlos Garcia and wanted to create a kind of lived-in, slightly moody, English countryside vibe with chintz, brown furniture, and vintage pieces.”
Jacqueline achieved impressive English countryside vibes by adding key pieces to her furniture collection, like an étagère and circa-1940s English reproduction side table she found at a thrift store on Long Island, a gilt mirror from an antique store in the Hamptons, a beautifully detailed tole lamp, and lots of on-theme vintage items she’s collected over the years.
However, mixing many floral motifs and patterns also helped the English countryside vibes. Jacqueline worked with interior designer Jennifer Hunter to help, and she sourced floral patterns and fabrics.
“With Jen’s help, I had two little benches that my mom found years ago at yard sales reupholstered, and we were able to give them new life. Another great vintage find was the dining chairs — an absolute steal at Housing Works for only $5 each, and 50% off that! Their swirled arms are reminiscent of the chairs in the Rose Reading Room at the New York Public Library. Those were restored and reupholstered in a gorgeous brown Veere Grenney for Schumacher fabric that I absolutely love …
“I also incorporated my grandma’s old brown wood bookshelf and a vintage dresser my mom found years ago — these pieces have traveled with me from apartment to apartment over the years,” Jacqueline explains. “When you have those classic, timeless pieces, you just take them from place to place, and they always work.”
Resources
PAINT & COLORS
Bedroom — Farrow and Ball “Pink Ground”
Living Room/kitchen — Farrow and Ball “Lichen”
ENTRY
Large scale art — Kayce Hughes https://www.kaycehughes.com/
Bench — Vintage reupholstered in Lee Jofa Althea in Citron
Flush Mount — Alexa Hampton for Visual Comfort
Lamp — Pooky
LIVING ROOM
Sofa — Maiden Home Carmine
Pillows — Soane Britain Scrolling Fern in Chestnut made by Stuck on Hue
Lee Jofa Althea in Blush
Chair — Custom in Lee Jofa Althea Blush
Chair pillow — Sister Parish Dolly in Pink
Side tables — Both vintage
White lamp — Pottery Barn with a shade from KRB
Modern lamp — West Elm
Gilded mirror — Vintage
Paper geranium — Papier Fleurs
Floor lamp — Vintage with Cruel Mountain Designs scalloped rattan shade
Spatter vase — the ARK Elements
Dining Table — Ballard Designs
Pink candleholders – Violet Rose Living
Dining Chairs — Vintage, reupholstered in Veere Grenney for Schumacher Folly in Berber Brown
Etagere — Vintage
White bench — Vintage, upholstered in Schumacer Cabanon Stripe in Rouge
Drapery — Custom Schumacher Cabanon Stripe in Rouge
KITCHEN
Flush mount — Alexa Hampton for Visual Comfort
BEDROOM
Dresser — Vintage
Dresser Lamps — Serena and Lily with scallop rattan shades from Cruel Mountain
Large scale art above dresser — Caitlin McGauley original
Small painting on dresser — Alexis Walter original
Small painting gold stand — Jayson Home
Pillar candlesticks — Ben Pentreath
Pink taper candles — Candle Flair
Obelisk — Parvum Opus
Desk — Pottery Barn
Desk chair — Vintage reupholstered with Schumacher fabric
Swivel chair — Society Social Stevie upholstered in Brunschwig & Fils Les Touches in Sand
Pillow on swivel chair — Custom through Etsy in Colefax and Fowler Bowood
Headboard — Serena and Lily Pondicherry headboard reupholstered in Colefax and Fowler Bowood
Curtains — Colefax and Fowler Bowood made through Shade Store
Large scale blue art — Christina Baker
Stool — Society Social
Pharmacy lamp — Lamps Plus
Gold lamp on desk — Nate Berkus (no longer available)
Art above desk — Inslee Fariss, Caitlin McGauley, Kayce Hughes, Christina Baker, my own via my Etsy shop
Duvet cover and shams — Sarah K Designs London
Sheets — Hill House Home
Nightstands — Pottery Barn
Bedside lamps — Ballard Designs with shades from KRB
Quilt — Nine and Sixteen Home
VESTIBULE
Flush Mount — Anthropologie
Wallpaper — Society Social faux grasscloth peel and stick in Wheat
Green Art — Evelyn Elizabeth Ball
Floral Art — Inslee Fariss
BATHROOM
Wallpaper — Caitlin McGauley New York City
Thanks Jacqueline!
This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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