Trend Report: Santa Monica
written by studio gabrielle
Famed American designer Kelly Wearstler’s latest project with long-standing collaborator, Proper Hotels, follows hot on the heels of the success of both the San Francisco and Hollywood branches to which she lent her inimitable interiors.
since the hotel launched in 2019, we have spotted a wave of vintage furniture adorned spaces with polished plaster surfaces inspired by wearstler’s work and the Californian coastline.
credit: Taylr Anne Castro
“The Santa Monica Proper epitomises Wearstler’s signature seamless style.”
The Santa Monica Proper epitomises Wearstler’s signature seamless style while honouring the monolithic building’s Spanish Colonial Revival roots. The “presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design” does not disappoint in her flawless integration of the refined and re-used, typified by Wearstler’s inclusion of a pair of fan-shaped bamboo wall lights, designed by iconic German industrial designer Ingo Maurer, she happened to come across at a Paris flea market.
Many other articles of furniture that grace the hotel were sourced from vintage stores. These unique fragments of design history sit alongside contemporary counterparts to form an eclectic, somewhat collagist, whole. Wearstler also incorporated original works by up-and-coming LA artists and artisans including Morgan Peck, Tanya Aguiniga and Len Klikunas in her re-imagining of a decadent desert dream.
above (left to right, clockwise): Console by Maurizio Mariani
For Vivai Del Sud / Modular Sofa by Percival Lafer / Soriana Two Seat Sofa By Afra E Tobia Scarpa For Cassina / Celio Throw by soho home
above (left to right, clockwise): 1950s Tubular Chrome Lounge Chair / Teak Wardrobe by Sebastian Muggenthaler / Set of three wall lamps by Ennio Chiggio / tiered occasional table by Gabriella Crespi / table by Tuomas Markunpoika / RAKU YAKI BAR CABINET BY EMMANUELLE SIMON / Lana Dining Chair by Christian Siriano
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