Incollect Magazine Issue 7

Incollect Magazine 35 LA STORY In the airy and expansive living room of a Southern California couple who embrace the avant-garde, Sara Story created a softly subdued palette for surfaces and fabrics to allow full appreciation of her clients’ large-scale artworks. Sara designed three seating groups: at the rear, a formal 4-sided arrangement with facing settees and pair of vintage Osvaldo Borsani swivel armchairs. Jacques Mizrahi’s 1971 “Tertiaire” brushed steel floor lamp, a 1950s Scandinavian Modern birch floor lamp by Alf Svensson, “Plug” black oak and alabaster cocktail table by Rick Owens and a vintage biomorphic side table add their distinctive forms to the mix. Artworks are by Sam Falls and Brenna Youngblood. In the middle section of the room, a grand travertine fireplace surround hosts works by Ed Ruscha, with an adjoining conversation circle of lounge chairs and Note Design Studio’s “Black Bolt Stool.” The “Spider Jewel” carved onyx and bronze chandelier by Achille Salvagni draws attention upward, balancing the strongly horizontal space. The third seating area has an inviting sectional sofa positioned to enjoy the back yard view beyond a glass wall. A curated selection of accessories contributes notes of color and texture, with a collection of contemporary ceramics displayed on tabletops across the room. The set of brass fireplace tools was designed by Austrian Modernist Carl Auböck. Photo by Roger Davies