Hot Pic: An Inspired Sitting Room

 

This week's Hot Pic on Pinterest comes from Hutton Wilkinson's home in Beverly Hills. Killer. Makes me reconsider my ode to white spaces from last week! Are any of you schizophrenic when it comes to color and decor? Some days all I want is simple and New England stark and then I see a space like Mr. Wilkinson's above and it just ticks all my boxes. Love the color palette first off. Love the two colors and various shades of each. Love the antiques with the amazing pow of the wall treatment. Love, love love the tiny bergere. Marie Antoinette meets the follies bergere! The wallcovering is based on a painting by Tony Duquette's wife Elizabeth.

This house is situated next to Dawnridge, the late decorator Tony Duquette's amazing house. Hutton Wilkinson worked for Mr. Duquette and continues to nurture his brand and style.

Here's the living room Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson. Rowrrr! 

The view through the master bedroom.

Another view of our Hot Pic room which is Ruth Wilkinson's room and below a final look at the first image.

At first glance, the living room may seem completely at odds with this exuberant but more muted sitting room, but when all the photos are viewed together, the color story becomes more clear.

The inspiration painting: Elizabeth Duquette (American, 1917-1995) Classical figures in an interior; Classical figures with attendants, mid 20th Century (2) gouache on masonite, each signed Elizabeth Duquette lower right and further signed on the reverse. dimensions 14 x 16in (35.5cm x 40.5cm) 

Another Elizabeth Duquette: Pair of gouaches on masonite, Monumental Decorative Panels, circa 1950, by Elizabeth Duquette (American, 1917-1994), 10'h x 4'w. Provenance: Estate of Leona Helmsley

Photos by Christopher Sturman for Harper's Bizarre.