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“I always like to juxtapose a space with modern and then bring in more antiques,” Sherry says. “It’s all about the mix.” After installing a two-story-high collage wall featuring collected vintage
photo-graphs, lithograph prints, antlers, and more, coupled with a modern tulip
table, Philippe Starck Victoria Ghost and French antique wingback chairs, a
cowhide rug, and a custom oversize sofa, Sherry began working on her master
bedroom. Her goal with the approximately 500-square-foot space was “to make it functional. I knew it would be a space that we wouldn’t really use for clients, but it wouldn’t be a communal space either,” she says. “It’s really about making it multifunctional, but I also wanted it to be a calming
getaway space.”
One obstacle to overcome: With an open loft master bedroom, the two-story
windows allowed for a direct view into the bedroom area from the outside. To
achieve multifunctional meets serene and privacy, Sher ry installed a large
velvet floor-to-ceiling drape on a ceiling mount rod. “Day to day the drape is open,” she says, “but at night you can close it and it really makes a great cocoon.”
The bed, though, is what truly creates the calming vibe of the bedroom. When
Sherry purchased the antique French button-tufted headboard seven years ago,
she knew someday there would be a home for it, not knowing that it would be her
own. The pink satin headboard “creates a softness adding to that cocoon feel,” she says. With the neutral walls serving as a backdrop for the soft color
palette, Sherry put to work her trademark design of juxtaposing different
styles and textures. While the fabric headboard is of French boudoir style, the glass side tables,
from Worlds Away and Arteriors Home, evoke a more sophisticated yet
contemporary look. “I didn’t want typical heavy wood nightstands,” says Sherry. “I always like to mix in bits of glamour. It adds that sparkle of light when the
sun shines through the window, but they also disappear so it keeps the space
light and airy.”
The antlers above the bed offer an organic touch, while the bedding from
Anthropologie evokes the calm and serene feel. “I love to juxtapose organic and found objects with the glamour of more refined
pieces in a room,” says Sherry.
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To add to the multifunctional space, Sherry utilized an open area of the loft
bedroom by adding a desk from West Elm, an iron zebra bench, and a silver star
mirror at the top of the stairs to serve as another workstation.
To offset the calm and serenity in the master bedroom, Sherry looked to the
bathroom to make a dramatic design statement. “I love faces as opposed to full body art, and I’ve always loved portraiture,” says Sherry. “I felt like this was a great opportunity to showcase our painting and faux
capabilities that we can do for walls.”
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So instead of wallpapering or painting the bathroom, Sherry pored over some of
the work McDermott had drawn in the past, and “I had her draw something up. We knew we wanted it to stay monochromatic: gray,
cream, black, and silver.” The result: A large portrait—it took McDermott 18 hours to complete it—provides a pop to the otherwise drab, small bath.
Never one to crowd a space, Sherry used minimal
accessories in the bathroom: an iron ladder, which is generally an architectural display element, serves as a towel rack. Opposed to overhead lighting, Sherry placed a small lamp on an Asian garden stool to provide ambient light to the small bath. “Using predictable things in unpredictable ways,” says Sherry. Now six months after moving in, Sherry feels at home in her second live/work
space. “I wanted the bedroom to be a peaceful retreat,” she says. “Life is too short to not have fun and break the rules of traditional design. I
always say, the only rule is that there are no rules.”
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