Ready to explore more beautiful houses in New York, Los Angeles, and Connecticut? Open House host Sara Gore offers viewers a peek into several distinct properties that calm and inspire!
Kicking things off is Ippolita Rostagno, a jewelry designer and founder of Artemest known for her bold designs, takes #OpenHouseTV inside her live-work townhouse this weekend on @NBC. Tune in to explore this stunning Park Slope home and studio, which features an original structure that has been modernized and is juxtaposed with decorative art and furnishings. ✨ Prepare to be inspired by her maximalist aesthetic, which she describes as “simplicity meets Baroque details,” as well as joyful touches (such as the dining area in her serene garden and the commissioned Florentine mirror in her bedroom) that pay homage to her Italian culture.
Next, Chaz Dean, an in-demand celebrity hairstylist and founder of WEN hair and skin products, embraces all three when it comes to creating a zen-like calm in his Los Feliz home. From the warm and relaxing atmosphere in the inner sanctuary that is the primary suite (complete with cork wallpaper!) to an entertaining area that features three interconnected paintings that depict meaningful moments from his life, to the spacious garden blooming right outside in his backyard, this stunning residence is full of comfortable, welcoming and tranquil touches.
After that, art and design converge with functionality in an innovative space in Brooklyn. Join architect and artist Umberto Bellardi Ricci for a tour of his minimalist studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — which showcases prototypes, pieces at every stage of their design, and folded metalwork that plays with light — where he creates unique sculptural works of art against the magnificent skyline of Manhattan. We then follow him over to Clinton Hill, Brooklyn to visit his family home, which features industrial, mass-produced pieces that are juxtaposed with warm and personal textures and materials. The main inspiration? “I want to make sure that the pieces are beautiful to look at, but also comfortable to live with.”
“What architecture has the ability to do, is combine traditional materials with new technologies that let us see things in a different way.” Architect Eric Liftin (and his adorable pup Luna) leads us on a tour of his personal home that does exactly that. When Eric first found this place, it was completely raw but the continual views of the water captured his attention since they expand the space and help it feel larger. From the sofa in the living room that’s situated in front of the fireplace and brings everyone together to the repurposed lights made out of lights to the carpet from Istanbul that adorns the all-purpose dining room upstairs that’s made out of recycled materials, the interior design in the home is welcoming and uncluttered, but full of interesting touches and textures that draw you in. “It is never a blank minimalism that is alienating,” Eric explains in the episode.
We conclude this installment with a visit to Southern Connecticut to visit one of architect Eric J. Smith’s projects. Eric was hired to design a writer’s studio on his client’s bucolic Greenwich property— a place in which the muse is always welcome — that was purpose built for the pursuit of poetry. And inspired by the surrounding natural environment and notion that every home tells a story, Eric set out to create a woodland haven that captures his client’s boyhood fascination with Thoreau’s cabin and reinterprets his creative writing process by embracing solitude, solace, and the pursuit of art.
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