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Contents
12 C PEOPLE
Who’s who behind the scenes of spring’s
C Home—plus, a few of their favorite
California places.
15 DOSSIER
The home office gets a midcentury
makeover. Inside Caroline Seckinger’s
thought-provoking works. Heather Taylor
adds playful decor to the kitchen table.
Culver City sprouts a new bonsai garden.
Lily Ashwell goes brick-and-mortar.
78
27 INSIDER
Style spy Ross Cassidy on his L.A.
inspiration sources.
38 COOL, CALM,
COLLECTED
74
A few canyons over from the illustrious
Getty Center, Rosetta and Balthazar
Getty curate a gallery-inspired space
where their young family and objets
d’art live side by side.
52
52 NEW WAVE
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With the help of architect Daniel Monti
and designer Jamie Bush, a couple
transforms their tired Malibu beach
cottage into a modernist sand castle.
38
60 FINE TUNED
For music industry moguls Skye and
Mark Hoppus, home in the hills is
nothing short of a stylistic crescendo.
70 VIEW FROM THE TOP
60
On Nob Hill, San Francisco
architect Matthew MacCaul Turner
refreshes a classic apartment with a
high-contrast palette.
38
74 INTO THE WOODS
A dramatic convergence in the High
Sierra brings Tahoe’s storied
backcountry to the foreground.
78 CUSTOM BLEND
Designer Kim Alexandriuk melds
refined antiques with bold vintage
pieces to give a Montecito home a fresh
and modern look.
82 COLLAGE
Suzanne Tucker’s take on an amazing
Northern California view.
ON OUR COVER
ROSETTA AND BALTHAZAR GETTY
photographed by François Dischinger.
Rosetta wears a top, skirt-panel shorts
and sandals from the Rosetta Getty
Spring 2016 collection. STYLIST Shadi
Beccai. HAIR Justine Marjan. MAKEUP
Jamie Leonard. MANICURE Debbie
Leavitt at Nailing Hollywood.
HANGING CHAIRS (P.20): SERGIO CHIMENTI. “INTO THE WOODS” (P.74): PAUL DYER. “NEW WAVE” (P.52): DANIEL COLLOPY. COVER AND “COOL,
CALM, COLLECTED” (P.38): FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER. “FINE TUNED” (P.60): DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN. “CUSTOM BLEND” (P.78): JONATHAN HUGSTAD
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Welcome Home
A serene moment in the
Malibu home of Meryl and
Russell Kern, by architect
Daniel Monti and designer
Jamie Bush, p. 52.
From the photos alone, our cover subjects, Rosetta and Balthazar
Getty, exude the epitome of California cool—you know, that couple
people flock to because they are stunning, successful in their
endeavors (Rosetta, a designer with insanely good personal style;
Balthazar, an accomplished actor and DJ) and throw the best parties.
And while all of this is true, upon introduction you will also find two
very authentic people who’ve created a gorgeous family full of heart,
soul and a whole lot of talent. We are thrilled to offer you the first
glimpse of their newly renovated home, the place where all of this
creativity converges.
In this issue, we also invite you into the Beverly Hills abode of
another pair offering their take on California cool: Skye and Mark
Hoppus (of blink-182). After moving part-time to England, the family
returns to their native territory, bringing their newfound appreciation
for vintage design with them. Of course, we’ve also dropped in on
swoon-worthy residences throughout the state—from Lake Tahoe
to Malibu—and drilled down on the best in trends, new stores and
resources, to keep you up to date, whether you are renovating,
redecorating or just freshening up. It’s all intended to inspire you to
actually re-cover the sofa, repaint the room or invest in that special
piece you have been coveting. Because to our way of thinking, there
is no time like today to live in the most beautiful way possible.
Founders Letter
JENNIFER HALE
DANIEL COLLOPY
Founder & Editorial Director
Architect Daniel Monti and designer Jamie Bush help a couple transform
their tired MALIBU beach cottage into a MODERNIST sand castle
DANIEL COLLOPY
Written by HEATHER JOHN FOGARTY
Photography by
Feature (Malibu)
A modern Phasmida
chandelier by
CHRISTOPHER BOOTS
contrasts a free-form,
custom acacia-wood
dining table designed by
JAMIE BUSH + CO. and
structural MINOTTI Mills
dining chairs. An antique
mirror creates the illusion
of another window.
Opposite: In the dining
room, a special-edition
“Star Trek” chair by
CECCOTTI COLLEZIONI
sits beside a KELLY
WEARSTLER marble
table and stone sculpture
from DAO.
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Bush layers the living room with
natural textures, such as cerused
gray oak on the wall and ceiling. A
custom linen textured sofa sits beside
a custom STEFAN BISHOP ring table
and taupe linen ottomans with sheepfur tassels from V RUGS & HOME.
Feature (Malibu)
Above: Russell and Meryl Kern.
Below: In the master bedroom,
a flag halyard chair by HANS
WEGNER flanks a JOHN
DICKINSON African table to
create a quiet reading corner.
Opposite: White cork wallpaper
by HARTMANN & FORBES adorns
the powder-room walls. Hanging
Oona pendants by LAKE + WELLS
and a bronze sink add warmth to
the cerused white oak floating
vanity and recessed Athens Silver
travertine countertop.
Set on the bluffs of Malibu, against
a backdrop of craggy coastline and
sandy beach beneath, Russell Kern’s
3,400-square-foot 1979 beach house was
in need of a fresh look when he met his
now-wife Meryl in March 2011.
Russell, founder and president of
KERN, an Omnicom Agency, and his
wife enlisted architect Daniel Monti
from Modal Design to transform the unremarkable structure into an airy and
open contemporary home; Monti tapped
designer Jamie Bush to define the aesthetic. “So much contemporary architecture is almost antiseptic,” Bush says.
“We tried to take the natural beauty of
the sand and the rocky hillside—those
irregularities and imperfections—and
juxtapose the rough and rustic textures
with clean lines and a handmade touch.”
Bush layered natural and industrial
materials throughout—cerused gray oak;
marble; bronze and silver—to create a
subtle fusion of simplicity and warmth.
The ripples and reflections from handblown glass fixtures reference the ocean,
while Athens Silver travertine planks
that extend from the ground-floor living
area to the deck outside blur the lines
between interior and exterior spaces.
“There’s a rhythm and consistent palette that’s reinterpreted throughout the
house,” Bush says. “It’s really variations
on a theme. Materials and textures are
repeated, but in different ways.”
Furnishings strike a balance between
clean, geometric lines and more organic
pieces such as a free-form, acacia-wood
dining table or a marble bench with
irregular veining; a 7-foot-long coffee table
in whitewashed Douglas fir commissioned
from L.A. artist Stefan Bishop reveals
old growth rings from reclaimed timber. “There’s an irregularity and a sort of
human touch to these pieces,” Bush says.
“Rather than having everything manufactured, there is a dialogue that takes place
to create a space that’s more personal.” •
Feature (Malibu)
Feature (Malibu)
A trio of Mali
pendants hangs above
the kitchen island,
which is wrapped in
moonstone quartzite,
and custom fiberglass
barstools. Modern
appliances include a
stainless-steel cooktop
from BERTAZZONI, a
faucet and pot filler
by DORNBRACHT and
integrated SUB-ZERO
refrigerator.
Feature (Malibu)
Weathered cast-stone
garden chairs by
DESSIN FOURNIR,
reclaimed teak furniture
and potted succulents
are set against dramatic
views of the Pacific.
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