Celebrities play a strong role in influencing consumer behaviour in any market, and when their personal spaces are shared publicly people often feel inspired to imitate or replicate some of their design decisions. Not everyone can afford a celebrity designer or designer furniture, but when publications such as Vogue tastefully describe the inspiration behind a celebrity’s custom home and the decision-making behind the beautiful spaces, it humanises the process of selecting home décor. Combined with gorgeous photography it gives consumers lots of inspiration and an opportunity to imitate or recreate a similar look for themselves.
What I love about this home is how it’s a reinvention of a time-honoured structure and a diversion away from a typical farm homestead. The proportions pay homage to a barn, but despite the exaggerated dimensions the space feels very warm and inviting.
The use of reclaimed materials means that despite the fact it’s a brand-new home, it has a certain aged charm to it. This, combined with the use of fabrics, metals, and concrete gives it character and sets it apart from anything else on the market. There’s a certain eclectic charm to the way it’s all been pieced together, which provides flexibility to include some items which would typically look out of place in a barn-style dwelling, such as the crystal chandelier. Its opulence is somewhat juxtaposed against the reclaimed timber, but it works perfectly as the space does have an undeniable grandeur to it.
I love this home for the standard it sets in reimaging something that’s not traditionally thought of as an architectural style for a home, turning it into a unique family space.
The innovative design of this home will allow people to visualize how you can still make an old structure feel glamourous, sophisticated, and unique. We don’t have to teardown well-lived structures and can instead celebrate the aging nature of materials. The building industry plays a huge part in waste and energy consumption so the more we can re-use and recycle the better. This is something I really admire in this home — sustainability with impeccable style.
As a designer, having this reference as an example on how a rustic look can still be glamorous, warm, modern, and edgy totally inspires me to promote this look because it showcases beautifully how renewable and recyclable materials can look fab.
I think it sets an exciting precedent and elements of this project will flow into property design across the world.
