magicalandsomeweirdhometours:Product designer and decorator Marjorie relocated from Los Angeles to
magicalandsomeweirdhometours: Product designer and decorator Marjorie relocated from Los Angeles to Mérida, Mexico, to restore a dilapidated 19th-century mansion. “This was once the grandest street in the city,” explains Marjorie. “The façades are particularly beautiful, and I fell madly in love with this pistachio green one.” In the entry foyer, she commissioned a local artisan to paint a grisaille-style flora pattern on the walls. Most of the original flooring has been restored, including the tiles in the sala grande. Marjorie designed the light fixture, the side table, and the iron cocktail table base, which is topped with antique leather and glass. The biblioteca’s original wall stencils and beamed ceiling were restored, and Marjorie filled the room with one of her coral light fixtures, a custom cocktail table she designed with a granite top, and chairs that once belonged to her parents. Although the kitchen was relocated to another area of the home, the copper vent hood is original to the house. Marjorie designed new cabinetry and installed marble countertops as well as a granite-topped island. Off the kitchen is a patio with a botanical scene. Marjorie designed the iron-and-marble table, the mirror, the console, and chairs. Another portion of the patio contains a sitting area featuring an Austrian bentwood settee circa 1910. In a guest bedroom, the armoire is an antique piece that was painted to match the circa-1900 bedside table and cabinet from Sicily. A sitting area in the primary bedroom contains a 19th-century French settee, an antique English majolica side table, and a vintage Chinese floor lamp. She also designed the rose quartz−and−gold leaf bedside tables and the headboard. A pair of hand-painted custom armoires flank the hallway leading from the primary bedroom into the bath. The bath features a hand painted mural, a Brazilian granite floor, a 19th-century Mexican bathtub, an antique French console, and an Italian chair from the 1960s. A pair of hand-painted custom armoires flank the hallway leading from the primary bedroom into the bath. A new pool completes the outdoor oasis. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/tour-a-designers-vibrant-19th-century-mansion-in-merida-mexico -- source link