Photos by floto + warner
Design maven Jonathan Adler and his partner fashion impresario Simon Doonan’s seaside home in Shelter Island, New York is an enviable ode to their idiosyncratic style. The creative duo constructed the 2,800 square foot, one-storey home from the ground up and it is a living testament to their innate and eccentric style. Featuring a sleek modern exterior that houses four bedrooms, a pool pavilion and clever private outdoor nooks that serve as a master class in modern boho glamour, for a lesson in true maximal living, look no further.
To recreate Adler and Doonan’s throwback to retro Hollywood, combine geometric patterns with bold blocks of colour and glitzy mirrored finishes and hardware.
Offset warm rustic fixtures or a neutral background with kaleidoscopic pops of colours for a seriously playful effect. Don’t be afraid to showcase your most kitsch ceramics and whimsical travel finds for a unique tabletop setting full of character.
The key to the duo’s charismatic aesthetic is to mix, match and play with bold colours and unconventional textures. The custom-made ceramic tiles for example, add a new spin to the ‘feature wall’, and the vintage chairs have been re-upholstered with velvet.
The guest bedroom demonstrates how to use black to anchor colours and shine. In an unexpected twist however, the room is sheathed with grass cloth wallpaper.
Animate clean architectural lines with contrasting shapes and summery hues. Adler juxtaposes large ball pendants against the cedar panels with bright pink, turquoise and lime cushions.