ABOUT FACE

FOR A LONGTIME CLIENT IN LOS ANGELES, DESIGNER KATHRYN M. IRELAND DITCHES HER MORE-IS-MORE APPROACH TO CRAFT A CHICLY MINIMALIST HOME THAT IS PARED TO PERFECTION.

BY KATE BETTS

NANCY AND BRUCE NEWBERG had been eyeing the property near their family’s Los Angeles home for several years before the for sale sign finally went up. With views out over the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains, it was the perfect site for their dream project, a house that would redefine Southern California style—which is to say, a home that would marry the more minimalist aesthetic Nancy had seen on trips to Europe with the handcrafted feel of historic L.A. homes by such iconic local architects as Wallace Neff and George Washington Smith. “It was a new chapter for us,” says Newberg, a jewelry designer whose delicate Art Deco–inspired oxidized silver–and-diamond pieces are a favorite of celebrities like Reese Witherspoon. “Our kids were out of the house, and I was…

You're reading a preview of

ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.