We have discussed this before, but I have decided that Acid Wasp is like grandma chic if your grandmother were someone super cool and very trippy, like Keith Richards (not to be confused with Johnny Depp pretending to be Keith Richards, aka Pirate Wasp). Doesn’t Keith Richards kind of look like your grandma, even? Just kidding, that would be highly insulting to grandmas everywhere. Anyway, I am derailing myself with this bizarre KR fixation. This post is about swank, traditional rooms. On acid.
The ruffles make it waspy, the art and colorblocking make it trippy.
A bedroom in the same home, owned by perfumer Frederic Malle. The wallpaper/quilt combo is just so outrageous.
This gift came via email from one of my OG blog buds Molly, who informed me this New York townhouse is for sale. In real life. I mean, you could buy this sweet pad (if you were packing 6 million B’s). That couch is really changing the way I view craigslist… $100 chintz couches are more to scale with my budget.
Jason Nixon’s home came to me from the always lovely Anita, who knew I would be blown away by the insanity. This is like acid AND mushroom wasp, with a heaping helping of everysingleotherdrugknowntoman on top.
I’m still on the fence as to whether Daphne Guinness’ fabulous apartment fits into this mix. Maybe a little too fashion forward?
This Trad Home room is kind of the penultimate Acid Wasp design. Classy (not klassy) sofa in fancy Quadrille fabric: check. Amphora on the wall: check. A million mixed prints: check. I kind of find myself wishing the coffee table were something a bit more woody and traditional, though. Wtf is happening to me?
Notice I said penultimate, because this parlor in Robert Couturier’s Soho loft is the ultimate Acid Wasp design. English rococo painting floating above a 50s zebra sofa? Genius. The red rug knocks me out, too.
So, what do you dudes think about all this wacky do stuff I’ve been posting? Do you yearn for the days of mid mod and 70s brass? Is it all a bit too too much?
I think that may be the point, though.
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Never ever too much. If my maternal grandmother was still living, her house would look exactly like this. She was awesome to the nth degree.
LOVE IT! (times infinity) especially the Malle bedroom and the last two pics.
i am freaking out about the mixed patterns. you KNOW i love pattern on pattern.
also, i think the brass coffee table works in that room, even though wood is certainly lovely these days
i don’t know which room i love the most, i want them all
this is the most rambling comment ever
also, where the f is everyone? this post is insane, you should have 20 gazillion comments right now.
acid wasp aint really my bag of chips but there are so many spaces that are doing it for me here. Especially Daphne Guinness’ … then again that’s the least waspy. Ah well, still love it.
Karly, it totally works (does brass/glass not go with something? I don’t think so)… you know I just need my hot wood injection. You totally fanned those flames with yesterday’s post.
Naomi, you could totally rock DG’s bedroom.
Oh god, like I need another reason to stockpile needlepoint pillows! Every photo here is brilliant.
The top photo and the last photo do it for me. This is a great design direction. Love it. Also, I agree about the wood table – it would be beautiful and solid.
[...] These rooms are so cool. Acid Wasp might be my favorite style right now/forever. Oh, and I’d totally live here, too. [...]
you know I love me some acid wasp!
I especially like acid mushroom wasp.
O.M.G….I swear I almost exploded when I saw the first pic.
I frequent BHS on the reg…Lol. You know, when I fantasy shop for my NYC apartment…Hmm-m-m-m, will I go with Brooklyn Heights ….? The too kewl for school Carroll Gardens…where all ze arteests live? Or play it safe and just move an inch away from Prospect Park…? Ha! The stained glass in that apartment makes me all breathy though…Oh man someday I will win the lottery right? Will you guys help me decorate?
crap…hope I didn’t just post twice……
gojoy, if you hook us up with some of your lottery fixins we will decorate the shit out of your fancy new pad. You know where to find us.
Big Acid Wasp fan, possible practitioner. I must, of course, point out that those plain ceilings look awwwwwfullly bare compared to the wallpapered one.
I want to jump in the last photo. Is it the wasp in me, or is it the acid that’s speaking to me?
Thanks for the shout out! xo
Love it. Reminds me of the Downtown Canopty Chair that appeared in Vogue. http://downtown20.net/assets/catalog/products/20-sbigD.jpg
I have never heard the expression acid wasp, but the photo examples were the perfect ones to choose!
Thanks for then addition to myndesign vocabulary!
Have a great weekend,
Jamie Herzlinger
no need to abandon 70′s brass n glass to embrace acid wasp- just shmush it all together for disco acid wasp.
So flattred and yet there is not one drop of Wasp blood in me… Too much fun!!
I like a traditional home…very cozy, comfortable and it feels like “home”. I love that quilt on the bedroom photo above.
Just closed this month’s issue of Veranda (March/April,2012) and as a result, googled Robert Couturier only to first link to your wonderful blog. I was totally gobsmacked over his home featured at the end of the issue. Have decided M. Couturier has catapulted to the top of my designer hit parade, every detail perfection. Thank you and am about to subscribe to your blog!
I love Acid Wasp!
I never knew this term so thank you for the lesson!
XO
Ericka
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