Inside a Ruthie Sommers' Designed Lake Bluff, IL Home
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- When Ruthie Sommers agreed to take on the revamp of her longtime clients’ new home in Lake Bluff, Illinois, she knew she’d have big-practically diamond-encrusted-shoes to fill: The last designers to cast their aesthetic pixie dust over the 10,000-square-foot residence were legends Billy Baldwin and Frances Elkins. “The dining room was on the cover of House & Garden in 1932,” says Sommers, who has offices in Los Angeles, Aspen and Newport. “There was a little bit of peer pressure when I saw the Lucite banisters!”
Working alongside architect Austin Depree of Northworks in Chicago, Sommers began planning an age-appropriate facelift, infusing each room with a fresh, energetic personality worthy of the Instagram era, but still in keeping with the home’s storied bones. The original intention had been to “let the architecture speak for itself and do everything in neutrals,” explains Sommers, but color crept back in as the process went on. “We just couldn’t help ourselves-we ended up with an eggplant lacquered room!” she laughs. The ultimate goal: a “boho-preppy, faded-World of Interiors” retreat.
Sommers didn’t hem herself in to one particular look. “The house really evolved; I don’t think there is a style,” she says. “I think that as you get older, people either hold on to one thing very tightly or just kind of let it go, which is what we did.” The resulting spaces are eye candy without any hackneyed tropes, ranging from a sunroom sheathed in pale celery-green linen to a drinks room with a silver lacquered ceiling. In the wife’s office, Sommers fashioned a true lady’s lair, furnishing it with a French Art Deco sofa from Carole Decombe Galerie, reupholstered in bubblegum-pink velvet, and a light-as-air Lucite desk that puts the focus on verdant wallcoverings. To bring the main living spaces back down to earth, Sommers relied on jute rugs underfoot. “We were trying to evoke the grand halls of English countryside houses with all those old Indian rush rugs,” she notes.
“I don’t know how to say this without sounding glib,” says Sommers, “but I’ve done three houses for this client, and for this house, we really did not care. We did care, but we just wanted to buy pieces that we loved and we weren’t really attached to the outcome!” No doubt Billy and Frances would approve.
Story produced by Carolyn Englefield
Video produced by Tori Mellott and Allie Johnson
Written by Suzanne Davis
Edited By Elliot DeBruyn
Too bad it's only a slideshow. Would've been much better as an actual video.
I was grateful for the slideshow
I thought my TV wasn't working properly when I only heard her voice but could see her. Don't like that it's not an actual video as opposed to a sideshow. It takes away from the whole experience.
Spectacular!!! Loved that lacquered aubergine snuggy for sneakies. And I loved the white room with the curved sofa & large painting with the cerulean ball pillows. Who am I kidding? I loved it all !!!! ❤
D.L. N.
I was looking forward to this video . I was bored by the narrative slide show . I couldn’t finish it , especially after watching the last video in Charleston ( twice) ….
Same here, stopped at the 2 minute point and moved on to something else.
I love the pink lamps in the bedroom. The lotus mural in the bathroom is stunning!
Slideshow is a no for me
This video is everything!!!
The different rooms designs are beautiful. I differ with some of the off comments 🍰
Gorgeous
Is that carpet in the closet? I quite like it!
Is this a recent design? Seems a little dated.
I'm sorry. I don't care for this at all.
some of this decor is garish looking