Required Reading: Collected, Living with the Things You Love - Remodelista
According to Martha Stewart Living alums Fritz Karch and Rebecca Robertson, collectors can be neatly divided into 15 personalities. In their new book, they devote a chapter to each type, along with the astonishing results when pack rats put their finds on full display. Photograph by Dana Gallagher. A tabletop assemblage of clothespins that the authors describe as “a trail of invention and ingenuity.” The late fashion designer Bill Blass, a collector who Karch and Robertson classify as an Exceptionalist–”if the object isn’t rarified... Photograph by Pieter Estersohn. ...they’re not interested”–displayed his old master drawings (many of them fittingly of nudes) in his New York dressing room. A Maximalist architect lines his Sag Harbor bathroom in wood-framed mirrors. Photograph by David Allee. The salon-style arrangement, Karch and Robertson point out, is more than decorative: “A multiplicity of mirrors helps amplify light and create views in window-challenged rooms.” What do you think of the trough bathtub and sinks? Photograph by Ditte Isager. Even bandannas are collectible–and can be put to unexpected use. Also note the bandanna-covered wastebasket. Photograph by Dana Gallagher. The power of numbers: Our favorite spread in the book presents a wall of old coat hangers as sculpture. Wire baskets for eggs and vegetables decorate a kitchen. Photograph by Antoine Bootz. Photograph by Dana Gallagher. Containerist collectors gravitate toward vessels of all sorts; this one built a pyramid out of Hermés boxes–a display that doubles as storage. Photograph by Bill Batten. A beachcomber’s collection of feathers are taped in winglike bundles to her kitchen wall. Collected: Living with the Things You Love comes out tomorrow from Abrams. We’re longstanding fans of both authors’ work. Rebecca Robertson is an interior designer–she and her husband... ...Marco Pasanella, helped create A Whimsical Family Loft in Brooklyn, Whale Wallpaper Included, and they own the Best-Looking Vintner in Manhattan.