I was flicking through old copies of Elle Decor over the weekend and came across one of my favorite interiors, the apartment of NY ceramicist Christopher Spitzmiller. He says his choice of wall colour for the living room was based on the colour of an egg yolk, and was inspired by an interior by Nancy Lancaster of a similar colour. It’s been said that Sister Parish chose the colour of Babe Paley’s living room walls based on the colour of NY taxi cabs, but it seems to me to be a very lemon custard kind of colour, and something that would be delicious to live with. The idea of painting walls the colour of your favorite food is probably not a new idea, but it certainly seems like a good one. If you’ve had a favorite food for a long time then surely that says you wouldn’t get sick of having the colour around. So…by that reasoning…what colour would I paint my walls? Mango? Avocado? Strawberry? or maybe Chocolate. Hmmm. That’s tricky.
Interior by Nancy Lancaster, from the book “Nancy Lancaster: English country house style” by Martin Wood.
Image of Babe Paley’s apartment by Parish-Hadley, from the book “Albert Hadley: the story of America’s preeminent interior designer” by Adam Lewis.
Thanks Habitually Chic! His apartment is pretty amazing, even though its quite small. So much style crammed into a tight space. I look forward to reading your post!
Thanks Mrs Blandings!
I love Christopher Spitzmiller! I actually uploaded those same photos to blogger but I never got around to writing my post. If I ever do, I’ll definitely link back to your great post!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this yellow
As a lover of all things yellow, adored Spitzmiller’s apt. – and your post.
I POC – me too, its such a classic interior and I can’t quite decide whether its the colour or the funishings, but it probably is both. He has impeccable taste, and I’m sure it helped to have Albert Hadley AND Todd Alexander Romano advise him! And I think I’m with you on the chocolate colour too.
Good idea Bueller! Thanks.
How about one room for each food! Lovely post.
I’m with you on the Spitzmiller apt- one of my all-time favorite homes ever. Don’t know if it’s the color or the furniture/accessories (or maybe both!). In terms of food/color association, it would be chocolate 🙂