He created, with Baker Furniture, the first Asian influenced American produced furniture line in 1949, the Far East Collection. Used wicker inside when nobody else did. Sadly died in June '86 of AIDS at 59. He created the "California Look," I see a lot of influence in the Axel Vervoordt look. He died $3 million in debt ("An 18th-century 32-tread marble staircase, gathering dust in a warehouse for almost 20 years, may have had something to do with it"), had a habit, when in Paris, of sending his clothes round-trip to a Chicago dry cleaner. I'm in a rabbit hole and love his looks. Thoughts?
Michael Taylor designer and inventor of the "California look"
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| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 1, 2023 10:02 PM |
He sent his clothes from Paris to Chicago just to be cleaned?
MARY!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 1, 2023 5:05 PM |
The views from that place are incredible.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 1, 2023 5:05 PM |
Tacky and clunky.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 1, 2023 5:06 PM |
The view is gorgeous.
I’m not a huge fan of the chairs, however, the look works in this specific situation.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 1, 2023 5:16 PM |
Those chairs look terribly heavy and would be awkward to pull out and scooch in.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 1, 2023 5:29 PM |
Isn't Sea Cliff windy, cold, and foggy, almost everyday?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 1, 2023 5:35 PM |
R6, "every day" in that case is two words. You're welcome and Happy New Year.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 1, 2023 5:40 PM |
House for NFL linemen with a flair.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 1, 2023 5:46 PM |
I like it. It's a little busy for my tastes, but I wouldn't have to blind myself to live there.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 1, 2023 5:46 PM |
I hope that would be true wherever you live, R9.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 1, 2023 5:50 PM |
[QUOTE] Isn't Sea Cliff windy, cold, and foggy, almost everyday?
Perfect weather for me. I don’t like too much heat or sun. From February to November it’s in the 60s and 70s. Never goes below 40 in the winter; snow nonexistent. I’m in heaven just thinking about it.
And the house looks great. I could spend a lifetime there.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 1, 2023 6:02 PM |
Interesting. And yes, those views are spectacular
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 1, 2023 6:11 PM |
That's pretty damn nice, even if it is cold clammy and foggy every day
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 1, 2023 6:29 PM |
I love fog.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 1, 2023 6:36 PM |
I prefer San Francisco Art Deco with a lot of Chinoiserie. Telegraph Hill please. Should look like a gangster's club hosted by Madame Gin Sling.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 1, 2023 8:09 PM |
His own decor makes more sense for the space
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 1, 2023 8:32 PM |
I worked for a competitor of his back in the day. The pretension was cut-throat. The big name designers all tried to out-do each other, many of them living way beyond their means in order to maintain an image. Taylor created the look of using overstuffed sofas, pillows with a precise karate-chop down the center, sisal rugs and giant palms, all white on white with natural woods. The picture attached is his classic look.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 1, 2023 8:44 PM |
I love Sea Cliff. Yes, the weather is very cloudy, cold, and possibly foggy.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 1, 2023 9:40 PM |
Too many pillows, plants and yes, too much monochrome r18
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 1, 2023 9:50 PM |
Except that isn't a sisal rug and those aren't palms.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 1, 2023 10:02 PM |