Stylemaker: A Look Back

Rewind to the year 2008, specifically the January/February issue of Elle Decor and you will find a spread on Monique Lhuillier's home.  I remember being enamored with the feature, as I felt fortunate to have my first fitting on my newly purchased Monique Lhuillier wedding gown during that time.  This fact, undoubtedly led to a fascination with how Lhuillier's fashion creations would seep into her choices when it came to her own interiors.  I don't know what I was expecting, maybe lots of whites and creams with airy fabrics that were unapologetically feminine, but I was surprised to find that her house reflected a completely unexpected aesthetic.


The story was called Rhapsody in Gray and her home was indeed awash in tonal grays in a way I hadn't remembered seeing before.  Fast forward to 2011 and it serves as the base color palette for my new home and this hue is certainly ubiquitous in the design world.  I wanted to take a return look at her house as it appeared in that Elle Decor issue and remember where my love affair with gray began:

Images via Elle Decor

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