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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Pip Rich

'I want everything to feel beautiful and effortless' – designer Brigette Romanek on the easiest ways to create an elegant alfresco aperitvo hour

Brigette Romanek.

Brigette Romanek reinvented the modern Californian style. The designer's own home, and those she worked on for clients like Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce, are elegant yet relaxed, upscale yet they make your shoulders go down as soon as you walk into them They mix high-end materials like boucle and metallics with Spanish tiled floors and rustic wood tables. In short, they helped to inform the liveable luxe style so prevalent today.

'I believe with all my heart that we’re enhanced by our surroundings, and if I can bring beauty into people’s lives then that creates good feelings,' says Brigette, on the way she thinks about design, and how it can set the tone for a party.

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