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Living Well: 10 Envy-Inducing Interiors That Captivated 'CULTURED' in 2024

If you are in need of interior inspiration, look no further. Over the course of 2024, CULTURED offered readers a peek inside the spaces where interior designers, artists, and other creatives live, work, and dream. We've brought together 10 of our favorite rooms below, from a wood-paneled dining room in Gramercy Park to a Richard Neutra-designed Los Angeles living room that brings the outside in.

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Table by Jens Risom, chairs by Superleggera by Gio Ponti, pendant light by Modo by Jason Miller, bronze vessel by Earth Delight by Chris Wolston, tissue box by Wyatt and Miller Rofey.

How Interior Designer Olivia Song Transformed Her Brooklyn Townhouse Into a Bohemian Treehouse

The interior designer’s Cobble Hill abode is a leafy reprieve in the middle of the city. Song’s vision of openness is striking throughout: Take, for example, the cantilevered kitchen, pictured above, which juts out into the backyard and into the foliage of a cluster of old plane trees, likely planted when the original home was built in 1840. 

Oliver Furth’s living room.
Walls and upholstery in document-printed linen, reissued by Sister Parish. Vintage Moroccan rug. Louis XV Fauteuil. Chair by Ron Arad. Ceramic coffee table by Sean Gerstley. Ceramic and mixed media sculpture by Leena Similu. Lithograph by Alexander Calder. Ink blots by S. Lee Robinson. Drawing by Rico Lebrun. Watercolor by Sam Falls. Gilded paper by James Lee Byars. Image courtesy of Furth and Rizzoli.

How Interior Designer Oliver Furth Transformed the Biggest Fixer-Upper in His Neighborhood

Four years ago, design-world couple Oliver Furth and Sean Yashar brought their jobs home with them when they turned a retro Nichols Canyon residence into their dream home. Here, works of different decades commune, revealing surprising commonalities. It’s where a reissued Albert Hadley print is the linen slipcover to Louis XV fauteuils, or the iridescence of early 20th-century Zsolnay ceramics mirrors that of a much more recent Katie Stout.

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Interior by Alyssa Kapito in Gramercy Park. Image courtesy of Kapito.

Interior Designer Alyssa Kapito Reveals Her Ideal Shopping Itinerary and Essential Decorating Rule

To mark the release of her new monograph, which includes the interior pictured above, the New Yorker sat down with CULTURED to discuss her love of collecting, "Gotham style," and the importance of texture. "A recurring theme in our work is to create a sense of exploration and reveal as one navigates the home," Kapito says.

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The Gachots' home away from home, the Greenwich Hotel. Image courtesy of the Greenwich Hotel.

Interior Designers John and Christine Gachot Are Known for Their Immaculate Spaces. Here, They Share Three Others That Have Inspired Them

From a Stockholm oasis to a cozy London bar, these rooms aren’t leaving the Gachots' mood boards anytime soon. Above, look inside the Greenwich Hotel, the designers' go-to spot for a local night away, designed by Axel Vervoordt. 

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Peter Marino-designed home in Miami, 2017. Mobile by Alexander Calder alongside artwork by Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi, and Agostino Bonalumi. Image courtesy of Marino and Phaidon.

A New Tome Provides an Inside Look at Megawatt Architect Peter Marino’s Most Exclusive Designs

With Ten Modern Houses, Peter Marino lifts the veil on his most luxe residential projects. Above, a Peter Marino–designed home in Miami from 2017. In his current work, Marino is focusing on ease and making spaces that fit an indoor-outdoor lifestyle—a natural disposition for the longtime Hamptons devotee.

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Anne Mason in her Little Italy loft. Photography by Joshua Charow and courtesy of the artist.

Photographer Joshua Charow Takes You Inside New York's Last Remaining Artist Lofts

By knocking on countless stranger’s doors, the photographer immortalized more than 50 hidden artist havens protected under an obscure 1980s law. The last artist in the book is an 89-year-old woman named Anne Mason. She moved into her fifth-floor walkup in Little Italy in 1966 and is pictured here surrounded by objects from her and her husband's 60 years in the space. 

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The Farmhouse, an ultra-cozy, luxury retreat in Tivoli designed by Jenni Kayne. Photography by Michael Clifford and courtesy of Kayne.

Here’s How You Can Stay at the Most Well-Designed Oasis in the Hudson Valley

Earlier this year, design and lifestyle maven Jenni Kayne opened the doors of her latest passion project: a blissful retreat in upstate New York. Every inch of the Farmhouse has been exactingly conceived—down to a hand-tied plush silk rug, an exhaustively burled wood hutch, and a taupe throw in especially fuzzy alpaca wool.

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Artwork by Takashi Murakami. Dining table by Casey Johnson and Sandra Weingort. Vintage chairs by Pierre Jeanneret. Vintage pot by Yves Mohy, 1960s. Vintage vase by Pierre Digan, 1950s. Photography courtesy of William Jess Laird.

Look Inside the Hamptons Residence Interior Designer Sandra Weingort Built Around a Museum-Worthy Collection

The interior designer helped turn a monumental Wainscott home into an art-filled hideaway. It’s the oft-discussed Hamptons light that accentuates Weingort’s splashes of color and polished design indoors. 

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A sitting area of the Shagwong residence in East Hampton, built around extensive ocean views, designed by Adam Jordan.

Architect Adam Jordan and His Design-Minded Client Athena Calderone Reconnect to Dissect Modern Hamptons Living

Sixteen years ago, Jordan helped Paul Mais construct Athena Calderone’s Amagansett home. Jordan and Calderone reconnect to discuss the evolution of his practice—embodied in the standout design of a U-shaped East Hampton property by the water—and his aesthetic sensibilities. High-priority spaces—including the living area, dining area, kitchen, and main suite—are located in the wing closest to the water, allowing for unobstructed views. 

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Michelle and Jason Rubell at their sleek, single-story Los Angeles home.

See the Richard Neutra-Designed Home So Enchanting It Convinced a Collector Couple to Take Up Part-Time Residence in LA

Jason and Michelle Rubell are Miami art-collecting royalty, but their love affair with Los Angeles became serious after a chance architectural encounter. One side of the building consists almost entirely of sliding glass doors, which open onto the pool and landscaped gardens beyond. 

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