Off the SHELF

FOR THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF IKEA’S BILLY BOOKCASE, WE COMMISSIONED FOUR TOP DESIGN FIRMS TO HACK IT AS ONLY ELLE DECOR A-LISTERS CAN.

PRODUCED BY CHARLES CURKIN

ALEXA HAMPTON “The exterior and shelves of my Billy are drenched in an oxblood lacquer from Benjamin Moore. I chose Brunschwig & Fils’s La Portugaise wallpaper for the interior and added brass details on the front for flair. I’m paying homage to the legendary interior decorator Albert Hadley, specifically the oxblood-and-brass Money Room that he designed for another legend, Brooke Astor.” JUAN MONTOYA “I wanted to turn this bookcase into a piece of art, and my love of nature is what inspired me. I used Josef Hoffmann’s iconic Blueberry wallpaper and contrasted it with natural birch. The juxtaposition of the natural form of the branch with the clean lines of the bookcase produces a truly beautiful piece.” DRAKE/ANDERSON “Our goal was to take an ordinary mass-produced object and transform it into a unique, gallery-worthy, avant-garde…

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ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019

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