Cliff Fong likes modification. In truth, the interior designer and Matt Blacke Inc. creator longs for a clean slate every now and then. He even confesses to having a small hostility to complacency, which is specifically why he chose to let Bonhams auction off almost all the furnishings and art work in his 1953 ranch-style Los Angeles home.
” A great deal of the product I have actually had for over twenty years and gave 3 various houses,” discusses Cliff, whose prominent customers consist of Ryan Murphy and Ellen DeGeneres. “And I simply felt it was time to do something a little various. I will constantly like these traditionally crucial style pieces … however I’m really mindful not to end up being too comfy with specific type of defaults. I wish to check out a various viewpoint.”
In the past, Cliff would have responded to the itch for a landscapes shift by transferring to a brand-new location, however he could not appear to leave his present mid-century residence behind. Whenever he explored another residential or commercial property, he understood it could not measure up to the quirky-yet-streamlined interiors and lavish surrounds he currently had. So he chose to purge the house’s contents rather.
While Cliff has actually currently carried on to the next chapter of his home (the Bonhams auction occurred last month), he just recently travelled down memory lane and evaluated its very first model with us. Let’s have a look.
Photography by William Abranowicz ( @wabranowicz)/ Art + Commerce.
