FIT FOR A KING Celebri

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6M I N I 4 s u m m e r ‘21

Dreaming of a modern space for their newborn son Romeo, Mike and Lauren Sorrentino worked with celebrity nursery designer Vanessa Antonelli on this showstopper with a subtle royal theme.

photography by

CHRIS VEITH

a King

THE INSPIRATION

While Mike wanted a space fit for a king (“It is definitely that!”), Lauren was after a subtle prince theme to match the couple’s modern, contemporary home. “I wanted the nursery to keep that feel while still being cozy and baby-friendly; Vanessa brought that vison to life. I also wanted a space that baby Romeo could grow into, so the playroom is absolutely perfect for that.”

THE DESIGN

“When I first met with the Sorrentinos about their nursery and playroom, I fell in love with their incredible ceilings in the spaces and knew we needed to highlight them in the designs,” says designer Vanessa Antonelli. “I worked with Barron Designs to create custom beams to go across Romeo’s bedroom and then had Micalizzi Furniture match the exact color of the beams on his crib. The end result is a room that is modern, but feels warm with so many textures and an inviting color palette.”

THE ART

Antonelli played with the royalty theme throughout the space’s artwork. “Once the room was designed, Jessie Rubin worked with me to create two custom oversized canvases. In Jessie’s art, you can see a somewhat hidden crown and “Le Petit Prince,” as well as stars. On the other side of the room is one of my signature, acrylic frames created by Architectural Plastics and we filled it with thousands of tiny, little gold crowns.”

ONE OF A KIND

“Mike and I are obsessed with bubble chandelier. It is such a statement piece,” says Lauren of baby Romeo’s nursery. But that’s not the only stand-out piece in the Sorrentino’s kids spaces. Antonelli kicked it up a notch with custom pieces like printed wallpaper, a daybed, sectional, and swing. “We wallpapered the ENTIRE room, floor-to-ceiling with a custom wallpaper I designed with Spoonflower,” Antonelli shares. “Most clients would be terrified of that, but Mike and Lauren were like, “Cool, let’s do it!”

“Lauren wanted a bed in the room for guests or Romeo’s future sleepovers, but we also needed to accommodate all of the toys he would one day have too, so I designed it playful and fun where the top looks like a house and the team at BuildLane brought it to life for us,” Antonelli says of the custom daybed found in the playroom.

The Sorrentino’s play space also includes a pint-sized custom sectional by Micalizzi and Fabricut, plus custom swing, and basketball hoop for baby Romeo.

“Bringing spaces to life right now is extra hard due to so many material delays and worker shortages and the Sorrentinos were so patient with all of it,” says Antonelli. “I think it’s safe to say the end result was worth the wait for them, in more ways than one!”