renovation
personal SPACE
In last month’s issue, we toured the upgrades designer Angela Belt made in the living spaces of her first home. Here she shows us how she layered on comfort and beauty upstairs.
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A faux-grass ceiling and hanging plants bring natural elements into the meditation zone.
TH E PROJ ECT The bedroom, bath, and office in designer Angela Belt’s home in West Hartford, CT, were perfectly functional, but blank gray walls and uninspiring decor were zapping more energy than they were giving. “I wanted each room to nurture the people spending time in them,” Angela says.
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TH E GOAL Create “me spaces” that would creatively inspire Angela and her husband, Leon, who is an art director at ESPN. A big part of Angela’s mission as a designer is to intentionally source pieces from underrepresented Black artists and makers. If there’s an opportunity to use work by a person of color in her home, she says, she makes a point to do so. TH E RE S U LT Bold contrasting colors, personal collections, and smart storage blend in rooms that both soothe and energize. “It’s important to me to have space to decompress,” she says. BY M A L LO RY A B R E U P H OTO S DAV I D L A N D S T Y L I N G R A I N A K AT T E L S O N
dare to add drama “I built the room decor around this energetic Lulu and Georgia headboard,” Angela says. Contrasting the coral with blue Orange Grove wallpaper from Anthropologie makes each color look more saturated. She added nubby texture with the same hues in bedding from Jungalow. June 2022 |
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