Thank you to House Beautiful and Shelby Deering for featuring us—I’m so grateful to share my passion for creating beautiful spaces!
Decor can become more meaningful in our 30s and beyond. “Perhaps it's an antique from a relative or photographs from your favorite vacations,” Watts says. “In your 30s, you feel yourself choosing items that spark good memories and feelings versus utilitarian things that serve a basic purpose.”
Photograph by David Patterson
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Thank you House Beautiful and the lovely Sarah Lyon for including our little-known destinations to find incredible antiques in Denver and Palm Beach Florida!
Designer Nadia Watts, who is based in Denver, returns to many of the same local antiques shops time and time again. “South Broadway offers loads of antique and thrift stores, so you have something for everyone’s budget,” says the founder of Nadia Watts Interior Design. “Black Tulip Antiques (also selling on Chairish) is a go-to for me; they offer a highly diverse inventory of European furniture, accessories, lighting, silver, and decorative arts.”
Watts is also partial to Eron Johnson Antiques, which is located in a sprawling 5,000-square-foot warehouse. “With inventory dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries and originating from over 40 countries, Eron’s passion for antiques is on full display,” she says. “Eron has a love of peculiar objects as well as exquisite antiques, so you never know what exciting treasure you will find.”
Photographer: Emily Minton-Redfield
While participating in the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Palm Beach, Watts learned about many of the city’s incredible antique resources. “I have the best luck when I get to go on the hunt, and Show Pony Palm Beach is the ultimate hunting ground,” she says, describing the retailer’s many large warehouses “filled to the ceilings with treasures.” You can find pieces in many design styles, including Victorian, gothic, and midcentury.
Photographer: Nickolas Sargent
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In a recent Palm Beach project, Watts created some privacy between the foyer and living room by hanging art on columns facing the front door. Meanwhile, strategic accent tables create a stylish separation between entry and living. “Traffic still flows freely around the round table, however the eye has plenty of places to play around,” Watts adds.
Photographer Nickolas Sargent
Thank you House Beautiful and Kelly Allen for including us in this 3D design feature using All3D: a company that creates shockingly realistic renderings. To put their tech to the test, we asked five interior designers—Serena Dugan, Heather Peterson, Kiyonda Powell, Nadia Watts, and Anita Yokota—to reimagine the same bedroom in different ways.
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Image by All3D
House Beautiful: What inspired your design?
Nadia Watts: Flora and fauna! Biophilia was top of mind for this project as I was in the midst of joining the committee for Luncheon By Design in Denver, featuring this amazing biophilia exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. I live in Colorado and nature has always been an inspiration. The idea of being intertwined with the natural world speaks to me. It’s the perfect starting point for design inspiration.
HB: Which pattern did you start with?
NW: The Porter Teleo wallcovering and the window coverings in The Gem Collection, which I created with Kravet, are where it all began. I fell in love with the large-scale pattern on the paper and then went with contrasting stripes on the ceiling by Sanderson and zig-zags on the draperies by Kravet. The biophilia shines in the paper. The geometric stripes and zig-zags perfectly complement the nature-inspired wallcovering.
HB: Describe the room you designed in three words.
NW: Whimsical, comfortable, and unique.
HB: What do you like most about the pattern-on-pattern trend?
NW: Pattern-on pattern forces you out of your comfort zone, and the results are always unique. It’s such an active and curious way to design a room. The “let’s try it and see” approach is so much fun. The pattern-on-pattern trend opens up so many possibilities. It broadens the creative process, which is always a treat.
HB: Can you share any tips for designing around this trend and choosing complementary patterns/colors?
NW: This trend thrives under an analogous color scheme. Choosing colors from the same family will help your patterns feel purposeful and curated. So choose a palette and stick to it. Your room will thank you for it. I like to use a mix of natural, free-flowing patterns with more structured geometric patterns. Also, keep scale in mind. You want to vary your scale with an assortment of small, medium, and large-scale prints.
HB: What role do you think technology like this will play in the future of design?
NW: This has been a huge year for technology in the design world. Having a tool that allows you to show your design concepts in such a tangible way is a game changer. Technology is making design more accessible for people, allowing them to see a space as the creative vision comes together.
Thank you House Beautiful and Catherine Dipersico for this lovely piece on the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House! Read Here for all of the Takeaways.
The designers gave new life to the classic pink-and-green palette, seashell motifs, and more.
