Contemporary Glam

Where personal style became a design point of view.

Long before The House of Hayes became what it is today, my own home was my first design laboratory, a place to experiment, take risks, and discover what made a space feel truly special. The Blue Room was an exercise in creating something sophisticated without taking itself too seriously.

The blue velvet sofa became the foundation for the entire room, giving me permission to be a little more playful with everything around it. Oversized abstract artwork, brass accents, and a leopard-print ottoman kept the design from feeling too perfect.

A LESSON IN CONTRAST

I love juxtaposition: soft against structured, refined against unexpected. I believe a room becomes more interesting when everything doesn't match, and that the piece you're tempted to remove is often exactly the piece the room needs...

A living room with a light blue velvet sofa, a dark blue throw blanket, and a white pillow with a black border. There is a marble side table with black legs beside the sofa. A large abstract painting with black, white, gray, and yellow colors hangs o
A living room with a blue velvet sofa adorned with throw pillows, a glass coffee table with a decorative gold sculpture, and a large abstract painting with black, gray, and gold tones hanging above the sofa. There is a tall green plant in a pot on th
Living room with a blue sofa and various pillows, including a fluffy white one and a dark blue textured one, with a large abstract painting on the wall. A glass coffee table holds a decorative tray with twisted gold sculptures. A leopard print throw
Living room wall art of an abstract painting with gray, white, black, and yellow tones, above a gray sofa with colorful textured pillows, a glass coffee table with a decorative gold sculpture, and leopard print and faux fur throws on the table and so

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