At Home: Evocative & Art-Forward Interiors

By Brian Paquette

Evoking memories of the past and aspirations for the future to create unique contemporary interiors.

Interior design should not be sterile or static; it’s a living extension of art meant to be touched, used, and admired. This mindset is the heart of Brian Paquette’s interiors. Beginning with the motto, “Function and comfort, first and always,” Paquette explores each client’s interests and lifestyle to create homes that reflect their identity, history, and aspirations. Integrating the placement of furniture, exposure to light, surface texture, and art, a client’s memories are translated into an evocative presence in the home, anchoring them to their past while providing a space of comfort and function for their future. At Home provides inspiration to replicate these methods in your own home regardless of style or budget. How does a person keep their memories alive in a home? Through fabric? A particular scent? Surface texture? Light exposure? Considering these elements and others, this is how Brian Paquette builds a room. By sharing each unique process of design for the ten homes featured in his book, readers can begin to consider their own memories and aspirations for how they too can create a home interior that is a true reflection of themselves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Release date: Apr 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781423654193

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At Home

Evocative and Art-Forward Interiors

Brian Paquette

photographs by Haris Kenjar

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Digital Edition 1.0

Text © 2021 Brian Paquette

Photographs © 2021 Haris Kenjar except as noted.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Paquette, Brian, author. | Kenjar, Haris, photographer.

Title: At home : evocative & art-forward interiors / Brian Paquette ; photographs by Haris Kenjar.

Description: First edition. | Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, 2021.

Summary: Evoking memories of the past and aspirations for the future to create unique contemporary interiors. --Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020030934 | ISBN 9781423654186 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781423654193 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Paquette, Brian--Themes, motives. | Interior decorators. | Interior decoration.

Classification: LCC NK2004.3.P364 A2 2001 | DDC 747--dc3

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030934

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Process

Windermere

Belltown

Firehouse

Mercer Island

Yarrow Point

Whidbey Island

San Francisco

Chelan

Magnolia

Victoria

Outro

Sources

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Acknowledgments

In writing these acknowledgments, it is not lost on me how immensely grateful I am to be able to write a book in the first place. I had dreamt about it, of course, after countless years of flipping through monographs of the artists, designers, architects, and creatives whom I look up to.

This book is for anyone who has a dream or vision for how they want to live and be in this life. This book is for anyone who has carved their own path out of a desire to change the norm. This book is for anyone who has been told no, over and over again, yet still persisted. This book is for you.

None of this would be possible without the immense support of my family and friends, in work and in life: My team over the years, LC, SD, BK, LC, LG, MG, PS, and BW—you added your own voice to every aspect of what you did, you challenged me, and you were on the ride wherever it took us.

Katie, and everyone, at Gibbs Smith—for believing in my work enough to publish this book you are holding. Without your faith in me this would not be possible.

My family, Mom, Dad, Michelle, and Sean—you have always been my cheerleaders. My clients, who took a risk on a kid who figured things out as he went but never took your support for granted—without your trust and patronage this book would not exist. My friends and chosen family who continue to support me and my dreams—you are there with laughs, food, songs, movies, inspiration, and always make me want to be a better person through your example.

All of our vendors and collaborators who design and make beautiful things that fill our clients' homes—we treasure this family of small businesses who are engaged and want to push themselves creatively as much as we want to.

Grant—you have been a mentor and brother to me from the beginning. Thanks for taking that first invitation. Kate, my ride or die—thanks for always being there.

This book is dedicated to my loving husband, Justin, and our dogs, George and Oliver. Our small but mighty family is what means the most to me.

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Introduction

I felt all at once cheated and mystified the first time I viewed a Joan Miró painting in person. As