In This Songwriter’s Midcentury Laurel Canyon Home, No Two Rooms Are Alike

The primary time they met, inside designer Victoria Holly had an uncommon ask for her consumer, 30-something songwriter Michael Matosic. “He had a really massive, very fashionable navy sectional scheduled for supply. Inside 10 minutes of assembly him, I mentioned, ‘Please don’t kill me, however you have to cancel that order.’ And he did,” says Victoria. Fortunately, the request didn’t throw Michael, who was comfortable to have her lend a serving to hand in determining a method for his midcentury Laurel Canyon dwelling. “Funnily sufficient, I initially gravitated towards a extra conventional aesthetic, however as I actually acquired all the way down to it, I observed I used to be having enjoyable pairing a contemporary rug with an old-world sofa, or putting new items towards a classic backdrop,” says Michael, an East Coast native finest identified for composing for and with artists like Lauv, Kane Brown, Bebe Rexha, and Adam Levine.

It was vital for him that the home really feel heat and thrilling, but in addition inviting—someplace folks may put their toes up and never fear about sitting on this or touching that. And whereas he was all for colour and sample, he was cautious of an excessive amount of of it. “I keep in mind after we painted the white trim of the inside doorways this lovely blue, for days afterwards, I used to be calling Victoria and saying I assumed it seemed odd. Fact is, my eyes hadn’t fairly adjusted but. This occurred with a couple of different modifications in the home, and the three to 4 days after an enormous change jokingly turned often called the ‘Michael Meltdown Interval.’ I ended up loving every change afterward although,” laughs the songwriter.