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ne of America’s leading interior designers and
tastemakers, Lars Bolander, calls Palm Beach ‘home’
after having lived in New York, Paris, Washington,
London, and his native Sweden.
This house, which he designed and finished about three years
ago, is decorated with items bought over the course of his 30-year
globe-trotting marriage to business partner, Nadine Kalachnikoff.
Their style has depth, thanks to a fearless combination of classical
and ethnic pieces set against a pale Scandinavian palette. Just like at
the eponymous shops Lars maintains in New York’s Meatpacking
District and on the Dixie Highway in Palm Beach, he favours a
mix of 19th-century antiques, painted furniture, contemporary art
and sculpture, and decorative objects picked up in the Far East and
Morocco.
All this mingled with comfortable upholstery and lots of books
and family photographs, makes for a home that’s as cosy as it is
striking.
On the release of Lars Bolander’s Scandinavian Design, a visual
history and guide to the style, he talks about how his design ideas
have shaped his home. ►

Lars Bolander
3731 South Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
T: +001 561 832 2121 | www.larsbolander.com
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