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Harvey Norman Australia Home Decor

view into the bedroom

Amy Neunsinger

With a passion for the handmade and humble, Roman Alonso, the creative director of design firm Commune, has filled his Los Angeles apartment with low furniture, burlap curtains, vintage home decor, and his collective's folksy pillows and linens. Take a tour of his creative space. Don't miss our favorite products from their artistic line of handmade housewares.

view into the bedroom

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View Into the Bedroom

Alonso calls his buffalo hide rug "the monster under the bed." Plaid coverlet by Commune.

bedroom with heavy curtains

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A Cozy Bedroom

In the treetop-view bedroom, curtains are painter's linen.

bright photograph print hanging above bed on gray walls

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Mixed Patterns

A Jeff Burton photo hangs on a bedroom wall painted Benjamin Moore Dior Gray. Kilim pillows by Commune, linens by Matteo.

framed black and white photograph of jackie onassis on a table in the bathroom

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Jackie Print

A famous Ron Galella snap of Jacqueline Onassis dresses up the bath.

shelves on a wall with artwork and books

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Collection Showcase

Shelves mounted on the batten-board siding of the room hold a framed scarf with Alexander Girard's 1967 International Heart print, a Buddha, a Frédéric Malle candle, and a 1970s telephone. Pillows are by Commune.

Alonso in his library

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Creative Library

Alonso converted a closet into a library. The stool is a cut-to-fit wooden block inside a colorfully decorated cardboard box. Hans Wegner Wishbone chair.

warm cozy dining room with wood panneling

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Natural and Warm

A built-in buffet and original paneling give the dining room a rich warmth. A vintage Danish table and chairs and a Noguchi Akari lamp sit on an Egyptian rug. Alonso designed natural burlap window panels that swag to the side. The recycled wine bottle glasses are by Heath Ceramics.

vintage stove with vintage posters hanging above it

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Vintage Stove and Decor

Posters for hippie-era concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco line the wall above a vintage O'Keefe & Merritt stove.

table setting with bronze flatware, green plaid napkin, and brown coupe dishes

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Commune Table Setting

Commune linens, Coupe dishes by Heath Ceramics, and brass flatware Alonso's mother bought in the 1970s.

colorful chinese slippers on vintage rug

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House Footwear

Chinese slippers from Free City nestle on a vintage rug.

living room with photos hung on walls and propped against the wall and red carpeting

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Photo Frame Wainscotting

"I ran out of wall space," Alonso says, "so I just propped photographs on the floor. It's like wainscoting." Dennis Hopper's portraits of Tuesday Weld and Phil Spector and a photo by Lisa Eisner, Psycho Tulip, flank the window. His sofa is simply a twin mattress and box spring covered in painter's linen. He had a red linen shade made for the 1960s brass lamp. "I had seen one in a restaurant and thought, 'I want that.'"

corner of a kitchen with vintage posters hanging and a large photograph propped up next to a chair

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Kitchen Gallery

In a kitchen corner, 1960s Cuban posters hang above a Lisa Eisner photo.

stack of books published by greybull

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Art Book Collection

Alonso's reference library includes art books he published through Greybull Press, which he cofounded.

front of a caftman style hosue

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Craftsman House

The front entrance of Alonso's four-unit 1908 Craftsman apartment building.

vintage american kitchen painted light gray

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Vintage American

The vintage American kitchen has an endearingly homey look. Cabinets are painted Benjamin Moore Wickham Gray.

sleeping porch guest room with open window and diamond chair

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Cozy Nook for Guests

An enclosed sleeping porch serves as a guest room. The Bertoia Diamond chair has its original tweed upholstery. "There's no foam left," Alonso says, "but I don't care. When I find things in their original condition I leave them be."

vintage cabinet and lamp in living room

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Circa 1960

In the living room, a Paul McCobb Planner Group cabinet showcases a 1960s mushroom lamp.

Harvey Norman Australia Home Decor

Source: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g1009/vintage-home-decor-1210/