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INNER LIFE; His look? Totally rad; English dandy collides with California skater in the L.A. home of fashion designer Johnson Hartig, whose wicked fusion of styles is about to hit the big time

Keeps, David A

2007

Overview

SERIOUS, AND NOT: Porcelain Staffordshire spaniels line up playfully above a portrait in the den. \"I love Americana, folk art and English country style more than anything,\" [Johnson Hartig] says.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; PARTY PLACE: Friends hang out with Hartig in the pool area of his backyard, which Vogue's [Lisa Love] calls \"quintessential California.\" She says, \"You feel like you're in an artist's summer house.\"; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; SINGULAR EYE: The rich brown of Hartig's bedroom walls, above, sets off the steel-frame four-poster bed of his own design and a screen made from 19th century wallpaper bought at auction. In the bathroom, left, white cabinets and marble countertops take a backseat to the bold wallpaper and Hartig's whimsical flourishes: antique scale schooners under glass, more Staffordshire dogs -- and a Champagne bottle in the shower.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; SINGULAR EYE: The rich brown of Hartig's bedroom walls, above, sets off the steel-frame four-poster bed of his own design and a screen made from 19th century wallpaper bought at auction. In the bathroom, left, white cabinets and marble countertops take a backseat to the bold wallpaper and Hartig's whimsical flourishes: antique scale schooners under glass, more Staffordshire dogs -- and a Champagne bottle in the shower.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; EASY DOES IT: Johnson Hartig tools around Hancock Park in his Schwinn, which he parks in the kitchen, left. The polished concrete floor complements white beadboard walls and the dark granite countertop. Rather than use wallpaper in the glass- front cabinets, above, Hartig taped up wrapping paper from Soolip.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; EASY DOES IT: Johnson Hartig tools around Hancock Park in his Schwinn, which he parks in the kitchen, left. The polished concrete floor complements white beadboard walls and the dark granite countertop. Rather than use wallpaper in the glass-front cabinets, above, Hartig taped up wrapping paper from Soolip.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; RED-HOT AND COOL: Spin art by [Damien Hirst] pops in the living room of Johnson Hartig's renovated 1920s Mediterranean bungalow.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; CHIC AND CHEAPER: A farm table with chairs, mirrored globes and a lantern can be done on a budget.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times

• Publisher: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC
• Subject: Fashion designers / Hartig, Johnson / Interior design / Residences