Arren Williams: Five Minutes With Barclay Butera

Top notch US interior designer Barclay Butera is on a roll. Late last year he debuted a swanky design book with Assouline (top), and then recently launched a fabric and carpet collection with Kravet that riffs of the book's central style themes of City, Town & Country, Beach and Mountain. Classic Butera style can be pegged as rich and layered yet still casual, with a trademark combo of fabrics, patterns and texture. Just take a look above at his beach house, with its trad blue-and-white and not so trad leopard, and you'll see this is a man who isn't afraid to mix things up. To see more of his interiors, and to check out that new collection, click here to watch a YouTube video narrated by Butera; it's an inspiring 5 minute peek into a deliciously glam world. The Barclay Butera collection is available through the design trade at Kravet, and his book; Barclay Butera Living in Style, can be found at Indigo.
(Photo: Cover image. Credit: Assouline. Photo: Barclay Butera interior. Credit: James Carriere. Via Traditional Home)

The work of Arren Williams, a freelance stylist, editor and trend reporter, can be seen regularly in Flare and Canada's top décor mags and also on Citytv's CityLine. Expect a roundup of fabulous finds from the style world every few days as he brings his eye for detail to Post Homes. See his blog here. -->

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Barclay Butera - Living In Style

Interior designer Barclay Butera makes his publishing debut with this visual compilation of his most iconic work. A young and celebrated star of the design community, Butera creates clean, classical interiors known for their luxury and livability. His work is inspired by a plethora of elements, from the glamour of midcentury Hollywood to the sophistication of Europe and the exoticism of the Far East. Butera's experience in the interior design business began at a young age while working with his mother, who designed the interiors of homes all over the world. At age twenty-five, he started his own company: Barclay Butera, Inc. 'Living In Style' explores five themes in the designer's work: Desert, City, Mountain, Beach, and Town & Country. In this stunning edition brimming with exciting design ideas, the author invites readers to explore both the small details and the larger motifs that come together in an enviable interior.

About the Author: Barclay Butera was selected by Elements of Living as one of the top fifty designers, has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Elle Decor, InStyle and Western Interior & Design. Butera was selected to create a national line of textiles for Kravet, Inc.'s premiere Kravet Collection, prepared to debut in fall 2008.

Published by Assouline

Hardcover: 176 pages