Chic Spaces: What makes them

I've been studying Interior Design, on my own and school, for years.  On my own I love to try to understand the spaces I'm interested in and talk about most of them in this blog.  As Joni from Cote De Texas once mentioned, design style is pretty much adjusted by region or state.  I'm not sure if that has anything to do with weather because actually New York and New Jersey are one cotton ball throw away from each other, yet they could not be further apart in this department. A chic space for me is a space where things juxtapose with tension and friction,  where according to conventional thoughts, things are not supposed to work but they do.  A Luis XVI chair upholstered in black liquid leather and placed next to a Jacques Adnet side table would create that ambiance.  Add an abstract painting on top and the whole feeling will get stretched out a bit more.  It's like having a tension cord about to pop.  A classic architectural home with modern art and edgy small furniture pieces would also create a very chic outlook.  New York, in my opinion is the City that best codifies chic spaces.  Maybe it's because of New York's own diversity and dynamism comes seeping into its interiors?  Of course, chic spaces are all around us.   Below are images that speak by themselves.

The use of a modern sculpture suspending from the traditional ceiling in this library is simply outrageous.  By Robert Couturier.

 Nate Berkus

 Robert Stilin

 A London apartment via Elle Decor

 via Elle Decor

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