A Historic Palm Springs Rental Is Transformed With a Riot of Pattern and Color
Interior designer Dani Dazey took inspiration from the orange front door of a William Krisel-designed home in Palm Springs to create a joyful interior.
Interior designer Dani Dazey took inspiration from the orange front door of a William Krisel-designed home in Palm Springs to create a joyful interior.
Buying a home in Palm Springs was never part of the plan for LA-based interior designer Dani Dazey. When she came across a 1959 home by celebrated architect William Krisel, however, it was love at first sight. "I have deep ties in Palm Springs, so it just felt right," she recalls. "But it had to be a rental in order to still afford my rent in LA!" Once the sale went through, she set about transforming it into a kaleidoscopic ode to the 1970s—think boldly patterned tiles by Concrete Collaborative, a color-blocked kitchen, mural walls, cacti, and hanging plants.
The home was designed by William Krisel, a pioneering architect known for his midcentury modern residential design. The original structure was retained, and the original orange front door provided inspiration for the new interior scheme.
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"As an interior designer, one of my favorite eras in design is the bold and beautiful ‘70s," says Dazey. "I love retro supergraphics and warm vintage color schemes. Palm Springs has always embraced bold color and design and we really leaned into that."
Dazey and her partner kept the original structure of the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, which is typical of Krisel’s pioneering midcentury modern vision. The interior, however, was "pretty barren" with white walls and gray floors. Dazey took inspiration from the bright orange front door and created an interior scheme that evokes that retro Palm Springs aesthetic and is dominated by a warm orange, red, and yellow palette.
The open-plan living space features a bold orange palette, expressed in the tiled backsplash, the timber joinery, the furnishings, and the checkered floor tiles. "I love how many different playful surfaces and textures are going on, but that they somehow all work together," says interior designer Dani Dazey.
Photo by Dazey Den
The living area opens out to the garden, which features an entertaining area with a fire pit, hot tub, and sun lounging deck surrounded by a cacti garden.
Photo by Dazey Den
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