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Photographer: John Ellis
他の地域にあるラグジュアリーな広いトロピカルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (黒い壁、グレーの床) の写真

For most, rattan furniture isn’t chosen—it chooses you. These pieces, in all their kitschy, sun-soaked glory, often come to us as hand-me-downs from grandparents and aunts or, if we're fortunate, hold court in an old family summer house. For Los Angeles furniture dealer Harvey Schwartz, however, a connection to rattan came from outer space. Interior designers are calling too. When designing a home for Poppy and Cara Delevingne, Beverly Hills architect Nicolò Bini wanted to create a tropical feel by blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor, a role rattan was born to play. “Poppy wanted something very Hollywood Regency, a California dream home—light, airy, fun,” says Bini. “So I thought that rattan would be the perfect match for her.” Bini, a longtime fan and friend of Schwartz’s, had never before taken a client to Harvey’s warehouse. But when he brought Poppy at the end of a long day of touring furniture shops, “she just absolutely flipped out,” he says. The pieces she ended up buying not only found their way into a central part of the home, but onto the cover of AD last September.