Oscar night! Are you going to an Oscar party? There are two biggies here in New Orleans.
As a benefit for the American Red Cross, The Theatres at Canal Place host the
Oscar Experience, Louisiana's only Oscar-viewing party sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And The New Orleans Film Society also hosts an
Oscar party at the Prytania Theatre.
Guests are invited to wear their red carpet finest or come dressed as a
character from an Oscar-nominated film. The party includes trivia and
costume contests. Alberto and I are hosting our monthly tango dance at
Galvez with some Oscar themed goodies.
In honor of the Oscars, here are some pics of the Green Room
Architectural Digest puts together every year. This year
Madeline Stuart was chosen to design this year’s Academy Awards Green Room. Baker Furniture was used throughout.
"We are pleased to once again partner with Architectural Digest to bring Madeline Stuart's Green Room to life in a most elegant manner," said Austin Rothbard, president - Baker. "Baker has been handcrafting fine furniture for over a century. Both the Oscars and Baker have earned and enjoyed global recognition, yet ultimately, we are hallmarks of American design."
I think this 750 square foot room is great inspiration for a media room for some one's home. You can get the
furniture from Baker. Architectural Digest tells where to get many of the finishes in the captions with each photo.
Schumacher fabric was used, and I am sure you could find it pretty easily.
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| Love the Schumacher fabric on the Baker Chair |
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| What a difference the fabric used in the Green Room makes |
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| A glam seating arrangement via |
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| This is the Baker couch used in the seating arrangement above |
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| And this is the chair - Several were used with different fabric |
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| Changing the fabric on the Baker pieces makes them so much more glam |
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| Love the lamp on the side table - It's from Baker too |
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| The outdoor area of the Green Room is fabulous! |
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| Here;s the designer as a little girl - “For a child of the industry, this is an incredible honor,” says
Stuart. “I revere Hollywood history.” And she’s a part of that history:
Her late father, Mel, directed 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as well as several award-winning documentaries, and Madeline played a
small role as a chocolate-loving, golden-ticket-coveting schoolgirl in Wonka. via |
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| Madeline Stuart designed the Deco-style bar and stools -- the latter of which
she’ll add to her own furniture line. “My pieces are usually named for
writers,” she says. “But I’ll call this stool The Oscar.” |
From
The Hollywood Reporter:
Stuart’s inspiration for the 750-square-foot room, where presenters
and other VIPs will hang out during the telecast, is the legendary
Hollywood art director and production designer
Cedric Gibbons, who oversaw the creation of the Oscar statuette in 1928 and went on to win 11 of them.
Gibbons was a natural choice for Stuart. When
AD reached out, Stuart -- who is on
The Hollywood Reporter’s
annual list of the top 25 decorators in Hollywood -- was already at
work redoing interiors for a house that Gibbons designed for himself and
actress wife
Dolores del Rio in 1930.
“A lot of people don’t know who Gibbons is anymore,” says Stuart. “That’s sad to me.” She credits his work on
The Thin Man
for the room’s glossy black flooring and Art Deco-style furniture and
objects; she also incorporated stepped ceilings inspired by
Grand Hotel and
The Wizard of Oz. Stuart imagined a space where
George Clooney might throw back a Scotch with
Cary Grant. “I wanted to create something chic, stylish and sexy,” Stuart says. “I could live in this space.”
Have fun watching the Oscars!
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