{"id":107795,"date":"2023-08-29T19:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.perennialsfabrics.com\/?post_type=story&p=107795"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:04:18","slug":"the-tao-of-tarlow","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/dev3-importer-perennialsandsutherland.dev-v2.perennials-development.com\/about\/story\/the-tao-of-tarlow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tao of Tarlow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HOW DID TARLOW\u2019S CAREER lead her to this chapter of her design journey? \u201cMy formal education was at the NYSID, but I was really self-taught,\u201d says Tarlow. \u201cThe best school for design is experience and working for people who know more than you do\u2014because you can read every book on furniture, but when you go out into the world, you never see those pieces.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In many ways, Tarlow started with real world furniture\u2014 keeping her focus on curating finds and founding R. Tarlow Antiques in the 1970s. \u201cWhen I first started out, I just sold antiques,\u201d recalls Tarlow. But after a move to Los Angeles, the business evolved into Rose Tarlow Melrose House<\/a>. \u201cI was motivated to expand because people needed older pieces and newer pieces,\u201d she explains. \u201cWhen I couldn\u2019t find what I needed for my designs I would make it.\u201d Though a part of the Rose Tarlow magic, as Martha Stewart once observed, is that many of her contemporary creations could pass for beautifully preserved antiques. Both old and new would come into play as the interior design side of Tarlow\u2019s pursuits progressed. But Tarlow resists being defined by a single, signature style. \u201cI mix things together in a very thoughtful, careful way,\u201d she says. \u201cI like something in a room that has a little eccentricity
and personality.\u201d It\u2019s a penchant that led journalist Julie V. Iovine to call her creations \u201crooms of haunting luxury packed with enough rarities and idiosyncratic touches to upstage a Zeffirelli opera set\u201d in The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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So how did Tarlow come to work with Ann and David Sutherland? \u201cWe have a very funny history,\u201d she remembers. \u201cOne day David walked into my shop and said, \u2018You have to give me these pieces to put in my line\u2019. He really discovered me not as an antique dealer but as a furniture designer.\u201d The relationship would flourish, leading to the first Perennials Rose Tarlow Melrose House collection\u2014a sophisticated series calling to mind well-heeled folk in tweed and pinstripes. Tarlow said she had no trouble translating her vision into textiles meant to withstand both sun and stain. \u201cDavid and Ann were the first to make fabrics that would
be good inside and outside, and it encouraged the whole industry,\u201d she says. \u201cThey were the innovators of outdoor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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After a successful first outing, it makes sense that Tarlow is taking another turn. But if the first designs spoke somewhat of the city, this one is pointed squarely at the seashore. Tarlow has expanded her exploration of color in this collection. But each shade is carefully attuned to achieve the kind of weathered warmth one associates with salty sea air and wood cured by time and sunlight. \u201cI love the look of Nantucket,\u201d says Tarlow\u2014noting that the area is \u201cone of my favorite parts of the country.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In some ways, this has been an unexpected journey for Tarlow, considering where she started. \u201cI never really thought I was interested in design,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWhen I had my first apartment and had to pick fabrics out, I didn\u2019t like anything.\u201d Ultimately, she decided that her talent lay in the act of choosing. \u201cI recognized that my gift was being discerning,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Many of the principles that motivate Tarlow are deceptively simple. To create a sense of comfort and coziness, she recommends surrounding yourself with the things you love. She doesn\u2019t chase trends but understands that they are worth learning from because of how powerfully they motivate people. And her wish list for the future includes designing for a small boutique hotel. \u201cOther than that, my life is very full, and I don\u2019t have aspirations,\u201d says Tarlow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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But if you\u2019re looking to dive deeper into Tarlow\u2019s design mind, she\u2019s created two extraordinary documents. The Private House<\/a><\/em> (Clarkson Potter, 2001) offers a look into some of the extraordinary homes she\u2019s decorated and the philosophy that motivates a designer. Meanwhile, Three Houses<\/a><\/em> (Vendome Press, 2022) meditates on the East Coast childhood home her family lost to a fire, even as it explores Tarlow\u2019s later, thoughtfully accoutered homes in Stone Canyon and Santa Barbara, California, and Provence, France. \u201cMy books have everything that represents me,\u201d says Tarlow. \u201cThey capture how I like to live and how I surround myself: what makes me happy and what works for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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And perhaps not necessarily knowing what prompts her designs is part of the beautiful, serendipitous journey of Rose Tarlow. \u201cI never know where my inspiration is going to come from,\u201d she says. \u201cIn my book, there are ladders because I walked in a shop, and a man was on a ladder, and I loved that.\u201d She laughs. \u201cI don\u2019t seek it; it just finds me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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