Xtreme Vogue London Desk: Sarah Marshal
When stars such as Zendaya, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Aaron Paul or Katy Perry need a home makeover, they turn to Jake Arnold. The Hollywood-loved interior designer has dreamed up abodes for no shortage of A-listers, but anyone can get his bold 1940s-meets-contemporary design aesthetic with his new Crate & Barrel collection.
Priced from $20 to $3,199, Arnold’s 50-piece line comprises living room, dining and bedroom furnishings as well as bedding, lighting, tabletop accessories and more in “very muted, understated, but still impactful” color palettes and designs
“The hardest thing that people struggle with is they see all these amazing images of rooms that sometimes don’t feel attainable,” says the British-born, Los Angeles-based Arnold, who is also a co-founder of the online design consultancy platform The Expert.
“The whole inspiration for the collection was to make high design that’s aspirational [be] attainable. I love seeing people’s responses. [They say], ‘I can finally afford something like this. I can’t believe I can actually buy that chair that I saw in a picture.’ We have these beautiful marble accent trays. Just the price point on something like this from Crate & Barrel to get this level of quality and this beautiful stone, if someone bought this as a gift for me or anyone, they’d be thrilled.”