Room to Wear, Mandy Moore's Family Room

When I saw Mandy Moore’s living room it made me cry the same ugly cry I did watching This is Us, and A Walk to Remember, or listening to I Wanna Be With You. Wow, does that chick know how to make a tear-jerker? Where the heck is my tissue box?

Mandy Moore’s house is a classic 1950s home designed by architect Harold B. Zook. She owned the home a very long time before completely overhalling it’s interior and exterior. To bring it back to life and make it a home she could be proud of, she brought together architect Emily Farnham, and interior designer Sarah Sherman Samuel. The team kept nods to the ’50s, but the space doesn’t scream ’50s with only soft touches of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Jean Prouvé. It’s modern and fresh while still feeling like a real home to be lived in – with kids I’m not so sure. There would be a lot of stains on the furniture if you had kids in this space.

Mandy Moore’s family room is a cross between cotton candy dreams and a wave of Tinkerbell’s wand. It’s an airy space, and it’s colour palette of white, pink, green, neutrals, copper and gold, and pops of green and blue blend so well together that you go from room to room without it being jarring. The girly girl is me jumped for joy when I saw the pics. It’s feminine, but a guy won’t run away screaming “my eye, my eyes” as he would from Elle Wood’s bedroom. One of it’s stand out features is the white terrazzo floating fireplace bench. Terrazzo is costly and challenging to create, but so beautiful it’s worth every cent, to me.