Tommy Hilfiger’s breakfast room rewrote my design conventions

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Tommy Hilfiger’s breakfast room rewrote my design conventions

When picturing a breakfast room, images of bright, airy corners, where every effort is made to accentuate sunlight, will likely come to mind. Think sheer curtains, pendant lights, and, of course, a soft, neutral paint to set the base for accents and accessories. I, too, had this vision for a breakfast room until I saw Tommy Hilfiger’s former Connecticut estate, and it rewrote my conventions for the better.

The English manor-style estate, created by celebrity-favored designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, dates back to 1932, and a host of period details serve as a constant reminder of its history. Many of the rooms exhibit wood-paneled walls, floors, high ceilings, preserved moldings, and decorative wainscoting that pay homage to its heritage. Its natural coloring also fills the room with a dark, sophisticated ambiance, and things are no different in the breakfast room.

My job involves looking at different celebrity twists on breakfast rooms (or breakfast nooks, in some cases), most of which follow the same design formula to which I first referred. However, Hilfiger, with the help of Bullard, has done things dramatically differently.

TH Connecticut Breakfast Room

(Image credit: Courtesy of Martyn Lawrence Bullard)

While it has to be said that the architectural design features of Hilfiger’s home lend themselves to the darker color palette (especially the wooden wall paneling and flooring), the rich, cocooning elements of the space made me rethink a breakfast room’s potential.

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