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Randall Mays, businessman, investor and philanthropic, know how to organize a good party – if your idea of ​​a party under an open sky meditates in grass (the way you sit on, do not smoke). Interior designer Christina Simon from her Austin studio of the same name can testify to the definition of May after he had transformed his Circa-1915-Bungalow in Travis Heights, Austin into a room that is day and day and day. “It serves as a lively event location for the host parties during the music festival of SXSW and Austin City Limits,” says Simon, who has found Mays by artist friends and entered with a letter from exactly four words: Austin Eclectic Hippie Vibe, please -if you are exactly.

As Simon reminds, the letter happened to be easier than I said. “The house was very nice, but it was really diseloon and everything was white. It was an empty canvas,” added the designer. She worked with Daniel Ward by Mark Richardson Architects and Dustin Minium of Red Tail Construction for the architecture and execution.

The living room -Awash in Farrow and Balls Inchyra Blue -is a curated library with vintage finds, which contains an original Rex -Ray carpet, dark -glass -coffee and tumbler and water stools (right). Simon designed the sofa in such a way that it fit perfectly into the window shell and framed the adjacent wall with a grille of small paintings by the Texas artist Matt Kleberg. Overhead, an Il Sol Flushmount -light from Paul Ferrante throws a warm glow, while a CB2 chair on the left offers a cozy place.

Art: Matt Kleberg/Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery

A canvas that this spaces usually need time to fill – but time was a luxury that Simon didn't have. “The renovation occurred in two phases – paints, wallpaper, worktops and surfaces before randall went into the full bath and the kitchen afterwards. We had about two months for the” before “, so everything we ordered had to be in stock – it was very narrow, a little annoying and a little miracle,” she says. Fortunately, she knew where to start. “Randall is an artist, an art collector and a real bonvivant. His houses are always open whether he is there or not. That is why I have a room as funny as his legendary parties to come from season to season.”

She designed the house in strong layers and took some walls with grass loop, Moiré silk and walnut veneer and others in deep, brooding blues and purple. “Wherever we could build texture and warmth, we did it,” adds Simon, who chose characteristic structured window covers and warmed up the winter garden in Clés black terracotta tiles. As for the decor, she leaned vintage. “This is how I started to strike the look for the house,” added Simon.

May's office is anything but traditional. “It became an explosion of creativity and psychedelic references -the entire room turns under black light,” says Simon, who has brought lively pillow, a mural by the Austin artist Michelle Marchessault, and a surround sofa and Ottoman of her own design, the former in opUzen furocious fabric. “Oranges and pink shine against dazzling mushrooms, third eyes and hidden Easter eggs – none of the client's family, their love for dancing bears à la the Gratful Dead, and they would only recognize in the jokes.”

Art: Michelle Marchessault/Northern-Southern