Let's Get Personal Cliff's Notes
Elle Decor|April 2022
From vintage furniture to a koi pond and orchid garden, designer Cliff Fong's Los Angeles home checks all the boxes.
CAMILLE OKHIO
Let's Get Personal Cliff's Notes

In the dining area of designer Cliff Fong's Los Angeles home, the table is by Charlotte Perriand, the chairs are by Faye Toogood (left) and Pierre Guariche, and the vintage cabinet and sconce are by Jean Prouvé. Turn the page for more, and for details see Resources.

Designer Cliff Fong's Great Dane, Magpie, naps on a vintage Charlotte Perriand bench in the dining room of his restored 1953 ranch-style house in Los Angeles.

OPPOSITE: In the living room, the vintage chair and bench are by Jean Royère, and the dog is Fong's rescue pet, Monkey. For details, see Resources

ABOVE: A room divider by Jean Prouvé separates the living and dining areas. Sofa by Børge Mogensen; pendant by Serge Mouille; console by Charlotte Perriand; rug, Woven; artwork over console by Darren Bader.

RIGHT: Vintage pieces by Jean Royère, George Nakashima, and Isamu Noguchi mix in the living room. Artwork (right) by Vern Blosum.

OPPOSITE: In Fong's son's room, the 19th-century secretary is a family heirloom. Chair, Babacar Niang; leather bag, Hermès; artworks by Mark Roeder (left) and Gina Beavers (over door).

For designer Cliff Fong, serenity is found in a simple, sustainable lifestyle. Nowhere is this more evident than in the 1953 ranch-style house he moved into four years ago in a quiet neighborhood in Central Los Angeles.

Here, Fong, the principal behind the Los Angeles design firm Matt Blacke, followed the visual vocabulary he often employs in his projects, mixing vintage Scandinavian and French masterworks with understated yet luscious floor coverings, contemporary art, and family heirlooms that tell a story.

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