John Derian
– New Store
18 Christopher Street
– West Village
Depcoupage artist John Derian’s brand new store already
looks very comfortable in a building constructed before the Civil War on a quiet and very charming
street in Greenwich Village. The
storefront even boasts a very old Wisteria
vine and a little dog, which appropriately greets you at the entrance, in what
used to be a pet store.
Livia Cetti – handmade paper flowers
papier-mache birds
John Derian
“Once I
saw the space, I was inspired to do the front like the Astier de Villatte shop
in Paris. It was an 18th-century pharmacy with cool cubbies and a lot of charm.
Their work looks beautiful in that space, and I thought it would be great to
repeat.”
John Derian
In
the front room of John’s fourth
store in New York City, and his
first store in the West Village you can
find his handmade decoupage pieces and the Astier
de Villatte ceramics.
Astier de Villatte – ceramics
John Derian – decoupage
plates and paperweights
Chris Bassett - flower
arrangement
“I did the back of the space like my house in Provincetown;
the simple paneled walls were made with actual 18th-century boards from a house
upstate.”
John Derian
With
the help of Kevin Thompson, a
film-production designer and friend, the two rooms of the store were renovated
to have an aged feel. They kept the original flooring in the front room and
windows in the back room, the sepia-rose wallpaper from John’s design for Designers
Guild was sun bleached. The back room mostly contains soft goods and was
inspired by John’s house in Provincetown
and like the front room has a fireplace.
Designers Guild - wallpaper –
designed by John Derian
John Derian Picture Book – Artisan books
Hugo Guinness
New Work - paintings
soft goods and pillows
Hugo Guinness – paintings
19th-century
toy horse
Nathalie Farman-Farma – lampshades
Chris Bassett - flower
arrangement
Astier de Villatte – Provincetown
candle
Chris Bassett - flower
arrangement
