Grotto
Grotto

project: lounge

location: Santa Monica, CA

Grotto
Grotto

project: lounge

location: Santa Monica, CA

Grotto

The Grotto at Santa Monica Proper is a cove-esque library and art gallery. It’s evocative of an intimate, personalized space that would replicate what you might find in a long-lived-in beachside residence. A cozy living nook where you could wrap yourself inside a favorite book and dream a little in the salted air.

  • Grotto
  • Grotto

All of the furnishings, textiles, materials and art were hand-selected and thoughtfully, thematically considered, giving the space so much soul – as if a couple that had traveled a lifetime to all corners of the globe returned home to their personal, patinaed collection of favorite finds.

Grotto
Grotto
Grotto

As a die-hard book lover, Wearstler sought out favorite contemporary and vintage titles for the shelves and included some tomes from my own collection of out of print books that I have curated over the years.