Interior Designer Albert Hadley – “Decorating is not about lace curtains and carpets from Paris!” Hadley told Architectural Digest last year in his smoky drawl. No amount of aesthetic folderol, he observed, could make a poorly architected room palatable. “I start with the hammer and the saw—moving doors to line up with windows, straightening out the floor plan, that kind of thing. Once the dust has settled, then you can start thinking about fabrics and paint.”
Elegance combined with livability was the hallmark of a Hadley interior. Classic interior design, a love of zebra rugs and accent yellow chairs, red walls, green walls and pastel blue.
Albert Hadley ~ another view of his garden room in his Naples, FL homeAlbert Hadley ~ A collage by the great, late interior designer Albert Hadley, in his Naples, Florida, home.Guest bedroom in Albert Hadley’s Naples, FL home in white and yellowA leopard-print rug paired with glossy red walls Details: Black-Green Furniture, Red Eclectic-Modern Decor. Interior by Albert HadleyRed walls and a leopard-print carpet runner in a long hallway Details: Red Eclectic-Modern HallwayAlbert Hadley: A scalloped wood-and-gesso mirror above a lacquered bench in the foyer shows the reflection of a photograph taken in Peru by the American photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe, famous for her Harper’s Bazaar fashion work.Albert Hadley ~ the green felt table cover on the desk, the slipcovered chaise with its subtle red details and the homey café curtains – Kips Bay 2002Wallpaper in an entryway mixed with art and a blue storage piece Details: Black-White Wall Treatment, White Modern Staircase, Black-Blue Eclectic Entry. Interior by Albert HadleyAdore this blue color accented with gold and “framed” in the black and white mini-print wallpaper. Simply stunning and stunningly simple-by the legendary Albert HadleyAlbert Hadley: dining room has a light blue ceiling, a favorite Hadley hue for the upper plane. The American Empire mahogany armoire is topped by a Tibetan gong. Next to them are two works on paper by Connecticut artist Mark Sciarillo, also a metalworker, who made the sculpted bronze base of the living room’s coffee table. The vellum lampshade, the Eyelet gold-on-ivory wallpaper, and the chairs are all Hadley’s designs.A black console against a wall with a blue accent trimmed with gold molding Details: Beige Eclectic-Modern Living RoomA gold starburst mirror above a fireplace Details: Beige-White Eclectic-Modern Living Room, Multicolored Eclectic-Modern DecorBedroom designed by the design legend Albert Hadley and the late designer Gary Hager for Vincent Friia in San Francisco. Blue and white toile draperies and upholstered bed with glazed emerald green walls.Bedroom designed by the design legend Albert Hadley and the late designer Gary Hager for Vincent Friia in San Francisco. Blue and white toile draperies and upholstered bed with glazed emerald green walls.Albert Hadley ~ A mod herringbone floor joins peacock-blue walls in a New York City living room for attorney Frederic R. Coudert III; the large painting is by Larry Poons.The late great Albert Hadley, he will be missed. He and Sister Parish were a force in the design world, and he continued to be until the end of his 91 prolific years.Parish-Hadley nearly untouched since the 1970’s is still fabulous today published Veranda. {Photography by Peter Frank Edwards}Fireplace with mirror and two yellow armchairs. Albert Hadley ~ his FL living room – the devoted classicist: “The Living Room, too small for a sofa, contained assorted upholstered chairs instead. A 1950s-60s gilt metal low table displays a cherished gilt-ceramic gourd container, another object that had travelled to various residences. A gray marble Louis XV style chimneypiece was painted white and topped by a mirror in a stepped frame of Mr. Hadley’s design.”Albert Hadley’s bookcase, zebra rug and yellow chair.Albert Hadley ~ the dining room in his Naples, FL homeAlbert Hadley: his home in Southport CT–guest bedroomAlbert Hadley: The c. 1940 French red-mirrored glass table from Hadley’s Manhattan apartment. Now in his sister’s home in this picture–Hadley’s customer wallpaperDesigner: Albert Hadley Brooke Astor’s library with the famous Childe Hassam paintingRed Library
