Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

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Pop Art, Street Art, and Space Age Furniture Collide at a Painter’s Midcentury Ranch Home in Florida - Dwell →

November 07, 2018 by Jennifer Tuohy in Dwell Magazine

Painter Christopher Florentino explains how he revived a 1963 house by modern architect Gene Leedy.

Most people buy furniture for their house. Christopher Florentino, aka Flore, bought a house for his furniture. The Brooklyn-born painter, whose work draws on graffiti and street art, has had a lifelong obsession with midcentury modern, amassing furniture from the period since he was a teen. His collection finally found a home when he discovered a Gene Leedy–designed 1963 ranch house in Winter Haven, Florida, on Instagram.

Read the story online here.

November 07, 2018 /Jennifer Tuohy
Dwell, Midcentury modern, interior design, Home Decor, dwell.com, Flore, Christopher Florentino, Gene Leedy, Eames, Herman Miller, Florida
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My House: Street Artist Flore’s Unlikely Midcentury Haven in Florida - Dwell →

November 06, 2018 by Jennifer Tuohy in Dwell Magazine

New York– and Miami–based artist Christopher “Flore” Florentino reveals how his picturesque midcentury in Central Florida inspires his life and work.

Read this web-exclusive companion piece to my print story on Flore’s house here.


November 06, 2018 /Jennifer Tuohy
Christopher Florentino, Flore, dwell.com, Dwell Magazine, interior design, Eames, Herman Miller
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