VENICE BUNGALOW

A woman in cream-colored pajamas standing and leaning on a wooden console table with a potted plant, a rock on a book, and a small stool underneath. There is a modern wall light fixture with multiple bulbs above and to the left of her.
Decorative wooden console table with framed black and white photographs, a potted cactus plant, and small decorative items, against a white wall.

RENOWNED STYLIST MARIEL HAENN LETS US INSIDE HER VENICE BEACH SANCTUARY. THE STYLIST TURNED TO HER FRIEND AND INTERIOR DESIGNER JESSICA FOGEL SCOTT AND INNER GARDENS TO TRANSFORM HER SPACE.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL CLIFFORD.

LOS ANGELES-BASED INTERIOR DESIGNER JESSICA FOGEL SCOTT MET CELEBRITY FASHION STYLIST MARIEL HAENN AT THEIR CHILDREN’S SCHOOL AND QUICKLY BONDED OVER THEIR MUTUAL OBSESSION WITH BLACK OLIVE TREES.

WHEN MARIEL AND JESSICA SAT DOWN TO CREATE THE VIBE OF THE HOME, MARIEL STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF “WANTING MY HOME TO BE A NEUTRAL CALM SANCTUARY.” WHILST HER BUSY LIFESTYLE CONSISTS OF STYLING SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WOMEN IN THE WORLD, THIS LIFESTYLE LENDS ITSELF TO LOTS OF TRAVELING AND CONSTANTLY BEING ON THE GO. “COMING HOME TO A ZEN ENVIRONMENT ENRICHED BY TEXTURES AND COLORS THAT WERE GROUNDING BECAME THE GOAL” SAID JESSICA. SHE WORKED CLOSELY WITH JANA FEIFER, INTERIOR PLANT STYLIST AT INNER GARDENS, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN PLANTS THAT EVOKE RARE SHAPE AND FORM.

A potted plant with a tall, slender trunk and bushy, sparse green leaves next to a minimalistic sofa in front of a sheer white curtain with sunlight streaming through.
An indoor scene with a potted plant with large green leaves on a wooden cabinet, a window revealing trees outside, and a sculpture of a male torso on a wooden pedestal next to a carved wooden stand.
A tall bonsai tree with a slender trunk and green leaves in a large, rustic stone pot, placed indoors near a white wall and sheer curtains.

HAVING PURCHASED A BLACK OLIVE TREE FROM INNER GARDENS FOR HER OWN HOME, JESSICA BEGAN UTILIZING PLANTS AS ART AND SCULPTURE FOR HER CLIENTS’ HOMES.

MARIEL AND JESSICA WERE INSPIRED BY THEIR MUTUAL LOVE OF NATURE. SOON, THE UNIQUE TIERED SHAPE OF THE BLACK OLIVE DICTATED THE DESIGN OF THE SPACE AND JESSICA CAME TO INNER GARDENS TO SOURCE A LINEAR BLACK OLIVE TREE FOR MARIEL’S LIVING ROOM. JESSICA THEN LAYERED PIECES WITH A PATINA OF AGE AND TEXTURE BY ACCESSORIZING WITH VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE VESSELS. JESSICA AND MARIEL BOTH ENJOYED THE PROCESS OF PAIRING PIECES LIKE THE STAN BITTERS MID CENTURY MODERN “THUMBPRINT PLANTER,” SHOWN ABOVE, WITH A DISTINCTIVE LIMESTONE VESSEL FOUND IN INDONESIA (ALL SOURCED THROUGH INNER GARDENS). “PLANTS ARE ART AND SCULPTURE… THEY BRING LIFE INTO THE HOME.” JESSICA HAS SUCH A LOVE FOR HER OWN COLLECTION OF PLANTS THAT THEY ALL HAVE NAMES, FROM “MR. MIAGI” TO “DANCING TINA”… AND WE CAN’T FORGET “CHER”!