Designer Michelle “Meeshie” Fahmy of Haus of Meeshie knows a thing or two about creating spaces that are sophisticated but also soulful, energetic yet grounded, and whimsical without being too weird (unless that’s what her clients want, of course). These opposing forces in her work always balance out in the end, thanks to her expert use of color and attention to detail. With its warm grounded palette and subtle pattern play, this recently completed project of Fahmy’s, a couple’s first home in California, stands as a testament to that ethos exactly.
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There’s the notion of what most people think of as bold, and then there’s truly, unmistakably bold. When the time came for a new vision for their 1963 Deepwell Estates home, television producer and showrunner Karin Gist and TV producer Claire Brown turned to interior designer Michelle Fahmy of Los Angeles–based Haus of Meeshie for the right degree…
A good backyard can be better than Xanax. “Creating an open-air entertaining space after months of not seeing anyone in a pandemic really saved our sanity,” says Karin Gist, creator and executive producer of Our Kind of People (premiering on September 21 on FOX). Gist and her partner Claire Brown, also the show’s executive producer, enlisted the help of Michelle Fahmy, principal of L.A. design firm Haus of Meeshie, to transform their Palm Springs backyard into an oasis that doubles as a party hub.
Instagram frequently showcases an easy-to-emulate, high-contrast formula: Showers flanked by panels of black steel and glass, white soaking tubs, subway tile and Moroccan-motif encaustic-cement tile. To shake up the cliché... Los Angeles designer Michelle Fahmy might contrast the overfamiliar hand-painted tile with pop-art elements like a Crayola-bright Vola faucet fixture.