Lucy Hale Loves a Good Throw Pillow

Skip to main contentThe Pretty Little Liars actor embraces bold patterns and offbeat pairings in her LA homePhoto: Grant Legan Styling: Paige WasselThe living room in actor Lucy Hale’s Los Angeles home has a sloped ceiling with exposed dark-wood beams. In the center of the room lies a marble coffee table decorated with colorful hardcovers and an artfully drooping bouquet of white cosmos. One couch is dusty-rose pink, the other upholstered with a black-and-white striped fabric designed by Kelly Wearstler. A fringed, floral Gucci pillow sits on top of the bold print. The pairing shouldn’t work together, but somehow it does.Designers Ashley Drost and Marie Trohman of Proem, who designed the home in collaboration with Hale, say they let their client’s “fun, instinctive,” and “witchy” taste lead the way. Surprising, irreverent details handpicked by Hale—like a two-foot-tall sheep statue and an Elvis lamp—are each conversation starters. But nowhere is her design instinct more legible than her throw pillow selection. Below, a closer look at some of the unexpected ways her soft furnishings appear in the home, and suggestions for where to find similarly charming styles.Designer FloralsThe vintage Gucci pillow “landed on the Wearstler sofa almost by accident during move-in and just stayed,” Drost tells me. Proem saw Hale’s taste come through in the placement: “The floral against the graphic stripe was unexpected, personal, a little irreverent.”Anthropologie Gwendolyn Jacquard Floral PillowLA DOUBLEJ Floral Fringe CushionWild AccentsPhoto: Grant Legan Styling: Paige WasselHale was dead set on including two round animal-print pillows on the couch in her entertainment room. “We were a little scared of the leopard at first and tried a few other options,” Trohman says, but Hale politely asked for their return. “She was right. Paired with the softer watercolor print, it feels playful, unexpected, and very much like her.” The pillows, with their bold print and circular silhouette, add depth to the room’s soft watercolor palette rather than interrupting its flow. The combination perfectly encapsulates Hale’s glamorous homebody style.Scalamandré Panthera Lumbar PillowScalamandré Animal Pillow CoverVintage TouchesPhoto: Grant Legan Styling: Paige WasselOn Hale’s bed sit three pillows embroidered with pastoral landscapes and verdant forests in blue, green, and cream. These were not Plan A. Trohman tells me that they initially wanted to hang up a true Aubusson tapestry. “We loved the history and texture,” she says, but the wall hanging felt too formal. “Turning that idea into a pillow makes it feel more lived-in.”Arhaus Sagamond PillowWilliams Sonoma Scalamandré Ridge Pillow CoverProvençal-Inspired PiecesPhoto: Grant Legan Styling: Paige WasselIn her meditation room, a tufted velvet daybed commands the space, its deep gray offset with ornate golden pillows. In a space dedicated to calm, the gold is an inviting choice that warms the space; the dainty florals in the pillows echo the wispy yellow flowers on the side table. The silken fabric provides soothing texture against the monotonous gray beneath it, and diffuses the pendant’s light.Josh Young x Williams Sonoma Home Jardiniere Pillow CoverMind the Gap Chinoiserie PillowJulia Harrison is a shopping writer at AD. Previously, she was a writer and editor for Coveteur, and The Sewanee Review. 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