“I KNOW SOME PEOPLE COLLECT GLASSWARE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT’S A COLLECTIBLE AND SOME PEOPLE COLLECT IT BECAUSE IT’S KITSCH AND SOME PEOPLE COLLECT IT BECAUSE IT’S QUINTESSENTIALLY MID-CENTURY, BUT MY OBSESSION STEMS FROM MY MOTHER’S SET OF GREEN GLASSES,” NUREEN SAYS.
Photography by CHRISTOPHER STARK Styling by RACHEL FORSLAND
SITUATED IN THE QUIET HILLS OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, THIS 1958 HOME HAS BEEN LOVINGLY RESTORED AND REFRESHED, REFLECTING MID-CENTURY DESIGN’S ENDURING STYLE AND THE HOMEOWNER’S PERSONALITY.
Nureen Saeed is the reason phrases like “home is where the heart is” permeate our culture. She hears a subtle whisper of connection, a language of line and form that seamlessly pulls together practical and unorthodox elements.