IF YOU WERE TO WRITE A HISTORY of interior design in California, it would have to be divided into two eras: Before Michael Taylor and After Michael Taylor.
The legendary decorator transformed California interiors in the 1970s and ’80s with sunny white spaces brimming with plump, oversized furniture, rugged organic materials, and his ever-present plants. Airy and ethereal, Taylor’s rooms merged interiors and exteriors in a verdurous pas de deux that endeared him to entertainment titans and tastemakers.
Although Taylor left
