Theatrical Gestures
“I grew up in the ‘50s, so a kitchen from that era seemed fun,” Tom says. “But to do a whole house in a ‘remembering the ‘50s’ style could get pretty cloying pretty quickly.” Wisely, he and Pat indulged in retro-mania here, giving other rooms a more contemporary spin. (h) Pride of the kitchen is a 1940s stove that Pat found on a shopping expedition in L.A.



(i) and (j) The blue-and-yellow palette used elsewhere in the house continues here, perked up with flashes of red from a Deco coffee pot and a pie plate with a logo reading “Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pies.” They were gifts from Tom and his fellow producers to the cast and crew of Sweeney Todd on opening night in New York. To find out the not-entirely-wholesome ingredients of the pies, you’ll have to see the show, which is hitting the road this fall on a North American tour.

(k) No, it’s not really an old refrigerator, but a new one with a retro look. The dinette set, however, is straight out of the ‘50s, as are the window curtains, converted from a tablecloth.

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