Originally an interior designer who turned to painting, Nadia Karam blends artwork (some she created), furniture and personal touches inside her 12,500-square-foot Florida home
Updated May. 12, 2022Stepping into Nadia Karam’s home isn't much different than opening a book about her life. Each piece in the home forms a line in her story, a thread that keeps the conversation going, inviting you to ask,It’s a bold, colorful, and ever-evolving story that links her own history—she was born and raised in Morocco, studied art and design in Paris, and worked in New York and Dubai—to her husband, Antoine Karam, and their three children.
The Coral Gables house felt like part of the couple’s story before they even bought it, reminding them of Morocco. When they first visited the property, Mrs. Karam’s husband turned to her and asked,The couple bought the 12,500-square-foot home in April 2015 for $5.1 million. A $1 million renovation opened the main living spaces and eliminated heavy iron details.“If a piece is not able to tell a story by her shape, her color, her texture, it’s not interesting to me.
She’ll place an antique collection of samovar silver on a Pottery Barn console table, or pair a $50 West Elm lamp with a custom $12,000 sofa, or hang Impressionist paintings in a room filled with modern furniture.“When you have different backgrounds and histories set against each other, there is a beautiful exchange in the room.”A pair of mustard yellow armchairs with lavender piping sit adjacent to two azure chairs under a cobalt blue portrait she painted of a street vendor in Vietnam.she says.