Meyers-Shyer and I met up in West Hollywood, with a very specific agenda: Could she show me how one gets the Meyers aesthetic?
Not in a “do it for less” or “dupes” kind of way. Where does she shop? Where does her mom shop? What secret places—and people—make up the backbone of these magical California worlds the Meyerses create? (Look, if I was part of the Meyers female empire and the financial boon that came with it, I’d want the good stuff.)
Our first stop is Rose Tarlow House. Rose Tarlow is an IYKYK name—she might never have appeared on Million Dollar Decorators or had a line with Crate & Barrel, but she’s quietly one of the most influential names in interior decorating, designing the homes of David Geffen and Oprah Winfrey. (And not many more: Tarlow is known for keeping an extremely small client base.) “Tarlow has solidified her industry status as a true decorator’s decorator,” Architectural Digest says of her, and she is known for her use of wood and embrace of solid, neutral colors.
During Meyers-Shyer’s renovation, she used to spend hours at Rose Tarlow, skimming through the calm, earthy fabrics. (She selected Avignon Alpine Stripe Natural for her dining room curtains.) “She is the master. The absolute master,” says Meyers-Shyer. Last summer, Meyers-Shyer, her mother, and Tarlow went shopping in Provence. “Basically everything she pointed at and told me to get, I purchased,” she said.
It’s a short drive to Mike Moser’s studio on La Cienega. A minor character in This Oak House, Moser is Meyers-Shyer’s interior designer. She learned of him through her friend, Jamie Mizrahi, who styles celebrities like Adele, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Allen White. “What I loved about Jamie’s house was that it felt like Jamie, and that’s kind of Mike’s secret sauce,” she tells me as we meander through his space, which is half design office, half shop. Moser’s husband, Tyler Thomas, greets her warmly. They make small talk about their landscaping. Meyers-Shyer jokes that on a recent Ask Me Anything, she was asked to describe her landscape. “I wanted it to be like, ‘Pain in the ass, weedy, impossible to keep up,’” she says, laughing. “[I have to be] out there every day.” They then both ooh and ahh over a rare Warren McArthur sofa that Thomas and Moser have tracked down—their studio both designs furniture and sources it. In the coming weeks, they’ll be in Italy for a friend’s wedding. They’ll sneak in antique shopping when they are there. A lot of their stuff, however, they get at auctions. (As does Meyers-Shyer, who laughs when she tells me she has a terrible penchant for buying something on the cheap at a European auction—but then paying a small fortune in shipping. “The more difficult and expensive it is to get here, usually the better. I buy the item for $15,” she says.)
