His family and Amsterdam art dealer Hyland Mather bring a great deal of pieces that they discover on the road. And in a city known for being hip, there are only two criteria for all those pieces to make it. “Personal significance is crucial, and it needs to be distinctively cool to remain,” Mather says.
The private significance part comes through in the artwork, which Mather has accumulated during his almost two years working in the art world. The latter is evident almost everywhere you look, in the coffee table hand crafted from found construction pallets and chairs snatched right from the curb. “Virtually every chair in our house is a road find,” he states.
in a Glance
Who lives here: Hyland Mather; his wife, knitting designer Malia Mather; and their son, Addison
Location: Amsterdam
Size: 90 square meters (968 square feet); 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
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A rotating selection of contemporary artwork hangs on a gray wall in the living area. Mather made the surface of the coffee table out of uncovered wooden construction pallets that he dismantled, sanded, oiled and fitted together. “Both Malia and I quite prefer to take in a lost thing from the streets once we see something worthy of a tiny second-chance love,” he states.
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Mather has been as the-’90s; he associated with Andenken Gallery in Amsterdam. The gallery wall spotlights a number of his favorite musicians, such as Evan Hecox and Faile. “I had a wall to perform with and went on a hang rampage one day,” he states. “It has a very free plan. In my personal work, I earn a great deal of meeting and lost-object artwork, so I play with the composition until I like it. It’s pretty subjective.”
Lots of the things pictured here could be found via Battalion. The string installments were created by Mather.
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“Our sofa can hold us all quite comfortably, and we’ve got loads of wool blankets and soft pillows to add warmth to those cold Amsterdam winter,” Mather says.
A first Poul Cadovius Royal Shelving System spans the period of the living room, showing a rotating collection of art and objects. While this change may drive some insane, it is what keeps Mather inspired. “No location we ever live will ever be finished,” he states.
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Mather found nearly all of the chairs on the road. “We’ve got some real beauties, from old wooden school chairs to midcentury classics, to a late-’60s Danish pieces — a total mixed-nuts chair affair,” he states.
The large Blek Le Rat stencil of an androgynous angel playing a violin, titled “Classical with Violin,” is one of Mather’s preferred art pieces. “Blek is primarily considered as one of the complete granddaddies of this flourishing stencil art landscape, of which both Banksy and Faile are important contributors,” he states.
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Meals are shared by the household in this table. Since the kitchen has limited storage, the pair hangs pans and pots on a easy stand. “It saves space and encourages cooking,” Mather says.
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In a mad scramble to discover the right spot to call home after moving to the Netherlands, Mather was attracted to the clean lines and floor-to-ceiling windows that flank the living area. “The original state of the house was bleak, but frankly we were so happy to have a location in Amsterdam that it stayed comfortably bleak for quite some time,” he states. “We left it feel like dwelling gradually and we, like most, desire something else — that the continual search for dwelling.”
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Mather’s preferred spot is the brown leather chair. “It’s my dad chair, where I sit and work and read and think,” he states. “No one sits in that chair really but. Everybody knows.”
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A particularly treasured piece by stencil painter Amanda Marie, titled “Face To Face With Your True Nature,” hangs over the couple’s bed. Mather found the shelving system on the road.
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The bedside table was crafted by Mather . “Tons of what we have within our home is found, or rebuilt out of found, and we both take pride in that,” he states. “If you can get past the ‘Oh, gross’ hangup and get to the ‘score!’ Mentality, Amsterdam has a great deal of great street finds, large and little.”
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Mather relaxes on the couch with Addison.
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