Today Architectural Digest is welcomed by Ray and Anna Romano to tour their serene desert home in La Quinta, California. The ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ star and his wife worked with AD100 powerhouse Nate Berkus to design a beautiful and comfortable home, perfect for hosting their expanding family as two of their four children prepare to get married. Moving away from the mid-century Americana styles you’d typically find around Palm Springs, Berkus took inspiration from Italian country homes, creating a more muted space with all the charm of the Italian countryside. Before letting Berkus and Anna take the reigns on design, Ray only had a few specific requests for his new desert oasis. “I wanted some kind of cozy feel to it. That’s all. I was very vague,” he says. “And I fell in love with a bunk bed room that we saw at the Ritz-Carlton in Sundance that my kids stayed in. And I said, ‘I want a room like that.’”

See more of Ray and Anna Romano's cozy desert hideaway here: www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-ray-roman…

Director: Meg Sutton
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Host: Anna and Ray Romano
Producer: Chase Lewis
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
Associate Producer: Josh Crowe
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Manager/Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Tracy Schaffer
Camera Operator: Josh Andersen
Audio Engineer: Paul Cornett
Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas; Brock Spitaels
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Special Thanks: Nate Berkus Associates; Edith Garcia at Creative Art Partners

Artworks:
“Village Green”, Artist: Lawrence Calver, Courtesy of Creative Art Partners www.instagram.com/creativeartpartners/
"The Rat's Head and Left Front Leg“, Artist: Sipho Mabona, Courtesy of Creative Art Partners www.creativeartpartners.com/
"Les fleurs sauvages, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 2022, Artist: Virginie Hucher www.instagram.com/virginie_hucher/ and www.virginiehucher.com/


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