{I’ve posted this room a few weeks ago. But here are some new photos of Catherine kwong’s room for The san francisco decorator showcase. I am LIVING for that painted floor.}
{I’ve posted this room a few weeks ago. But here are some new photos of Catherine kwong’s room for The san francisco decorator showcase. I am LIVING for that painted floor.}
{Some modern. Some traditional. Some in-between. Some new. Some I’ve posted before. While they vary greatly in style, I found something interesting and/or beautiful in each space and hope you will too.}
{Interior architects Sigrid van Kleef (38) and René van der Leest (40) of Amsterdam’s Studio R U I M had what it took to strike that seemingly impossible balance: Their background in theatre and opera set and costume design, as well as in restoration and interior design of contemporary homes.Their priority was to respect and celebrate the heritage and character of the Herengracht canal house built originally in 1666 for a successful Amsterdam merchant, Abraham Muyssart. I love the use of wood: panelling, staircases, exposed in ceilings and in framing. The kitchen is a particularly cool combination of traditional and modern. The walls are dominated by vast restored paintings depicting views of the river Vecht and framed in their original wood frames.Countering this are the super-modern counters, bench and especially the custom-designed (by Studio RUIM) industrial-scale copper light fixtures.}
{Set inside the Palais de Tokyo – one of the world’s largest museums of modern and contemporary art – is the uber chic new restaurant Monsieur Bleu, designed by renowned Paris based architect, Joseph Dirand.The expansive interior bears the signature pared down sophistication of its designer and whispers of art deco influences. Grounded in Dirand’s preferred monochromatic color scheme of white and black. the massive interior is afforded a modicum of warmth through the injection of brass and bronze colored metals, smoky mirrors, velvet upholstery, and earthy green accents.}
{Dating from the 18th century, Rose Hill—the Rappahannock Valley, Virginia, home of Billings and John Cay—was restored by Tidewater Preservation and decorated by Amelia T. Handegan. The dining room and the kitchen are standouts to me. Still love muralled walls in dining rooms. The traditional kitchen has a very practical feeling to me. Another kitchen trend I’m noticing… and only in traditional style kitchens is the Downton Abbey-ing of the kitchen: very utilitarian.}
{Just because it is HOT outside. Loving the timber platform.}
{Monday, Monday Feels like a Monday, but it’s a Tuesday… Hope you had a good long weekend! Let’s get to it, shall we?}
{Two of my favourite things - gallery walls and chevron floors. And especially since it’s in a fabulous 17th century Paris mansion.}
{Mid-century modern treehouse realness! This is a home in Los Angeles of architect Ray Kappe. This is the kind of architecture that captures the essence of well-lived life and good design. It is authentic and creative at once and one might feel right at home in the well-layered piece of beauty. Especially loving the dovetail joints on the stairs.}
{Lunch-time inspiration. Innarch have designed the Don Café House in Pristina, Kosovo.}
From Innarch
The idea / inspiration for the design derives from sack filled with coffee grains. The walls of the bar are organically shaped and colored like coffee sack made up of “Plywood” type of wood, whereby the pillars in between are coated with textile coffee sacks. Tables and hanging chandeliers represent the coffee grains lined up asymmetrically in order to generate the impression of being inside a coffee sack. The separating wall has a double function; decorative and functional. Its organic shape consists the most dominant part of the premise enabling a unique feeling of sitting unlike any other one comes across in everyday life. Each of the plywood element was designed individually. This because for the creation of an entire organic shape, each of the element needs to be designed separately.
