I have been going through my old magazine files and I came across this bright beautiful home. I really love this London home featured in the Living Etc. As if the bright and colorful decor, white walls and skylights weren’t enough to make me want to live here, the very best and most unique part of the home are the bi-folding doors that open right up connecting the entire dining and kitchen area to the outdoor deck! I really would also love this pink couch!!
All images via Living Etc
ART | ILLUSTRATIONS
Artist: Gabriel Moreno | Location: Madrid, Spain| Type: Illustrator
What’s a better way to end this week, than with these gorgeous illustrations by Gabriel Moreno. His work has a sense of high- spirited freedom and delicate elegance with its soft lines and bright colours.
A fashion illustrator is located in Madrid and graduated of Fine Arts on University of Savilla. . In June 2007 when he began to show his portfolio and after being selected amongst the 20 new talents of illustration, by the London based magazine Computer Arts, he begins his succesful career as an illustrator. At present he has worked with virtually every major national agencies, and is starting with his first commissions and international expansion. He has worked with numerous national and international publications, last August by the cover of the North American publishing Los Angeles Times Magazine.
Check out his beautiful illustrations in his gallery shop and website. Beyond pretty!
Glamour, like the silent-movie stars, can be both subtle and intense. Is there anything more chic than a French woman in a simple black dress and silk scarf? Chic requires editing and restraint, but when you get it right nothing is as bewitching. Ultimately, glamour is about romance and a love affair with your home.”
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High quality craftsmanship and an aversion to last minute trendiness guide the clean, terraced architecture of Cyprus’s Almyra Hotel. Following a major renovation by Thanos Michaelides, the hotel has undergone an ultra-chic metamorphosis and now features sleek interior elegance inspired by the island’s patron goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite. Banquette sofas and low irokko and oak wood tables face windows that afford the first glimpse of the breathtaking ocean views available throughout Almyra. Sleek modern furniture and black and white interiors have been selected by Tristan Auer and Joelle Pleot, who designed one of Karl Lagerfeld’s houses, vamped up by hand-assembled Byzantine chandeliers that hang in both the lobby and the Mosaics restaurant. Splashes of 1970s boldness – such as white leather sofas and ottomans – are enhanced by a combination of natural and artificial lighting. Seeing as the hotel places as much emphasis on a successful family experience as on good design, the concept also focuses on practicality. All of Almyra’s guestrooms and suites are generous in size, so as to provide ample space for families – who will most certainly also appreciate the Almyra’s two freshwater pools, both built with Italian slate. Auer and Pleot have selected lots of natural materials in addition to glass and Carrara marble to create a calming effect in the rooms. Charming small details such as room numbers engraved on the floors are enhanced further by the freedom of guest’s being encouraged to move around the artworks on display at whim. Wide terraces, covered with glowing white trellises surround the pool area and afford sweeping views of Paphos harbour. The landscaped gardens with lavender walkways surrounding the design hotel complete the picture perfect setting. Given the stunning results of the makeover, it is indeed surprising that this is Pleot’s first ever hotel project – but one for which her collaborator Tristan Auer and her have already earned oodles of industry praise. Rest assured, your praise is bound to follow.
Isay Weinfeld has designed the Grecia House in São Paulo, Brazil.
The client wanted a house where he could enjoy the company of his kids and many friends intensely. For that purpose, he asked for ample and various entertaining areas, such as a cinema room, a recreation room for the children and a sauna. And being a sports enthusiast, he wanted the house to feature a large gym room and a long swimming lane as well.
The location of the house was also defined by (huge) existing trees. An important part of the concept, the decision to build small patios and gardens around them allows for broad natural light and ventilation inside the house, helping to keep temperature cool and pleasant green views whichever way one looks at.
Visit Isay Weinfeld’s website – here.
Announcement time!! ♥
I have been telling you something exciting is coming here so here is part of it. I am very excited to announce that I am a contributing columnist over at Mums Lounge. I will be posting regular articles focusing on home design ideas, things to do around your home, decorating & cool kids spaces.
Make sure you check out http://www.mumslounge.com.au/ and sign up for their newsletters for lots of great advise, info and comps. Their website just got a gorgeous new facelift. Looks great! Very happy to a part of a wonderful group of contributors. My first article is up on thier page from last week so I thought I share it with you here also.
I love my shoes. To be honest I am yet to meet a girl who doesn’t love her boots, heels, wedges or pumps. However, shoe storage is one of those things that most women I know struggle with, or at least storing them in a way where you can see what you have is a challenge (and I have experienced this myself). We don’t like seeing them in boxes …we all love to showcase all the pairs we have and choose a different pair each day. That becomes the challenge. We all love them, they’re all pretty in their special way and they make us happy. Yet very often our shoes end up being stuffed into boxes or our closets and we forget about them (or how many pairs we own!). Yet we splurge so much money on our shoes and still can’t get enough of them. A few of us even believe that our heels are works of art – so I thought why not display them as such?
This idea is inexpensive but beautiful. The idea of hanging our shoes on pieces of crown or architectural moulding is crazy – but it looks great. Let the moulding blend in by painting it the same colour as your wall or really embrace the “shoes as art” and paint it a fun, contrasting colour.
Another great idea would be to line the walls of a walk-in wardrobe or a dressing area with picture-rail moulding to make a tidy yet visually impressive display. Great way to see all the shoes nicely on display as well as hanging some of your other favourite pieces too.
If you think that your favourite pair of shoes is just too damn pretty to be cruelly concealed away in a box, display them all!
If you like your things organised and not much colour this is a great shoe storage design using the same boxes with pictures of shoes on the outside of each box. Very practical and tidy.
If you are like my sister than maybe your collection looks like this. Black and white only but so neatly displayed.
I have completely fallen for this idea. So simple and it looks like a shoe shop display. Maybe I will try this out one day at my place. You can make it inexpensive too with IKEA storage shelves & boxes.
This versatile shelf system can be also produced from IKEA grid shelves, affordable & stunning.
I admire this one. This is a very remarkable idea. This just works on every level.
Cheap way and great storage idea.
If you are fortunate enough to have a whole wardrobe to display all your shoes this idea would be a winner. Perhaps this would be the most practical and I know my husband would appreciate this idea the most. I am also sure he wouldn’t appreciate seeing shoes hung on the walls and to be honest this idea suits me fine as I can still see all my shoes and I can secretly sneak a few extra pairs in at least once a week.
From memory, I think I’ve counted over 50 pairs of shoes in my little storage area. Some I might not ever wear again however each one of them hold a special place in my heart and I just can’t imagine getting rid of them. I think my collection is fairly little – I am sure some girls have over 100 of pairs if not more. How many shoes do you have? How many is too many? That’s a silly question isn’t it? If you have room for them – keep them coming – after all they make us really happy.
Marcio Kogan’s StudioMK27 designed the Ipês house in São Paulo, Brazil.
In the design and construction of the House of Ipês there is exposed concrete. In this house the material is used in a radical manner throughout the upper volume. The large concrete box appears to be floating atop a glass volume. In the living room, which continues to the veranda and the garden, the doors open entirely, diluting the division between interior and exterior. The main entrance is done through pivoting panels that also open entirely to the front garden. In the internal space, a long irregularly-shaped sofa wriggles around the room, constructing a space with no hierarchy among the different orientations.
The structure of the house incorporates large spans which accentuate the Idea of a floating Box, besides propitiating a totally free and continuous space. The use of raw concrete refers to modern buildings, aesthetically and functionally, as in a dialogue with this modern architecture. The House of Ipês, with its grand spans and brute material, transpires a sobriety and the concrete impregnated by the passage of time, exposes the existence of the life of the building.
ART | ILLUSTRATIONS
Artist: Stina Persson | Location: Stockholm, Sweden| Type: Watercolour Illustrations
C olouring this friday by these beautiful illustrations by Stina Persson. I blogged about her art studio earlier today you can check it out here. . Enjoy!!
ART
Artist: Stina Persson | Location: Stockholm, Sweden| Type: Watercolour Illustrations
Step inside the studio of artist Stina Persson. Her colorful illustrations have long been a favorite of mine, so I was extremely excited to find this post to take a sneak peak inside her studio ! Stina says her work is about ‘making the ugly prettier and the beautiful a little edgier’. She creates her work by hand; using inks, watercolor dyes and colored pencils, and sometimes Mexican cut paper. The work is then scanned, and given a digital touch-up. Stina was born in Sweden, and has lived and studied in Tokyo, Florence and New York. Today, she lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. I will be showing you more of her work in our post later today. So make sure you stick by.
Via | Free People Blog
