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From House Beautiful, March 2011.
Showing posts with label accessories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accessories. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Rooms that caught my eye
Vincent Wolfe
Silk Tafetta Draperies 
Frank Babb Randolph .............
J Solis Betancourt
More here: http://goredeanblog.com
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Jane Coslick Design and Restorations
I adore this cool clean, fresh bathroom
What delightful rooms!
Amazing Grace
I found this delightful place on the web -
Jane restores, decorate or design your personal place from start to finish
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Louis XIV fauteuil
photo: tim street-porter house beautiful
How wonderful is this Louis XIV fauteuil sitting in front of the fabulous charcoal taffeta curtains!! A pretty picture to be sure.
Unique designs
This is just stunning…that chandelier reflecting in that mirror. Imagine how great it would look at night!!
This is wonderful. How about dropped down over a small table, or your kitchen sink, or front porch, or in a box window. Love it!
love all the graphic details in this room and the contrast…makes the white chandelier stand out.
http://blog.uniqueuniquedesign.com/Country House Decor in the City -William Howard Thompson House
With a creative eye and a passion for salvaged antique treasures from Europe, an entrepreneur proves that country style can be right at home in any setting — even an elegant city house.
Anyone still believing that country style must be limited to farmhouses need only behold the home of Annie Brahler for compelling proof to the contrary. Located in Jacksonville, Ill., the stately, six-bedroom house is a landmark of that city's historic district. On the outside, it is pure architectural sophistication; on the inside, it's country through and through.
Beneath a crystal chandelier, a small table off the kitchen provides an intimate dining nook.
Vintage silver gets repurposed as bud vases
Pictured: Eight-year-old daughter Isabel's bedroom has a bedstead that belonged to Princess Lillian of Belgium.
Dividing the living room from the sitting room is an archway rimmed in tooled leather and guarded by carved indian heads
Dressed Up & Dressed Down
Tasseled, buttoned "ball-gown slipcovers" dress up gilded dining chairs. Their opulence is underscored by the bare oak floor, outlined in walnut parquet, which gives the room the youthful look of "wearing an evening gown without shoes," Annie says. The Drexel claw-foot table was dark brown until Annie coated it with Sherwin-Williams "Pulmonaria" semigloss paint, deliberately avoiding a precise match with the slipcovers. "I don't like things to be matchy," she adds.
Annie in the Garden The daughter of Dutch immigrants, Annie lives with her husband, Richard, three children, and three dogs in an imaginative re-creation of the interiors inhabited by her ancestors, with antique "farmhouse castoffs" she unearths at barn sales throughout Europe. These she imports through her business, Euro Trash, a thriving enterprise that employs a carpenter and two seamstresses full-time. Like a tableau by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, these rooms combine opulence with an irresistible lack of pretense: Elaborate crystal chandeliers and chairs covered in simple linen look as lovely together as a 17th-century servant girl with a pearl earring. Here, all members of the Brahler clan make themselves at home as they please: "My kids and dogs are welcome anywhere," Annie says. "This is definitely not a museum!"
Beneath a crystal chandelier, a small table off the kitchen provides an intimate dining nook.
Vintage silver gets repurposed as bud vases
Pictured: Eight-year-old daughter Isabel's bedroom has a bedstead that belonged to Princess Lillian of Belgium.
Dividing the living room from the sitting room is an archway rimmed in tooled leather and guarded by carved indian heads
Dressed Up & Dressed Down
Tasseled, buttoned "ball-gown slipcovers" dress up gilded dining chairs. Their opulence is underscored by the bare oak floor, outlined in walnut parquet, which gives the room the youthful look of "wearing an evening gown without shoes," Annie says. The Drexel claw-foot table was dark brown until Annie coated it with Sherwin-Williams "Pulmonaria" semigloss paint, deliberately avoiding a precise match with the slipcovers. "I don't like things to be matchy," she adds.
Annie in the Garden The daughter of Dutch immigrants, Annie lives with her husband, Richard, three children, and three dogs in an imaginative re-creation of the interiors inhabited by her ancestors, with antique "farmhouse castoffs" she unearths at barn sales throughout Europe. These she imports through her business, Euro Trash, a thriving enterprise that employs a carpenter and two seamstresses full-time. Like a tableau by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, these rooms combine opulence with an irresistible lack of pretense: Elaborate crystal chandeliers and chairs covered in simple linen look as lovely together as a 17th-century servant girl with a pearl earring. Here, all members of the Brahler clan make themselves at home as they please: "My kids and dogs are welcome anywhere," Annie says. "This is definitely not a museum!" 
Monday, July 5, 2010
Interiors by Charlotte Moss
The two-bedroom unit was conceived as a New York pied-Ã -terre for a couple who met in Rome and married in the hills of Tuscany, blending the historicism of the Italian countryside with their new, urban lifestyle.
By Catherine Lee Davis
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Shabby Slips, owned by Renea Abbott
Right in the middle of the store is this limed table with these stunning shell chairs! What a find! When Shabby Slips first opened, the focus was on slip covers, but that has long since changed. Today, the focus is on the finest antiques for the younger set. To be sure, the store is still stocked with wonderful slipcovered furniture and there are beautiful pillows tossed about, but the antiques take center stage now. The trendy new lamps and accessories mix in with the old. The chandeliers and mirrors are exceptional, and there is a large selection of them to choose from.
Shabby Slips is owned by Renea Abbott, a much in-demand interior designer with several Veranda covers under her belt. She recently repainted the walls going from dark to white and the effect, along with all the mirrors and crystal chandeliers is stunning – the store absolutely sparkles! The ceiling is filled with the crystal chandeliers and the Venetian mirror shown above has to be the prettiest one I have ever seen! Shopping here is such a treat – a true eye candy experience.
http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2009/02/houston-shopping-bissonnetkirby.html
The Southern Accents brings a taste of the English countryside to Texas
With a nod to 1930s Art Deco glamour, Minton used a cool palette of pastels in the master bedroom. The simplicity of the canopy-style bed frame and its dressing lends a modern feel, and the pearlized woodwork reflects additional light throughout the room. “It just glows,” says Minton.
Inspired by tiger-stripe and paisley linens, Minton limited himself to a completely neutral scheme of gray, beige, taupe, and white for the guest suite. “We wanted the drama of no color,” he says. The stenciled pattern on the walls, played down by the choice of muted tones, gives an exotic but not overpowering feel.
From the Siamese figures flanking the center archway to the tomato-colored French chairs, the living room reflects the layered look typical of English design. “The British brought back many different cultural influences from their colonies, so we didn’t just stick to one type of furniture or style,” says Minton. “We created a look that made it possible to easily move a piece of furniture from one room to another.”
With an arrangement of antique Chinese and Japanese porcelain and English-style furniture, the entry hall is an inviting ode to eclectic English design and designer Joe Minton’s classic aesthetic.
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
Weiss & Wirth Interior Design
I would like to thank Weiss & Wirth Interior Design and Neil Alexander Photography for use of these beautiful photographs.
Weiss & Wirth Interior Design. They are a full-service interior design firm headquartered in the U.S. near Aspen, Colorado.
Weiss & Wirth Interior Design (970) 945-5701
Photography Courtesy of Neil Alexander Photography
Neil Alexander Photography neil@neilphoto.com (504) 813-9460
Classic Contemporary
Brown Davis designed new paneling in the family room, where they repurposed furniture from the couple’s previous home. The print is by Robert Motherwell.
In the dining room, golden drapes warm the north-facing windows. The rosewood table, upholstered chairs, banquette and rug were designed by Brown Davis.
In the living room off the stair hall, Brown and Davis unified the seating groups with a Chinese-inspired rug of their own design.
More here:
http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?paper=95&cat=158&article=20835
Monday, March 29, 2010
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