Petra love

 
  Petra love

I do agree with Josefin, I love this place, great pics by dear sweet 

Luxury Studio Apartment by Rick Joy // Chelsea, USa

 
 Luxury Studio Apartment by Rick Joy // Chelsea, USA.

 

This studio apartment by architect Rick Joy may not be generous in size, but it is certainly not short of grandeur. What the apartment lacks in volume, it makes up for in lush materials, clever detailing and a staunch commitment to good design.

Accustomed to designing homes of a more palatial scale, Rick Joy manages to shift from one end of the scale spectrum to the other with little trouble at all. Rather than feeling compromised, each square metre is given an extra potent dose of design attention.

 

 

Approached as an inverted house, the inside skin is a "facade" of limewashed fir timber. The generously wide boards clad the face of the joinery and wrap down to the floor with widths and joints matching in perfect alignment. With three walls of joinery, storage is well covered in this compact space. The same timber is used for the bed, dining table and bench. The bench can shift from behind the sofa to the dining table, depending on seating requirements. The client has hosted up to thirty guests in this space. The neatly crafted leather joinery pulls were designed to avoid the old hardware-stabs-the-arm situation down the narrow hall. Pools of full linen curtain surround the bed, enclosing the space into a cosy cocoon which can be hidden from view.

 

 

As an apartment dweller myself and a believer of compact living, seeing a space like this is both intriguing and satisfying. It is an unusual combination; a modest site but a generous budget and a unflinching commitment to quality. What this apartment proves is that small spaces needn't be a sad sacrifice. They can be just as compelling and punchy when laden with the right dose of design love.

Text by Ella Leoncio for Yellowtrace.

 

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[Images via New York Times. Photography by Joe Fletcher.]

 

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Home tour - scandinavian home with exposed brick wall

 
 

Home tour - scandinavian home with exposed brick wall

Stopping by real quick to share with you this Scandinavian home with a white base color and cool exposed brick wall. Enjoy.

Images via StadsHem.

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A RENOVATED GREEK FISHERMAN’S HOUSE

 

A RENOVATED GREEK FISHERMAN'S HOUSE

This renovated traditional fisherman's house is located in the historic town of Koroni in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. Situated just below the historic Venetian castle, the house is in a peaceful spot right above a small beach. It is set one house back from the water's edge, yet has stunning views across the sea to Mani and the mountains beyond. The 220 sq metre characterful house has been restored with great style with the help of an architect. Many walls have been removed to give the house a feeling of space, light and airiness which is so necessary in this hot mediterranean climate. The beautiful garden has fruit trees and terraces to sit out and enjoy the sea views or barbecue freshly caught fish. Is this your dream house? Then there is good news as this lovely home is for sale! You can find more information here.

Thanks Carey for sending me the images of your beautiful Greek home!

Image credits: Lefteris Miaoulis.

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I Gigi General Store owners' beautiful home...

 

I Gigi General Store owners' beautiful home...

I Gigi General Store

Anna Kern...

 
  

Anna Kern...

I adore these delicious images from photographer Anna Kern. There are so many great little details that get my creative juices flowing.

Beautiful houses

Some of the most beautiful houses and apartments in the world are to be found in Paris and right here is one example to back up that claim. Patrick Gilles and Dorothée Boissier run the architecture and design firm Gilles & Boissier and this utterly gorgeous 19th century apartment on Boulevard Malesherbes, is their personal abode. The basic structures of the apartment are typical for French architecture of the 19th century; high ceilings, large open rooms, French windows and decorative, floral moldings on ceilings, doors, fireplaces, windows and walls. The herringbone parquet floor is to die for, beautifully complementing the classical structures and the ultra modern furniture and objects the owners have chosen for their home. While taking great care to protect and keep the original features of the apartment, Patrick and Dorothée have decorated the apartment with contemporary objets d´arts and modern furniture, some of which, such as the dining table, are designed by themselves. All of the photographs throughout the apartment are shot by photographers, some of them world famous such as Peter Lindbergh, Steven Klein and Albert Watson, represented by acte2galerie in Paris.