Beautiful Spaces

Dining Room of Amelie & Friends restaurant (via remodelista).
Office/home of architect Benedetta Tagliabue      

Czech Republic

There happens to be a new online interior decoration magazine from the Czech Republic called Bohemia Living.  I got an email notification that the first issue is out, so I will be checking it out later today.  Renata from Kokino Home Blog is one of the contributors and not only does she have a great blog, but she is such a nice woman as well.  Good luck!

This is the only picture I have when we were in the Czech Republic.  I guess since we were there for only 1 day, 1 picture will suffice.  We were able to spend the night at someone's house (which is always nice.....how come Europe has such good manners?).  In the morning, everyone left to walk into town and I opted to stay in and gets some peace and quiet.  This is the pic I took. 

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This photo brought me to a halt.  Who makes this chair?  I just can't stop staring!  Looks like a Series 7 was cut off and fitted into the back.  

Any ideas?

via Melanie Ireland's home/Milk Magazine

Hotel Joyce - Paris

What a great idea!  

An American in Paris. Nelson clocks at the Hotel Joyce/Paris.

Marseille Maison

Mitri Hourani of Boboboom has converted an old mill in Marseille into an underground dwelling full of found objects mixed in with Boboboom's recycled lighting and textiles. 

via Marie Claire Maison

Surface Treatment

Home of Sandrine Zigler-Munck (of Meresine shop). Her dining room has one of the most creative surface/wall treatments I have seen in a long time. xoxo.


via Marie Claire Maison.

Caravan Cool

Deli cooler and camper = heart. Loft living as it should be.
All photos by VERNE from OWI.

LIVING

Yes, this is what a child's play room should look like!!!!
The other pics are simply because grey makes everything look better!

Photos by Magnus Marding of Dinder House. Styled by Ilse Crawford and featured recently in quite a few design magazines.

Where They Create - Book

Before things are styled for visual consumption, are the spaces in which ideas are created and turned into reality. These are the spaces that I like the most and the spaces that Paul Barbara photographs and then documents on Where They Create.

A few years ago, I found Where They Create and now after re-visiting his website, there are over 80 artists' spaces to peruse through and am excited to see that Where They Create is coming out in book this September - published by FRAME. Very exciting!

You could spend hours looking through all of the spaces.....definitely no lack of inspiration. Decided to focus on Poland because you don't seem to hear about Poland so often. Last year, I was in Poland and visited both Warsaw and Wroclaw (plus a few others), so these pictures feel almost sentimental to me. Although I didn't stay at either of these spaces, the Warsaw space is almost a dead ringer for Pav's house.........Makes me miss Poland just a little........

Studios: Anka Mderzejewska - Wroclaw Poland and Little Studio - Warsaw Poland.

Co-habitating

This photo made me smile and reminds me of my dear friend who was living in an old store front a few years ago.. Comprising of one big room, it was both home and garage to a few motorcycles. This photo may be styled, but it is closer to life than one may think.

Lonngren/Widell photography.

Barcelona Architecture

Here is Gaudi's first commission in Barcelona: Casa Vicens. A neo-moorish design built for Manuel Vicens, a wealthy tile and brick maker. I think the pictures say it best...........





Here is another Arab inspired home in Barcelona, but this one is much more traditional. Of course, I prefer Casa Vicens, but this is still well worth a look. I don't know who built this house, but it was built in Barcelona at the turn of the 19th century for an Arab prince and is now owned by a Swedish couple. I wonder if their furniture is swedish inspired and how it would look juxtaposed in this space? Regardless, the tile work and stained glass is simply amazing. Casa Arabia in Barcelona. Found via OWI. pictures by Verne.