Last Home Tour of the Year!

To all my dear readers, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Mine was splendid, we celebrated at home and invited all our relatives over. It was a double celebration as only a few days before Christmas my eldest son sat for his last exam at university and is now an engineer!
Tomorrow we'll be going to a summer place called Chapadmalal where we will have no access to the Internet so I won't be posting again until we come back on January 16th.
So, as I won't be seeing you before, I'd like to wish you all now a very Happy New Year, and thank you for this wonderful inspired year together giving me support through your comments and cheering along which makes all my time spent on blogging definitely worth while! Thanks to each and every one of you, Happy New Year once again and I'll be seeing you soon!

And, of course, before I leave, I give you this stunning house.

Nestled in the old village of Champagne Sézanne, this seventeenth century house belonged to the Marquise de Beauharnais, Marie-Francoise (whose brother married Josephine, the future empress), Pascale and her husband Oliver, bargain hunters and passionate decorators, created a family home that opens its doors to the public twice a year to display their items on sale. Every room has been lovingly staged creating a unique holiday atmoshphere.

A real feast for the eyes. Let's step in.
























Hope you enjoyed our last house tour of the year. See you soon dears!!!

All images from here.

McAlpine Booth & Ferrier Interiors #3

There are so many pictures at McAlpine Booth & Ferrier's site that this is the third set I'd like to show you. Previous posts here and here. Their rooms include many styles: rustic, traditional, contemporary or sophisticated. Come and enjoy them!
































What on earth is that in the middle of the painting?















More images right here.

Photographer John Bessler

Second post today as I´m not sure I´ll be able to post tomorrow.
I´d like to introduce you to talented photographer John Bessler. He is based in Ny but lives in Lakehouse, New Jersey.
Enjoy!























Portfolio right here.

Photographer Mark Darley.

Photographer Mark Darley was born in Hampshire, Great Britain. He graduated from Radley College, Oxfordshire, and later studied law at Reading University in the UK. This was followed by a life-changing two and a half year voyage, circumnavigating the globe under sail.

He then moved to New York City and studied photography and design at the Parsons School of Design. Within three years of arriving in America he had launched his career, specializing in interior and architectural photography. Mark moved to the San Francisco area from New York in 1989 and has continued to work on assignment from both East and West Coasts and internationally.

Mark Darley's images have appeared in A+U, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Architektur & Wohnen, Art & Antiques, Ambiente, Australian Vogue, Casa Vogue, Dwell, Elle Decor, House and Garden, House Beautiful, Interiors, Interior Design, Maison et Jardin, Metropolitan Home, Smithsonian, Traveler, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Western Interiors and Design and many others.





Was this done on purpose? Look closely and you will know what I mean!





























All images and information from his site right here.

Photographer Rachel Whiting

Getting all ready for New Year's celebrations? Can you believe this year is nearly over? I can't, you can't, nobody can! Well maybe just the little ones can. I remember when I thought the year 2000 would never come and we used to say something like: yeah, you'll manage to do that when pigs fly or in 2000, as if this would never come. Here in Argentina when we think something will never happen we say it will "en el año verde" (the green year) which of course does not exist. My goodness who invented that!

As you may have noticed I'm posting every other day instead of every day. I'm on holidays and I seem to have so much more to do than when I'm at home. Anyway, today I'd like you to meet London based freelance photographer Rachel Whiting who specializes in interiors and still-life. Her work has been featured in Country Living, Homes & Antiques and Country Style.
I love the simplicity of her images. She manages to balance and combine shapes and colours to create these enchanting photographs.

Come and enjoy with me!





























For more photographs visit her portfolio.