Wednesday 30 December 2009
Photographer Rachel Whiting
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.
Monday 28 December 2009
Summer House in Spain
Saturday 26 December 2009
Interior Designer John D. Oetgen
As I write this I'm sitting in my front porch looking out to the garden on this beautiful rainy Saturday here in Buenos Aires. Everything is perfect except that I've just been stung by a wasp and it's a bit painful. I had to tell you because everyone else in the house is sleeping right now and I have no one to complain to. Good thing I'm not allergic. And since I'm still writing I guess it's not that bad.
Anyway, today I'd like to introduce you to the extremely talented interior designer John D. Oetgen.
He was named one of the 100 most influential designers in America by House Beautiful in their November 1995 100th anniversary issue and has remained on their top 100 list each succeeding year. His work has been featured in many national and regional publications, including House & Garden, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Better Homes & Gardens, Interior Design, Southern Accents, Veranda, Atlanta, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, and Esquire.
Elegance and style, he certainly knows his colours and combines them to make unique rooms.
You can find more photographs of his work right here.
I'll be back on Monday. Have a lovely weekend!
Friday 25 December 2009
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Luxury Mediterranean Cliffside Villa
Hello everyone! I started my holidays on Friday, I'm back in Argentina till the end of January. I'll do my best to keep posting every day.
I came across this house at a site called Adelto which is dedicated to luxury residences. The pictures and following information are from this site.
Working within the constraints of an existing towerlike structure situated on a steep site overlooking the Mediterranean, architect Norman Foster created a seven-level, 6,500-square-foot modernist villa. In the living area, an 18-ton angled retractable glass wall and sun louvers “allow the inside and the outside to dissolve into one,” he says.
The street-level access opens to the pool terrace on the roof of the house. A glass staircase, at left, leads to the studio entrance below. On one of the original tower walls, a staircase with stone treads, stainless-steel railings and steel cables zigzags from the studio entrance down. Transparent glass balustrades “relate to the vistas: They’re parallel to the coast,” Foster says.
“The principal areas encompass five levels, with related living, dining and library spaces.” A glass elevator connects these levels to the bedrooms below and to the roof and pool terrace. The dining level is elevated above the living level and main terrace for clear, uninterrupted views out to sea,” notes Foster.
“The house appears to hang suspended in space, hovering,” Foster says. “From the living level or the dining level, it has been described as a cross between the deck of a ship and a helicopter.” With the glass wall closed, he adds, “it’s an exotic winter garden.” Silver anodized-aluminum storage units in the dining area display a collection of traditional hammered pweterware.
Dynamic steel arches that swoop over the pool terrace and down the hillside are gridded with the network of cables that “support sails for shade and privacy as well as encourage the growth of greenery,” Foster explains. “The materials, colors and detailing evoke a nautical feel.” Eventually, the house will be partially covered by vines, blending the structure into its rugged surroundings.
I'd love to know what you think about this house. Would you choose to live here?
You can find more luxury properties at Adelto right here
Monday 21 December 2009
Interior Designer and Stylist Nan Whitney
Monday brings us NY stylist Nan Whitney.
I selected these photographs for you to enjoy from
I'd like to thank Jan Jessup for her enlightening comment!
I've always wondered whether curtains like these in an open porch are a good idea. I mean, they look great and all but how do you keep them dry and clean when it rains? I know they're under a roof but just a little wind when it rains and they'll end up soaking wet. I don't think they run to take them down every time the sky clouds over. Maybe they're just waterproof.
Such an organized entryway. Labels under the baskets makes it easy to put everything in the right place.
Seems like it's clouding over. Better get those curtains down!
More photographs right here.
Saturday 19 December 2009
Interior Designer Kathryn Scott: A Brooklyn Town House
Interior designer Kathryn Scott used a mixture of French and minimalist styles for this town house in Brooklyn. Architect Claude Puaux created the front façade.
The 2005 pseudo-calligraphic work is by Wenda Gu. The table was custom-made out of a large slab of wood. I like the way the benches follow the curve of the table.
Simple, clean cut lines.
Dark wood paneling, inset with bands of encaustic wallcovering, gives the den a clubby feel. When I first saw this room I didn't realize it was in the basement!
Photography by Bruce Buck
From Architectural Digest