Guesthouse in Uruguay

Good morning readers! Thanks for all your lovely comments left yesterday for my blog's birthday.

So, I begin my new blogging year by taking you to Uruguay to have a look at an oceanfront guest house called Posada del Faro which means "Lighthouse Guesthouse". No need to explain its name. The owners, García Arocena, first appointed architect Eduardo Strauch, and then Diego Montero to design this Mediterranean style house. A lovely place to spend a relaxing holiday.


















Photography: Javier Csecs
All images from here.

Happy Birthday Dear Blog!

One whole year of blogging! I'm so grateful to all of you who are following me and also to all my new friends which I have made through blogging.

I'd also like to add special hugs to my friends: Annie who was one of my first followers and to Myriam, Kristin and Greet who brighten my days with their lovely comments.

Dear readers and my dear family, you have all made this wonderful year possible.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Kifus

House Tour: Sandra Bullock & Jesse James

Today we are going to have a sneak peak of Jesse James and Sandra Bullock's house. Their 2-story oceanfront home in Sunset Beach is on the market for $6,750,000. Do you think it's worth this or is it just a celebrity home price?


I'd love to stand under the waterfall. And play with the duck.


Open floor plan.


I love the fireplace, leather armchair and the rustic table with vintage suitcases under it. Is that the remote on the table?




I think I need a rug here. And the clutter under the bed is on my to do list.



All images from here.

House in Tandil

How's everything dear readers? My feet are a bit cold but, other than that, I'm ok.
This modern rustic house is in Argentina in a city in the south of Buenos Aires called Tandil. Designer Analía Zubieta de Galván decorated the rooms of this 280m2 home. Pink on the outside, warm inviting colours on the inside, most of the furniture is rustic and well worn. Ready to take the tour? Giddy up then!

Photography Santiago Ciuffo
All images from here.

California Home

How are you dear readers? I'm ok, thanks. After yesterday's bright colours let's tone it down a notch or two and visit this 1990s Mediterranean-style home decorated by interior designers Michael and Alexander Misczynski. They established their Los Angeles firm, Atelier AM, in 2002, two years after getting married. They've had high-profile clients such as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
A combination of modern and rustic furniture with many antiques and a soft palette throughout the house. Elegant and subdued. Let's step in.





In the entryway: a Han vase, Isamu Noguchi sculpture, table with blue stone base and English 17th-century oak top and French 19th-century mortars. Painting by Mark Bradford. French antique limestone flooring.


Lamp by antique dealer Axel Vervoordt. Love the bronze table by Swiss sculptor Diego Giacometti with the owl perched on a side branch.


Italian 18th-century consoles flank the Louis XIV fireplace. Bronze chairs by Diego Giacometti and seats in antique linen add layers of texture to the clean design.


Han amphora on custom limestone table. Francis Jourdain oak chair, c. 1930. A Ming vase as was transformed into lamp.


Børge Mogensen wooden chairs in original leather. Axel Vervoordt coffee table made of 17th-century chestnut. Painting by Milton Avery.


A 1930's lamp by Jean Besnard rests upon an Italian 16th-century table. The Louis XVI doors from France lead into the master bedroom.


Sstainless steel and aluminum kitchen island. On antique French oak shelves a Dutch 18th-century pewter. Han vase on limestone countertop.


Bedside chest, of antique wood, by Axel Vervoordt. Italian 17th-century chest.


A French 17th-century table acts as a desk in the master bedroom. An Italian 18th-century mirror hangs above an Axel Vervoordt lamp.


French table and 18th-century cupboard in the bathroom.


Outdoor sitting area with vintage chairs and cushions in antique linens.






Long wooden table by Axel Vervoordt. Antique linen cushions complete the Treillage wicker chairs with pillows in antique hemp. Zinc sculptures adorn the table.


In the home's outdoor garden, sweet alyssum, blue salvia and potato vine grow abundantly.

Architectural renovation by Marvin Herman with Drexel Patteron and Tony Crisafi
Landscape Architecture by Robert E. Truskowski.

All images and information from Veranda.

Interior Designer Jaime Parladé's Home

Monday morning sweethearts! A lovely morning here, very cold but beautiful. From the comfort of your computer chair, or maybe you are lying in bed with your laptop -careful with this position you might hurt your back- let me take you all the way to Spain to visit interior designer Jaime Parladé's home. Located in Carmona, near Sevilla, I think you can find every colour of the rainbow in this eclectic and very inviting home.


The blue painted ceiling and beams and the Moroccan table make a statement in this porch. With a view to a pool, an owl figure was placed in the corner in an attempt to scare off pigeons. Mmm, I don't think that works. If I were a pigeon I'd definitely stand on its head.


A recovered trumeau mirror above the mantel designed by Jaime Parladé. On the left, the portrait of a former British Governor of Gibraltar. Notice how the beams have been painted a different colour for each room throughout the house.


Primary colours and rustic furniture.


The bullfighting poster was painted by Anthony Fry.


Painting by Tim Behrens.


Combination of styles for the master bedroom: ethnic embroidered fabrics, a Moroccan night table, and an English mirror.


This nook in the master bedroom was furnished with a Queen Anne high back sofa covered with an Indian fabric.
Let me know if you like this style!

I have linked this post over at Friday Favourites, Toot Your Hor and Miss Mustard Seed. As always, thanks Jessica, Leah and Miss Mustard for hosting!
All images and information from Nuevo Estilo.