Gustavian Style Home in France

Tuesday takes us to Saint-Germain-en-Laye which Wikipedia tells me is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris and this is where antique dealer Sophie and riding instructor Philip had this farmhouse restored. Sophie is owner of the shop "Au Temps des Cerises," and she displays her antiques in her home.

A palette of subdued grey, beige an whites in every room. 18th century antiques mingle with Gustavian furniture.

Reclaimed wood was used for the coffee table. An Aubusson style rug defines the sitting area.


A mora clock stands in one of the living room's corners.




Gustavian table and Provençal chairs in the dining room. Reclaimed tiles.


Beautiful vignette displaying antique items.


Marked contrast between the stripped pine doors and the antique Swedish chest.


Dutch table and Swedish chair in the kitchen.


Even the dish drainer by the stone sink is antique.


Another view of the dining room.

Photography Gilles Trillard
All images from here.

Bungalow in Denmark

Good Monday morning, hope you had a happy weekend. It's Denmark's turn today. Black on the outside and white inside this bungalow is airy and bright with huge windows and right by the sea.























All images from here.

Rustic House in Mallorca

Today you are coming with me to visit this lovely rustic home in Palma de Mallorca. If you'd like to see two other houses I've featured before they are here and here. On a white background, a soft palette, earth colours and punches of bright purple and pink combine to make this home warm and inviting.


The house exterior with stone walls, dark green painted shutters and stone flooring on the terrace.


Different patterned kilims in the sitting area with matching terracota colours. Antique dentist storage table beside the stone fireplace. I would definitely place a hearth screen there. The coffee table is way too close to the fire.


Terracota tile flooring in all the rooms. The living room area was placed facing the windows instead of the fireplace.


The red painting in the living room is by Amador. Modern linen covered sofa and armchairs surround two pinewood coffee tables painted white.




Rustic table and chairs for the dining room. One of the glass lamps reminds me of Mary Poppins umbrella.


Dining area on the porch shaded by a nautical awning.


White kitchen with stone backsplash and counter tops.


Canopied four poster bed and striped wooden headboard in the master bedroom.


The same kind of headboard without the stripes was used in this bedroom.


Even the bathroom has wooden beams. Twin sinks and marble top. The floor is the same terracota tiles as in the rest of the house.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

All images from here.

Axel Vervoordt's Home

Belgian designer and dealer Axel Vervoordt shows us his home in a Venitian Palazzo. If you'd like to see a house I featured some time ago decorated by Axel go right here.

The home Vervoordt found and shares with his wife, May, is an apartment on the piano nobile of the 15th-century Palazzo Alverà. “You enter from the canal, but you live on the back side, with its garden, its silence, its big open windows. It’s bliss,” he comments.

New poplar floor and terra-cotta painted walls in the living room. Antique pieces—including an 18th-century Italian mirror—are mixed with contemporary ones. The 1977 oil is by Jef Verheyen.

He found the patina on an old wine table top so interesting that he decided to hang it as a work of art above an 18th-century Italian commode in the living room.

A circa 1720 Piedmontese mirror in the breakfast room is one of several Italian pieces already in the couple’s collection.

Intended for formal gatherings, the dining room can accommodate several dozen guests; it’s decorated with 19th-century frescoes.

Steps from the dining room lead to the loggia. “When you open the windows,” says Vervoordt, “it is as though you are on a covered terrace.”

As with much of the upholstered furniture in the apartment, May Vervoordt used a neutral cotton on the loggia’s chairs and sofas.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Photography by Mario Ciampi

All images and information from Architectural Digest.

Summer House in Denmark

Today I'd like to introduce you to Katrine Martensen-Larsen who is a stylist and writer. Based in London, she runs her own firm called KML Design. She not only decorates homes but provides written material for magazines and commercial clients. You should definitely check out her site as there are plenty of other beautiful houses ranging from urban to summer and heaps of bloggable photographs.


Meet Katrine:


Above the old village of Espergærde in Denmark lies Mona and Jesper Bjørn Christiansen’s villa. The couple behind the successful Danish design company Green Gate have furnished their home with a mixture of French and English country style.








Stacked vintage suitcases in one of the dining room corners.


Chandelier over the dining room table. Hey, who stole that candle?


Many will love this vignette. Personally, I'm sure those amputated dolls will be giving me nightmares.


Reading nook in the master bedroom with a magnificent view.


Master bedroom with patchwork eiderdown.




As much as I love white painted wooden flooring I bet it's extremely hard to keep clean.














Hope you enjoyed today's tour. You might like to relax here now. See you tomorrow!

Photograph: Stuart McIntyre.
All images from here.