Have a great weekend, my friends. Hope to see you tomorrow!
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Showing posts with label Summer house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer house. Show all posts
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Restored Mountain House
Hello, dears. Saturday morning takes us to the mountains to have a look at this fantastic restored house. Its noble materials such as the stone arches outside, limestone floors and massive beams have been preserved and restored. Decorated in a soothing style with rustic and French furniture with an overall soft, natural palette.
Have a great weekend, my friends. Hope to see you tomorrow!
All images from here.
Have a great weekend, my friends. Hope to see you tomorrow!
All images from here.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Gingerbread House in Sweden
This summer house located on the outskirts of Stockholm is called the "gingerbread house" and was built in 1887. The owners live in London but come here every summer. It also had a fleeting celebrity moment when Brigitte Bardot rented it in 1967 when she starred in a movie nearby.
All images from here.
All images from here.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Summer House in Uruguay
Today I'd like to show you a simple but inviting cottage in Oceania del Polonio, Uruguay. Pops of colour on an all white background in every room. A bright and cheerful retreat for a summer holiday.
All images from here.
All images from here.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Summer House in California
I had seen some of these photographs around in blogland before. I especially remember the one of the dining room with the word beach on the wall and thinking how I'd love to see the rest of the house... and by chance I found it, so here it is!
This 1904 summer house is in Venice, California. Susan Chevalier, a costume designer for TV commercials, renovated it mixing modern and country styles, creating a relaxing atmosphere.
Turquoise green items collected in Susan's travels add colour to the living room with dark oak floors and white denim slipcovers.
This is the photograph I had seen a couple of times before. A solid piece of butcher block from a supermarket propped on two sawhorses to form a dining table, unfinished and unlacquered. Plain water glasses serve as simple vases for flowers.
Susan's collection of Bauer and Pacific pottery.
Mostly matte McCoy sits behind glass in the living room, where a bench from a German beer hall serves as a coffee table. Its lines are echoed in the paddleboard resting on the beams. Five children's chairs from the Rose Bowl and Santa Monica swap were left the original green.
A tortoise shell given to her by a fisherman on Mustique rests on an antique director's chair outside the sunroom. Vintage cigarette ads from London complete the picture.
White subway tiles in the bathroom are bordered in a soft green 1930s reeded-tile trim.
Unusual decorating idea in Susan's bedroom. An old carnival sign hangs in above cubbyholes in a wire shelf she uses to display her Keds footwear.
In the kitchen, glass-fronted cabinets display colorful pottery. A great idea for someone who cooks a lot is the pot-filler faucet that swings out above the stove.
Peeling paint distinguishes a kitchen cupboard that Susan found. She gave it a back and then turned it into a repository for her research books. It takes up an entire bedroom wall.
Quilts on and behind a bed, and other soft textiles such as mosquito netting add layers of interest.
Susan's upstairs office is a room with a view — and a deck.
Photographs by John Coolidge.
All images and information from here.
This 1904 summer house is in Venice, California. Susan Chevalier, a costume designer for TV commercials, renovated it mixing modern and country styles, creating a relaxing atmosphere.
Turquoise green items collected in Susan's travels add colour to the living room with dark oak floors and white denim slipcovers.
This is the photograph I had seen a couple of times before. A solid piece of butcher block from a supermarket propped on two sawhorses to form a dining table, unfinished and unlacquered. Plain water glasses serve as simple vases for flowers.
Susan's collection of Bauer and Pacific pottery.
Mostly matte McCoy sits behind glass in the living room, where a bench from a German beer hall serves as a coffee table. Its lines are echoed in the paddleboard resting on the beams. Five children's chairs from the Rose Bowl and Santa Monica swap were left the original green.
A tortoise shell given to her by a fisherman on Mustique rests on an antique director's chair outside the sunroom. Vintage cigarette ads from London complete the picture.
White subway tiles in the bathroom are bordered in a soft green 1930s reeded-tile trim.
Unusual decorating idea in Susan's bedroom. An old carnival sign hangs in above cubbyholes in a wire shelf she uses to display her Keds footwear.
In the kitchen, glass-fronted cabinets display colorful pottery. A great idea for someone who cooks a lot is the pot-filler faucet that swings out above the stove.
Peeling paint distinguishes a kitchen cupboard that Susan found. She gave it a back and then turned it into a repository for her research books. It takes up an entire bedroom wall.
Quilts on and behind a bed, and other soft textiles such as mosquito netting add layers of interest.
Susan's upstairs office is a room with a view — and a deck.
Photographs by John Coolidge.
All images and information from here.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Interior Designer Carolyn Espley-Miller
Designer Carolyn Espley-Miller decorated her Carpinteria, California, beach house she shares with her husband and two sons, with white walls, slipcovered seating, and antiques to create a tranquil and serene space. Almost all the rooms and all the hallways are Benjamin Moore's White Heron, a nice, soft white, not glaring, not too bright. The kitchen and master bath are a seafoam color, Silver Sage by Restoration Hardware.
A trestle-leg desk is positioned in front of French doors in the office the designer shares with her husband.
A large mirror over a long French serving table gives the dining area the feel of a café in Paris. Sea grass rug and slatted chair complete the look.
In the entry, a well-worn Gustavian bench and blue and white striped rug.
Ocean breezes waft in through the entry's screen door.
Espley-Miller's living room has an expansive view of the Pacific Ocean, a massive stone fireplace, and big, comfortable sofas and chairs slipcovered in white cotton denim. A huge antique dhurrie defines the seating area.
In the kitchen, a light with a Victorian wicker shade hangs above a table made of antique corbels topped with glass.
Just about everything in the kitchen got a coat of white, including the hood. The light fixture is trimmed with antique fabric.
A distressed cabinet from a milk factory and the shutters against the wall make a statement in this corner.
A black banister and black chandelier help ground the bright, airy, open upstairs hall landing.
A winsome flea market portrait leans against a wicker lamp
In the upstairs hall, skipping ropes with brightly colored handles are piled under a French poster.
Stripes of red tile lend definition to the shower walls and tub surround in a boy's bathroom.
Striped bedding and a striped rug echo the lines of wooden French blinds in the bedroom of one of Espley-Miller's two sons.
The master bath opens to an oceanside deck. "It's very white and very simple," Espley-Miller says. "I wanted nothing to detract from the incredible view and the light."
Barn doors with their original seafoam color for the headboard in the master bedroom.
Shells fringe a custom shade on a lamp in the master bedroom.
The bedroom's mantel is a wooden French window frame. A framed grid of shells on fishing wire "sparkles and catches the light from windows and the fireplace," Espley-Miller says.
The patio fire pit takes the chill off after sunset.
A trestle-leg desk is positioned in front of French doors in the office the designer shares with her husband.
A large mirror over a long French serving table gives the dining area the feel of a café in Paris. Sea grass rug and slatted chair complete the look.
In the entry, a well-worn Gustavian bench and blue and white striped rug.
Ocean breezes waft in through the entry's screen door.
Espley-Miller's living room has an expansive view of the Pacific Ocean, a massive stone fireplace, and big, comfortable sofas and chairs slipcovered in white cotton denim. A huge antique dhurrie defines the seating area.
In the kitchen, a light with a Victorian wicker shade hangs above a table made of antique corbels topped with glass.
Just about everything in the kitchen got a coat of white, including the hood. The light fixture is trimmed with antique fabric.
A distressed cabinet from a milk factory and the shutters against the wall make a statement in this corner.
A black banister and black chandelier help ground the bright, airy, open upstairs hall landing.
A winsome flea market portrait leans against a wicker lamp
In the upstairs hall, skipping ropes with brightly colored handles are piled under a French poster.
Stripes of red tile lend definition to the shower walls and tub surround in a boy's bathroom.
Striped bedding and a striped rug echo the lines of wooden French blinds in the bedroom of one of Espley-Miller's two sons.
The master bath opens to an oceanside deck. "It's very white and very simple," Espley-Miller says. "I wanted nothing to detract from the incredible view and the light."
Barn doors with their original seafoam color for the headboard in the master bedroom.
Shells fringe a custom shade on a lamp in the master bedroom.
The bedroom's mantel is a wooden French window frame. A framed grid of shells on fishing wire "sparkles and catches the light from windows and the fireplace," Espley-Miller says.
The patio fire pit takes the chill off after sunset.
All images and information from House Beautiful.
