French Style Luxury House

Some of you might think, does anyone actually live in this house? Impeccable, not a thing out of place, and every detail taken care of, this luxurious Home in Piedmont was decorated by Barbara Barry. Elegant and refined. The doors are open. Wipe your feet and come in!

Barry designed most of the furnishings in the living room, including the chairs, covered in a Cowtan & Tout fabric, the Boyd floor lamp and the Baker tables.




Interior: with Flowers, 1961, by Richard Diebenkorn is above the sofa.


A 1940s Bagues chandelier hangs above the custom table and chairs in the dining room.


The sunroom. Lined with a silk chinoiserie wallcovering



The dressing room. Two 1998 artworks by Nathan Oliveira hang above the vanity.




The kitchen terrace is used for outdoor entertaining.

Photography by Matthew Millman
All images and information from Architectural Digest.

San Francisco Luxury Residence

This Victorian style home was built in 1875 and survived the 1906 earthquake.
It is 7,000 square feet with four levels,
The estate-like gated property has four levels which includes five bedrooms and four and half bathrooms, a wine cellar, a media room, a front parlor, a main parlor, a foyer, a private study, an exercise room and a garden cottage.
It is priced at $6,995,000.





















More images right here.

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

Luxury House in Greenvale

Georgian residence in Greenvale, Australia.

Features include Sydney Blue Gum floors, zoned heating and refrigerated cooling, Jet Master fire, security system, coonara fan forced fire, granite bench tops to all wet areas, dishwasher, built in microwave, quality window furnishings, full auto sprinkler system, double glazed windows, four car remote garage and workshop/storeroom.

If you have some money left over after Christmas shopping you could buy this house:


Perfect symmetry of the facade.


Sydney Blue Gum floors, sweeping staircase in a free-flowing layout.





Chef's kitchen with granite bench tops, stainless steel appliances and butler's pantry.


Meals/family room and spacious playroom. Also on this level is a study, 3rd bathroom and family size laundry.


The rooms have obviously been staged for sale, no warmth in them at all.


Unfortunately no pictures of the 4 bedrooms upstairs. This is one of the three bathrooms.
So... is this your cup of tea?
All images from here.

Luxurious Minimalistic Residence

For those of you who like modern, luxurious and minimalistic houses, this post is for you.
A Beverly Hills one story residence with an open floor plan and huge glass panels which bring the garden in.


The master suite also opens to the pool and garden.

















An open fireplace for chilli nights in this outdoor living room.



So, what do you think? Is this your style? I'd love to know!

All images from momoy.

Delamere Luxury Farm in Australia

Feeling ritzy today? How about some photographs of a 1930's mansion in Mornington Pesninsula, Australia?

It's a huge residence, I got lost half way counting the rooms. Let's see: formal lounge, separate dining room, kitchen, meals area, informal sitting room, 2 conservatories, study, billiard room and powder room. Upstairs: 6 bedrooms, walk-in robes, ensuite bathrooms. It also has central heating, air-conditioning and double lock-up garage, walk-in cool room, outside bar and professional recording studio. Anything else?
Not over yet, there's a pool, spa, tennis court and helicopter pad (helicopter pad??!) set in 8 acres of manicured gardens and full time care taker cottage.
And just a wee bit more: 12 fenced main paddocks, 2 separate stables complexes together with 25 separate day yards.
I guess the owner is a child at heart... notice the candy dispenser, riding horse machine and jukebox!

Let's have a look...

The grounds are really breathtaking.

















Lie down on the couch and you can see your refection on the ceiling.


And again, lie on the billiard table and you'll see yourself reflected on the ceiling! Look down and there you are again on the floors!


I love these chairs!
So, would you like living in a place like this? I dunno... I like my cozy apartment.

All images from here.