Category: Home Decor

veined marble bathroom via belle vivir blog, heavily veined marble bathroom with painted tent half wall up

Veined marble bathrooms are as exquisite as it gets.  The exotic and exclusive material is the most coveted option when it comes to choosing stones for more refined bathrooms.  The myriad of Marble options can go from heavily veined and exotic ones to more simple ones, but the exotic ones capture still more attention and no wonder.  The more rare the marble the more expensive it is.  Usually this type stone needs to be imported from places such as Italy, France, Turkey and other countries where the rock is naturally produced.  Since heavily veined marble can be very pronounced and make such a statement, usually white marble is preferred so as to keep the effect more subtle and harmonious.  Bathroom is a room we use daily.    Of course nothing beats the the real deal, but not everybody can afford real marble and one way to accomplish an elegant result for your bathroom is mixing the high and low.  In our bathroom in New Jersey I did just that.  I used calacata gold marble in a mosaic patter for the floor and the shower I opted for porcelain that simulate marble.  In the top bathroom,  Thomas Jayne used statuary marble on floors and half wall.   Bathrooms with grey veined marble is a very popular option of more traditional home owners. The ceiling and upper wall is painted to simulate a tent.  via AD.

viened marble with marble carrara arasbescatto on walls, floor and vanity

Pierre Yovanovitch used a very popular type of marble in France.  Carrara Arasbescatto creates one of the most striking backdrops for any type of bathroom from traditional to modern.

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Decorate Shiplap Ideas, black shiplap in a barhoom- bell-vivir

 Dark-painted shiplap in this powder room gives it a cozy feeling.

It took a while for urban dwellers to get caught up with shiplap.  Thanks to Joanna and Chip of HGTV‘s show Fixer Upper, lately everyone seems to love a room with shiplap.  Either painted or left unfinished in the color of the wood the effect of a wall in shiplap can bring texture and interest to a room.  It can make a room appear bigger if the boards are installed horizontally.  I personally love it when there is a little more space left between them as the shadows create the illusion of more pronounced lines making great contrast.  Definitely, shiplap has thought us the notion that “darn, country can be chic.”  The traditional shiplap boards have a rabbet on each elongated side to overlap one another.  But either you use the
original or you decide to use plain, straight wood boards and nail it next to each other the final visual effect is pretty much the same.  Actually the latter one could be also very eco-friendly if you decide to use reclaimed wood.

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I thought it was about time for a post about 2017 Home Decor Trends since it is already April, yes time is flying and so are some excess in design that are saying “boy bye”.  This list is solely based on my perspective, a result of my own market research, so let’s get to it.

6 Home Decor Trends You Will See in 2017

A Joan Michell painting hangs in a dining room designed by Aman and Carson via Architectural Digest.

Over the weekend my husband and I took a short ride to Cleveland where we had a great time.  Besides getting to know a little bit about the city, we paid a visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art, enjoying the temporary exhibit Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks.  So I guess this is a result of a major inspiration from it.  The must see exhibition runs through April 23rd.

A Robert Motherwell painting.  Design by Thad Hayes

Lauren Santo Domingo Paris Apartment.  Photo by Norman Jean Roy, Vogue, September 2012.  I posted about this gorgeous home here.

Ellsworth Kelly

Josef Albers painting in Kevin Roberts and Timothy Haynes home.

Cy Twombly

A Steven Gambrel Design with an Andy Warhol silkscreen print.

James Nares

Aerin Lauder home designed by Jacques Grange.  I have posted extensively about this amazing designer.  You can read about his home here.

A Willem de Kooning in Valentino’s New York City apartment designed by Jaques Grange via Vanity Fair.  To see another Manhattan apartment designed by Grange click here.

 

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simone rocha living room

Simone Rocha‘s clothes are well known for their imaginative mixture of feminine, romantic and eclectic.  No wonder her home in London, which she shares with her partner and her toddler daughter, is a reflection of her clothing line.  The pink sofa is a nod to Simone’s love for flowers as well as the flower tapestry hanging in the bathroom.  I love the view to the garden out of her kitchen.