Category: Home Decor

22Apr

Retail Therapy: Five Unique and Beautiful Furniture Pieces for Your Home

The excuse to not having a stylish and well decorated home are slimming down thanks to the many beautiful and well constructed furniture options available in retail now a days.  I would buy this Vilas Velvet Daybed form Anthropologie in a heartbeat.  It’s a piece of furniture that would go well in any type of decor style.   The Patterned Nailhead Upholstered Screen from West Elm is another good choice to bring some architectural details to any room.   And to bring a modern edgy touch to the house I love, the Moderne Lamp with that beautiful antique brass finish.  The Jenna green coffee table is simply chic while the  Cowhide rug will keep things cool.

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03Apr

Bohemian Rhapsody

If there is a design style that truly reveals its owner’s sense of fashion then it is the Boho style.  Be it in Interiors or Fashion.  The reason that Bohemian style is so genuine is because it portrays a sensitivity of freedom in an unpretentious way, but only showing a well-lived life.  Of course the aesthetic result goes both ways.  The worst being a disaster if the person living
the Boho lifestyle hasn’t lived a very stylish life.  But when the outcome is a positive one the result is that sublime balance between chic and comfort that once you step a foot in, you won’t want to leave.  Enjoy!

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27Mar

7 Ways to Display Pots and Pans in the Kitchen

Since sometimes I like to cook I would love to keep my pots and pans in the open where I can easily reach them whenever I need one.  Although I know that many people prefer to keep their cookware in closed storage to keep them out of dust, I don’t mind rinsing them off before using.  One thing everyone would agree on is the fact that Organization in the kitchen is crucial in order for it to be useful and functional.  Reasons like lack of storage may force a homeowner to be creative and come up with different ways to display pots and pans in the kitchen, if that is your case then here are 7 stylish ways to do that.

ways to display pots and pans in the kitchen via belle vivir blog
Via this classic home in Newport
18Mar

A Stunning Bathroom by Luis Puerta

Luis Puerta, Design bathroom belle vivir

I posted about Interior Designer Luis Puerta almost three years ago where I expressed my admiration for his minimal yet very elegant Interior Design.  This bathroom he designed shows one more time his use of strong elements such as ornate wood, herringbone floor and ornate crown moldings to bring personality into more modern interiors with nude walls.  I love the whitewashed herringbone floors, the floor-to-ceiling French doors with inside shutters.  The use of antique furniture and indoor plants in the bathroom makes the space warmer besides the walls being bare.  The bathroom seems to project a Greek influence with the Greek statues displaying in the room.  I could really use a bathroom like this one.

Luis Puerta, Design bathroom belle vivir

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17Mar

Decorating with Metal Trees

decorating with metal/gilt palm trees
 A Palm-Tree Floor Lamp in a Beatriz Silveira design.

With an aura that reckons the glamorous decor of The Hollywood Regency era these brass trees make their way into today’s interiors bringing prestige to any type of home decor style.  Sometimes these gilt trees are floor lamps as in the case of Daphne Guinness’s home where a 1950’s Jansen palm-tree floor lamp graces the entry.  In other cases however they are simply decorating pieces as in the Hell’s Kitchen apartment of Cathy Lerebours, which I helped decorate.  She found the gilt palm-tree at an auction.  Take a look below at some homes with metal trees as decorating objects.

decorating with metal/gilt palm trees by julie paulino design

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