Category: Interior Design

11Apr

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor: Traditional Interior Design

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor:  Traditional ainterior Design

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor, Traditional Interior Design

 The Paris library of Lee Radziwill has a very classic decor which makes it look regal and sophisticated.

While I was driving around with my husband a couple of weeks ago admiring classic as well as modern architecture, while disliking others, made me wonder why some style or home decor become outdated so quickly?  Which brought me to the conclusion that our eyes love and accept what we recognize, understand and make us feel comfortable.  Whether modern or traditional design, as long as they enjoy classic elements, are more appealing and pleasing due to the fact that we can relate to them.  Hence this article about Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor.  As much as it is important to be unique and different, it is equally important to not stand too far from the classic or traditional characteristics in order for our home not become antiquated and unappealing too quickly.

Elle Decor has a very interesting article about Classic elements every traditional home should have.  The article doesn’t specify choice of color when it comes to a more classic decor, however the home chosen as an example is not in whites or neutral.   Interestingly though, lately I see a pattern where people exclusively attribute only neutral palettes to classic style.   I understand why some people may tend to associate only neutral colors with traditional design.  Neutrals are soothing and they always match but, ever since the Baroque times, classic style rooms have been painted in rich saturated colors.  Classic style can also be found in modern lines such as those found in Mid-Century modern furniture and architecture.  New York Times wrote a very interesting article about  Why mid-century design won’t die?

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor

10 Characteristics and Elements of Traditional Interior Design

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10Apr

Monday Blues: Transitional Blue and White Accessories

This is a modern take on the classic blue and white home accessories for those who enjoy and are looking to incorporate a younger and fresher version of it.  The different textures, pattern and different shades of blue in this cluster of transitional home accessories can seamlessly be incorporated in either classic or modern decor.

Ceiling lamp,  table lamp,   folded tall vase,  blue abstract,  large wrap object,  set of tumblers,  ceramic bowl on stand,  notebook,  ikat plate,  top plate,  velvet pillow.

 

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06Apr

Anatomy of a Stylish Home Bar and The Accessories You Need

Styling a home bar for a gracious entertaining is as important as the result of the cocktails you create.  As I’m sure most people know, there are two types of home bar.  Wet bar is a planned built-in station with sink for quickly washing glasses and fresh ingredients.  A wet bar also provides the necessary water pipes for what I believe is the king of cocktail mixing; an ice maker.  Whichever home bar you decide to have here are these stylish home bar ideas and how to style a home bar.

stylish home bar ideas and how to style a home bar aerin lauder sideboard bar

Aerin Lauder home bar

A Dry bar however is a lot simpler and easier to set up and style.  It can easily be arranged in many different ways and areas of the home.  It can be as easy as setting up a tray on top of a sideboard and use the drawers of the sideboard for storing glasses and home bar tools.  As you can see in the image above the sideboard which belongs to Aerin Lauder, works as a perfect surface for displaying a few drinks and glasses.

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04Apr

Design by mail by Julie Paulino Design: Interior Design Mail Service

julie paulino Interior Design Mail Service

 

Interior Design Mail Service by Julie Paulino Design

I’m thrilled to announce that we at Julie Paulino Design are offering custom Interior Design Mail Service .  This virtual design service will allow savvy clients, who enjoy to be involved in the process of designing their homes the opportunity to work with a professional at their own speed and at an attainable flat fee. This web-based interior design mail service will focus on each room or rooms at a time and the process starts with you, the client:

 

–         filling out a questionnaire,

–         sending us photos of what you like as well as what you don’t like so we get a   sense of your lifestyle and taste,

–         you set your budget,

–         you can also send a list of your favorite places and travel destinations.

These steps will give us a broader understanding of your lifestyle and preferences.  After the first step of getting to know your style, then comes the second step which is when you send us measurements and pictures of the room from different angles, specifying the location of windows and doors.  We then get to work our magic and your virtual-design and planning of your room is then delivered to you by email or regular mail depending on what type of service you require, with the instructions you need to execute the final steps.  The final virtual-design guide sent to you will include floor plan, furniture selection, shopping list of accessories and everything else you need to make that room the room of your dreams, specifically designed for you based on your lifestyle.  A room not only should be aesthetically appealing but also functional.  Those who read my blog Belle Vivir are familiar with my motto of understanding that our surroundings influence our being and if we put in our homes only what we love based on comfort and functionality beauty will reveal itself. After all, having a warm, comfortably functional and beautiful home to come back to at the end of a long and hectic day, is what we all covet. A happy home which should render us with either a sense of comfort or reward at the end of our busy days.

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03Apr

Heavily Veined Marble Bathrooms: An Exclusive Detail

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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