Kitchens that look like anything but kitchens and I love the idea.
In Olivier Gagnere’s kitchen the cabinetry is covered in crocodile-embossed leather. Now that’s fancy. Below is the kitchen in Rose Tarlow‘s house. A very interesting woman with impeccable style I discovered through Joni. If you, by any chance missed this post you should read it. Rose Tarlow’s great style and intriguing personality will inspire you to continue to keep being yourself and to be different.
Going through my files I came across Rose Anne de Pampelonne’s home. A Parisian limestone mansion built in 1900’s and redesigned by the designer who is also a baroness. The multi floor mansion that she shares with her bank-president and baron husband Bruno, was featured in Elle Decor a little while ago and has since been in my files because of its eclecticism and use of different hues. Asian antiques and porcelain, indigenous fabrics, sculptural antique fishing baskets hung as art, African mask, velvet and brocade fabric are gracefully combined in harmony layering this sumptuous home.
Above and below images of the gorgeous stunning dinning room
Rose Ann de Pompelonne photographed by Roger Davies.
All the unnecessary snow that have come upon us in the East Coast reminded me of these photos from my file and how I would like to cuddle up with a good book in one of these fantastic reading spaces.
For a long, long time American Design has been influenced in great amount by The English, but lately I’ve been happily enjoying the growing influence of French design and architecture. From a stunning historical Houston, Texas house that has been transformed into a breathtaking French Chateau look-a-like (see the article in House Beautiful “Blue as a Titian.” If I hadn’t read the article I would’ve sworn this house was a remodeled chateau in the southern France)-to more sleek interpretations of pied-à-terres in the City. This sophisticated influence distends itself from the more Provencal style with an a-la-Jacques-Grange approach. In this month’s Elle Decor issue the house of Interior Designer Paula Caravelli also frames a very French continental influence. Below are a few images that evoke what we all love so much, the immaculate perfect style of everything French.
A very beautiful image of the entrance of Aerin Lauder‘s apartment in New York, City designed by Jacques Grange. I love how the French have been hanging tapestry on the walls for centuries- a tendency that started more in an effort to preserve them than to showcase them. Here in this modern interpretation the high lacquer parson table does the trick.
The paneling in this Manhattan library/dining room could be easily mistaken for a library in a Paris apartment. Designed by Miles Redd.
