Tag: home decor

kitchens with black stoves and ranges a kitchen with white hexagon floor tiles, wooden shelfs, black stove with brass trim

 Love the regal look in this kitchen.  Hexagon tiles on the floor give it an old-world feeling.  The cabinets are of a very light green color which gives the black stove a free rode to reign by itself.  Via My Domaine.

The thought of owning a kitchen with a black stove may make some sneer.  Having stainless steel appliances as the first choice for homeowners, a black range may not sound too appealing.  But once you get to see these fantastic, beautiful kitchens, all featuring black stoves, you may not only change your mind, but they might also prompt you to save some money to buy one yourself and put it in your kitchen.  These stoves don’t come with a cheap price tag, though.  Since they don’t always appeal to everyone, their exclusivity and rarity come with a hefty price.  Expect to pay a minimum of around four thousand among the most affordable ones and up to sixty thousands for others.  Since we are looking for a house in Columbus, Ohio, I’ve been contemplating different range options.   My husband loves to cook, he says it relaxes him, and I cook dinner almost every day except the nights when the mood calls for some Thai takeout.  My dinner cooking is effortless, baked fish which is
usually salmon, steamed vegetables and or salads.  It may sound boring, but it’s delicious and super easy.  I joke with Evren my husband sometimes when I suggest having the salmon outside occasionally.  We are a family who is obsessed with good eating, so we like to make everything from scratch hence an excellent functional kitchen is a priority in our home. But more than me being a cooking fan, I really enjoy beautiful kitchens and watching my hubby cooking on the weekends so I thought it would be nice to have a very good looking stove in either black or another color and the only range I’ve come across with a more reasonable price is Verona, last picture.  It comes in many different finishes and sizes, and the design is the result of a perfect interpretation of a transitional stove.  It’s clean with not too fussy lines, and I know I will be able to live with for a long time.

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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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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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This modern Parisian apartment was designed by Studio Razavi.  The clean lines throughout the apartment was an attempt to step away from the neo-classical features of the Haussmannian style, hence the use of geometric colorful murals on the entry walls and modern custom furniture.  The theatrical decor is a nod to the owners love for contemporary art and film.

colorful entryway in paris

The geometric murals in this entryway can be a great weekend project.

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Susan Ferrier is a very well recognized Interior Designer who was born in New York and later moved to the South where in 2000 she partnered up with Bobby McAlpine and Ray Booth to form the very praiseworthy McAlpine, Booth and Ferrier.   In 2005 she founded the firm’s Atlanta Design Studio.  Susan’s interiors are grounded in the classics with a good dose of comfort and glam and they have been recognized by many prestigious publications such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Atlanta Homes and Veranda.  The latter one featured Susan’s own home in 2015, describing it as “an atmosphere of intrigue and wonder”.  I love how Ferrier can effortlessly make a grand space feel comfortable and inviting.  One of her source of inspirations is her many travels and she describes her work as “Romantic and Sensual, my interiors are layered and curated with diverse textures and shimmering accents. A house is not simply visual, it should evoke a feeling”.  Susan co-authored the book, Art of the House, published by Rizzoli.