12Apr

Revisiting A Classic and Modern Parisian Apartment

I love to see classic interior structures decorated with more modern furniture, as I stated here. The contrast is beyond exited and chic. This Modern Parisian Apartment is gracefully decorated between classic and the modern. The quintessential Parisian apartment with Haussmann Architectural Details is furnished with fabulous furniture from different
periods with common clean lines. The apartment is designed by double g. The walls with ornate moldings and boiseries were kept white – who needs a color-splash when you have ornate crown moldings like these!

Keeping the furniture in neutral colors bring balance and tranquility to a very ornate room. Keeping the wall in white adds to this.

11Apr

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor: Traditional Interior Design

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor: Traditional ainterior 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classic as well as modern architecture, while disliking others, made me wonder why some style or home decor become outdated so quickly?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

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.

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.

03Apr

Heavily Veined Marble Bathrooms: An Exclusive Detail

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.

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.

29Mar

Shiplap and how pretty it is

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.

28Mar

The 6 Home Decor Trends You Will See in 2017

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

Tag: Interior Design

Revisiting A Classic and Modern Parisian Apartment

Interpreting Classic Style in Home Decor: Traditional Interior Design

10 Characteristics and Elements of Traditional Interior Design

Anatomy of a Stylish Home Bar and The Accessories You Need

Heavily Veined Marble Bathrooms: An Exclusive Detail

Shiplap and how pretty it is

The 6 Home Decor Trends You Will See in 2017

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