Tag: Interior Design

Sometimes art can make a room while many times it can also make a whole house. I can’t picture a home without it nor would I live in one without. We all know art implies many things from an elaborate sculpture to a simple figurine. But, in this case I’m referring to art wall. The one that is very personal and many times tells a story behind the artists creation or its discovery.  My Yaacov Agam painting that I found at The New York Antique Garage which my husband and I framed using the shell from another painting just the night before the photo shoot of our home.  That is a story that will always be linked to that painting and to my last minute anticipation.  Art can be anything many people say but, I think otherwise.  Wall art in a home could certainly make a room but can also break it.  The art that we select for our homes should bring with it the final note to the ambiance of the space, it should complete the room’s vision as it shows in each of these images.  In other words, it should become part of a new story: your home.  For affordable and good art I have posted here and here. Enjoy!

wall art in a home via belle vivir
Smart composition in this room the horse leg bench makes reference to the indigenous photograph.  Elle Decor San Francisco Showhouse

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Ramon Garcia Jurado, living room via belle vivir blog
I have that same diamond cube cocktail table in black.
Last night while perusing Pinterest I came across this living room above.  The entire home was featured in Nuevo Estilo and since I’m always looking for inspiring interiors from the very popular magazine I couldn’t believe I never came across its designer and owner Ramon Garcia Jurado.   More so when the style of the apartment is like those I consider global chic.  It has pretty much the things you would find in an avid traveler’s house, architectural items to enhance the more simple interior architecture with a mixture of neoclassical furniture, modern pieces and exotic accessories.  A great mixture of classic furniture and modern pieces.  Enjoy!
Ramon Garcia Jurado, design via belle vivir blog

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I’m thrilled and happy to see my work featured in the new issue of Rue Magazine.  It’s always so rewarding and encouraging to see when a lot of work and effort pays off.  Thank you Crystal and thank you Julia Millay Walsh for the fun interview.

 

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It’s a brand new week and it’s been uninterruptedly sunny here in Sao Paulo for the past week, hurray! So even when I’m a little bit under the weather, thanks to my son, nothing makes me more happy than a bright sunny day! Iove to wake up early in the morning do some home-related errands and get the “what’s for cooking” out of the way and start working early. Work on my coming-soon print line and on my some-day-will-happen bijoux line. High five to the modern women who can be more than just one or two things. Actually, lately women are starting to hate labels or Bios, they have come to realized that they can be too many things at once. I include myself in that group. In another note, my sweet in-laws brought over from the US the House Beautiful December/January issue for me to see my humble contribution in it but I kept hanging on Michael Formica’s home. What pedigree, what personalization and what a beauty! I love that home like many people love their dogs or
cats! Enjoy the beautiful images! The first room above, Julian Schnabel watercolors sit above and John Dickinson plaster side tables frame the sofa. An Isamu Noguchi side table and a rope chair by Marcel Wanders accentuate the very personalized feel in this living room. This room is very warm and earthy.

MIchael Formica

 

A very organic and industrial feel surrounds the fireplace.  Annabelle Selldorf’s wall lights guard the beautiful Nakashima wood sculpture.   I adore the small sculptural accessories above the mantel.

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Let’s hear it for the color Black! Albert Hadley loved it and Ralph Laurent home uses it abundantly. Many designers say black is the king-color of style. Think of Coco Chanel! I favor the color black because it is perhaps the most versatile of all colors, it can be plaid-up to make a room sober and elegant or it could be plaid-down to make a room rustically chic

The late Albert Hadley.

The late Albert Hadley was a master at making a room eternal by adding touches
of black here and there.


In this room the neutral of beige and brown gets excited with the touches of black.

I adore the contrast of the ornate ceiling and Serge Mouille three-arm ceiling lamp.

Can you imagine this dining room with a mahogany or white table?  I don’t!


The famous Madeline Weinrib’s Buche rug with its dynamic offset stripes makes this room up to date.


Just a beautiful black throw and art with some black in it would do for the owner who doesn’t want to change things radically.
images via Elle Decor Spain, Nuevo Estilo, Elle Decor US
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David Kleinberg design in Manhatta via belle vivir blog

This Manhattan apartment was designed by David Kleinberg and it exemplifies what I interpret as a Chic Home.  A home with a classic architecture furnished with modern art and a mixture of classic and modern furniture.  A chic space for me is a space where things juxtapose with tension and friction,  where according to conventional thought, things are not supposed to work but they do.  This home designed by David Kleinberg is a perfect reference to it.  Enjoy!

David Kleinberg design in Manhatta entryway

The design in this hallway explains more than anything of my whole idea of a “chic home.”  Classic architecture is juxtaposed with modern art such as the Jean-Michel Basquiat painting (right) and the unexpected texture of the stainless steel bench.   This a perfect interpretation of classic lines in a modern way.

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