While looking for images through my files for my earlier post I remembered this house that was designed by the glamorous Miles Redd. This house was featured in last year’s December issue of Elle Decor and I love that its holiday decor is grand and festive yet easy to execute.
After my last post, posting something like this is actually daring. I don’t think the two of them can ever relate but I wanted to open the day with something more inspiring. Last week I made reference to the book of Madeleine Castaing which brought me back memories of this Paris flat designed collaboratively between Jacques Grange and its owner Agostinelli. This chic Parisian apartment, where Le Style Castaing can be appreciated at its best belongs to Prada executive Mathilde Agostinelli. You’ve probably seen it before since it was featured a few years ago in House & Garden. Its traditional furnishing is modernly displayed with colorful fabrics and modern pieces around the house. Castaing “Carrelage Castaing” carpet covers the entire apartment floor, making it a unified platform. The “Rayure Fleurie” fabric covers the walls in the master bedroom where a Lalanne table and stool are used (perhaps) as make-up station or writing desk(?) Because this house was featured in 2006 I wonder if it looks the same today. If I were Agostinelli I would not have changed a thing.
The urns on the mantle once belonged to Castaing.
Good Morning I hope you had a wonderful father’s day. I came across these images of the New York City home of Emma Jane Pilkington, initially published in Vogue Living. Her dual upbringing, between Australia and Greenwich, Conn. can be seen translated into the mixture of glam and bohemian found in her Manhattan home. Her Greenwich home is also very inspiring.
Interior Designer Jacques Grange’s Paris home is nothing short of perfection. And I”m not only saying this because Grange is my top favorite designer. The classic details of the 18th century architecture sings in perfect harmony with a mixed of Art Deco and contemporary furniture with 18th and 20th century pieces and Objects D’Art. “Harmony is a question of eye and personal feeling; there is no recipe” says Jacques Grange. And he sure knows how to accomplish that to perfection. His book, Jacques Grange: Interiors, published in 2009 was one of the first International Interior Designers book I got and it’s still today a major sourse of inspirations for me.
Jacques Grange’s Paris home overlooks the lush gardens of the Palais Royal and it used to be home to the novelist Colette. Colette’s stepdaughter offered the apartment to Jacques Grange in 1990. Grange, not having the money to buy the apartment back then, he instead rented and finally bought it in early 2000’s. The oack paneled library above is warm and inviting.
Above a (rough picture) of a floor plan of a living room/dining room of a home I’m currently working on. The wallpaper under the floor plan is Spring Close by Brunschwig & Fils hopefully my client will agree on putting it on her foyer.
