Tuesday
Jun212011
Luisa Olazábal
Tue, 21 Jun 2011Occasionally I like to blog a designer/stylist/photographer whose style leaves me a bit out of my comfort zone. Luisa Olazábal is an interior designer from Madrid, and her portfolio filled with beautiful spaces does just that. They are classic with a contemporary flair, sophisticated and refined with soothing, muted colour palettes.
Reader Comments (11)
Trad furniture placement, an eclectic mix of mod/dirty classic/euro deco without a spot of warmth to be seen anywhere... where's the departure from comfort zone?
Way too monocromatic for me. I couldn't stand to live in places so devoid of colour.
Thanks so much for posting these! I really enjoyed looking at and assessing these images. Because I'm not enamoured of the monochromatic colour schemes, I was able to concentrate on furniture placement. The images also enabled me to really think about what I would like/need in the vignettes to make them more to my taste. Sometimes I learn more from what I don't like than what I do...
Picture 9 is beautiful. A happy contrast with the wood and leather adding warmth and cozyness to the more stark adjoining space.
Boy, can we say uptight? Feels like if you put a coffee cup down anywhere in this place Luisa would dart out and slap you.
Wow, I love it. Some of those rooms would be like walking into a black & white movie!
I think the space is beautiful. I love the black and white with a slight touch of colour here and there...
Abegail
I agree - the first images, especially, are just too grey and sad for me. I love grey - it's a beautiful tone, but not so much when it's taken over an entire space with little to contrast it.
- agata.
having that things is like living in the palace! really wow wow
Wow! I'm in love with picture nr. 9!!! Those huge heavy-looking black lamps. Such a great contrast to the almost invisible Starck's. Would a lamp like that fit well in my own kitchen? Take a look - http://ereszke.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/details-from-my-kitchen/
Cheers,
Ewelina
bleh......I LOVE dramatic black and white...but this is so...dull...like someone has littlerly sucked the blood and life out of every room....these pictures (especially the first ones) just make me sad.