Displaying posts from November, 2007

Justin Bernhaut

Stephanie emailed us. “I moved into a new house about a year ago and found your blog. I Love, Love, Love referencing it for inspirational pictures and ideas!!

Now I have a new project that I would love your help with.
I just recently found out I am pregnant with my first baby and Im already thinking about decorating the nursery of course!

However, I don’t want to do typical pink or blue. And I don’t want the nursery to look too babyish.
I know that sounds crazy – but the rest of my house is stylish and I don’t want one room to ruin the look! Selfish I know!”

Not at all Stephanie. Here are a few ideas. There are even more on the Flickr group Modern Baby Nursery Designs and of course the fabulous AT:Nursery is a must visit. Don’t forget to click on the label children’s rooms below to go to other kid’s rooms we have featured. Good luck with the new baby and the new room!

re:place	Domino
Bill Kingston	Greg Natale
It’s what I do…	Megan Morton
Aqua Vitae	re:place
house n baby	Design Conquer
New York Interior Design	Modern Nursery

Sometimes the day is just a little black. Things aren’t going great. Then you find something that makes you realise that black is OK. Hey more than OK. Absolutely stunning. These photos were styled by Lotta Agaton and taken by Pia Ulin. Both are represented by Agent Bauer. Amazing talent, amazing portfolios. My day is a lot brighter now.

David, who has a 32″ flat screen TV, sent us an email about a design dilemma he has and it goes a little something like this: “Why does it seem that no one in the magazines or design sites has a TV? We have a micro-sized house with one living area. We like to watch movies every now and then on our couch in said living room, but we don’t want the TV to be the focal point of the room. We feel like a grouping could be done that would minimize the impact of the TV while still having it across from the couch, but I can find no inspiration in magazines or online to help me find the answer I seek.”

I personally think flat screen TVs are kind of nice to look at and don’t need to be distracted from, but hey, I see David’s point. My favourite is when the TV is positioned in a convenient place in the room in terms of design aesthetics, but you can’t view it easily from any given chair or couch. I saw this exact scenario this afternoon on an old episode of Home to Stay. Gimme a break people!!! So I went digging around my photo stash and came up with some photos to help David and anyone else out there with this common problem. Hope this helps. (I added a photo of my living room – I found that by filling the wall around the TV with photos, the TV was way less obvious.)

kontakt Magazine	Christopher Gaona
Form Architecture	Domino
Studio Ilse	Kenneth Brown
Robyn Karp	BKSK Architects
fernlund + logan architects	Jerry Jacobs
The Lawrence Group	Pappas Miron
PointClickHome	Domino
Nicholas Haslam	my living room

Thank you Tammy for sending in this photo of your Pulis. As Tammy says: “Two pulis are better than one, especially on an orange couch”. I couldn’t agree more.

There is something about a dark room. I don’t mean that the light switch is off. These rooms are mysterious, cozy, snug, cool and cave like but they are also chic, elegant and unexpected. Be brave. Turn to the dark side.

Hallie Burton	Laura Resen
Paul Whicheloe	Roger Davies
Eve Robinson	David Hicks
De Lisle, Philpotts & Staub	Nicholas Haslam
Barclay Fryery	Justin Bernhaut