Displaying posts from June, 2010

Happy Friday everyone! I’ve got a busy weekend ahead filled with errands, chores around the house and other boring stuff. Hope you all have better things planned. 🙂 Thought I’d share some more photos from the fabulous French site du côté de chez vous (previous post here). FYI: They have lots of great small space solutions (some photos included below) for those of you who have emailed us begging for help in that area.

Buildings have a sense of place and time. They relate to where they are, when they are and vice versa. Buildings have a past and a future and the whole complex web winds around the inhabitants and the environment. Architect Chris Dyson and his team take pride in the sense of place of a building whether it is a Georgian reno in Spitalfields, London or a large development in China. What I love about his portfolio the most is his reworking of traditional buildings in a modern way. Taking their past into a future by understanding what they were, are and what they could become. No foisting a purpose or “persona” on them. No bowing or breaking. Just fulfilling and freeing.

Sorry for my lack of reader request posts lately – things have been a little hairy for me (and with 9 cats now I mean that in every sense of the word). This one comes from Brooke: “I have one request: bathroom vanity’s using antique dressers. I am renting an apartment, and going to school to become a designer… and once I am all done and find a place of my own – I will be sure to find a fixer upper… and in that fixer upper will be many fab finds such as a vintage dresser vanity!” I adore dressers repurposed as vanities so I was shocked to find out I didn’t have that many photos of this brilliant idea. So below are some vintage dressers, tables, maybe some not so vintage dressers, and even an Ikea kitchen island.

Sköna hem	Elle Decor
Nuevo Estilo	Mark Olson
Kristen Buckingham	House and Garden
Kara Mann	Sunset
Sunset	Sunset
pattern of life	Phoebe Howard

design*sponge
Canadian House & Home
Côté Maison
Jordi Canosa
Sunset
House To Home
Dwell

I have no uncles. If I did I’d want him to be just like 3rd UNCLE. Ok that was a pretty sappy intro but you must admit it’s a memorable name for a design studio. Toronto based 3rd UNCLE Design create modern spaces that are light, bright and fun. Too many people think minimalism is cold, hard and rigid. Lighten up! Minimalism is about being resourceful, creative, clever. What I wouldn’t give for a soak in that tub!

I love this beautiful 1911 villa – home to a couple with 5 children – in the Danish town of Frederiksberg. It’s serene, simple and bright. Styled by Katrine Martensen-Larsen (other posts of her work here and here) and photographed by Stuart McIntyre (previous post here).