Displaying posts from October, 2011
Isabel López-Quesada encore
Posted on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 by midcenturyjo
I love the portfolio of Spanish designer Isabel López-Quesada. Love. I needed inspiration to start the week. I knew I would find it on her website. Rustic yet elegant. Casual and real but steeped with history and a sense of place. Here a dream house in Biarritz, France.
Blog favourites of the week
Posted on Sun, 9 Oct 2011 by KiM
Friday eye candy
Posted on Fri, 7 Oct 2011 by KiM
TGIF, and good riddance to one of the longest weeks of my life. Thankfully it’s Thanksgiving here in Canada this weekend so THREE day weekend! And they’re calling for HEAT and SUN all weekend!!! This always happens here Ottawa, the city I love to hate. In the fall we suddenly get a few days of ridiculously hot weather and then POOF, the next day we’re in the minuses and a snowstorm hits. So I am definitively going to ditch the French books in exchange for some excursions around the city (and maybe to the cottage) this weekend. To end the week, I thought I’d share with you all some new photos from the portfolio of Dutch photographer Marjon Hoogervorst whom I featured back in December when I was also coincidentally looking for a respite.
Friday escape
Posted on Fri, 7 Oct 2011 by midcenturyjo
I thought I would help Kim with her French studies. A weekend away. A full French immersion experience. French food. French wine. Speaking only French. The food and wine are for me. The French is for Kim. I can’t speak a word and anyway it’s rude to speak French with your mouth full of French wine and French food. I think the perfect place to stay would be Baudon de Mauny, a chic and casual mix of modern in a 1777 Hotel Particulier. Perfect.
Jo isn’t the only one…
Posted on Thu, 6 Oct 2011 by KiM
…who loves black. There’s something I find really intriguing about one random black wall.
Black kitchen cabinets make for a sexy kitchen (particularly when paired with white subway tiles which creates just about my ideal kitchen…and add a white apron-front sink and wall-mount faucet and the heart palpitations begin).
A bedroom of black and white creates a combo of glamour/sexiness/mystery/masculinity. And I love the subtle drama of this space.
via Fantastic Frank, Stuart McIntyre, Erik Andersson Architects
