Displaying posts from August, 2015

Brown Design Group is not just all about midcentury modern. Here is a home with a Mediterranean vibe that they designed that is really lovely. I can imagine long dinner parties being held while sitting on those really comfy looking leather dining chairs, and then wandering out into the yard listening to the fountain while polishing off that fourth glass of Malbec. 

This ranch-style home in the Hollywood Hills is an absolute dream. Owned by designers Ryan Brown and Diego Monchamp of Brown Design Group, they completely renovated the home making it much more open-plan. The new design is much more modern but they added midcentury touches to pay homage to its origins. I adore the kitchen/dining space – and whatdoyaknow, there’s some tumbling block tile again! 🙂

Love this bathroom by Sydney-based design studio Redgen Mathieson. Timeless with an emphasis on form, scale and beautiful materials.

With its simple elegance and sense of modest luxury this family home at Bondi is just about perfect. The layering of textures, the black and white contrast, the composure, the calm, a little dash of drama. This is modern Australian at its everyday best. Fabulous interiors by Alwill with architecture by Michelle Orszaczky and landscape design by William Dangar.

Photography by Jason Loucas.

I had the day off Friday so high on my priority list (aside from taking an elderly lady’s cat to the vet, because I apparently don’t have enough of my own cat problems) was going to get a sample of the tumbling block tile. When I saw it in the store again I immediately started having heart palpitations. And the second I lay the sample tiles on my floor, I knew they were the ones. I am so smitten with these damn tiles. I repainted the wainscoting with some samples of Parma Grey and Off black that Farrow & Ball provided me and I am sold on black (gloss though), and had husband hold up the roll of Amime I had and I know based on my last post alot of people aren’t really feeling this combo, but I think I have to go with my gut on this one. I really dig the European vibe this pairing gives, and think it is a bit more sophisticated and unexpected than my original choice. And I think this will make me happier in the long run.

I spotted this apartment yesterday on Living and thought it would be an appropriate post today. It is the summer home of an Italian family, a joint project of Studio CaSA and Margherita Serboli Arquitectura. This 97 sq m apartment located in Eixample, Barcelona is now bright and modern, with some original details maintained such as window frames and vaulted Catalan terra cotta ceiling (soooooo gorg!!). The cement tumbling block patterned tiles in the living and dining room are a really fun way to add pattern to the apartment and break up up the expanse of white in the open space. The pastel colours aren’t really my thing, but are really cute for a summer vacation pad. I would totally Airbnb this place. (Photos: Roberto Ruiz)