Displaying posts from August, 2021

Stephens Design Studio is a San Francisco based landscape design studio founded by Stephanie Stillman Stephens, that is committed to designing refined and meaningful spaces. Such lush, well thought out outdoor spaces.

Some photos by Joe Fletcher, Nicole Franzen

It has been a while since I shared some projects by San Francisco design firm Studio Muir (they were here and here). I thought I would share a glimpse into some of their latest work. It continues to be classic, timeless yet modern. (Photos: Nicole Franzen, landscape: Stephens Design Studio)

I spotted this story on Architectural Digest Germany and it blew my mind so I absolutely had to share it with you. And had this happened to me, you would have quite literally needed to pick me up off the floor because I would have passed right out.

As the story goes (hopefully translated correctly), Miryam Baha-Kernchen and her husband moved into an 1887 villa in the city of Bremen, Germany, that had been in her husband’s family for many years. It sounds like it had been separated into apartments at one time and as part of the renovations they wanted to make, they began removing a wall to open it up. (All photos by Miryam)

Under ugly ceramic tile and lowered drywall ceilings they made an incredible discovery.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! This is what they found underneath all that tile and drywall. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy would someone hide all of this beauty?!?! It keeps going. And is a work in progress at this point so there’s not many photos of complete spaces. But WOW what a project this is! (You can follow along on their journey on Miryam’s Instagram account)

I mean….. To open up a lowered ceiling and find such hidden treasure underneath…

And speaking of ceilings, this room was a hint to what they might find, as the ceiling had not been covered up when Miryam and her husband moved in.

This is my favourite reveal of the story. This is what the entrance looked like before, and once all the beauty was uncovered…

One more in progress space – the kitchen to be converted into a bedroom…

It’s like I say week in week out. If you have to drag yourself into work on a weekend it’s somewhere super stylish. Alala Office by Tina Rich Design.

“Respecting the rich culture and architecture of the building, we seek to restore it’s natural raw beauty, before injecting unexpected moments of contemporary culture, representing the youth of its occupier.”

The designer calls it “Subversive Intervention”. I call this Sydney home by Blainey North  luxury with a touch of rebellion.