Yesterday I featured a home designed by Maurício Arruda but I love his work so I could not stop at just one. Here’s another I found in his portfolio. It’s got a cool spiral staircase – I’ve always had a fascination with those. The humongous wall unit in the living room is a bit much for me (too overpowering) but I am smitten with everything else. 

Sometimes the sensory overload that this blog can bring makes me crave some simple, neutral spaces. When I found the website of UK interior designer Sarah Jane Nielsen, I was very appreciative of her unpretentious, tranquil designs. Like these. 

Maurício Arruda is a Brazilian architect/designer whose funky, retro apartment was featured here last year. I stumbled upon his website recently and this apartment caught my eye. (The project is from a collective called WHYDESIGN, whose members are Mauricio Arruda, Guto Requena and Tatiana Sakurai). LOVE the gray wall colour. LOVE the forest mural (I have one too!). LOVE the Pierre Paulin Little Tulip chairs. LOVE the rosewood cabinetry. LOVE the graphic wallpapers. LOVE the built-in workspace. Photos by Marcelo Magnani.

Dragana sent photos of her apartment in Belgrade that I wanted to share. She has created a lovely bright space in what seems like pretty cramped quarters. “I was in Amsterdam this year. Wandering through streets of Amsterdam, i found the inspiration to adapt my flat in Belgrade size 51m2, which had been totally ruined. I furnished it with the furniture, mostly white and straight lines.“

Here is another project by Saskatoon’s Atmosphere Interior Design. Coincidentally it is again in my favourite colour palette of black/white/yellow. I just can’t get enough. Woot Woot!