Lucyna Kołodziejska, the lovely interior designer from Gdańsk, Poland whose work we have featured for years, has kindly sent over some photos from one of her latest projects. This one is an apartment in Sopot, a resort city on the Baltic sea in northern Poland. As always Lucyna has done a fabulous job with this space, giving it an ethnic feel while keeping it modern and classy. I adore that tile inset into the floor in the kitchen and hallway and the mural  behind the bed.

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

I will admit that white scares me. I very rarely wear anything white and I never buy white items for my home. This home designed by Jennifer Wagner Schmidt is refined, casually elegant and soothing and ALL IN WHITE! It is making me rethink my fear of white. Now if you could cover everything in plastic and it still look this good I would be sold. 😉

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

(Photo: Alyssa Rosenheck)

I am a major fan of the designs of Berlin architecture and design firm Gisbert Pöppler because of their bold choices for furnishings, art and colour schemes. This apartment is typical of their work with drama in all 3 of those areas. I featured photos from this kitchen several years ago but its time to share the entire space. It’s museum-like yet has a coziness to it which I love.

I really have no words for how absolutely breathtaking this property in California by Ferguson Ettinger Architects is. So I’ll leave it to landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith to tell the story of this dream: In the heart of a historic drought, this new home overlooking the clients’ 72-acre vineyard in the Paso Robles wine region called for a water-wise landscape that could further enhance their stunning property. Applying a subdued color palette accentuated with Mediterranean grasses and timeworn olive trees, the new landscape anchored and blended the home into its surrounding environment. Delicate plant textures that flutter in the wind softened the modern hardscape and architecture; creating a striking balance between the built and natural environments. Large drifts of drought tolerant grasses allowed for sweeping views to continue past the property line, to the clients’ vineyards and the rolling hills beyond. The grasses were also selected to mirror the native vegetation as it fluctuates through the seasons, creating a strong sense of connection with the region. Using rugged boulders and gravel in conjunction with clean hardscape pavers, the project brought a fun California twist to the traditional modern aesthetic.

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spring-greetings from germany!
– Kristin

And some from me. The cats are loving my new linen duvet cover about as much as I am which results in many cat puddles. And Phoebe on my antique pink velvet chair.