Why stop at just one post when it is this good? Some yummy extras by IN DESIGN.

It has been a very long and sweltering hot week and I am very grateful Friday is upon us! For me this weekend will be about bathroom renovation shopping (husband doesn’t know this yet but I just typed it for all to read so I guess it has to happen now!), some personal house touring and photo taking for this year’s Glebe House Tour (so excited!) and finishing up a house tour of my own for another blog (oh yeah!). I will leave you with this glorious apartment that is fancy and fabulous by Spanish interior design firm IN DESIGN (photos: Manolo Yllera)

I sometimes wonder how awesome it would be to be married to an architect….who could design me a home with this much attention to detail…where everything has its place. By Paris-based Agence Glenn Medioni.

What a beautiful home designed by Vancouver-based Chrissy Cottrell of Chrissy & Co. Mixing old world charm with modern and graphic elements, the spaces are bold and sophisticated yet playful. A soothing cohesion of contrasting styles. 

I really don’t know how the French manage to be so damn chic all the time! This Haussmannian apartment in Bordeaux, France was formerly offices and architect Daphné Serrado worked some magic to transform it into an absolutely decadent residential space filled with original features that are drop-dead gorgeous. She also designed most of the new elements such as the kitchen, library, office, bathrooms. The classic old and the modern new work so well in contrast with each other.