What makes the work of stylist and photographer Mirella Sahetapy so striking? It’s simple. It’s the power of simplicity. Limited, muted colour pallette, clean lines, nothing extanreous, the faded strength of the contast between shadow and soft light. Like a faded Dutch Old Master. Beautiful home – Mirella’s home as it appeared in Elle Decoration, NL. Beautiful portfolio.

What can you say about a design firm with the moniker of Chinese Jesus? Wow springs to mind. Modern, luxurious, bold with midcentury riffs. Seamless and streamlined layered with texture. Mike Lee, Deborah Rumens and their team in Venice, California create cool, stylin’ sculptural spaces perfect for the modern Mad Men.

Maddalena Cannarsa of extrArchitecture is an Italian architect living in London and this is her recently refurbished flat. Love the light and the period features. Those floors! That wall of wooden windows! A beautiful, fresh Euro/white meets Victorian period features home with splashes of red to heighten the warmth of the wood. Maddalena has cleverly tidied up the wasted space in the original layout allowing her the luxury of a walk in robe in a relatively small one bedroom flat. Wonderful, warm and white.

I loved the last home by Californian interior designer Chris Barrett that I had to visit her portfolio again. Another stylish dwelling but with more of a mix of history and layers of living, the travelled life, a smidgen of boho, an artistic eye and a collection of precious objects gathered over a life well lived. Perfect recipe for a lovely home I think.

Photography by Victoria Pearson.

I’m late! I’m late! I’m late with my posting but… aaaahhhh… deep breath… time to immerse in the casual elegance of this home designed by Californian Chris Barrett. Colour, light, scale, texture and beautiful layering. Calm and chic and simply wonderful!