Displaying posts labeled "Green"

Shaking the rainbow

Posted on Fri, 14 Oct 2022 by midcenturyjo

Hands up who is tired of beige-on-beige monochrome rooms? Hands up who craves colour and fun? Justine Guillermou of Rainbow Shaker is a French interior designer who recently moved to the UK. Her work is colourful and playful incorporating raw and industrial materials like wood, metal and construction materials like OSB. She shared one of her recent projects Bow Brook, an apartment in a converted schoolhouse. What a transformation! Tired, nondescript spaces are now vibrant and fun.

Photography by Justine Guillermou of Rainbow Shaker

A colourful maisonette flat in London

Posted on Thu, 13 Oct 2022 by KiM

This maisonette flat running over the top two floors and loft of this Victorian terrace was a blank canvass and complete labour of love. The property was run down and in a sorry state of disrepair. The brief was to turn it into a warm and inviting family home for a working mum and her young son. What’s more, colour, pattern, eclectic touches and vintage finds were to be positively encouraged! With the requirement to store thousands of books we kept the vaulted ceiling and created bespoke wall to ceiling joinery to form the backdrop and heart of this open plan space.
I love how considered and unique this home is and the colours really make it homey. Designed by Chiswick (West London) based Brooke Copp-Barton.

Photography: Matt Gamble; Styling: Ciara Walshe

Summit House

Posted on Wed, 12 Oct 2022 by midcenturyjo

Los Angeles architectural designer Patrick Bernatz‘s sense of composition and choice of materiality is heavily influenced by his California roots and the desire to use materials to create an American vernacular. This Arts and Crafts house in historic Lincoln Heights is solid and honest yet stylish and artisan.

Kind of OJ

Posted on Fri, 7 Oct 2022 by KiM

Studio LoHo is a Belgian design office located in Bruges, Belgium. Founded in the autumn of 2017 by Karel Loontiens and Jo Hoeven, the studio focused from the beginning on high-end bespoke interior projects which forms an ideal matrix for product – and material design that is both innovative and durable. Kind of OJ is a brand new concept about authentic luxury, unique design & art. It is at the same time a B&B, a gallery for contemporary art and design, but also a laboratory for our own interior ideas. Such a beautiful and creative space.

A colourful Battersea family home

Posted on Mon, 3 Oct 2022 by KiM

Our lovely French clients have lived in this double fronted house for 16 years and, now their children are older, wanted to inject colour and interest to create a sophisticated home that would suit the next stage of their lives. The rarely used dining room was transformed into an inviting library/TV room for their three teenage children to read, relax or to entertain friends. The wall between the existing living areas was taken out, allowing light to flow throughout the ground floor. Throughout the house we overhauled the neutral interiors to align with the taste of our discerning client, who was strongly drawn to depth of colour and marrying of patterns. The end result is a house that feels grown up, layered, and well considered for each individual member of the family.
Designed by Ali Johnson and Alex Keith of Otta Design, this Battersea family home has some really scrumptious colours. I am head over heels for that deep Indian yellow in the library (Paint & Paper Library’s Muga). Photos: Jonathan Bond