Displaying posts labeled "Neutral"

A neutral palette contrasted with variations of black and darkest blue, layered with texture and suffused with soft light. A warm, modern design, a casual elegance, comfortable and stylish. Manhattan Beach house by Los Angeles-based Disc Interiors.

An oasis of calm after the ceaseless clamour of the day. Respite. Retreat. Classical meets modern. Neutral sophistication. Elegant and urbane with a dash of controversy. White painted books? In this San Francisco Decorator Showcase library interior designer Geoffrey De Sousa explores the role of books and the room that contains them in a world of tablets and the Cloud.

Axel Vervoordt. If you do not know this name, you will remember it once you get to the end of this post. Axel Vervoordt of Antwerp, Belgium started out as an antiques dealer and has become one of the most influential interior designers of our time. His spaces are poetic, artistic and mesmerizing. It is almost more what is not there that what is. These first two rooms have captured me and made my heart skip a beat.

Day and night. Soft light, deep shadow. Earth and metal. Mirror and marble. Feminine and maculine. Precious and raw.Two houses by Italian designer Vincenzo De Cotiis. Two spaces full of tactile pleasure and celebration of form.

A restrained and elegant palette married with touches of luxury, an 80s reference paired with an Art Deco riff, decidedly masculine with a tempering of femininity. Subtle, sophisticated, sexy. East Melbourne renovation by Flack Studio.

Photography by Brooke Holm and Marsha Golemac.