Displaying posts labeled "Rustic"

It doesn’t get much more quaint than this. This is the wee cottage in the Cotswolds of designer Victoria Barker of Studio Faeger, who undertook a sympathetic renovation of the space when she bought it in 2017 to uncover all the beautiful features that had been buried in the 70s. It is as cute as a button. (Photos from Studio Faeger website and Tom Griffiths for House & Garden, and this is available to rent on Airbnb).

The heart of the house a 16th century timber framed building with beautiful daub (mud) walls, brick floors and a large inglenook fireplace. Until the trainline arrived in the 1870’s it was the village pub. Over the years additions have been made to the original house to create a unique home with lots of different levels and a variety of styles.
From the driveway you walk past the basketmaker’s studio to the front door and into  the main light-filled living level with a concrete floor which runs past a piano and a shower room right through the kitchen/ living room to bi-fold doors looking out to country garden and field beyond. Down steps into double height area leading to original house with cosy sitting room, fireplace with woodburner, brick floors and daub walls. Up a single step to parquet floor and old white tongue and groove pannelled hall with bedroom leading off to the right. Up old, wonky stairs to first floor with front bedroom, bathroom and steps down to rear bedroom; all with wooden floors. The back garden has an established vegetable garden enclosed by a hornbeam hedge, an old greenhouse and an orchard area with a horse-box sauna and firepit.

Such character, and so much space for creative projects! *SIGH* Available as a location home via Shoot Factory. (Photos: Richard Oxford)

Jardines de Alfabia

Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022 by KiM

Jardines de Alfabia is a complex consisting of a house, gardens and an orchard located in Bunyola, Mallorca. The houses of a Gothic type, with a strong rural and fortified character were located around an enclosed courtyard, incorporating a tower of the sixteenth century. The eighteenth-century reform endowed Alfabia with its Baroque elements, the most defining of its current configuration. It’s available for tours, events and weddings. Such beautiful architecture and the gardens are absolutely stunning. It must be magical in person!

Moody hues in a penthouse by Jane Hallworth

Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2022 by KiM

A cinematic color palette of olive green distemper is the interior version of a camera obscura; moody hues urge one to focus attention on a world beyond – city lights and formidable views –before turning your attention to the crafted interior. Designed specifically for entertaining, this space is intimate during the day and dashing at night. In this 4,000 square foot space, a gathering of people and fine art by masters such as Louis Bourgeois, Mark Grotjahn and Jean Dubuffet mix well in purposefully rustic, modern comfort.  A layered collection of textured textiles, industrial, antique and modern pieces contrast the sleek lines of this penthouse, creating an environment that is at once studious and negligently glamorous.
I love this industrial, rustic and edgy look. Designed by Jane Hallworth.

Reflections and warm colours

Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022 by KiM

I looooove how Iñigo Aragón and Pablo López Navarro of design firm Casa Josephine Studio took what could have easily read as a very cold and small apartment (70 sqm located in the center of Madrid) and created just the opposite. Painted out brick, stone, concrete with exposed beams and a concrete floor in pale grey keep things light and add a coziness, fabrics in rusts and orange shades add warmth, and stainless and tons of mirror provide much reflection and make the space seem larger. Genius. (Photos: Pablo Zamora)