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It’s the weekend and instead of spending this glorious summer day at the beach (at least here) some of us have to work. If my office was designed by Ilse Crawford I would probably never want to go home. You’d find me sleeping under my desk every night especially in this first workplace, a British advertising agency in a former 1960s British Rail maintenance depot. The second space is Studioilse‘s own offices. Both with lovely light pouring in through walls of windows and a relaxed, domestic scale.

I will be right here. All weekend long. Except for when painting my bedroom FINALLY. 🙂 Via de-dujes. 

Can I please have a moment of silence…..take a deep breath, exhale…and check out the matte black molding detail in the first 3 photos. It is so unbelievably beautiful I want to cry. The other spaces are simple and fantastic too. 🙂 By Paris based design firm Festen (previously featured here). 

Those doyens of dark, wizards of white, masters of all things French chic, Pierre Emmanuel Martin and Stéphane Garotin of Maison Hand have held us in thrall for many years. Kim and I love anything they create. The only niggle is whether we like their black décor more than their white décor. Perhaps we could settle on a little bit of both.

Fresh colours, patterns and textures add flair to these spaces created by another British designer Flora Soames. Casual chic with a great energy. I want to hang out and drink coffee in this kitchen, complete with fireplace. (Anyone else desperately in love with a fireplace in a kitchen?)