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I saw this story on the website of magazine Garden & Gun and while on the subject of magazines, thought it was worthy of sharing as I love a good warehouse conversion. This warehouse is in Greensboro, North Carolina and is now the shop and home of antiques dealer Dan Garrett. His shop is the main level, the second level is half shop storage and half main living space (including kitchen, dining area, a sitting room) and the third level is a wide open living area with a bed tucked into a rear niche. Love the rustic industrial feel and the coziness that is created from Dan’s beautiful antiques. 

The renovation and extension of this 1930s duplex by Virginia Kerridge Architect saw a double height box added behind the building extending the lower floor apartment. The contemporay space provides a kitchen dining area above and an intimate sitting area that opens to a pool. “The concept behind the scheme was to leave the existing building in close to original condition with the addition being treated as a “box” for living in…” Please Santa. I’ve been a good girl this year. Could you leave an extension just like this behind my house this Christmas morning?

A contemporary confection, a French fantasy, a Parisian home of many layers by Elodie Sire of D.mesure. Organic shapes and textures mixed with Moroccan rugs and modern art, a dash of brocante and always the immensely personal style of the owner’s treasured personal pieces.

Photographer Christopher Sturman rocks my world. His photographs are so perfectly composed, so perfectly exposed, so perfectly perfect. How he can photograph a window such as above and turn it into magic is beyond me. I want to eat each of these phtoos and each of these spaces up.

Thanks to Minosa Design for sharing with us yet another impressive project. This time it’s a kitchen that is high on style yet low on space. The brief: To create a clean & modern kitchen one that catered to modern living requirements. The space had to integrate a home office & laundry as well as an everyday eating area for at least two. As far as layout goes there really was not a lot of flexibility with the footprint of the kitchen, it could not be changed or relocated. It was a matter of making use of the available space and organising the zones so they would function efficiently for this family.

The designer chose to place the tall run of joinery items under the existing bulkhead (carpenters had recently commenced renos). This was the first thing on view when entering the terrace. These full height doors house the laundry nook, home office (behind pocket bi-folding doors) & integrated refrigerator.