Monday, January 31, 2011

Dream Home "The Home Office by Douglas Levine




Room: Home Office
DesignerDouglas Levine
Inspiration: creating an office that takes advantage of new technology - no desk or file cabinets needed
Favorite ideas:

  • gold replacing silver for pulls, drapery hardware, lighting, mirror frame


  • a mirror in an openwork frame hung on a mirrored wall


  • bright artwork on dark, textured walls


  • traditional furniture pieces like the wing chairs in updated, slim, modern shapes

  • Sunday, January 30, 2011

    things i like

    on the street of NY

    on the street of milano

    on the street of florence

    Subtle Changes Powerful impact Interiors


























    The East London photographic location house of photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes and stylist Jo Atkins-Hughes. Their design, their styling, their business. Look more closely and you'll see them, the subtle changes that have taken this house to the next level. A few well chosen pieces of furniture and new accessories, touches of new colour (including a black living room), warm timber tones have added a life and a warmth to an already amazing house. To cap it all are these fabulous new photos by Graham. A new look at old favourites, a peek at spaces we haven't seen before and an exuberant garden that is the perfect foil for the moody maturity of the interiors. I couldn't make up my mind which photos to leave in or out. I'm guilty, I'm afraid Graham, of using almost all of them. Available for location hire ... maybe I could hire it permanently and move on in.

    Burberrry Prorsum

    Bailey is nothing if not focused. He decided on a coat for all seasons as his theme for Fall 2011, and that's exactly what he offered. There were myriad accompanying permutations of skinny pants, suits, and knitwear that was lacquered or cable knit in combo with furry doeskin. But the Main Event was The Coat in weights that were variously suitable for rain or wind or snow. Here's testament to focus—just as with Bailey's aviator jacket collection last Fall, almost every single coat was an object of lust, from the buffalo-check biggie that opened the show to the "jaguar mink" coat that closed it. Bailey used color astutely—an orange duffel, a pea green military coat—but he also nailed subdued city camels and tweeds (fur-collared for luxe). And he closed his show with a full-on catwalk rainstorm, courtesy of his special-effects team.