Sweetness and Light

A beautiful office space for creative thinking. Clothing designer Jil Sander's “Working Villa” in Hamburg, Germany.

 

(via martina jane)

Monday

An utterly beautiful Georgian home in Edinburgh to start your week right. See more of it here.

(photo: ingredients ldn via my scandinavian home)

Monday

Work life balance. Have a good week—and see more of this colourful and playful home on Architectural Digest Germany here.

(photo by carola ripamonti)

Sweetness and Light

Some classic French style for you today. Have a good one.

(photo via here)

Classicism Meets Minimalism

Today I'm admiring this beautiful minimalist apartment on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, the work of interior designer Katty Schiebeck. Love the mix of classical elements with clean edged modernism.

(photography: katty schiebeck via mad about interior design)

Neo-Classical Modern

The airy Oslo apartment of architect Casper Mork-Ulnes and his wife, furniture designer Lexie Damner Mork-Ulnes, is a modern space nestled inside a Neo-Classical envelope — the couple have left the period details untouched while adding an updated kitchen and clever furniture that doubles as storage. Brightly painted hall doors and brilliant art and accessories add touches of colour throughout the space, too. More here on Dwell.

(photography by hans petter)

Italian Beauty

Set within a fairy tale garden, this lovely neoclassical eighteenth century villa on Lake Como in Italy was recently restored after a chequered history. Aristocratic in its origins, it gradually declined, going through several owners, partitioned into apartments, and then abandoned after World War II. But its lowest point would have to be in the 1980s, when it was purchased by a company that proceeded to tear out all the original marble fireplaces and windows, carpeted over the floors and did all it could to erase the character of the villa. Happily its new owner was keen to recapture its original spirit, while updating it for modern living, too — the marble fireplaces have returned. More here on Marie Claire Maison.

(photography by stefania giorgi)

A Neoclassical Gallery Home

Conceived of as a living gallery, the Brussels neoclassical house of Ike Udechuku and Kathryn Smith is furnished with a selection of rare and choice furniture, objects and art — all for sale. Partnering with various European galleries, Ike and Kathryn live with the items, inviting collectors and visitors into their home to experience and purchase the designs in situ. Fascinating idea. More here on Dwell.

(photography by chris tubbs)

Weekend

Happy weekend! Hope it's a lovely one. We'll be catching up with used bookstore finds and a movie or two — how about you?

(photo by alessandra ianniello)

Neo Rococo

Located in De Pijp, a newly trendy former working-class district south of Amsterdam, the home of interior decorator and exclusive Venetian fabric importer Rachel Van Den Brug, her husband Jean-Paul and their sons Rafi and Gaius is a modern take on romanticism, with baroque and rococo flourishes inspired by French and Italian classical style. So elegant and fresh. More here on Milk magazine.

(photography by bonnita postma)