INCREDIBLE SPACES

 

Ricardo BOFFILL’s workshop : a former cement factory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only an architect of such renown could imagine such an extraordinary space.

 

 

A SEE-THROUGH CHURCH -

 

Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh have taken the concept of transparency literally into a church, as they have constructed a transparent, see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw .

 Z33 named this project ''Reading between the Lines''

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATION
Borgloon, Limburg (B)
50°47'44.56"N -  5°21'2.82"O
Google Earth link

 

 

Highly impressive places, right ?

ARCHITECTURAL NEWS : THE ANSLEY GLASS HOUSE

 

As seen in 1KIND DESIGN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A PERFECT COUNTRY WEEK-END

 

This cottage on a lake bank does somewhat sound like  the perfect  haven for a delightful week-end.

Send an invitation to a single couple, 6 people would turn too much for such a poetic setting. I’m sure they’ll come over as quickly as a fox on a hunt.

 

A good book and you’re all set.

 

 

An opened door is always inviting and even more so with the old wooden tray set for  just  a few glasses, ready to be the recipient of an amber coloured vintage old Port.

I wish I had an invitation !

 

Prehistorical cook books by the window, held centuries ago by the hands of real cooking goddesses, the ones who wore a large linen apron and a wooden spoon in hand.

 

 

That’s a farm table. I would have opted for large and simple white candles set right on the table for a more rustic effect.

 

Time seems to have settled down on this lovely farm house, seen through the wonderful and charming blog

LITTLE EMMA ENGLISH HOME

 http://littleemmaenglishhome.blogspot.com/

FAN OF GREYS

 

 

 

Pigeon coloured clouds with thunder hues are always a beauty when thick and dense, but to be honoust I prefer greys in the home.

 

 

 

 

 

Greys mix well with whites, silver, pinks, all the aqua spectre  of  blues, lilacs, purples and blacks.

 

Greys can play “country” , or walk on its high heel ultra sophisticated look,  or subtle down to a very zen and contemporary cool attitude, like all Christian LIAIGRE’s furniture and Interior Decoration.

 

Grey can play the industrial part in an urban plan.

 

And for pure and daring style, you can’t go further than this.

 

And when baroque meets design, this is how it may look.

The subject of greys is illimited so I’ll take the permission to keep a few reflections for next time around. I’ll have to fix a GRAY drink for the occasion !

By the way, all pictures from outstanding and illimited PINTEREST.

INSPIRING MEGA SPACES

 

Now that you have cleaned up your mess, on my strict and authoritative injonctions, if not orders ! ( see my latest post for my daunting tone !),  you can move into more space .

Elegant spaces, unusual spaces, dreamy spaces, lofty spaces, you name it.

 

Who needs more than a high-ceiling room, a black what-seems-like-a-door, and a flag of a drape, is that still called a curtain ? 

 

And HUGE windows… wonder who cleans them ? Obviously, I’m quite obssessed with cleaning this week !

 

Loft space

 

Is that a congregation of seating pieces ? Or is that a collection of some sort ? Or someone who has cleaned the Paris streets and fell upon all that trashy couches ?

I love them by the way !

 

Ouh , that’s about a 5 hour and a half of vacuum . Well, I agree, that’s not the point at all. Pretty awesome space , that is.

 

 

And for that one, I’m sure you need some rollers, or you’re dead. If you’ve kept a little clutter, you could hire some space there; I bet they’ll agree ! Try !

 

 

Tuscany and it’s classicism, statuesque elegance : no rugs, just the rough floor, bare windows, no unnecessary curtains, statues, with no unnecessary heads.

 

 

All these guys really have a problem with “ where to place their sofas “ or seems like they haven’t realised there is a thousand square foot space to use up yet .

All pictures from PINTEREST

HAUTE DECORATION at ARTCURIAL

 

Last year, ARTCURIAL and “AD”  impressed us with a sensational 1st edition of an HAUTE DECORATION exhibit , 10 of the grandest French INTERIOR DECORATORS had imagined their own decor, be it bedroom, bathroom, drawing room, library…

This yea from September 12th to 22ND? 2011, the selection has expanded to 12 of the best :

India Mahdavi, Olivia Putman, Roxane Rodriguez, Alain Demachy, François-Joseph Graf, Chahan Minassian, Pierre Yovanovitch, Jean-Louis Deniot, Laurent Buttazzoni & Associés, Joseph Dirand, Tristan Auer, Thierry Lemaire.

GRAF drives us into the luxurious handcrafted world of a Japanese cabinet. All lacquers and dark shades.

INDIA MAHDAVI embeds herself in MARK ROTHKO’s palette of colours  for a bedroom using wools, velvets and silks; comfy atmosphere.

Optical illusions in OLIVIA PUTMAN’s drawing room.

A baroque kitchen by TRISTAN AUER.

A collector’s den imagined by JEAN- LOUIS DENIOT,

just to name a few.

While in the neighbourhood, and if devastatingly hungry, have a try at L’HOTEL MARTIN MARGIELA on the rue Goujon, all white and unusual.

Artcurial

From September 12th to 22nd, 2011

Hôtel Marcel-Dassault
7, rond-point des Champs-Elysées - Paris 8e
From 11 am to  7 pm

10 euros with the offer of the exhibit’s catalog

Métro Franklin-Roosevelt, lines 1 and 9
www.artcurial.com

FEEL THE BREEZE ?

 

 

CANDY COLOURS FOR THIS WEEK

 

 

 

all pictures via Little Blue Deer

TODAY IT’S CHURCH DAY

 

Normally a church looks more or less like this :

 

But then in the middle of Maastricht, this is how a church looks like :

 

This is the entrance : a copper tunnel .

One of the side chapels is nothing more then a perfect place to enjoy a cigar with a fiery armagnac.

A Martini at the bar… Are we still in a church ?

Well, KRUISHERENHOTEL is definitely a place for a special retreat !

The 15th century monastery has become a unique architectural adventure created by HANK VOK.

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO START OFF THE WEEK END

 

The then BLAKES HOTEL in Amsterdam done by my favourite designer : ANOUSHKA HEMPEL, the One and Only. The BLAKES has become the DYLAN HOTEL but has lost in the battle some of the character it possesed.

Zen attitude with zest.

White living as seen on Pinterest.

INTERIOR DESIGN INSPIRATION FAVOURITES

I can't resist ; after all, MAISON & OBJET is closing its doors right now and as it is Interior Decoration week in Paris I might as well share with you a few of those Interior Decoration pictures I favour, some come probably from the wonderful blogs I follow with such pleasure, some might come from magazines.
I let you browse into my little personal album :

Chateau de Moissac

For it's natural hues, it's easy decoration, nothing pretentious. Rugged benches down from the farm at the end of the property, deep velvet cushions on it, that's easy enough and ... more comfortable for our small bumpy bums Simple china, off white, clear crystal glasses, candle holders, and a hearty fire in the fireplace.
Now, get hold of the chateau !! That's another story !!



Blakes Hotel London

Its whiteness and special mix of lines and more cushions you could ever dream of.


Blakes Hotel London

from Me and Alice

Because of it's natural and seemingly simplicity. Often the most difficult arrangement to get though.