Lovely White House

Such a beautiful Friday morning deserves a beautiful home. So I'm taking you to Annabel's house to see these gorgeous white rooms. London based 1st-option firm has prepared it for location shooting for films or TV. Every detail is taken care of and I'm sure you can find lots of ideas to inspire you. A beautiful way to start your Friday. Have fun!<br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=1&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_01.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_01.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=2&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_02.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_02.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=3&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_03.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_03.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=4&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_04.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_04.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=5&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_05.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_05.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=6&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_06.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_06.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=7&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_07.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_07.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=8&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_08.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_08.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=9&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_09.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_09.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=10&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_10.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_10.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=11&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_11.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_11.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 412px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=13&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_13.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_13.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=14&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_14.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_14.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=15&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_15.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_15.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=17&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_17.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_17.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=18&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_18.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_18.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=19&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_19.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_19.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=20&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_20.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_20.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=21&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_21.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_21.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=22&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_22.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_22.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=23&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_23.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_23.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=24&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_24.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_24.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=25&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_25.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_25.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="javascript:location.replace('/img_popup.php?img=26&pk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all#imgtopNAVIGATION');"><img alt="/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_26.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5393/max/annabels-house_26.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br />I sooo love it! How about you?<br />All images from <a href="http://www.1st-option.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />I have linked this post over at Jerri's blog <a href="http://simplysweethome.blogspot.com/">Simply Sweet Home</a> and Melissa's <a href="http://theinspiredroom.net/2010/04/15/charming-patio-spaces/comment-page-1/#comment-37279">The Inspired Room</a>.

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Photographer Pia Ulin

Good morning dear readers. Today I'm delighted to show you Swedish photographer Pia Ulin's work. Simply beautiful.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/770_0514_002Rv21.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="ikea_bedroom_2_003klar2" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ikea_bedroom_2_003klar2.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="ikea_bedroom_1_098klar2v2" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ikea_bedroom_1_098klar2v2.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="806_0160_010-1klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/806_0160_010-1klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="image_breakfast_diff-models1" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/image_breakfast_diff-models1.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="090924_SO_A5_052klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/090924_SO_A5_052klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="090921_LTE_A1_048klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/090921_LTE_A1_048klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 401px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="lotta_agaton_048klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lotta_agaton_048klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 402px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="lotta_agaton_013klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lotta_agaton_013klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 401px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Neorest-2_film" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Neorest-2_film.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="CF020223" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/CF020223.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="770_0840_050Rv2" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/770_0840_050Rv2.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="717_1169_006-1" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/717_1169_006-1.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="806_0161_012-1klar" src="http://www.piaulin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/806_0161_012-1klar.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br />More beautiful images from Pia's portfolio right <a href="http://www.piaulin.com/">here</a>.

Photographer Pia Ulin

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Interior Designer Paola Navone

Good morning dear readers. Today we're heading for Greece to visit Italian interior designer Paola Navone's house. Perched on the rocks of the Cycladic island in Greece with a magnificent view of the Aegean Sea this minimalist, rustic house has only three colours, grey, white and a little brown.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" ><br /></span></span><img alt="358097.jpg" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358097.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br />No carpets or rugs in this house. As you see they have just been painted directly on the concrete floor. On this terrrace a striped "rug" was painted, fringes and all. The beds were designed by Paola. Notice a small detail: the stripes painted on the wall perfectly match the sides of the beds and the rug.<br />At the side she placed a huge 2 metre high terracotta urn. These urns are traditionally used for storing oil and are buried in the ground. Paola just turned it upside down to make a sort of primitive sculpture.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" ></span></span><br /><img alt="358098.jpg" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358098.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> Wedged between three walls of the house lies a more intimate terrace with light grey plastic chairs. The painted floor has a fancier design here.</span></span></span><br /><br /><img alt="358099.jpg" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358099.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">The entrance of the house was fitted with makeshift furniture by Paola. The table stands on two big whitewashed vases placed upside down. Another striped rug painted on the floor.</span></span></span><br /><br /><img alt="Peints à même le sol, les “tapis” dessinés par Paola qui reprennent des motifs grecs traditionnels, habillent avec légèreté l’intérieur de la maison et donnent de l’éclat aux nombreuses terrasses." id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358100.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >The small basket like tables were also designed by Paola.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="Idéalement placé face à la mer Égée, le lit est entièrement habillé de coton blanc froissé. Fixée au sommier, une lampe flexible permet de s’éclairer à l’intérieur de la moustiquaire géante que l’on détache le soir." id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358101.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >The master bedroom faces the Aegean Sea.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="358102.jpg" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358102.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I don't see how these three small children's chairs can be comfortable to sit in and have lunch. Too low if you are an adult and not high enough if you're a kid. Ah, well, I guess it's not functionality Paola was after when she decorated these rooms.<br /><br /></span></span></span><img alt="cuisine toute blanche et simple de paola navone" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358103.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >Very simple. I like the iron cast double burner. The stainless steel utensils were purchased in Greek </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >bazaars</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >. The aluminum and chrome charis and the hanging lamps were brought from Italy.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="358104.jpg" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/358104.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;" >For those who return from the nearby beach a shower was installed in a recess of the terrace. </span></span><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/">marie claire maison</a>.

Interior Designer Paola Navone

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Interior Designer Peter Nolden

Germany based Peter Nolden is the owner of Peter Interior Design specializing in French and Scandinavian furniture and objects from the 18th century. His rooms have appeared in <span style="font-style: italic;">Decor Home, Country, Architektur & Whohen, AD Italia, AD Deutschland, Marie Claire, House & Garden</span> and other reknown magazines. Hope you like my selection, sweethearts.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0004_2.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/country/Bild12.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0004_1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0006.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0012.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/country/Bild11.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/ad/Bild04.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br />If you'd like to see more images just click <a href="http://www.peter-interior.de/publications_framepage.htm">here</a>.

Interior Designer Peter Nolden

Germany based Peter Nolden is the owner of Peter Interior Design specializing in French and Scandinavian furniture and objects from the 18th...

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Small Three Level Apartment

This is a former artist's studio on three levels. Just like a tower, the bedroom is on the top level, underneath, on the ground floor, comes the kitchen and dining room and then the living room is in the basement.<br /><br /><img alt="Un salon éclairé par des verrières anciennes et un grand miroir qui reflète la lumière" height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_122998_art.jpg" width="430" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;" ><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The dining room on the ground floor appears bigger than it actually is, thanks to a large mirror that gives a feeling of openness by reflecting the outside.<br /></span></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><img alt="Une pièce en contrebas avec des marches qui mènent à la cuisine" height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_122999_art.jpg" width="430" /></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">The sunken living room is below the original workshop we see right at the top of the stairs. Above the sofa, you can see the kitchen behind the window.<br /></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div></span></span><img alt="Chambre en mezzanine qui profite de la lumière de la verrière." height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_123001_art.jpg" width="430" /></p><p class="texte" face="inherit" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The bedroom is quite small but very bright with light streaming in through the window on the roof.</span></p><p class="texte" face="inherit" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;">All images from </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/">marie claire maison.</a></span><br /></span></span>

Small Three Level Apartment

This is a former artist's studio on three levels. Just like a tower, the bedroom is on the top level, underneath, on the ground floor, c...

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Northern California Residence

Good morning dear readers. Had a nice weekend? Monday morning. How about touring a two-story stucco English-style manor house? Placed in Northern California, the interiors were designed by Joseph Matzo and Paul Vincent Wiseman, of The Wiseman Group Interior Design.<br /><br />The furnishings are a multicultural hodgepodge: nineteenth-century English chairs, modern upholstered pieces, matchstick bamboo blinds, ancien régime fauteuils. The walls were dressed in integrally coloured plaster rather than paint, and the maple floors were unevenly stained to give them a blotchy, old effect.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="featureimg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl01_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 727px;" /><br />The carpet echoes the living room’s ceiling. The curved lines of the mantel look nice but you cannot display objects on it.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl02_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 546px;" /><br />Pale shades, particularly green, are used throughout the house. A Ming vase was made into a lamp. The Fo dogs are 19th century.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl03_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 750px;" /><br />The living room’s print helps to bring the garden indoors. A 19th-century English armchair is before a towering walnut fall-front secretary crowned with creamy faience jars.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl04_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 718px;" /><br />Beige plaster walls, a celadon carpet and peach and red silk accents make the dining room tranquil,” says the designer. “And the clean lines of the Hepplewhite chairs prevent it from being fussy.”<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl06_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 577px;" /><br />An antique mantelpiece highlights the family room. “To keep the space from being too formal, we fringed the draperies with hemp,” says Wiseman.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl07_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 456px;" /><br />A mixture of French, English and Italian antiques and 19th-century photographs in the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl08_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 742px;" /><br />An 18th-century bust of Louis XVI is on the master bedroom’s Louis XVI mantel.<br /><br />Photography by Tim Street-Porter<br />Architecture by Legorreta + Legorreta<br /><br />All images and information from<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/"> Architectural Digest</a>.

Northern California Residence

Good morning dear readers. Had a nice weekend? Monday morning. How about touring a two-story stucco English-style manor house? Placed in Nor...

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