Monthly Archives: May 2013

ALBUM DI FAMIGLIA | AN ITALIAN FAMILY AFFAIR

22 May 2013

Album Di Famiglia via Stylejuicer

Looking at Album Di Famiglia’s product shots I can just imagine how soft and luxurious the fabrics must feel and I want to wrap myself and my kids up in them and lounge around all day. Ok, we’re not quite your quintessential avant-garde family but this doesn’t distract from the values of this hip luxury clothing brand for adults and children.

It’s designed by Monica Rusconi and exclusively produced in small workshops in Italy, thus supporting the local economy and earning green credentials. As already mentioned the fabrics are of the highest quality, extremely soft and perfectly cut with minimalist shapes. The range is designed with comfort in mind and has been called the ‘avant-garde of italian baby fashion’. The clothes come in a muted and understated colourpalette that can be dressed up or down. Their branding and packaging is just as lovingly put together and complements the range beautifully.

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Enjoy and happy Wednesday!

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MORE INFORMATION | Album Di Famiglia

When entertaining is your passion, your house is your stage. What better location than the Hollywood Hills with a view of Los Angeles? The clients gave designer Chad Eisner a clear brief for updating their 1970s house. It had to be modern with nods to the past, in particular Art Deco and incorporate their love of Africa.
 
Chad also managed to give the salon a pre-war French feel that’s romantic and sexy. You could argue that the colour palette is a dull beige and brown but Chad explains: ‘The tone-on-tone color scheme was another nod to Africa. Plus we didn’t want to distract from the views. But there are very subtle hints of color in the fabrics, in the pillows and the welting, which is one of the ways you can warm up or cool down a space with a tight palette. There are light blues and pale lavenders and even some understated rose hues.’
All fabrics were carefully chosen to stimulate the sense of touch and most of the upholstery is velvet and suede. To balance the man-made with the natural, he chose a nubby raw silk for the curtains and the Mansour Modern rugs have hemp in the weave, which gives a little roughness to the refinement. Some of the furniture is customised which is not always as expensive as you think recommends Chad and the unique factor gives it that extra bit of wow which is important to keep your clients happy. Most importantly none of the interior design distracts from the leading character: the beautiful view which serves as a gorgeous backdrop for Chad’s clients successful entertaining.
 

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Enjoy and happy Friday!

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Photography Joe Schmelzer

More information | Elle Decor

DUDE RANCH IN TUSCON, ARIZONA

10 May 2013

I’ve always wanted to stay at a proper Dude Ranch and see the landscape so familiar from classic Westerns and adverts.

Somebody who’s been there, done it and got the t-shirt is Vanessa Jackman, a photographer and (travel) writer who captures your imagination with a double dose for the senses. She even suggest a playlist of basically anything by Glen Campbell (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, Rhinestone Cowboy) and a dress-code so you won’t be frowned upon (Jeans, R.M. Williams boots and cowboy hats. The more denim, the better).

Below is an excerpt of her stay at the White Stallion Ranch in Tuscon, Arizona.

The first ride gave us the chance to familiarise ourselves with our horses, the Western style of riding and breathe in the exquisite beauty of the 3,000 acre property owned by the True Family. The Sonoran desert landscape truly is breathtaking: Big blue skies contrast against the soft brown and beige tones of the arid desert floor, abundant cacti (including the magnificent Saguaro cactus with its almost humanlike characteristics) punctuate the landscape as far as the eye can see, longhorn cattle poke lazily about in the scrub keeping a watchful eye on the horses as they pass, and in the distance the rugged peaks of the Tucson mountains rise majestically. It is not hard to understand why dozens of movies, commercials and stills have been shot at the White Stallion Ranch over the years: it is the unspoilt terrain of my wistful childhood dreams.

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Enjoy and happy Friday!

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Photography | Vanessa Jackman
More information | White Stallion Ranch

If you squint your eyes you can barely make out the former horse ranch in Montauk, the easternmost point in New York state. This area possesses unique characteristics with unpredictable weather and folklore stories of the Montauk Project Conspiracy, German Submarines and even the Montauk Monster – all adding up to the ‘Spirit of Montauk’.

The architects responded to their brief by embedding the house into the steep slope without compromising access to the exterior or natural light. From the south it appears to be two modest and separate one-story ranch houses but from the north it reveals a more extensive project.

There are unexpected architectural details throughout the house and there is no prescribed path of circulation which gives the user a different memorable experience every time.

Bates Masi, the architects, describe:

A wood screen covered bridge unifies the two separate cedar shingle clad volumes, allowing light into the grass paver courtyard below. The cedar screen of the bridge reads differently from day to night. It appears flat during the day, but, as darkness falls, light seeps out in an undulating pattern showing the wedge shape cut in the back of the boards. In front of several clerestory windows, a milled bluestone screen is similarly detailed. The stone appears weightless as alternating stones are removed from the stone wall pattern to let light into the guest area. These unexpected details reinforce the larger idea of capturing the unexpected.

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Enjoy and happy Wednesday!

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More information | Bates Masi Architects

FIND OUT WHO LIVES BEHIND THE PINK DOOR

6 May 2013

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Brook Green is a charming London neighbourhood and home to Karine Kong and her family.
 
The founder of Bodie and Fou sells unique stylish home accessories for a living so for her own home she created a white interior canvas to show off the best pieces in her collection. In her typical London Victorian terraced house Karine has kept her French taste and combines modern furniture with vintage finds and bold statement pieces. I’ve got a real soft spot for the typographical posters in the hallway which juxtapose the traditional Victorian hallway floor tiles.
 
Well, not quite everything is white in her home.The pink door is a touch of colour to differentiate her house from the others in her street and I’m sure pleases her daughter Milla immensly.

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Enjoy and happy Monday!

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More information | Bodie and Fou
Photography | Louise Desrosiers
Styling | Melanie Hoepffner
via Milk Magazine