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INTERIORS CRUSH | KIDS ROOMS IDEAS

10 March 2014

Morning y’all! I’m totally excited as this week we’re finally hopefully going to get actual Spring like temperatures in the UK. Yay!!! The days are getting longer, we can all wake up from our hibernation, peek out from under the duvet and blink into the beaming sun. I hope I haven’t jinxed it now as I’m writing this on a Sunday night. Fingers crossed.

Along with my newfound energy comes an enthusiasm for all things green and I’d like to introduce you to Dutch interior stylist and all-round design talent Maaike Koster of MyDeer.

She’s the creator of these beautiful kids rooms I’m featuring today and a fellow Mama of two little boys. Spookily, the similarities don’t end there. She’s also a graphic designer [tick], interiors junkie [tick], photography obsessive [tick] and she lives in the same little town in Holland as one of our best buds [so cool, and another tick]. Ok, maybe that last bit of info is only interesting to me but hey… justsayin’.

I find her kids rooms ideas truly inspiring and adore the fresh green as an accent colour in a mainly white bedroom. The industrial pendant light and antique trunk show her love for flea market finds and the green mushroom lamp is a little quirky touch and one that can also be spotted in the second featured bedroom. I like the way she’s displaying the children’s books as a piece of wall art on some shallow shelving, a simple DIY project that might even be within my grasp and no. 225 on the to-do list.

As I mentioned she’s obviously got a penchant for mushrooms [why not] with a cushion and lamp on display in the second (baby) bedroom. Appropriately dressed in much softer tones with accents of pale blue, mustard, black and white and a mix of some simple graphic patterns. The white cardboard playhouse is totally my thing and one that I’ve seen around on some trendy interiors blogs for a while but still not managed to find the source. Maaike, any tips? Finally, as a typography nerd I have to point out and totally celebrate the wall-mounted zinc 3D letter ‘L’. If that’s the initial of her baby sons name we’ve got another tick. Maybe Maaike will tell us in the comments!?

NOTE: Suffice to say Maaike also has the most dreamy Instagram feed.

MORE INFORMATION | Mydeer.nl
PHOTOGRAPHY | Maaike Koster

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WHITING ARCHITECTS | RESTORED VICTORIAN TERRACE

4 March 2014

Whiting Architects seem to be all over the bloggersphere at the moment and rightly so as they’ve produced some beautiful interior designs and high quality work in the past couple of years. The architecture and interior design practice is based in Melbourne and run by husband and wife team Steve and Carole Whiting.

The featured Park Street project is in fact their family home and a great way to introduce and showcase their imaginative interior design and ideas.

The first thing that struck me was how well they’ve adopted and carefully restored the Victorian terrace to suit modern family life with a large kitchen, dining and family space on the ground floor and 2 further self-contained bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs. Always conscious not to rip the historic heart out of the house but keeping many of the original features like wall panellings, arches and mouldings intact.

The interior design is strikingly bold and confident with dark wooden floors and doors contrasting with mostly white walls. The black treads and rails of the staircase are a favourite feature of mine as they seductively lead you upstairs to an all white attic home office and studio space. What a peaceful and calm environment to be creative and one that I could totally see myself in *sigh*.

Their sense of playfulness comes through when you find out that the additional attic bedroom can only be reached via ropes and ladders for Steven’s daughter. What a lovely family home.

NOTE | As you can see Carole has immaculate taste and also sells fabulous homewares online via her Y10store.com with many items sourced or manufactured for specific projects within the practice.

CREDITS| Published with kind permission by Whiting Architects and Sharyn Cairns Photography

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CHALET CHIC – BRUECKE 49 VALS SWITZERLAND

20 December 2013

Grüezi*, I’ve been dying to write this post for you! Six days to go till Christmas and Brücke 49 in Vals Switzerland comes with the most wonderfully wintery and Christmassy (I’ve decide it’s a word) photography you can imagine. It was hard whittling down the almost 100 photos Mr Schacht, the owner sent me but I hope I’ve done Martin Kaufmann, the Danish photographer proud and selected just the juiciest ones for this post.

As much as I love Christmas a part of me wants to escape and spend the week in a quiet ski resort in the Alps, ideally in a warm, welcoming, modern, clean, stylish chalet with all mod cons and really nice hosts. Et voilà, Mr and Mrs Schacht provide just such a service in the charming resort of Vals in Switzerland. Actually, they call it a home from home and modestly claim Brücke 49 to be a B&B with a difference. Well actually, it’s a luxurious, stylish and understated abode with a personal and relaxed atmosphere judging by the photos.

I adore all the quirky little details like the traditional stag’s head, the old-fashioned china, the felt slippers and I love the custom upholstered chair in various fabrics. The dark grey walls in the entrance area are bang on trend (as discussed previously here) and it all comes together with the sanded floorboards, the animal skin rugs, granite stone slabs on the ground floor and heavy wooden beams. A superb interior design job sensitively combining rustic chalet chic with classic modern lines.

And, no, I’m not just writing this to get an invite. In fact I think Mr Schacht would never be so bold as to toot his own alphorn but I really feel passionately about this beautiful little gem tucked away in the mountains. Let’s hope the not too distant future will bring a trip to Vals for me and the crew.

*Traditional Swiss greeting {ahem, not just eye-candy, educational as well this blog #justsaying}

Enjoy and I hope you’re inspired!

More information | Brücke 49, Vals, Switzerland
Photography | Martin Kaufmann

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A DUTCH FARMHOUSE WITH ADDED QUIRKINESS

29 November 2013

They say ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ and I’ve got a great example to finish off this quirky week on Stylejuicer.

The 19th Century Dutch farmhouse and barn still smelt of cheese and cow when interior designer Larissa van Seumeren and her partner Peter Kool bought it. They wanted to preserve the character of the place and make it environmentally friendly but also needed it to work for them as a family home with two children.

I’m most impressed by their brave choice of colour scheme and the way that they have treated each room individually, adding quirky and upcycled touches like mismatched patterns, rugs, wallpapers and old bricks that form the base of the bathroom sink. They used dark grey for the ceilings in the main kitchen/dining/living space and bright red in the more formal living room with a clock case to match. Being a fan of all shades of white and off-whites (sometimes pushing it to pale greys) I have to hand it to them: It totally works and I love it!

The cathedral-esque ceilings can take the dark colour and bring a feeling of warmth and coziness to the large area supported by an open fire place. The bright coloured dining table and mismatched patterns of the corner sofa add playfulness and fun into the home and I can imagine that their kids – plus little friends – all have a ball running around and playing hide and seek.

This interior is a brave choice and could have gone horribly wrong but the fact that each living area is so different adds interest and makes you want to discover and snoop around the place which is just what I’m going to let you do now.

Maybe you’ll consider adding some quirky touches to your place. Nobody wants to be beige, do they!?

Enjoy and I hope you’re inspired!

More information | Elle Decor Espana
Photography | Jean-Marc Wullschleger

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A UNIQUE VIBE AT KOOK RESTAURANT IN ROME

19 September 2013

If I owned a restaurant I would probably serve Italian food and it would look pretty darn close to Kook. Thanks to my tumblr feed I stumbled across this little gem and gave it a great big thumbs-up-Facebook like.

This Osteria & Pizzeria in Lazio, Rome serves traditional Italian food in an original setting and was designed by Noses Architects. It’s main feature is an iconic glass-encased Mediterranean olive tree sitting centrally in the dining area.

I love the use of industrial materials like board formed concrete, steel and metal and how they contrast against the softer woods and colourful traditional tiles in the bar area. As a designer and typography nut I get excited when seeing different sections like ‘cucina’ & ‘bar’ set in concrete and they didn’t even shy away from writing a whole quote in the bar area. Bet they proof read that a few times!

The furniture looks cobbled together consisting of apparent flee market finds set against bright white walls and quirky details like old racing bikes, filing cabinets and a fifties style black telephone. Pipes are exposed and there’s a no-frills feel to the bathrooms.

A unique vibe and a must visit for any Rome-lover.

Enjoy and I hope you’re inspired!

More information | Kook Restaurant
Interior Design | Noses Architects

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