Simply glorious – cool marble with sunny yellow works for me every time. This bathroom is irresistible: via A J Barnes Perfect inspiration for when I move into my palace, right? We can all dream… And I would have no problem doing that dreaming in this sweet, sunny and apparently enormous English country house bathroom: ...
I have developed a passion for green bathrooms. Logic tells me green is not the ideal color – you really want nice warm hues to reflect flatteringly on your skin first thing in the morning (and last thing at night). But this green is glorious: Well, maybe it’s the marble accoutrements that are glorious, really. ...
I’m still sharing pictures from my trip – it’s partly my way of pretending I’m still in Spain. While there are many more glamorous rooms to visit, I loved the kitchen in the apartment at Gaudi’s Casa Mila – a little slice of the domestic past, giving an intimate glimpse into how the occupants lived: ...
I was hunting for a few nice examples of classic but hugely fashionable carrara marble: Then it struck me, you could make almost a whole room out of this lovely stone. The tub, of course: But had you thought of the shower screen: Or a sliding door? (via) Of course floors, walls and counter tops ...
If a little tile is good, then a lot must be better? Is it too much? In most rooms, the tile would be overwhelming, but I think this huge industrial looking space has enough drama of its own to make the patterned tile seem quite subdued (via). In the bath below, repetition of the same ...
Thank you, Contemporist, for posting this gallery of contemporary kitchens from EuroCucine – great for all of us who couldn’t attend. I don’t really see anything extraordinary and new in the pictures, perhaps it was different if you were actually there. Rectangular cut-outs or niches in walls of cabinets seem to be quite a feature: ...
It’s not that I don’t like white marble, whether it’s carrara or calacatta or your variety of choice, I think it’s a stunning material. I just want everybody else to stop using it, so that when it’s time for me to create my dream kitchen by the sea, the material will seem fresh and new ...