A gallery of grays to start the week. Such a peaceful color – clouds reflected in still water: When I was a kid we camped a few times on the shores of Lake Bohinj, in Slovenia. I’ve always remembered how still and quiet it could be, with the most perfect reflections of the high mountains ...
Isn’t this a lovely, quiet combination of grays and whites? So calming, with those strong horizontals, too: This would surely be a great place to chill and unwind with a little food prep after a hectic day at work – and in the morning, when you need the kids to hustle and get off to ...
When I tripped over this kitchen in my web perambulations last week, I really thought I was looking at a country villa in Sweden or Denmark. I was surprised to find that this is actually a home near Kansas City, MO, restored and remodeled by owners Annie Roest and Bill Boyd (via). I’m just loving ...
These stools make me think of three extremely chic ladies lunching. They’re so elegant, I think it would totally spoil them were anybody to actually sit on them. Well, any ordinary person, anyway. Audrey Hepburn could carry it off. These are Varier’s Eight Stools designed by Olav Eldoy, via. I must admit we don’t get ...
Is this the least inviting outdoor bathroom you’ve ever seen? I do like these interior shots by James Silverman of the Kubota U House in Japan. I especially admire that line of light at the top of the wall – how are they doing that? It’s so clean and crisp, it reminds me of the ...
This beachfront apartment in Belgium has so many of my favorite elements and details: clean lines, light and airy spaces, carrara marble, the wonderful artichoke light fixture, and of course most important, ocean views: Isn’t that little accent of the line of cabinets in seaside colors a brilliant touch? Just looking at this is like ...
Here are some more images from the fantabulous Murdock Young Architects. To be perfectly honest, I don’t quite understand the layout of this kitchen from the pictures alone, but isn’t the juxtapositon of the different materials wonderful? Did you have to do a double -take to see if you there was a mirror? I did! ...