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As soon as you walk through the door, poured concrete countertops and vintage industrial stools clue you in to the overall style. Note the black window frames, the metal chair bases and the support for the countertop, which wraps the wall from the kitchen into the family room. The open shelves in both rooms are teak and bring in a bit of modern farmhouse style. Counter stools: Arteriors; browse industrial-style stools
vintage milk glass as vessels for an all-white, simple floral scheme with daucus carota, or Queen Anne’s lace, put together in a loose arrangement. “You can find milk glass everywhere nowadays,” Lang says. “And it’s so affordable too.” Dining Room by Rikki Snyder Rikki Snyder Vintage plates with a floral pattern from Wiener’s personal collection tie in with the floral arrangements. Dainty white napkins with delicate lace trim are paired with brass flatware to complete the tablescape.
The floral arrangements include a mix of spray roses, Star of Bethlehem, lisianthus and carnations. Wiener kept the arrangements small and low so they could play around with placement on the table. “Make sure you consider visibility across the table so you can see your guests,” Lang says. “We also mixed in carnations in jewel tones that can easily be found in grocery stores at a very affordable price.” The flowers are in vintage silver-plated urns and teapots.
It’s not unusual to see the trulli — traditional dry-stone huts with distinctive conical roofs — that dot the Apulian countryside in southern Italy returned to life with original materials and techniques. Architect Enrico Maria Cicchetti went a step further, however, extending this trullo complex with a glass cube that serves as both an open lounge and a winter garden. This feature, built around an olive tree, melds rural architecture with a touch of the contemporary, and intimately links the indoor and outdoor spaces.
Like a painting made from plants, the living wall installed on this Southern California home wraps around a corner for maximum impact. Living walls should be professionally installed to prevent damage to your home’s exterior and to ensure that the plants chosen will do well in your climate with minimal upkeep.
The paper, made by Porter Teleo, is made just like a Rorschach test — artist’s ink is poured onto Japanese paper, which is then folded in half to create a mirror image; each roll has one long blot pattern on it. No two rolls are exactly alike.
The house’s design leaves few options for functional windows that open. The redesign created one window in every bedroom that opens like a casement window. The window next to the wall at the head of the bed is the only operable window in this room. It allows breezes in and also provides the emergency egress required to meet construction codes.
The master bedroom has views south and west overlooking the Pacific. The tail of the wave on the original window to the left was just a foot high. Williams expanded it to bring in more southern light and views. When Williams and the owner first walked through the house, they puzzled over the jalousie, or louvered, windows in most of the rooms, such as the one pictured here near the ceiling. “We thought, ‘Those are really funky. Why would someone put those in?’” Williams suggested the owner spend a few weekends living and sleeping in the house before the redesign and construction began. Afterward, Williams says, the owner called him and said, “The jalousie windows are the coolest thing in the house! If you leave them open, you can hear the ocean all night long.’” The sound was the good part, but the original louvered windows were all glass, and beamed down harsh light when open. So Williams used painted glass that would block light when closed but could be opened to let in the sound of the waves when wanted.
all-to-wall carpeting on the second floor reduces sound.
High ceilings dominate most spaces of the house except for the front hallway, which was originally only 30 inches wide. Williams and his crew expanded the hallway by 8 inches. The beams, made of Douglas fir, are continuous and run through the ceiling and out into what is now the stair landing upstairs. A laundry room and a full bathroom lie behind the curved wall to the left.
A slat board front to match the existing cabinets covers the fridge. All the woodwork in the kitchen is oak slat board.
New flooring throughout the main floor is fossilized limestone from Greece, which includes actual fossils. “One out of every 10 tiles will have a seahorse fossil, or the fossil of a sea snail embedded in the tile,”
No room by the entry? Try outfitting the pantry door instead. In the space shown here, a magnetic chalkboard keeps shopping lists, notes and coupons handy, while a door-mounted paper sorter handles incoming and outgoing mail.
Covered crawl space. Under the house can be a tempting — and dangerous — place for dogs and cats to explore. Be sure latticework fully covers the crawl space and is in good repair so pets won’t get themselves into trouble.
live-edge table
grandfather clock decal from Ikea
driftwood table
painting the door with red chalkboard paint and adding messaging that shows off her sense of humor, this homeowner created a fun farmhouse vibe. Repeating the door color in a tray and some details in the photos created a pleasant color echo. The nearby vintage bar cabinet painted a dark neutral, along with photo frames in the same dark color, adds contrast. The great thing about a charming door like this is that paint is one of the least expensive ways to bring a new look to your space.
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hanging shelves
Wallpaper: Photowall
basket for small purses
For an east-facing outdoor space, a warm white paint color will maximize the sun’s crisp morning rays. For a serene monochromatic look, paint the entire area — columns, siding, ceiling and even the outdoor furniture — with the same hue. A similar color to try is White Flour by Sherwin-Williams.
Hang stuff from the ceiling
Unless you’re an urban homesteader or a poultry farmer, you may not realize that what we’re looking at here is an old chicken nesting box where hens once laid their eggs. Instead of clucking birds, it now houses country jars and pitchers.
For Kenya photos Andrew Howard Interior Design SaveEmail Organize family photos. Have a bunch of new photos from your summer adventures? Take this opportunity to sort and organize them — back up digital photos with cloud-based storage, and make an album or a book of recent photos. If you would like to display some of your photos but are finding it difficult to choose, put them in a big collage instead (like the heart shown here)
Schumacher’s A-Twitter wallpaper
The Framed collection of mirrors with sculptural forms is by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto.
use old piping and boards to make some shelving
If you plan on staying in your house for a while, take that jar of collected rocks, shells and mementos and make it part of your patio wall or floor.
TangForm chair by Nikolaj Thrane Carlsen The Join exhibition by Norwegian Presence at Salone del Mobile promoted well-made sustainable and durable furniture. A major theme of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show was the regeneration of landscapes in the face of climate change. New sustainable materials — such as textiles made of recycled plastic waste and furniture crafted from seaweed or mushroom fibers — appeared at the German fairs, the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Salone del Mobile and the 3 Days of Design festival (Copenhagen, Denmark,
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