With its stunning pool and impeccable style, The Sotogrande House is fit for a celebrity. The credit for its design goes to Spanish architectural firm A-cero. The design is fresh and exciting and you can’t stop but admire how serene the whole home looks. White dominates throughout and except for this minor(?) challenge of keeping it that way we really can’t find anything else to crib about this fabulous home.
This cheerful home design, rendered by Denis Khramov, is littered with colorful hits throughout its pure white decor. Carefully placed base notes of black ground the airy scheme whilst still keeping the overall look refreshing and youthful.
Large edgy artwork adorns the gallery white walls, picking up on the homes colorful accessories, such as an extensive book collection and a rainbow of scatter cushions on the sofa.
Storage is kept sleek, fitted right within the walls or kept at a low level so as not to complicate the relaxed flow of the living space. By keeping the furniture silhouettes simple and secondary, the bright color story is allowed to maintain it’s impact and primary status.
The tableware has been carefully selected in the same blonde wood tones as the timber flooring throughout the apartment, rather than in the obvious riot of color found in the other accessories; this subtle decision is one that prevents the cheerful hues from appearing cluttered or childlike. Similarly, the artichoke light fitting over the dining table has been chosen for it’s texture rather than a color pop, so that it becomes something that your eye will eventually wander over rather than be distracted by.
Looking as though a half crazed artist has just stormed out of this building in a creative frenzy, this hipster loft from B&B Italia is brimming with colorful imagination and eccentric flair.
This clever example of interior layout, by the team at Fertility Design, experiments with the introduction of retractable glass doors within the heart of a home, to divide off rooms for quiet and privacy at certain times of the day, whilst still providing the opportunity of creating a free flowing open plan space when desired.
By maintaining a continuous color palette of browns and creams throughout the scheme, each zone melts seamlessly into the next once the glazed doors are drawn back; the same wood flooring has also been installed from edge to edge of this dwelling to further blur the boundaries.
The home library is also situated within the glass encasement area, to allow a place of peace for study. On the flip side, a large whiteboard has been hung opposite the bookshelves that doubles as a kids activity wall, this suggests that at times the glazed panels are pulled across to contain the noise within the central glass box rather than to keep it out!
Located on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark, this small cottage started life as a Jeppesen-house of 35 square meters. Current owners architect Per Buchardt and stylist and artist Nicoline Olsen have since added an additional 55 square meters to the original design by Emil Jeppesen — plus a collection of home-built and vintage furniture, colourful art and accessories.
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(photography by martin dyrløv)
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(photography by martin dyrløv)
This idyllic house in Cadaqués, a pretty town on the Costa Brava with stunning views of the sea, is the summer retreat of Yves and Marie, who each year leave their busy lives in Toulouse, France, and spend their time here in rustic simplicity and peaceful contemplation of the spectacular scenery. Their home, designed by the Catalan architect José Luis Aloso Eijo, is essentially two large glassed in white cubes — one for the children's and guest rooms, the other the living room and master bedroom. A patio joins the two spaces, and the use of simple natural materials and clever sliding walls keeps things airy and relaxed. Beautiful and magical.
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(photography by christophe dugied)
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(photography by christophe dugied)
