Bohemian Dining; Mixed Seating for Dinner

Bohemian Dining; Mixed Seating is just my style.

Working on my renovating my dining room I realize I hate all my existing furniture.

The problem; I am a crazy person and I buy any chair that has a good price tag. I may be a bit of a chair lush. So I have a ton of random chairs in my house.. and on the back porch.. and in the shed… I’m thinking I better find a use for all these odd chairs and around the dining table would be a perfect choice.

Looking around on Pinterest and Houzz I noticed that most of my favorite dining rooms are random, funky and full of mixed chairs. 

I am truly bench seating in the mix.

 I know I am pointing out the seating but what is that art piece? So unique. I could use that as well in my dining. 

Be sure to check out Houston TX based designer Laura U. She has some incredible bohemian interior designs. 

Love all the bright colors.  

My true dining chair love… Eames.. and the Pantone and Ghost Chair.. ahhhh love them. 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful May!! Thank you as always for reading.  

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Thegiftoflife,  Solebich,  DesignSponge, DesignFiles,  SFgirlbyBay, Flickr, Gorgeousshinything,   GitterGuide, PoppyTalk, Emily Henderson, NestPrettythings

The White Walled Bohemian; white wall inspiration

One of the key ingredients to a bohemian home and to my happiness is being surrounded by vibrant colors. The white walls in my home are wearing on my soul. As I am about to say good bye to my security deposit and go crazy with the Oops paint from Home Depot I stumble upon a very inspiring white wall space, Burnay Fatima’s home.

The home of Fatima occupies its own particular universe while showcasing market finds and beloved family heirlooms.

The hallway showcases a stuffed bird of Anmoder, a Bertoia side chair and a chest from Pedras & Pessego. The wall decoration was made with cut velvet; such a great idea for a renter.    

The main wall in the living room is occupied by a book shelf and fireplace. They are original to this charming old home.

One corner of the room is used as a make shift library; the top of a dresser recovered with back-coated wallpaper. On the wall, a composition of images from Venice.

Fatima unleashes her passion for creativity by starting from scratch; white walls and ceilings. She then fills every empty corner with her colorful treasures. 

Luxurious textiles, art, books and colorful treasures even find themselves in the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. 

In the kitchen remains the bohemian spirit and awareness of recycling that dominates the house. The table was made from purchased wood from a flea market in Comporta and plates from The Tile Warehouse.

Such an inspiring space! Thanks Burnay!

Source: Elle Es

Loving HBO Girls Set Design

I have recently become addicted to the newish HBO series Girls. One thing that hooked me is how real the girls are. We get to see an honest portrayal of how real single girls in their 20’s struggle with boys, weight, jobs and being broke. While there have been comparisons to it and it’s big sister Sex and the City. Girls does not glamorize everything. And as a girl who didn’t live a chic 20’s Im loving it.

 

Hannah and Marnie’s Apartment

While the girl in me is loving and laughing at the plot lines in the show… my design eye is LOVIN all the small details.  Just like the girls’ problems, the interiors on the set are very realistic. A mix match of family hand-b-downs, thrift finds and a few small fabulous additions.

The eye catching show stopper in Hannah and Marnie’s apartment is a Tulip table designed by the great Eero Saarinen. The addition of vibrant colors in the apartment, the lovely blue tweed sofa, the Eames molded chair and the vintage sideboard make this apartment a win in my book. 

 

Shoshanna’s Apartment

Shoshanna’s apartment is my favorite. In the show, Shoshanna explains that her aunt helps her pay for her apartment so her interiors are a bit more exciting. The set pays homage to Sex and the City displaying a large poster above the sofa. Pink is the color of choice for girly Shoshanna.

The scene with Jessa visiting Shoshanna was where I fell in deeeeeep love with Sho’s apartment. I have quite the obsession with Moroccan wedding blankets. The feminine textures and layers found in the apartment dazzle me. 

 

Marnie’s Boyfriend Charlie’s Apartment

It is not until the end of the season where we see Marnie’s super sweet ex-boyfriend Charlie’s apartment. And just like him it is adorable.

 I love the old bed spring netting in the kitchen that has been upcycled into a pot rack.

Although I do not have HBO, well I don’t have cable at all, I watch Girls as they are released on the internet and dvd collections. I am due for season 3 where I cannot wait to see what Hannah’s apartment will look like now that Marnie has moved out.. new dramas and interiors await!!

Sources: Designer Laura Ballinger, HBO, Houzz

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Lucy Fenton of Fenton & Fenton Home Tour

Living above her store, Fenton & Fenton, means Lucy Fenton can flirt with ‘insider trading’ by swapping shop products with personal belongings. The French style table is actually an Indian reproduction, surrounded by salvaged bentwoods. 

An an ever-changing living-room display, the Jardan ‘Bosko’ sofa remains the constant. The charcoal artwork on paper is by Adriane Strampp.

Art above the sofa includes work by Leighton Kelly and Kate Dorrough and framed tribal necklaces.

Kitchen eye-catchers include industrial-style lights hanging above a table found in China.

 Stacks of vintage tins and multicoloured crucifixes on the wall that have been pieced together from plastic bottles and pieces of wood.

 Color makes a grab for attention in the office where crowds of cards and clippings crown a pair of French chairs in suzani fabric from Uzbekistan. 

The bedroom features a sari-covered bedhead, bright cushions and lilac patchwork quilt. 

The Mannequin serves as a storage solution and a display for precious items. The whiteness of a French chest of drawers offsets the colour in the bedroom.

Photography: Felix Forest Styling: Jason Grant

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A European Art Deco Home Tour

Stumbling around one of my favorite online magazines this morning, I found a lovely home tour in the archives of Home Life. Photographer Sharyn Cairns captures Jo Geraldton’s European home and all the vintage details.  

A painting of the Cockerill family at a restaurant by Jo and Ray’s son, Leigh, hangs over a Chinese urn for carrying hot coals and a Danish bulldog ceramic.

This concrete sunken-in tub is tooo die for! I could have a couple of glasses of wine in this thing… 

A French bed, table and lamp in the main bedroom beneath a pretty mosquito net that Jo says “is far from decorative!”

A late 18th-century English walnut desk stands between two old French doors. I love the touches of blue.

The shelves hold chinaware inherited from Jo’s mother, and the linen was embroidered by her grandmother.

Italian tiles for the kitchen with green lucite bar stools. So fresh.

An Art Deco light in the dining area that lost its glass dome in storage shuffles still brings plenty of charm to the room.

 

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Bradley Shellhammer Adds DRAMA to his NYC home

Bradley Shellhammer founder of Fab has recently renovated his new home in NewYork. The designer has taken modern furniture and mixed in charming antiques, architectural details and fun pops of color. This 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom house looks like a real-life representation of his company’s Web site, with carefully edited arrangements of furnishings in eye-popping hues. 

Mr. Shellhammer helped start Fab.com last June, it has become a runaway success: they now have more than 5.5 million members and employ more than 400 people, selling an average of 3.4 products a minute. 

Mr. Shellhammer furnished the house with items from Fab, including Flor carpet tiles

Although the house was extensively renovated, he kept the original rosewood kitchen cabinets, covering the wall above in chalkboard paint. ( LOVE! )

A vintage credenza in the kitchen displays teapots ($77 each) and cake stands ($34 to $62 each) by Jansen+co. The doughnuts are fake ($22 for six), for display only.

A deer head in the kitchen adds a rustic touch.

An unfinished basement was transformed into a game room.

I love all his toys displayed. They give this space such a playful tone.

Books are grouped by color. The white Christmas tree ($10) is from the Conran Shop; the Liza Minnelli needlepoint pillow ($165) is from Jonathan Adler.

His bedroom art reads DRAMA!! 

The guest room art is pretty cute as well. 

Meet Bradley

“I have a shopping problem, always have,” said Mr. Shellhammer, 36, who might be one of his company’s best customers. “I pieced together the house on Fab,” he said, choosing nesting tables by Josef Albers for the living room, Quinze & Milan furniture for the pool area, painted baseball bats to stock a gun cabinet that came with the house and even turkey taxidermy for a kitchen wall, among other things.“I love color,” said Mr. Shellhammer, who was wearing bright purple pants and aquamarine sneakers on a recent afternoon. “I think it’s very important to live with color. If you don’t like color, I feel bad for you.”

 

 Trevor Tondro for The New York Times

 

The Bohemian Kitchen

Modern kitchens these days are tricked out with all of the latest technology. This includes having a place for everything and everything in its place (hiding clutter, from sponges to electric outlets). Double ovens, warming drawers, convection ovens and wine refrigerators are on everyone’s wish lists.  

Well, not on everyones’ wish list..This bohemian would like to forget all the bells and whistles and go back to the simplistic elegance of the bohemian kitchen. Yes, some would say its cluttered..for me that just means bliss.

The same design elements appear in bohemian kitchen design as they did in bohemian room design.

 

Here are the simple ways to bring bohemian flair to your kitchen.

 

1. Color!!! Some of my favorite boho kitchen bring in colorful tiles.

2. Combining a mix of vintage furniture from different eras.

3. Upcycle! Get creative… Think of new ways to use old items. Below we see home owners have used old coffee and tea tins as utensil holders. They have recycled old wine crates and made cabinet doors from the wood. They have also broken old ceramic plates and made a mosaic backslash. The possibilities are endless!

4. Bright fabrics with ethnic patterns from around the world. Mix in ethnic rugs or fabrics with bright solids with suzani, ikat, jacobean, Aztec/western, sunburst, paisley, skins and stripes.

5. Texture is a great way to add dimension. Mix textures likes brick, natural woods, carpets, and copper. A great way to bring in true bohemian texture is with plants!

6. Art Work! This is my favorite thing in Bohemian spaces! You must MUST have a gallery wall full of different types of artwork. Have unique pieces; cutting boards, bowls, or framed art.

7. Groovy, eclectic light.. in this case.. the bigger and weirder the better!

8. At least One Funky, one of a kind piece, like a Moroccan tea-tray, a bright vase, or candlesticks.

9. Open Shelving, This is one of the unique attributes of having a bohemian kitchen. The open shelves give kitchen that “easy” cluttered look. Love Bohemian kitchens!! I need one of my own!

 

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AbsolutelyBeautiful, SfGirlBay, DesiretoInspire, TMagazine, StyleFiles, SpaceforInspiration, MoontoMoon, Tumblr

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Bea Deza Sister Jane Bunglow Tour

Bea Deza Sister Jane

Today we take you on a unique tour of the house of Bea Deza, creator of Sister Jane. It lays on an old floor in one of the coolest neighborhoods of Madrid. It is bohemian, eclectic, and an extravagantly chic laboratory of all her passions.

Where the view reaches in the house of Bea Deza there is always a special object. Bea is the designer of Sister Jane, a clothing brand with a philosophy based on sound and exciting words – rebellion, authenticity, magic, individuality – and a spiritual leitmotif: get connected to each one with its own.

One of the great attractions of the house are the windows and galleries, which reach the space of light.

Bea’s studio-home is a vortex of creativity. In addition to all details that populate the rooms – Bea says she needs to be surrounded by objects that talk to and inspire her.

Bea found the chaise-longue at a flea market in London. Carpet of Vivienne Westwood for The Rug Company in BSB.

The “bubble of inspiration” and showroom of Bea includes a home made swing. On the wall, pictures and clippings of Florence Welch.

Full of surprises, the bedroom is also a dressing room of Jane’s.

Personality and color, in a kitchen filled with odds and ends. The sign of Firestone comes from fish, the clock is a design of Martin Guixe.

Thanks Elle Decor!

Bohemian Gypsy Home Tour in Paris

For bohemian gypsy style interiors, this duplex in the heart of France tops all! With a charming view of the rooftops, this luminous house seamless reflects the personality of Irene and Thomas Cohen, directors of the Bon Ton children’s clothing firm, and their children.

From the balcony of the master bedroom they enjoy a fantastic panoramic view of the garrets of Paris.

 

Fabulous Boho Wallpaper

The staircase connects the main floor with attic, which owners rehabilitated so that it was part of the house. In the picture, Alice, the little daughter.

 

Bohemian Living room

The large family room is an eclectic set, a live mix of new acquisitions and old memories, art and crafts for children. The sofas are Maries Corner and photographs to the sides of the chimney, Tim Walker.

 

Colorful eclectic dining

In the dining area highlights the bold use of color in contrast with the pristine white walls

 

White walls working well!

In the master bedroom space was organized in various environments: the sleeping area, the dressing room (after the shelves) and a reading area, with the Bubble Chair from Eero Aarnio suspended from the ceiling.

One of the characteristics of the House is its luminosity, also present in the kitchen.

The kitchen is a bright and open space that communicates with the dining room and is only separated by the counter.

 

From the area of eating you can access room games and television, where children have a fun set of table and chairs shaped
de large mushrooms of the firm La Chaise Longue.

Pink is one of the protagonists of the child’s bedroom

 

 

Simplicity sets the pattern for the bathroom. The Cohens
can soak while enjoying a beautiful view of the rooftops of Paris. The great bath with old-style faucet is the focal point of the loo.

Realization: Lykke Foged. Photos: Morten Holtum. Text: Sea Santamaría.

Kitchen Gallery

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