Heaven

HEAVEN! I want to marry this room and have its high-ceilinged, book-lined babies.

from Elle Decor, via Design Crisis, whose post has lots more pics and info about the owner, photographer Vik Muniz

On the street

She found this chair on the street! How do people do it? I think the key is to have a place to put the things you find, in the hopes that you can find use for them later — kind of hard in a studio apartment!

from Design*Sponge

Bravura performance

That is a smashing piece of art, and it's looks great leaning up against some subway tile all casual like. And once again, a preserved aged wall lends a bit of grit and history to some midcentury standards.

This is a wildly creative apartment in Istanbul, which I previously posted here. They've got quite a collection, but, as always, an incredible raw space helps!

from Yatzer, photos by Richard Powers

In Berlin

I'm totally loving Sandra's pictures of Berlin, at Smosch.

Blues

These rather cold interiors are courtesy of a '60s hotel in Italy (can't see many people pulling off that wall treatment at home). Given my weakness for blue-white-wood combinations, I couldn't pass it up. And I just love those mod floor tiles!

from Marie Claire Maison

Reds

Red bookshelves, complete with bust of Lenin!

from Pia Ulin

Color!

I'll never tire of posting pics of Josef Frank fabrics. In this case, just pillows, which I could actually afford! I like how they coordinate.

From an apartment in the Chelsea Hotel. Never as cool as it used to be, but still cool.

from The Selby

More pendants

While we're talking about globe-shaped pendants, what do you think of this picture? I think there's probably too much going on (too much furniture crowded in!), although I like how the modern elements play off the window. The jumble downplays the staginess of the multiple lights, but I still suspect this is hotel lobby, not a home.

from Sharyn Cairns

A little surreal

No doubt, I love me some globe-shaped pendant lamps. This is a lovely picture, that shows off a cluster of them in an unexpected place.

Here are the lamps (by Tom Dixon) straight on. Orange is the one color I would never, ever wear, but it looks so great in interiors. Real pop.

from Yatzer, via a Remodelista post on pendant clusters.

Making your own

So, did she make her own bookshelves out of planks and hunks of wood? Or is this actually a crazy-expensive custom piece? High ceilings, black walls and a very cool chair make it quite hard to tell.

from William Waldron

Brought to you today by the letter...

This woman collects old "N"s. How would one go about that?

Amazing still life.

Bravo! Señor Selby

Singapore house

I'm gaga for these bookshelves in this house in Singapore. The place is chock full of great furniture.

Here's another view, now with 100% more cute dog!

On a somewhat random note, I love the brickwork on their terrace.

Incidently, these people run a super-stylish food blog, Chubby Hubby.

from Design*Sponge

Copenhagen apartment

I love how this apartment combines black pieces with more rustic ones. And I totally love the floor, with it's wide floorboards and small oriental rugs.

from Mikkel Vang, at Taverne

Custom bookcase

This is just another, cleaner shot of the amazing bookcase I already posted here. And here's a video of it being put together. Easy peasy! (just kidding!)

from Remodelista

Neon

Whenever I see a home with neon art, I always wonder about going to my local neon shop and commissioning my own design. I think it would look cool! Probably still expensive, but not as expensive as art.

Bonus points for those slim, chic bookcases!

from Studio Aandacht

Art wall

I think I've seen this image quite a few times now, but I came across it again recently and have to post it. As an art wall, it's notable for the very tight spacing of the pictures. I also just love those darn French cafe chairs.

from James Leland Day

Fonthill

Allow me to indulge in fantasy for a moment...

I came across these pictures of Fonthill, a mansion-turned-tourist-attraction in Pennsylvania. I've actually visited it, but you can't take photos inside.

I love the slightly Dickensesque vibe to these pictures, and how they evoke those eccentric uncles so popular in literature. There's still a part of me that wants to stay in a castle with secret passageways.

In fact this was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian. He's also responsible for the Moravian Tile Works. The tiles are still made today, and the building is definitely worth a visit if you're ever in Bucks County!

from Bjorn Wallander, via Head Over Heels

Low ceilings

Carving an apartment out of a former palace isn't always possible, and sometimes you get stuck with low ceilings. Although the Finn Juhl house, pictured, still looks pretty stylin'. (Another view of this space here.)

from Finn Juhl

High ceilings

Love 'em. I mean, I'm not sure about those little weird doors in this room, but it's still cool. And the "rustic table with modern chairs" look will never get old.

from Studio Aandacht

Bklyn Designs

I attended the annual Bklyn Designs expo on Friday, one of the few perks of my job. While I don't attend every year (the event frequently clashes with my vacation), I think this was my favorite show since the early one that leaned heavily on The Future Perfect stable. Looking at (frequently) extravagant, creative design is always fun. If I was a good little blogger, I would have brought my camera, but I'm not. Design*Sponge usually covers the event pretty thoroughly.

I think my favorite of the show was the work from Palo Samko (pictured here). Just some gorgeous woodworking.

Brickwork

I'm not totally sold on those orange chairs, but that brick and wood plank bookshelf is clearly the greatest thing ever. (It does work all the better contrasted with modern furnishing and smooth black floors.)

from Nicolas Mathéus

Window love

Here are just some fantasy windows. I'd prefer some real art over the bed instead of a boring mirror, but otherwise I like how the furnishings are kept simple to keep the emphasis on the amazing space.

from Remodelista

Wacky

Another sighting of David Alhadeff's apartment. I like the mixing of high and low, and the easygoing whimsy.

I also just love this picture. I want a polar bear for my (not quite this empty) freezer now!

from New York Magazine

ah

Very swinging bachelor pad, hmmm? But I like it (minus the cow skin rug!) and its laid back style. Does anyone know about that lamp on the right that looks like the head of a Star Wars droid? I'm guessing it's some mid-century icon I should be familiar with.

from Living Etc

Color charge

Just a nice little still life.

from Design*Sponge

Another colorful kitchen

This would wake you up in the morning! I love the counterpoint of the chandelier.

from New York Magazine. Many more pics of the apartment at Design Crisis

Blue kitchen

Another unexpected shot of color. Wonderful sink.

from Julian Wass

Blue fireplace

Sometimes I just admire color choices that show some chutzpah. Case in point, this blue fireplace. It takes a historical detail and brings it in line with the owner's aesthetic. The vase collection on top of it really works too.

from The New York Times

Books and a Nesso

Here's another attractive room lined in books. I like the contrast of the backs on the bookshelves. I also like the look of the Nesso lamp, although I think those lamps are too big to be practical in many interiors.

via Automatism's recent post on book-filled rooms

Book-lined

Another book-filled space, this one in a former synagogue turned artists' space. I like the punch of green from the chairs.

from New York Magazine