Chair using recycled materials from Turkish designer Ceren Basgoze

From artist Helen Martin

VIEW

A strong point of view.

Images from here, here, here, and here. Something more of interest here.

STYLE

A dreamy Hamburg apartment. Herringbone wood floors seem to be ubiquitous in Germany, I wish they were ubiquitous here, too.

DINNER AT JULIE'S

Recently my friend Julie Elliott had a few of us to her San Francisco apartment for dinner. The majority of her walls are painted a color called "Baritone", adding emphasis to any light, including the view. So beautiful. Filed under: LOVE.

1978

Film stills from Woody Allen's Interiors (see also: 1972).

CACHE

After just deciding to search for a loft space in ernest, I've inadvertently found this blog; a thoughtful collection of bright airy lofts, tropical waters (another obsession), and classic, pared down looks. 

CHASTLETON

Part of BBC's At Home with the Georgians, this amazing Missoni-like carpet covers the walls of an early bedroom closet at Chastleton House, built in 1612 for a wool merchant. Never renovated, the descendants lived there until 1991, preserving nearly 400 years in one house. The bottom still was taken en route to the bedroom in what seems to be a glorified hallway; love the intensely paneled walls, arch ceiling, and wood floors.

WALZ WINDOW SHOP

Found on Via del Pellegrino in Rome, a small shop that was closed when I walked by. Hand-painted furniture, matching lamps, and clever signage, too.

1972

Was just watching Woody Allen's Play It Again Sam, a film from 1972 set in San Francisco. The interiors feel kind of familiar, I guess it's the California vibe coming through. I'm trying to imagine the reception of the same poster if it were designed today -- love the cut out silhouette mixed with the super 70s style drawing.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE

LOVE this sitting area featured in the new Acne Paper. The caption reads "An armchair designed by Axel Vervoordt in the Castle's orangery." Orangery? Guess I should go check out the full issue -- image found online.

HANS WEGNER

Hans Wegner caned round dining chair. YES. I grew up with caned chairs but I don't really see them around too often... love this. Photo © PS, found here.

ANOTHER GEM

Hoping for Happy Accidents is a blog on the theme of interiors and modern artifacts. All culled into one place, from top: A Viennese Attic Apartment (via NYTimes), Carl Auböck (via Reference Library), McCobb furniture (via Treadway Gallery), and that is only the first page. Found on Door Sixteen.

CHAIR

By Tom Dixon.

LOVE

Interior designer Kelly Wearstler's office in LA, along with a chair and some other pretty things she's designed for Bergdorf Goodman.

THE WALLACE COLLECTION

It's nice when a place like the Wallace Collection exists, allowing a rococo fix without having to have any in the home -- a little rococo goes a long way. Being a particular fan of 17th, 18th and 19th century still life and decorative arts, I recently visited the Wallace Collection, a donation-supported (no entry fee) museum near Oxford Street in London. Collected between c. 1760 and 1880, it is the family collection of the first four Marquesses of Hertford and of Sir Richard Wallace, son of the 4th Marquess, and is now displayed in the main townhouse of former owners, Sir Richard and Lady Wallace. The house has been a museum since 1900, Lady Wallace gave the location and it's contents to Britain in 1897.


The most important thing is that there are dozens of Dutch and French School still life on display, and in addition to the usual intricately inlaid wood hutches, needlepoint sofas, etc. the Wallace's decorative arts include several original and fully operational clocks (chiming the hour, quarter and half hours) and chandeliers. If you are into this sort of thing then you know most museums don't typically have their pieces in working order, so the Wallace Collection is especially fabulous. Obviously being in love with the 18th and 19th centuries I recommend watching the Duchess, Mrs. Brown, Valmont, or Marie Antoinette before or after visiting the Wallace Collection, for the full effect. Also on the first floor, if you're into pre-18th century, there is an astounding collection of armor and swords from the Middle Ages, complete with centuries-old joust marks on some.