I don't know that it gets much sexier than Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. I need a huge print of this photograph... I could stare at it for days.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Gino Marotta
I discovered the art of Gino Marotta in March's Architectural Digest in the story on Pierre Passebon's Parisian home. In this eclectic residence these five paintings reside in the dining room. I love the perversion of this classical image in these dramatic colorways.
Venere Artificiale, 1971
Carlotta Chaber, 1970 based on Venus Playing with Two Doves (Portrait of the Ballerina Carlotta Chaber), 1830
Bagnante, 1969 based on Ingre's The Bather, 1808
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sir John Soane's Museum
A few months ago while I was in London I visited Sir John Soane's Museum and found a new belief in reincarnation. There is no way I was not Sir John Soane in a previous existence.
The exterior of the home reads more Art Deco than Georgian and doesn't quite prepare the visitor for the fantasy world that exists inside.
A period cross section of the rear of the home.
The front parlor... I love the Pompeian red walls and black accents along with the multitude of small chandeliers.
One of my favorite features was this wall in the dining room that was mirrored around the portrait... it feels so contemporary.
The breakfast room's ceiling is amazing... I love the inset convex mirrors. In addition to this skylight, there are probably ten others in the house. The greatest view is from the second floor that looks out over these rooms and the ten to fifteen different skylights
These back rooms are the most amazing. They are literally covered in architectural fragments ranging from Roman urns, to Grecian statuary, to Gothic finials, to an Egyptian sarcophagus, and a tomb for Soane's dog Fanny.
This is one of the most unbelievable places I have ever been... I couldn't get enough of it and went back again the next day. There are no tour guides forcing you from one room to the next and there are no ropes preventing you from walking completely around the rooms. This will definitely be a place I will visit each time I'm in London.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Chairs
I've needed this Maison Jansen campaign chair for a few years now... I love everything about it.
I love the simplicity and austerity of this 1830s klismos chair.
I'd love to see this covered in something a little more adventurous than red leather but I love the barrel back and the ram heads.
How could anyone go wrong with a Venetian gilt grotto shell chair?
I really thought I was out of love with Aesthetic Movement furniture, but this spider web chair is phenomenal.
I'm not sure that I'm crazy about the cream leather upholstery, but the lines of these chairs are amazing- especially those arms.
The total package- I love the ebonized wood, the gilt accents, and the vibrancy of the striped upholstery.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
House Beautiful
March's House Beautiful...
I'm absolutely in love with this pink velvet armchair used by Windsor Smith... I love how the arms are are also covered in velvet... I've got to find a chair and do this to it...
... a better view of the chair from the Greystone Show House
In addition to the chair... I'm dying for these rugs by Jiun Ho for Kyle Bunting...
... when I first saw the Mirage carpet in House Beautiful I had no idea these rugs were animal hide... absolutely amazing.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Fornasetti, an Obsession
I've been lusting after this book for months now... when I finally purchase it I know I'm going to have to block out a solid week to stay in my apartment and read every page... also, the fact that it is covered in faux malachite doesn't hurt either.
I've been meaning to amass an umbrella collection so I have a legitimate excuse to purchase this "Ruins" umbrella stand...
...and I'm definitely going to need my entrance hall or bathroom covered in this Cole & Son faux malachite Fornasetti wallpaper.
Amazing... and if it couldn't get better...
...when I saw the "Panoplies" secretary I realized I'm missing part of my soul... I have to be united with this piece of furniture.
I absolutely love these panels...
...and a desk covered in guns and keys? So incredible.
As much as I love the "Ruins" umbrella stand... I'm starting to think I'd give my left hand for this one.
My own meager collection... expansion in progress.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The I. Jenkins Mikell House
The Isaac Jenkins Mikell House is an iconic Charleston home located at the corner of Rutledge and Montagu in Harleston Village. It was built in 1853 by a wealthy planter and in 1935 became the Charleston Library. In 1960 it was returned to use as a private home. I love the over exposed quality of these 1940s HABS photographs.
I was lucky enough to live next door to this incredible home for a year when I lived on Rutledge Avenue. I watched the current owner alter some of the rooms with the help of designer Mario Buatta. I remember an incredible Moravian star light fixture in the entrance hall, a pair of incredible crystal candelabra on a pair of even more incredible gilded pedestals in the dining room, and an amazing animal head in the dining room of the kitchen house.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Things I Need NOW
I love this antique harp case from Jayson Home & Garden an amazing online home store with the greatest new and vintage furniture...
and this awesome little black bird from 1st Dibs...
and I can't really imagine a more amazing mirror than this Fornasetti faux malachite and Greek key mirror...
if I can't have a live peacock, then I could definitely learn to be happy with this taxidermied one instead...
and I could always make room for a gilt serpent... especially when there are two in twined around a convex mirror...
and I still haven't recovered from Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz's antique wallpapers... she had a similar grisaille panel in her WAS booth as this French 19th century panel made by J. Dufour that I found on this amazing blog.
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