Showing posts with label apartment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apartment. Show all posts

Monday, March 17, 2014

Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment

Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment

Space is luxury, that must have been expert interior designer, Luis Puerta's, motto when envisioning the outcome of this Madrid apartment, housed in a mid-nineteenth century building, now full of possibilities for scenic lightness and eloquent empty spaces.

Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment

Discovering this bright apartment is comparable to a breathe of fresh spring air as one wanders through the crisp, clean spaces, natural to simplicity.

Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment
Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment

The look of less has ultimately been achieved through a calculated balance of white space and tonal variations. Ironically, though the use of empty spaces is more than modest here, many textiles, including horsehair, silk velvet, and Belgian linens detail the surrounding items ranging from refined pieces of furniture and fine antiques from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And yet, there's undeniably a true testimony of utter maximalism, with the mix of timeless pieces and contemporary spacing.

Style Musings | Décor Desires: A Modernized Mid-19th Century Madrid Apartment

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Style Musings | Décor Desires: Mad For Manhattan

Style Musings | Décor Desires: Mad For Manhattan

I am mad for Adrienne Vittadini's, fashion designer, Manhattan apartment! So serene, so calm, this living space, which she bought with her husband and business partner, Gianluigi Vittadini in 1986, is everything an Upper East Side apartment is thought to be. Doses of animal print are seen here and there, in the living room and the bedroom, on paired ottomans and an abundance of art and small sculptures flood the walls and counters of the space.

Style Musings | Décor Desires: Mad For Manhattan

I have a thing for chandeliers, especially in dining areas, and the one hanging above Vittadini's dining table, with its blue and gold accents, is so charming! On top of the glamour in this sophisticated apartment, it overlooks Central park - oh the glamour, the romance, the true serenity of it all.

Style Musings | Décor Desires: Mad For Manhattan