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Exotic English Orientalist Tradition Home Design

Posted by admin on September 4, 2010

Home design, Interior design. Some people are inspired by fashion, others by Continental style or travel, or family heirlooms, but the ceramicist who decorated and lives in this south London house has expanded her work to fill her life. She is considered by many to be the major contemporary representative of the English Orientalist Tradition. Her inspiration comes from ottoman pottery and Iznik patterns: the floral shapes and ...

Self Home Painting: Floor, Walls, Tiles – A Confident Decorating

Posted by admin on August 30, 2010

Home design, Interior design. Paint is the most cost-effective way of decorating, and a young American artist has completely transformed her home in Notting Hill, London, by painting the floors, walls, tiles and most of the furniture. Instead of sticking to a safely neutral palette, she chose a mixture of red, aubergine, charcoal, pebble and several shades of white. The horizontal textured stripes in the sitting-room were ...

Elegant Town Home in French and English Furnishings

Posted by admin on August 29, 2010

Home design, Interior design. Nothing but a weathered old door and single window can seen from the street. It would appear that only a tiny and very narrow house could be squeezed into such a tight space, but ancient Provencal towns and village are full of surprises. The front door opens onto another world: the dimly lit, tiled hall leads to a stone staircase that draws one up to a magnificent enclosed courtyard garden, two ...

Oxfordshire Country House in Oriental Decoration Touch

Posted by admin on August 29, 2010

Home design, Interior design. A busy couple who work in London during the week but retreat to an Oxford-shire country house at weekends have created a town house that is a perfect antidote to their high-speed city lives. The house was bought, in part, for its garden, so that three terriers could happily commute with their owners. The property , not far from the Houses of Parliament, had not had much attention since the 1960s ...