Once a busy terminus in rural Switzerland, now a beautiful home...
Showing posts with label Industrial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Industrial. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Zeche Zollverein
Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Ruhr area) is considered one of the most important landmarks in Germany. Founded in 1847, it survived the wars. Shaft XII, built in the Bauhaus style, is considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful industrial buildings...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Homestore Hastings
Not too long ago, I wrote about the Homestore Kitchen here - beautiful gleaming subway tile and an utterly covetable kitchen. I am even more enamoured with the home emporium created by Alistair Hendy. With reclamation as a mantra, Homestore Hastings in East Sussex is a mecca of simple, utilitarian beauty. In Hendy's words:
I am not an ornament person," he says. "I like practical things, such as scissors, brushes, and string. My mum was a collector, and my grandfather — well, his life was held up by string; bailer’s twine held his coat together. It’s in my blood...
Images via here and quote from here
I am not an ornament person," he says. "I like practical things, such as scissors, brushes, and string. My mum was a collector, and my grandfather — well, his life was held up by string; bailer’s twine held his coat together. It’s in my blood...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sourced and Sold
The Sourced and Sold Shop in Amsterdam specializes in industrial salvage and antiques. Heavy-duty, solid and durable - which is 100% right up my alley...
Especially when it translates to an interior like this...
Monday, July 16, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wythe on the Waterfront...
Fancy some home-made ice-cream in your hotel room bar fridge? No problem for the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. In fact add Marlow & Sons granola to that. There is even a house butcher. Sound amazing enough? Just another major dosage of cool in the borough. Additionally, the farm-to-table restaurant Reynards, has an open-air kitchen centered around a wood-fired oven and grill. And naturally, say-no-more with regard to that floor...
Read more at TheNYTimes
Monday, May 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Workshop Convert
Too fabulous. This is the Paris apartment belonging to Isabelle Puech and Benoit Jamin – a converted carousel workshop in the 9th Arrondissement, where merry-go-round horses were once repaired...
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