Holier-than-Thou

Via here (Photographer: Will Pryce)

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Whew. A long absence from blogging, I know. Lots to catch up on. More tomorrow...

A bathroom in the Palais Abbatial de Royaumont near Chantilly, France (Via here)

Through the Looking Glass XXXIX

Via the always inspirational Olsson Jensen

Oeil de Boeuf

One of the many beautiful images from The New Eighteenth-Century Home - a book by Michèle Lalande and photographed by Gilles Trillard...

Via here

Petrol Blue

Talking of colors, this is another firm favorite. Moody, transforming and ever-changing. Currently the shade in our guest bathroom (Homburg Gray), it will definitely be designated to a room of more importance in a future house...

Via here

Accidental Placement

Good friends of mine are wrestling with the mother of all renovations - a real toll-taker, not for the faint of heart. But they are parting this red sea with admirable fortitude. I spent some time there today discussing color options, when my train of thought was interrupted by the temporary placement of the grand pier mirror - sun-drenched and patiently leaning against the wall, awaiting its command performance on the diningroom mantel...

Chandelier detail

Images by Philippa Berrington-Blew

Whitewashed...

Another practically perfect Parisian apartment...

Images by Amador Toril via French by Design

Our House at the end of our Street (II)

These still photographs were taken during the making of the film, Parting Ways, directed by Peter Mullett. Our front room was used for one particular scene. View the clip here...

Our House at the end of our Street

Unashamedly self-indulgent, I know - I am starting a new regular posting. A pictorial catalogue of my (our) house. Clearly, the house was a little annoyed with me this week (probably for not paying enough attention), so it and the main sewer line struck a deal. A flash flood of raw sewerage in the basement necessitated calling in the big guns (AKA Baltimore City department officials) AND, naturally my husband was on the west coast. The crap-whisperer triumphed. So, photographs of dry happy places it is... to abate-the-hate and forget the entire Mount Vepoopius/Flushing Meadows incident ever occurred...

Front drawing room - mirror and mantle detail

Reflective Light

In the apartment of French milliner Philippe Model...

Via here and Australian Vogue Living

Dichotomy of Styles

This practically requires a drum-roll... Here are some images from the exquisitely photographed catalogue for Glas Italia. Oh, where is that Palazzo?

All images from here
Via: Haute Design
Read more about Glas Italia here