Thea Beasley

When Atlanta painter and stylist Thea Beasley first discovered her apartment, it needed rescuing. The local Board of Education had divided the 3,500-square-foot loft space into offices, before decamping in the 1960s. Beasley spent two decades creating her most personal masterpiece, uncovering warm, sand-coloured plaster beneath the peeling paint, and allowing it to remain as a bold distinguishing feature...

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Inventory

Via here

Compartment(s)

What I would truly love. One room dedicated to drawer storage...

Via here

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

Metal Storage

Both images via here

Abundance

A small corner of the Rolling Greens Nursery....

Now in Costa Mesa, Culver City and Hollywood...Via here

Choc-a-bloc

Unfortunately, I don't have any details about the above image. I found it via Pinterest, and it had been 'Uploaded by User'. If anyone knows anything... do shout!

Something Fishy?

Via here

Steel-Cage Storage

This is great...

Via Cote De Texas

Little (and big) boxes filled with ticky tacky...

The 40 foot truck, containing all we own, is supposedly arriving tomorrow. I say supposedly... because apparently and I quote: "The port is a moving target, so we don't really know." Hope all my things are relatively unscathed from a 6-week stretch at (rough) sea. Wouldn't it be nice if everything looked like this (below) after the monumental unpack...

Butler's pantry at Mills Mansion Poughkeepsie, NY... via here

Storage

Via Anthropologie (and beautifully styled as always)...

Exposed

Via here

Fantasizing...

Would this not be the ULTIMATE dressing-room? (Actually, it is the steward’s office at Petworth House, West Sussex)...

Concealed

A fantastically seamless, invisible cabinet solution by the brilliant architect Peter Pennoyer. Inspired by the intricate details of French Boiserie, this particular diningroom feature boasts giant panelled pockets constructed around the windows. These open up to reveal an abundance of storage...

Image from Veranda (April 2011)