Showing posts with label gold leaf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold leaf. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

{on the market: manhattan townhouse}

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. . . shall always adore katie lee's ultra-chic four-story west village townhouse, famously decorated by nate berkus a million years ago, in 2006; first seen in domino magazine and still an all-time favourite, the 4000 sq ft home, which includes 3/4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 4 fireplaces, an elevator, a landscaped garden, matchbooked marble detailing, and antiqued gold-leafing, is now on the market, and it is always interesting to compare how the real estate listing shots, often taken wide angles, differ from the rich, more detailed shots published in magazines; and so, a glimpse . . .


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the living room, as it appeared in the real estate listing

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the living room, as it appeared in domino magazine



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the kitchen, as it appeared in the listing

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the kitchen, as shot for by paul costello for domino magazine



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the dining room, as it appeared in the listing

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the dining room, with katie lee, as shot for domino magazine



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the stunning gold-leafed dressing room, as it appeared in the listing

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the dressing room, as it appeared in town & country magazine



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the upstairs den, (cropped) as it appeared in the listing

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the den, as shot by paul costello for domino magazine



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the master bedroom, (cropped), as it appeared in the listing

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the master bedroom, as shot for nate berkus (from a previous post)



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top & above: the living room, as it appeared in the listing

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the living room, as shot by paul costello for nate berkus

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an all-time favourite shot: the living room, as it appeared in domino


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{p.s.} previous on the market features:
* a grand victorian, australia
* a swedish apartment

{images: prudential douglas elliman real estate, photography by paul costello for domino magazine, nate berkus, simply smitten, a previous post; discovered via haute design}

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

{décor inspiration: unapologetically pretty}

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. . . whether a perfectly pink & gracefully gilded chair, a gold & glamorous tray of be-ribboned silverware or a delicate bouquet of the palest roses, unapologetically pretty details add beautiful layers of luxurious elegance and refinement to any room, and -- best of all -- a little romance to the everyday . . .

{p.s.} isn't that the most wonderful chair ever? quite obsessed with it and tempted to paint all the walls that very shade of pink . . .

{also} more unapologetically pretty {pink} things:
* petal pink & french grey
* glimpses of pink
* ruffles & lace
* bits of gold & palest pink
* endless possibilites
* tea rose & roman coffee
* glamorous gold
* monday, monday
* the colour of cherry blossoms
* august sunrise & bits of gold
* a london flat
* floods of sunlight
* of cultured pearls & marble

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images: photography by dusty lu via dreamy whites}

Monday, April 12, 2010

{colour inspiration: gold}



. . . always in love with all things gold, and after covering a cocktail table in gold-leaf in early spring, even more drawn to its elegant shimmer, especially as gilded accents on walls and along ceilings, and on luxuriously beautiful carved sofas . . .

{p.s.}
the fourth guest post for lucky magazine can be viewed here

{images: 1 - fendi ad, elle decoration uk march 2010; kate moss by mario testino, vogue paris january 2006 via fashion gone rogue}

Monday, March 22, 2010

{at home: fresh flowers + golden light}



. . . always lovely to have a saturday afternoon to spend at the market, and recently did just that: he, picking up ingredients for a new paella recipe, and i, happening upon the most charming bouquets of ranunculus and roses in stunning shades of sunset and cerise and -- once home -- utterly enchanted by each perfect petal caught in the golden rays of late afternoon light . . .

{photography by p for this is glamorous + this is glamorous}

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

{inspiration: gracefully gilded}


gold leaf. . . whether silver or paper or scalloped, what it's made of makes no difference, as long as it is swept with gold . . .

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1 - britannia silver tumblers with gilded interior by william & son; 2 - gold paper bowls from a previous post; 3 - golden pumpkin bowls by manos discovered via design*sponge}

Monday, January 11, 2010

{spring things: glamorous gold leaf}

. . . in the midst of a beautiful gold leaf project and seem to have an affinity for the lovely, shimmery and delicate sheets -- whether encased in glass & on display, or lining light-as-air papier-mâché bowls -- and now have fallen for this quietly perfect reminder of spring . . .

{image: the inglenook decor via dilly dallas}

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

{lovely gold leaf}

Developing quite an obsession for these hand gold leafed papier-mâché bowls by up in the air somewhere . . .

{p.s.}
* more stunning gold leaf
* silk-screened journal give-away continues below

{via design*sponge}

Thursday, November 20, 2008

{it's beautiful here}

Lately have been coming across beautiful "handwritten" words across walls as art, in warm and wonderful messages such as "it's beautiful here" {above} and "And I Love You" {below}, and love the idea of being always inspired by favourite words and phrases . . .

The piece {above} is a neon wall sculpture by Tracey Emin, installed above a photograph by Darren Almond and an incredible glass box filled with gold leaf that sits on the coffee table, from David Gill Galleries.

{images: top - photography by Henry Wilson for House & Garden October 2008; bottom - from Haldane Martin's home in Cape Town, South Africa, as seen on AT}
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