Rooms I Don't Get Tired Of

August 10, 2010 karly hand

Every few months I purge my interiors inspiration folder (once it gets too full for me to flip through enjoyably) and start fresh. I'm usually pretty glad to move most of the images into an archive folder but there are always a few that I keep in my active file. I just never seem to get sick of them. Here are 2

Not too exciting, I know, but something about it just calls to me. Erin would probably kick me off the blog for lusting after a room with such an offensive floral display, but I would defend myself by reinforcing the awesomeness of that sofa and coffee table. Perhaps if she were to spend a quiet baby-free afternoon on that couch all would be forgiven?

If I took Erin's chesterfield and reupholstered it in white leather, then placed it next to my Oasis and followed that with a complete redesign of my living room, I'd have this. See, I'm like almost there.

There were only a couple of other rooms that made the cut during my interior folder reorganization, but I feel like I've shown them to you 872 times, I was worried that if I went for 873 you just might stop reading the blog altogether, and we don't want that, now do we?

Woody

August 9, 2010 erin

Today I'm rounding up a handful of images that get me a little... excited. As much as I love sleek, sexy metallics and the cool sheen of smoked glass, I always need to have a least a touch of wood around me to feel totally at ease. Wood is warm -- it feels good to the eye. Whether rough and rustic or smooth and refined, it's always a sensory pleaser.

Darryl Wilson

Hatch

Elle Decor

Marie Claire Maison

Vogue Living Australia

Bloesem via The Brick House

Commune Design

You know you want some wood.

The Flavor Of Love

August 4, 2010 erin

Hot off the presses comes a new tour of epic proportions. Brace yourself for the live/work space of psychedelic wallpaper couturiers, Flavor Paper. Those familiar with Flavor Paper's vertigo inducing patterns drenched in acid brights are probably expecting to see rooms swathed tip to toe in bold, colorful prints, for example these latest offerings created in collaboration with rocker cum designer Lenny Kravitz:

While there are certainly some crazy flashy elements, the net result feeling of Flavor Paper owner Jon Sherman's living space is anything but one dimensional. It's not even two dimensional. Frankly, I'm not even sure it's of this dimension. Let's tour, shall we?

Lodged within a Cobble Hill warehouse, Flavor Paper makes use of its space by stacking a roof deck and penthouse atop their showroom and ground floor print studio.

The roof deck is a study in Memphis geometry.

And the living room oozes bachelor pad cool with its neon ground effects and jazzy art.

Mylar paper lines one wall of the bathroom, creating the perfect, ahem, foil for a super shiny luxe black tub.

Meanwhile, the master bedroom features a wavy papered ceiling in a muted colorway -- all the better to highlight the textured faux fur wall.

Marshmallows, anyone?

Smooth white limestone runs from the entry onto the counter, providing contrast for the dark moc croc embossed walls and kitchen cabinets. This is a classy custom joint.

I thought I had a plan to redo our master bedroom, but I was wrong. Velvet chevron bed/headboard/ceiling: check. Mounds of (hopefully) faux furry plushy goodness: check. A razzle dazzle gold wall, painted with the same pigments the US Treasury uses: check. Oh, and ps: wall to wall carpet is baaaaaaaa-ck.

The guest bathroom -- outfitted in what looks to be stainless herringbone tile -- is not to be denied.

And of course, no penthouse would be complete without its own DJ booth. This one has a little extra lagniappe, courtesy of the mural featuring a Mardi Gras Indian chief. Sherman obviously loves New York, but doesn't forget to pay homage to his New Orleans roots.

The lofty penthouse is shit-your-pants good, but the heart of the building is set at ground level for all the world to see: