To preserve : the green room
on Nov 16, 2009 in Bathroom Colours The green room of the palazzo was the only room that was not over coated with white paint when we first inspected the house. We have not changed the green colour, but we have changed the layout of the room. Since the old kitchen was too small we had...

Living in Argentina
on Nov 12, 2009 in Books inspiration walls : grey, floor : black, column : gold, lamps : 6, accent colour : coral wow ! what a glamorous eclectic mix ! Buenos Aires, the Paris of South America curtains used as closet door and room divider countryside house in Argentina (reminds...

Creative Tuesday
on Nov 10, 2009 in creativity Colours this morning I saw colours ... of course, when you have followed my last posts, no wonder ... 3 bold fundamental colours (red, blue and yellow) and 4 complementary colours (red-green, orange-blue) on my dining table ! Of course I had to tak...

Decorating with Colours
on Nov 9, 2009 in inspiration Colours architecture Maison Jaoul (finished in 1955), Neuilly (Paris) by Le Corbusier (photo from a book "Le Corbusier" by Taschen) If you have a house with many white walls and surfaces and not that much art work to hang, the best way to decorate your house is to...

Mediterranean Escapes - online eye candies by TASCHEN
on Nov 8, 2009 in Books inspiration Leaf through "Great Escapes Mediterranean" by TASCHEN - online ! click on "leaf through" 302 pages of eye candy online - better than any magazine ! Although the writing is too small to read the book online - my eyes are more than hap...

Le Corbusier colour experimentation
on Nov 6, 2009 in Colours architecture Le Corbusier (*1887-1965), mainly known as an architect, also worked as a painter and writer. His creativity seems endless. Between planning houses, villas and cities, he designed furniture, sculptured, published books, studied and traveled a lo...

playing with colours
on Nov 4, 2009 in Colours today I see rain and I see sunshine - I see huge rainbows - and colourful autumn leaves - and I think about colours and about colour combinations - for doors, walls, rooms since a while I am collecting, researching and observing all aroun...

Shopping in Venice: VENETIA STUDIUM
on Oct 28, 2009 in flooring shopping lighting In the heart of Venice you might come across a little shop that has beautiful silk lamps, handbags and scarf, elegant velvet cushion covers and table runners in modern and oriental style. The shop windows always magically attracts me and my...

Window Shopping in Venice
on Oct 26, 2009 in shopping Travel lighting Window shopping is something I like to do - it is ispiring and joyful - and it does not cost much. Do you like to join me for a window shopping trip to Venice ? Here we go : illuminted lighting shop in Venice See, the gondolier is waiting fo...

Experiment: post auf Deutsch - Rote Sitzmoebel
on Oct 23, 2009 in deutsch Furniture Gruess Gott, Guten Tag und Servus auf diesem Blog ! Ich heisse alle deutsch sprachigen Leser herzlich willkommen, die diesen blog post gefunden haben und vorallem diejenigen, die aufgrund der beiden 1richtungsblog posts, hier und hier, her...