i could live here: a beijing abode.
nǐ hǎo, si here, from the french by design blog. today, we’re heading to china to visit a home / workspace on the banks of a beijing river.
gu qi, furniture designer, and his girlfriend, mobai, a painter and graphic designer, live in this unique home in beijing. This space is both a residence and a showroom to gu qi’s furniture design business, a company named fanji. wood, gu qi’s favorite material, is predominant in this interior, and gives the space an authentic feel and a very welcoming touch.
si –- french by design
• photos by philippe le berre for elle decoration south africa.
THE JEALOUS CURATOR: ART GOES HERE.
i found this room, which happens to be an ad for that lovely bench in an online shop from the netherlands. nice, right? but you know what would look really great with that lovely bench? yep. art!
i love how quiet, and textural this space is, and so i’m adding a bit of nature to compliment what is already there:
whoa. crocheted leaves by cornwall based artist susanna bauer. how insane are these?! i would put them in three protective shadow boxes to make sure that nothing ever happened to their delicate perfectness! sigh. oh, and you know what else is perfect? these:
i think these ceramic plates also fit the earthy feeling of this room. these pieces are by bruce wayland and marcello de simone, also known as little owl design. they are based in amsterdam where they spend their days applying portraits, landscapes, marine scenes, and florals to groupings of vintage plates that i (and you!) can hang on the wall. so, so gorgeous.
and finally, what would a nature-ish room be without some wood:
oh, aaron moran. i have loved his work for ages, which is usually sculptural wood tee-pee type things that sit on your coffee table etc. this is some of his latest work though, and it can be hung on the wall – like that wall right above that lovely bench that’s for sale. how there can be so much perfection in scraps of wood and old paint, i’ll never know.
well, there you have it. now, who wants to have a nap on that quiet couch? me too! see you in two weeks ~ danielle (aka the jealous curator)
have a happy may day.
hey, it’s may day, so i thought it only appropriate we take a look at some modern floral femininity. we may be too grown up to dance around a may pole, but we can certainly still appreciate a floral theme here and there. i’m not a huge fan of floral prints — at least not in large doses, but i do love a hint of their subtle feminine wiles combined with a vintage modern and unexpected twist — i love an eclectic contemporary take on traditional florals, whether it be in the form of branches or subtle prints.
petra bindel photography for ELLE Interiör.
ana rosa; and mark roper for collector’s country.
hanging florals via designlovefest; and cottoncake exhibit via milou neelen.
karen inderbitzen-walller via the selby
vtwonen; and Kazumasa Ogawa’s ‘some japanese flowers’.
stylist atlanta barlett; and jessica sloane.
nienke sybrandy’s home via bloesem.
petra bindel photography for ELLE Interiör; and 1012 terra via justina blakeney.
california sunshine.
sometimes, when you’re fresh outta flowers, you need to get creative. i see an empty vessel and i want to fill it with something pretty! and i always like having fresh flowers in the house — and i like going to the flower mart to get a week’s supply. they generally last a lot longer than a week when i buy them there, which is nice, too. but i didn’t get there this weekend so i found myself using fruit to brighten up my space. we did a little photo shoot here yesterday and had some of these kumquat branches left over, and i’d bought a few tangelos at the market, too so i created a little vignette at the window using what was on hand. i ended up quite liking the result — like a little slice of california sunshine right in my own home. easy for you to do too — no matter what state you live in!
tuesday’s girl: take cover.
Russian model Sasha Luss after Paco Rabanne, Paris, via vanessa jackman.
i’ve always found scarves tied back in that way women in the 1960′s fashioned them, to be rather chic and stylish. it’s a super jackie-o look and one I remember my mum wearing from time to time. i still think a silk scarf looks great worn like this, and whenever i put the convertible top down on my bug, i find myself wishing i had the nerve to tie my hair back in a scarf like this. would you wear your hair like this?
Russian model Sasha Luss after Paco Rabanne, Paris, via vogue italia.
anthropologie’s popping petals scarf; and giacinta dot scarf from anthropologie; elizabeth taylor.
Agyness Deyn, taken by Tim Walker for british vogue; and Heather Marks for marie claire italia.
Anita Ekberg, in ‘La Dolce Vita’.
FALIERO SARTI GIGLIO SCARF from shop heist.
jackie o; and ashley olsen.
