Orange can be so wonderful, it can spice up a white interior by just painting one feature wall. This is one of my projects. The wall sculpture adds some interest. The Sofa's are from Natuzzi and the coffee table is an ebay find.Friday, July 9, 2010
Modern Interior photographs
Orange can be so wonderful, it can spice up a white interior by just painting one feature wall. This is one of my projects. The wall sculpture adds some interest. The Sofa's are from Natuzzi and the coffee table is an ebay find.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Modern Architecture eyesore or eyecandy?
"Public convenience", "eyesore", "concrete monstrosity" these are all ways in which I have heard people describe modern buildings. In certain cases I totally agree with their sentiments and I have to confess to being a former die hard traditionalist when it came to architecture.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and is beauty not in the eye of the beholder?
I became a convert in the 1980s having redesigned several Victorian houses in London. I could have gone the textbook way and stuck with the greens and dark colors (colours, as in Rome...post to follow on spelling on both sides of the Atlantic)but I instead opted to keep the aesthetically pleasing traits from the Victorian era and add classic modern fixtures instead but only within the interior. The outside was always sympathetically restored and windows were always salvaged if possible but if replaced I would always use heritage windows, which were an exact replica of the original sliding sash and the only ones approved by British heritage. Modern families did not want to live in a museum, they wanted high ceilings and beautiful original fireplaces with decorative mouldings and original doors and windows but that was as far as it went. The biggest pain for me was the continuous maintenance the drafty creaky floorboards, and the endless flights of stairs. I started to fantasize about a white space with no dusty architectural details, low maintenance with lots of light and glass. When I started to look around I found the most amazing specimans of modern architecture and was hooked.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and is beauty not in the eye of the beholder?
I became a convert in the 1980s having redesigned several Victorian houses in London. I could have gone the textbook way and stuck with the greens and dark colors (colours, as in Rome...post to follow on spelling on both sides of the Atlantic)but I instead opted to keep the aesthetically pleasing traits from the Victorian era and add classic modern fixtures instead but only within the interior. The outside was always sympathetically restored and windows were always salvaged if possible but if replaced I would always use heritage windows, which were an exact replica of the original sliding sash and the only ones approved by British heritage. Modern families did not want to live in a museum, they wanted high ceilings and beautiful original fireplaces with decorative mouldings and original doors and windows but that was as far as it went. The biggest pain for me was the continuous maintenance the drafty creaky floorboards, and the endless flights of stairs. I started to fantasize about a white space with no dusty architectural details, low maintenance with lots of light and glass. When I started to look around I found the most amazing specimans of modern architecture and was hooked.
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