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Showing posts with label bathrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathrooms. Show all posts

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Bathing Beauties





The ultimate bathrooms, in my opinion, are the ones that are furnished as you would any other room in your home, with a beautiful antique chest, or perhaps a glass fronted armoire, an exquisitely upholstered chair, a daybed or chaise longue, maybe even a Persian carpet and certainly a chandelier. I think I have visions of a Downton Abbey type of existence when the genteel lady would languish in a copper tub in her boudoir.....

Although the reality is, if I lived in that era, I would probably be scrubbing off the grime of the day in a zinc tub in the kitchen!




I love the beautiful wide floorboards in this bathroom (so does the dog, it seems)



A simple upholstered chair is often all you need to add warmth to your bathroom and to lift it from being a functional space to a beautiful space.










 If you have the room, a daybed or chaise longue would be a real luxury in a bathroom.


 








So much nicer to store your bathroom accessories in a beautiful antique than a purely functional bathroom cupboard.





This beautiful chest of drawers makes a huge impact in this all white bathroom.





I wonder if the servants have prepared my bath yet!

Till next time

Sharon x


Images : 1. Tumblr, 2. Picturepost.blog.co.ok, 3. Cocteil.blogspot.com, 4. SimplyPix, 5 AtticMag,
 6. Decorare, 7. House Beautiful, 8. Tumblr, 9. House Beautiful, 10. James McDonald Photography,
 11. Wonderful Palmetto Life, 12. Block and Chisel, 13. Casa Decorada, 14. Green Like Bathwater
 15. Tumblr, 16 House Beautiful, 17. Zsa Zsa Bellagio, 18 Georgiana Design.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Fabulous French Designer


I have recently come across the work of Nathalie Vingot Mei, a French designer and decorator based in  Aix en Provence. Her work has been published in a number of magazines including "Art and Decoration", "Australian Country Style" and "Marie-Claire Maison".















Her style is relaxed, yet with great attention to detail. Her  understated interiors have a comfortable, lived in look rather than that contrived and 'decorated' look.




She uses vintage finds from flea markets and antique stores which gives her interiors an individuality that is so appealing.





A simple linen curtain is given a lift with a pretty border.



Her bedrooms are understated and romantic.












She is particularly clever with her decor for children.





And here are some of her bathrooms which illustrate her style of simplicity balanced with touches of luxury.








I'd love to know what you think of her style

Till next time

Sharon x


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