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Downtown Chic, Designing Your Dream Home, From Wreck to Ravishing

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by Robert Novogratz, Cortney Novogratz, Elizabeth Novogratz

Cortney and Robert Novogratz are a fabulous husband and wife design team that have been renovating their own homes for the past 15 years! Their style is a mix of boho chic with thrift store finds and antiques. This book offers tips, ideas, quotes and huge photographs of their work. This book motivates me to get my wishlist together and just start working on small projects one at a time, taking each step as it presents itself!

Not really a how to book, adding in their 7 kids this is more a story about their lives through their interior design process. A gorgeous coffee table book to inspire!

DowntownChic_white modern kitchen

Modern white kitchen with a few eclectic touches of color.

union jack interior design

Can’t go wrong with a popular union jack decorating element.

white eclectic living room

A white basis in the walls, floor and ceiling combing with pops of bright primary colors and arcade games for a retro vibe.

orange bedroom

Chic, warm orange bedroom. Love this big picture of their twins!

modern living room red and white

Cork board and blackboard decorating element that also helps you get organised!

Downtown-Chic-Salon

Vintage salon with light powder blue walls and antique pictures and furnishings.

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Check out that mirror!

comic-books-as-art

Comic books used as art to line your walls with!

(All images Sixx Design)

Gérard Tremolet’s Home

The colorful, exquisite, boho Normandy chateau of Gérard Tremolet.

In the salon, the bergère is Louis XV, and the armchair is Régence. Ornate green and gold walls contrast nicely with the rich reds in the curtains and seating.

red and green living room

The daybed is Louis XV, the sconce is 18th century, and the rug is Iranian

bohemian vintage

The eclectic dining area with original farmhouse table. Loving the collection of baskets.

eclectic dining room

Chinese vessels and a 19th-century bust of Bacchus line the mantel in the dining area.

fireplace

In the hallway there are antique cadelabras and Régence armchairs, red and gold damask wallpaper, turquoise and gold Venetian console and 18th century Venetian mirror.

hallway

A colorful, yellow and blue eccentric games room covered in antique furnishings.

blue and yellow interior

Bohemian red and purple guestroom dressed in Indian cashmere.

Bohemian red and purple guestroom dressed in Indian cashmere.

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room

Another guest bedroom, this one’s main theme is yellow and pink toile.

yellow and pink bedroom

The château was constructed in the 11th century with Caen stone, and renovated in 1721.

exterior

Produced by Anita Sarsidi; Photography by Simon Upton for Elle Decor.

Madeleine Pyk’s Studio

The amazing space and light filled studio of Madeleine Pyk in Österlen.
Madeleine Pyk's studio home dining room

Madeleine Pyk's studio home cabinet

Madeleine Pyk's studio home studio

Madeleine Pyk's studio home bedroom

bookcase library home

paintings

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Black and White Living Room Glamour

Inspirational black and white living rooms for the girl who loves glamour! Note: a prerequisite to this glam style is chandeliers and highly ornate, damask like patterns.

Straight modern lines, black lacquered walls with interesting circle and damask motif on the wall that holds a flat screen tv as it’s centerpiece.

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Tufted white leather couches, crystal chandelier and huge highly ornate silver framed mirror.

glomorous living room

 

Matte black walls provide the background to elegant and feminine white furniture.

living room in black and white

 

Beautiful vintage black settee, a collection of frames decorate the wall, a small skin rug and a ton of glamour.

black white glamour living room

 

Stunning eclectic black and white living room with modern bold circular patterns contrasting nicely against the elaborate chandelier.

bold black and white living room

 

More black than white, damask black and white curtains, black feature wall with fireplace, highly ornate mirror, so many details all in the one space.

glamorous living room in black and white

 

Throw in a dark velvety plum along with your black and white motif for a dash of color.

dark glam

Dodie Rosenkrans Venice Palace

Dodie Rosenkrans Venice Palace 12 turquoise bedroom
Dodie Rosenkrans Venice Palace Italy, renovated by Tony Duquette. Coral and gold, crystals and antiques. Pure, magical, indulgent decadence.

It is over the top, it is cluttered, it has fantasy elements; a stroll through here and you may think that you have entered a strange coral infused Alice in Wonderland. It’s like you took some LSD and the world exploded around you in gold, turquoise, red and purple, with excessive ornamentation, frills and bows. Renaissance on steroids, please enjoy!