Loft with art and many more details

This two-leveled loft by designers Fernando Tapia and Monica Andina is located in Madrid, Spain. It has a typical Spanish national coloring – it’s full of art.

Concrete and metal constructions are covered with tender interior colors and vintage furniture. There are portraits, pictures and even decorations on the walls – ants like on the pictures of Salvador Dali. The minimalist colors – white and light grey – are softened by the accessories and comprise a nice frame for the art objects.

Via: www.digsdigs.com

Natural wooden house in Poland

A friend gave us a tip to see pictures of this house. And I think you will love it too. Amazing natural design, with many wooden elements. Building style is also typical to Russian old houses, but inside it's modern, calm and very sophisticated. Just the way we love it.

I guess for many of you, snow also brings quite a magic atmosphere ;)

Enjoy the view! 

Source: http://www.digsdigs.com/

Thanks to a tip of Roy van Joost

Interior designer: Ruth Káradóttirs - Island

Today I would like to tell you about an Island designer - Ruth Káradóttirs. Her interiors are inspired by Island nature. White an more white. 

I have found an article telling about the work and inspiration of Ruth. I love to read what inspired an artist. What makes him think of certain things and where do they get their inspiration from.

The house from 1968 is located in Breidholt which is one of the oldest suburbs to Rejkavik. White is the continuous color choice, only broken here and there by a little gray-brown elements like wood and concrete floors and wooden terrace outside.

 I prefer the natural materials and blends like the raw materials with more elegant says Ruth. Nature's own materials tend to only become more beautiful with age. And so do I like nature's own color scale set by the multifaceted nature of the picture here on the Island, from the snow into the lava, the hot springs and mountains.

- The light is very important to create the right atmosphere and it is one of the most important I try to create even for my clients, explains Ruth. Since we live so far north of here on the Island, we are fortunate with a lot of light, especially in summer when it is bright around the clock. But in winter it is only about six to seven hours a day and these conditions are important to take into account when building and planning their home here

Source: Vartnya Hem

House for sale: Amsterdam apartment Scandinavian style

If you see this house you would think it came out of a interior design magazine. 

But it is just a house for sale in Amsterdam. I adore the taste of these people. I guess they are involved in interior industry, as you really have to know what you are doing to be able to put this together. 

Using the most beautiful designs of the last years to create the clean, beautiful lines like that. 

I love every single part of this apartment. 

I believe  the price was something like 450.000,- euro. 

LOVE!

 Lamp: paper Chandelier from Moooi. LOVE!

Source: Funda.nl

Found via: You Lifestyle Blog

Home in US

Couple of days ago I got some very nice comments from a girl who is running a lifestyle  and travel blog and is also located in NL, even very close by me, in Rotterdam.

I have been checking out her blog and getting some inspiration lately. Today I have found this house. I love the colors, the atmosphere, the art. 

I think you will like it also.

Source: You Lifestyle Blog

Choosing your bed - do you make a deal with the sales person?

I am finaly getting my mind straight after the wedding and starting to get back to my normall thoughts. Meaning, thought to make spaces better.

Nowadays I am planning on redesigning my bedroom. I am looking for that hotel feeling, together with natural, industrial loft idea. Natural material as wood, wool and linen are welcome. 

Colors: Grey! Taupe! brown..? maybe a little, but not too much. 

Eye-catcher: table lamps Rabbit from Moooi! 

BUT! Before I start dreaming. I have a mission to do. Buy that perfect bed!

While choosing  the perfect bed, we got really stunned by the price! OMG! Does my bed really need to cost so much? My question got answered quite fast. IF you want it to be pretty and have that perfect comfort, the answer is YES! You should be prepared to pay for it. 

After answering the question of the price, the other question popped up in my head: Can I make a deal with the sale person and take about 20% off that ridiculous price? I mean I am still a girl, who needs a feeling a getting the best for the best price as well as a passionate interior lover having that love for a perfect business deal. 

So, there I was, standing in front of sales man with a offer from one company in one hand and a question of a better price in the other hand. The sales men understood me, went talking to his boss.. but in the end did not play along. :( 

So, in the end of the day I ended up with the dream of my perfect bed, but no perfect deal at all.... and on top of that with a huge headache. 

So, now my question is: How normal is it to haggle about the price of your favorite bed and how much would you be able to take off the price?   Would you do it at all?

Would you do it? How would you do it? And how far do you think you can go?

Rabbit lamp from Moooi