Classic Style Home

Good Saturday morning dear readers. I have a lovely classic house to show you. I'm not quite sure where it is but muy guess is somewhere in Spain. Inviting outdoor spaces like the porch and patio with a small fountain and classic style in every room. Enjoy!





































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Restored Provencal Farmhouse

F is for Friday, Fabulous and France. So, let's go right over and enjoy these photographs. It took all of nine years for Madeline and Eric to restore this 18th century farmhouse. Anchored to the hillside among oak trees it is located in Saou, which is a commune in the Drôme department in south-eastern France. The building was practically in ruins with no roof, no water supply and the surroundings were so overgrown it was even hard to get near the house.


Reclaimed and authentic materials were used for the restoration.


An external staircase made with local sandstone connects the lower terraces to the main courtyard.


An olive tree provides some shade by the pool which was built on the terrace below the garden.


Patio with staircase which leads to the bedrooms.


Recovered front door made of oak.


A stone arch separates the living area from the dining room. Stone fireplace and custom made chandelier.





A window in oak with wrought iron fittings. Draperies in linen made by Madeleine.




Counter tops and large sink in stone.




Antique oak washstand topped with a blue stone tablet in the master bathroom.


Antique brass sconces over fir wood headboards in the guest room.


A summer kitchen to enjoy the Mediterranean weather with a herb garden close at hand.


Moroccan table and iron chairs under a gazebo surrounded by stone walls.

Hope you liked the tour. Have a lovely Friday!

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Rustic Country Home

Dear, some quite but most not, very communicative readers. Today I bring you to this country home in Spain. Interior designer Isabel López Quesada used a combination of different styles for this new country home in Spain. Mainly rustic but also classic, industrial and vintage; quite eclectic and full of details to make it warm and inviting. Hope you enjoy the tour. Let me know?




An old train station clock sits on a restored working table in the foyer.


Open floor plan for two large sitting areas and the dining room (below).




Different textures blend in the dining room. A zinc top table supported by a large sectioned turbine (unusual way to repurpose aircraft parts!) Chairs upholstered in velvet.


Inviting eating area in the porch.


A second more informal dining room right by the kitchen.






Double sinks placed on a restored wooden table in the master bathroom.



Hope you are all having a wonderful week. See you tomorrow?
All images Nuevo Estilo.

Park Avenue Apartment

Good morning, dears. Off to New York today to show you this apartment transformed by interior designer Daniel Sachs from a spare, minimalist design to a sophisticated mix of global decor with tribal textiles, worldly antiques, and a collection of contemporary art.


Mixture of patterns, from ikat to floral to stripes.The octagonal ottoman is covered in a custom suzani. The Ghiordes Turkish rug is from the 19th century. Drawings by Andrew Lord.


Instead of fighting the darkness in the entry hall of a New York apartment, designer Daniel Sachs played it up with Benjamin Moore's moody Knoxville Gray. Antiques from four countries — an Italian mirror, an Indian painting, a Flemish table, and a Swedish chandelier — create a richly layered atmosphere in the small space.


Pressed silver Indian chairs lend an exotic note to the dining room.


In the living room, a Donald Baechler flower painting hangs over a comfortable armchair.


Looking down on the octagonal ottoman in the living room.


A backsplash of blue-gray Metro subway tiles in the small kitchen.


A Satsuma porcelain baluster urn is tucked under an onyx-topped console in the dining room.


Sachs opened up a typically tiny New York bathroom by brick-laying large marble tiles from floor to ceiling.


To display an 8-year-old boy's toy collection, Sachs inset shelves into his bedroom walls and lined them with turquoise billiard cloth. Twin Indian-inspired headboards and bed frames.


In the master bedroom, an Indian miniature portrait and a scattering of jewelry on an 18th-century Venetian painted commode.


Man Ray etchings above the commode. The lamps are made from Chinese altar candlesticks.


Francesco Clemente's watercolors dominate the dining room, silver Indian chairs encircling the antique French lacquer table. Andrew Lord's sculpted bronze floor lamp is topped with a handmade paper shade. The iron-base lamp is a 17th- century candlestick with a shade in India Pear.

One end of girl's bedroom.


Canopied in billowing 18th-century Syrian embroidery, the master bedroom's bed is handmade Indian silver.


A religious painting from Rajasthan hangs over a fireplace with an 18th-century Italian limestone surround. It's lined with antique marble animals from India.

All images and information from House Beautiful.