Saturday, October 31, 2015
Current Obsessions: Mid-Season Stride
Here's a look at what we loved this week:
- Above: A house on the foot of Grouse Mountain in British Columbia gets a pared down update with marble and wood throughout.
- Step inside Mark Twain's haunted Connecticut house.
- Above: For keeping holiday tables tidy, we're eyeing a hand-forged brass napkin holder.
- 24 noteworthy fireplaces from the Vogue archives.
- Above: Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore's apartment from Ghost is currently on the market.
- On our next visit to Portland, we're making a stop at Dapper and Wise coffee.
- Painterly wallpaper from Brooklyn textile designer Rebecca Atwood.
- Above: Reminder: The Remodelista Market is coming to Lekker Home Boston for a two-day shopping event, November 14-15.
Instagram and Pinterest Pick of the Week
- Above: We're following one of our Remodelista Market vendors Studio Carta (@studiocarta), a purveyor of fine Italian ribbons on Instagram.
- Above: Our latest Pinterest obsessions is illustrator Lori Langille's Holiday board.
See more posts in our Color Stories issue. Curious about the week on Gardenista? Read their Spring Forward 2016 issue.
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Moody Blues: The Hotel Bachaumont in Paris
Turns out, a touch of dark suits the City of Light. Take a look at Dorothée Meilichzon's navy-inflected Art Deco design for the resurrected Hotel Bachaumont in Sentier in the 2ème (within strolling distance of the Louvre).
Photography by Paul Bowyer.
Above: Situated in a turn-of-the-20th century building near Les Halles, the hotel is in its second incarnation: A happening place to stay in the twenties, it was later occupied by a medical clinic. Now owned by Samy Marciano of La Clé Group, it recently reopened as a hotel following three years of construction work.
Above: Taking inspiration from the hotel's origins, Melichzon and her team at Chzon took a glam retro tack starting in the lobby.
Above: Playful combinations of black, white, and blue surface in every room. Most of the furnishings and fittings are custom designed.
Above: The hotel's skylit restaurant incorporates backgammon-inspired tabletops, multi-patterned chairs, and navy banquettes. Breakfast for hotel guests is served here; there's also a separate cocktail bar.
Above L and R: The room is detailed with brass bracketed shelves and sconces and an upholstered wall. The lineup of mirrors echoes the lines of the paneling opposite them.
Above: The Bachaumont has its own Versailles-style hall of mirrors.
Above: Melichzon specializes in hotel design and is known for her inventive upholstered headboards. There are 49 rooms at the Bachaumont, all in a spectrum of blues.
Above: Each room has a wall-mounted wooden desk, herringbone floor, and brass-accented globe lights. (For lighting that's similar in spirit, see the designs of LA's Atelier de Troupe.)
Above L and R: An executive room with a green-and-white tiled bath.
Above: A living room suite with marble shelving that incorporates a bar sink.
Above: A bathroom for two with a harlequin floor and hex-tiled walls in Suite Bachaumont.
Above: The room also has a claw-foot tub in a tiled niche.
Above: Hotel Bachaumont is well-situated in the heart of Paris.
Taking a trip? Here are three more hotels in our Paris address book:
- The Très DIY Hotel Henriette (Starting at $75 a Night)
- Escape to Love: Hotel Amour
- Le Citizen Hotel by Christophe Delcourt and Stéphane Lanchan
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Conceptual Color: Le Corbusier Paint from Switzerland
The nervy color combinations of architect Le Corbusier have an allure that is hard to explain. When you walk through his interiors, you find yourself gravitating toward to the oddest shade of pea green or leaving the building set on painting your bedroom entirely salmon pink. The Swiss-born artist and architect had a purpose for every palette with colors selected for spatial and physiological effects. (He wrote about this in Polychromie Architecturale.) Take Maison La Roche in Paris, where Le Corbu connected rooms with monochromatic color, coated shadowed walls in gray, and made other walls disappear into the architecture by using dark umber paint. It’s a concept worth replicating.
Thanks to Swiss paint company kt.Color, it can be done. Founder Katrin Trautwein, a chemist, licensed exclusive rights from the Fondation Le Corbusier to produce paint of the same palette, color names, and pure minerals once used by Le Corbusier. The LC 43 Series are the same 43 pigments introduced by the architect in the 1930s; his 1950s palette, seen in the LC 32 Series, is a different edit to be used with natural materials like lime plaster, raw concrete, and wood. Colors are designed to be grouped in three to five harmonious shades, according to mood. They're available through kt.Color in Zurich and at Aronson’s Floors in New York.
Above: Burnt Sienna at Villa Noailles in Hyères-les-Palmiers, France. Photograph by Olivia Thébaut via Small-Spaces.
Above: Corbusier's Bright Green, inside a geometric bookshelf at the architect's own Studio-Apartment outside of Paris. Photograph by Alexa Hotz.
Above: A stairway in Ivory and Iron Gray at La Maison Roche in Paris. Photograph by Alexa Hotz.
Above: A bathroom at the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France, in Ultramarine Blue, a color inspired by Yves Klein blue, and contrasting white paint and porcelain.
Above: A palette of paints inclusive of Le Corbusier's Rose, Light Burnt Umber, Cerulean Blue, and Veronese Green, among others.
Above: kt.Color's Polychromie Le Corbusier LC 32 Series fan deck.
For more Palette & Paints ideas visit:
- Remodeling 101: 10 Happiness-Inducing Paint Colors
- 5 Favorites: British Boutique Paint Companies
- Remodeling 101: How to Choose the Perfect White Paint
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Trending on Gardenista: Bulb Mania
Got your Halloween decor set? Good. The Gardenista team say now is the time to start laying down the roots for your spring plantings.
Above: Impose a sense of balance with planters—and nine other Garden Ideas to Steal from Belgium.
Above: The spring hit list? See Best Bulbs: New Releases of 2016 (these are muscari-like ultra-dark purple Bellevalia pycnantha).
Above: Find the bulb planter for you in this week's 10 Easy Pieces.
Above: "It can be daunting in autumn to figure out how precisely to make tulips happen," writes Michelle. "Which varieties to plant? Will crocuses grow in your climate?" In Expert Advice, Scott Kunst of Old House Gardens details 10 Ideas for Planning a Spring Bulb Garden. (The garden shown here belongs to London architect and designer Ben Pentreath.)
Above: Meet the back-alley guest house in Outbuilding of the Week.
Go to Gardenista for more ideas, including 11 Ways to Add Halloween Curb Appeal.
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Brooklyn Revival: A Bright and Open Family House by Ensemble Architecture
Elizabeth Roberts and the team at Ensemble Architecture, DPC, specialize in recasting Brooklyn's classic dark and narrow townhouses for 21st century living. Their latest project, converting a neglected three-apartment building back to a single-family dwelling, is filled with clever design ideas, a wood-fired kitchen grill and color-coded bedrooms included. We're taking notes for our own remodels.
Photography via Ensemble Architecture.
Above: "The building had had a lot of whacky modifications over its 125-plus years. Inside, only the basement apartment was habitable; it was a real train wreck," says Conor Sheridan, who made the leap-of-faith purchase with his wife, Cristin Frodella (she's Google's global head of education marketing and he's a creative at Ogilvy & Mather and a father of two from his previous marriage). The gut renovation was spearheaded by project architect Josh Lekwa, who told us, "The brief was to create a bright and open setup for Cristin and Conor and their growing family. They wanted a very comfortable, livable house with as much light as as possible, an open plan, and a sense of fun ."
The Italianate structure is 20 feet wide by 40 feet deep; the gut renovation involved taking down every wall on the parlor floor, allowing the living room to flow through to the dining area and kitchen. "This required a bit of work since the original wall dividing the living room and stair hall was structural," says Lekwa. "We replaced all the joists on the floor above to eliminate the need for any columns or beams."
As for the fun directive: A projector was mounted on the ceiling so movies can be screened on the wall next to the original fireplace now back in working order.
Above: A steel-framed window wall fabricated by Optimum Window floods the main floor with light. The existing stair with mahogany handrail and newel was restored to original condition. The dining table is the Bola Ping Pong Table and the chandelier, like the one in the living room, is Apparatus Studio's Compass design of brass detailed with calfskin: "We had to make sure it was high enough to avoid ping pong balls," says Lekwa.
The new floor is plain-sawn white oak, unstained and finished with Bona Naturale, a sealant that has an untreated look.
Above: "Conor and Cristin are avid cooks and a great kitchen was at the top of their wish list," says Lekwa. "We came up with a solution where the counter and the island are oriented parallel to the back facade rather than the usual configuration where the counters run parallel to a party wall. This enabled us to give the cooks a view from the sink to the garden and from the range into the living area—no one has to stand facing the wall." The tiled wall, formerly a fireplace, holds a wood-fired grill and firewood niche.
Above: "The bulk of our budget went into the kitchen: opening up the rear wall, converting the fireplace to a wood-burning grill, and venting the pro gas range in the island (I couldn't bear the thought of an underpowered electric drop-in, so we had to work some tricky venting into the kitchen plans)," says Conor. The range is a 30-inch Capital Precision Series II with a Faber Scirocco Downdraft Vent concealed in the island. The hanging lights are Rejuvenation's Haleigh Wire Dome pendants. The built-in fridge is a Leibherr and the rolling ladder is from Putnam Ladder (see 5 Favorites: Rolling Ladders in the Kitchen.)
Above: The custom cabinets were fabricated by Wood Mode and feature the company's Sturbridge Recessed doors painted on site in Benjamin Moore Silent Night. The counters are honed Blue de Savoie marble and the polished nickel bridge faucet is by Rohl (see it and other options in 10 Easy Pieces: Architects' Go-To Traditional Kitchen Faucets).
Above: Heath tiles in New Midnight #6 surround the custom grill from Grillworks, "an amazing piece of equipment designed for restaurant kitchens," says Lekwa. "The crank enables you to adjust the position of the grilling surface above the wood fire." Conor, a former restaurant cook, reports they use it all the time: "For our first Thanksgiving in the house, we're looking forward to grilling a 20-pound spatchcocked turkey."
Above: As a low-commitment way to introduce color, the kids' bedrooms have two-toned walls. The wood-framed windows throughout are from Lepage Millwork.
Above: More color is supplied by Laine + Alliange throw pillows.
Above: Lucifer, a cement tile from Mosaic House, patterns the master bath, which has its original marble mantel. The tub is the Toulouse from Victoria + Albert with Newport Brass floor-mounted Chesterfield faucets in polished nickel. (See more modern freestanding tubs here.)
"The master bath was our other splurge," says Conor. "We wanted a big, beautiful tiled room with a gorgeous tub. For everything else, we went with simple, affordable fittings and finishes."
Above: The custom sink console is honed Nero Marquina marble and polished nickel with Newport Brass Astor faucets in polished nickel. The mirror and sconces are from Restoration Hardware. The shower is paved with black cement tile from Mosaic House and fitted with two Rohl Exposed Thermostatic Showerheads.
Above: The children got to pick their own room colors. The flooring is the house's original pine subfloor.
Above: In the kids' bath, Schumacher's Aviary wallpaper, a reproduction of a 1950s design by Saul Steinberg, is paired with a custom vanity and Restoration Hardware Astoria Flat mirrors.
Above: Honed Carrara marble and Kohler Purist chrome faucets.
Above: The kitchen opens to a balcony that leads the newly resurrected garden. The ground floor has a separate apartment, a rental that helps pay for the remodel.
Above: The backyard, formerly "a jungle of knotty trees and collapsing walls," according to the Conor, now has bluestone pavers and horizontal cedar fencing. Lekwa and the team at Ensemble collaborated on the design with gardener Mary-Helene Attwood of Edible Petals: "We designed the hard surfaces and Marie-Helene created the plantings. The site originally sloped from the rear down towards the house. We built retaining walls and fences, and created a level terrace for outdoor entertaining."
Go to Elizabeth Roberts Design/Ensemble Architecture, DPC, to see more of the team's work, including:
- A House for Indoor/Outdoor Living, Brooklyn Style
- A Kitchen for a Cookbook Author and Sculptor, Williamsburg Edition
- Elizabeth Roberts at Home
And read Roberts' real estate advice: 5 Deal Breakers when Buying a Place in the City.
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
8 Side Tables in Confident Colors
Spotted (and admired): brightly colored side tables—some that function as both stool and table. Here's a look at our recent favorites.
Above: Made in Japan by Karimoku, the pink-washed Cocktail Table is $995 at Scholten & Baijings. For more information on the designers, see our post Geometric Japanese Furniture with Sustainability in Mind.
Above: Martino Gamper's Arnold Circus Stool is an angular side table (shown in orange) made in New Zealand from recyclable plastic; $230 NZD ($155 USD) at Everyday Needs.
Above: Another stool as side table, Max Lamb's Last Stools are soon to arrive to Discipline, a new design retailer out of Italy, in new colors. Contact Discipline for pricing and availability.
Above: Designed by Philipp Mainzer for e15, the Enoki Side Table is available in unexpected color combinations with marble or wood tops. They're £645 to £955 ($984 to $1,457) at Via Duct in the UK.
Above: Model and designer Ana Kras's Slon Pedestal Tall Table from her Slon line for Matter Made is $1,900.
Above: Inspired by the shape and color of fisherman's floats, Pinch Design's Float Table is $1,686 in various colors at the Future Perfect.
Above: Another table by Kras for Matter Made, the Slon Push Top Tall Table in pale blue; $1,900 at Matter.
Above: Open tables with colorful tops by Slowood Studios are inspired by both Bauhaus and De Stijl design. The Small Stool acts as a side table and is $295 at Hawkins New York.
For more ideas to shop, see our posts:
- 10 Easy Pieces: Modern Wood Bedside Tables
- 10 Easy Pieces: Solid Block Side Tables
- 5 Favorites: Bright-Painted Industrial Stools
- Colorful Chairs by Tomas Alonso
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