Photographer James McDonald

So, here's the post I promised earlier today. And the gorgeous bathroom we saw in my previous post was expertly photographed by James Mcdonald.<br /><br />I have chosen a few more photographs from his portfolio for you to see. James is a British, London-based freelance photographer who focuses on interiors, portraiture, travel and still life photography.<br /><br /><img alt="World of Interiors October 2009 Alnwick" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm_007_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" style="width: 701px; height: 554px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="South African house" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/JM_028_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 571px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="London house" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-046_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="Knightsbridge drawing room" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-035_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="House & Garden April 2010 drawing room" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-156_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" style="width: 701px; height: 582px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="Ditchley Park" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-097_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="World of Interiors Kensington Mansions" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/JM_GRANT_010_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 473px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="Bathroom in Chelsea" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/j-mcdonald-05_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="House & Garden April 2010 bathroom" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-139_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" style="width: 702px; height: 583px;" /><br />Couldn't resist including the bathroom again!<br /><br /><img alt="House & Garden April 2010 bed" src="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/media/_thumbs_/documents/galleries/houses/jm-131_jpg_920x920_q65.jpg" /><br /><br />A beautiful weekend to you, my friends! Come back tomorrow!<br />All images from James McDonald's portfolio right <a href="http://www.jamesmcdonaldphotography.co.uk/">here</a>.

Photographer James McDonald

So, here's the post I promised earlier today. And the gorgeous bathroom we saw in my previous post was expertly photographed by James Mc...

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Renovated Apartment in Spain

Good morning to you, my friends. Hope you are having a good week.<br /><br />The ceilings of this turn of the century apartment in Spain were high enough to add another level with a new bedroom, bathroom, and office area. Bright and youthful. Come and see.<br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/salon/402457-1-esl-ES/salon_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 799px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/libreria_altillo/402462-1-esl-ES/libreria_altillo_reference.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 798px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/comedor/402467-1-esl-ES/comedor_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 800px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/recibidor/402472-1-esl-ES/recibidor_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 800px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/cocina/402477-1-esl-ES/cocina_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 800px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/dormitorios_cama/402482-1-esl-ES/dormitorios_cama_reference.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 798px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/dormitorios_comoda/402487-1-esl-ES/dormitorios_comoda_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 800px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/una_reforma_muy_inteligente/detalles/bano/402492-1-esl-ES/bano_reference.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 798px;" /><br /><br />Photography by Santiago Moreno.<br />All images from <a href="http://casadiez.elle.es/decoracion_casas/">here</a>.

Renovated Apartment in Spain

Good morning to you, my friends. Hope you are having a good week. The ceilings of this turn of the century apartment in Spain were high enou...

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Restored Home in Sicily

<div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none;">We've been living in Lima, Peru for three months now and last night we had our first earthquake. I guess I shouldn't call it an earthquake as it was only a slight tremor that only lasted about 2 seconds, and it felt as is a heavy bus was rumbling by in our garden. Not frightening at all, as we had been warned about these tremors which are quite frequent here, but new to me!<br /><br />Haven't taken you to Italy in a long time, have I? Well, here we go then to Sicily. Italian architect James Cavagnari and his American wife, interior designer Erin Quiros, renovated a residence dating back to 1700 on the Aeolian island of Salina. A combination of modern, rustic and minimalist styles.<br /><br /></div><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl02_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 1011px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl01_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 710px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl03_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 546px; height: 711px;" /><br />The couple with their daughter Evelyn.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl05_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 712px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl04_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 547px; height: 712px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl06_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 457px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl07_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 766px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2005/01/cavagnari/hosl08_cavagnari.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 457px;" /><br /><br />Photography by Scott Frances<br />All images from <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.

Restored Home in Sicily

We've been living in Lima, Peru for three months now and last night we had our first earthquake. I guess I shouldn't call it an eart...

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Rustic Home in Cantabria

Good morning dears, everything ok? Come with me to Spain today.<br /><br />Spanish interior designer Memi Escarzaga decorated this rustic home in Cantabria. Soft natural tones, lots of beams, brick tiles, and French style furniture make it warm and inviting. I particularly love the trumeau mirror in the bathroom.<br /><br />Enjoy the tour, my friends!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/con-esencia-rustica-y-muebles-de-doble-uso/recibidor/recibidor-1/194633-1-esl-ES/recibidor-1_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 641px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/con-esencia-rustica-y-muebles-de-doble-uso/recibidor/recibidor-2/194664-1-esl-ES/recibidor-2_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 642px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-confortable-zona-de-tertulia/salon/salon-1/194676-2-esl-ES/salon-1_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 642px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-confortable-zona-de-tertulia/salon/salon-2/194707-1-esl-ES/salon-2_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 642px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-confortable-zona-de-tertulia/salon/salon-3/194711-1-esl-ES/salon-3_large.jpg" style="width: 543px; height: 639px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-confortable-zona-de-tertulia/salon/salon-4/194730-1-esl-ES/salon-4_large.jpg" style="width: 543px; height: 639px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/con-un-office-de-madera-decapada/cocina/cocina-1/194742-1-esl-ES/Cocina-1_large.jpg" style="width: 543px; height: 639px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/con-un-office-de-madera-decapada/cocina/cocina-2/194746-1-esl-ES/Cocina-2_large.jpg" style="width: 543px; height: 639px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/con-un-office-de-madera-decapada/cocina/cocina-3/194750-1-esl-ES/Cocina-3_large.jpg" style="width: 544px; height: 640px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/un-lavamanos-con-acabado-de-resina/bano/bano-1/194775-1-esl-ES/Bano-1_large.jpg" style="width: 544px; height: 640px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-puerta-como-cabecero/dormitorio/dormitorio-2/194818-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-2_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 642px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/pocos-metros/los-colores-de-la-amplitud/una-puerta-como-cabecero/dorimtorio-1/194787-1-esl-ES/Dorimtorio-1_large.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 642px;" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.elmueble.com/">here</a>.

Rustic Home in Cantabria

Good morning dears, everything ok? Come with me to Spain today. Spanish interior designer Memi Escarzaga decorated this rustic home in Canta...

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Fashion Designer Erin Fetherston

Good morning, lovely readers. We are visiting a stunning apartment today. It belongs to fashion designer Erin Fetherston. Elegant and stylish with unique pieces that add interest to this spacious apartment.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/01-apt-lsd-erin_172227591235.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 444px;" /><br /><span class="main"></span><span class="main"> By the entrance door, a pile of freshly cut wood is ready for the fireplace. The chandelier overhead is from her Paris apartment.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1496" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/02-apt-lsd-erin_172228209036.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 590px; visibility: visible;" /><br />Erin Fetherston in her expansive living room.<br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1737" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/04-apt-lsd-erin_172229878786.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 483px;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston picked up her Bergère-style chairs at an auction in Paris.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="891" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/05-apt-lsd-erin_172230128310.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 943px;" /><br /><span class="main">She covered this Holly Hunt candle chandelier with some vintage silk roses</span>.<br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="793" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/03-apt-lsd-erin_172229883144.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 396px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main"> For the dining room, gray granite dining table and eighteenth-century chairs. She had the chairs re-covered in three different fabrics—including burlap—to make them look and feel more casual.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="967" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/09-apt-lsd-erin_172233111027.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 483px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">She keeps the sketch she received from a friend to thank Fetherston for making her a coat. The hands are molds to make rubber gloves.<br /> </span><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1714" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/08-apt-lsd-erin_172232394811.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 677px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">This minibar houses tiny crystal bottles and glasses. The rose resting on the top is a memento from a set built by designer Ali Gallagher for one of Fetherston’s runway shows in 2008.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1226" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/06-apt-lsd-erin_172231754687.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 484px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">On the nesting tables in the living room (found buried at a flea market in Napa Valley), Fetherston piles vintage children’s books as decor.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1344" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/16-apt-lsd-erin_172238118013.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 530px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">The apartment has quite a bit of closet space. This particular closet, however, is used as more of an archive</span>, <span class="main">as opposed to the one she uses every day. </span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="903" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/17-apt-lsd-erin_172239766844.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 451px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston displays some of the most important pieces from her past </span><span class="main">collections on the wall in her closet. “My staff made me those pillows a few Christmases ago,” she says. “They have the names of my dogs—Koala and Tulipan—embroidered on them.”</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1664" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/18-apt-lsd-erin_172240329666.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 657px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">The dressing table in Fetherston’s closet.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="856" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-bedroom-image-apt-erin_190302620559.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 428px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Her bed is flanked by two chinoiserie lamps and an eighteenth-century style cushioned bench—custom made.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1913" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-bedroom-image-apt-erin_185942164827.jpg" style="height: 439px; width: 700px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">A long chinoiserie silk screen was placed against the wall in her bedroom.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1704" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/11-apt-lsd-erin_172235193694.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 673px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">An extra-large clam shell filled with ostrich eggs on the large window sill.</span><span class="main"> Beautiful view of the Hudson River from here.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="976" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-erin-office-image_190442221774.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 488px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston uses the mezzanine loft in her apartment as office space.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1668" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/15-apt-lsd-erin_172237578539.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 658px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Her latest sketches for the upcoming season.</span><br /><br />Photography by Frank Claiborne Swanson<br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.vogue.com">here</a>.

Fashion Designer Erin Fetherston

Good morning, lovely readers. We are visiting a stunning apartment today. It belongs to fashion designer Erin Fetherston. Elegant and stylis...

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