Craft House in England

I've already introduced you to <a href="http://www.1st-option.com/">1st option</a> site before. They have quite a number of lovely houses and I have featured them several times. Just go to these posts if you missed them: <a href="http://inspiracionline.blogspot.com/2010/04/lovely-white-house.html">here</a>, <a href="http://inspiracionline.blogspot.com/2010/06/white-house-in-england.html">here</a>,<a href="http://inspiracionline.blogspot.com/2010/06/good-sunday-morning-to-all-of-you.html"> here</a>, and <a href="http://inspiracionline.blogspot.com/2010/10/shooting-location-in-england.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Today's shooting location is called Craft House. Colourful, huge, and full of interesting ideas. I left out some of the rooms I didn't quite care for, but if you'd like to see them all the link is right at the end of this post.<br /><br /><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_01.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_01.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_02.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_02.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 448px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_03.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_03.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_07.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_07.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 444px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_08.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_08.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_09.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_09.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_10.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_10.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 446px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_11.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_11.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_12.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_12.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_13.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_13.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_14.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_14.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 446px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_15.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_15.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_16.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_16.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_17.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_17.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 444px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_21.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_21.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_22.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_22.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_23.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.1st-option.com/images/locs/5571/max/craft-house_23.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 445px;" /></a><a><br /><br />If you'd like to see some more images of this house just go </a><a href="http://www.1st-option.com/index.php?locpk=5571&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=newlocs&sub=">here</a>.<br /><br />Hope you are enjoying your weekend. It's a long one here in Peru as today is election day and tomorrow is a school holiday. See you tomorrow then!

Craft House in England

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Restored Farmhouse in Spain

What a beautiful Friday morning. I'm taking you to the south of Spain today. This dream of a house has everything to make it beautiful: French furniture, high ceilings with weathered beams, brick floors, seagrass rugs and slipcovers, wicker chairs... oh I could go on and on. Let me know if you like it as much as I do!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/con-un-romantico-estanque/exterior/jardin/438678-1-esl-ES/Jardin_large.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 591px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/con-un-romantico-estanque/exterior/porche-1/438682-1-esl-ES/Porche-1_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/con-un-romantico-estanque/exterior/porche-2/438686-1-esl-ES/Porche-2_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/un-distribuidor-con-chimenea/distribuidor/distribuidor/438698-1-esl-ES/Distribuidor_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/un-distribuidor-con-chimenea/distribuidor/entrada/438702-1-esl-ES/Entrada_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/clasico-en-blanco-y-azul-celeste/salon/salon-1/438714-1-esl-ES/Salon-1_large.jpg" style="width: 503px; height: 593px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/clasico-en-blanco-y-azul-celeste/salon/salon-2/438718-1-esl-ES/Salon-2_large.jpg" style="width: 509px; height: 599px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-gran-mesa-de-olivo-ante-la-chimenea/comedor/comedor-1/438730-1-esl-ES/Comedor-1_large.jpg" style="width: 509px; height: 599px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-gran-mesa-de-olivo-ante-la-chimenea/comedor/comedor-2/438734-1-esl-ES/Comedor-2_large.jpg" style="width: 508px; height: 598px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/un-office-entre-lo-clasico-y-lo-rustico/cocina/cocina-con-office/438746-1-esl-ES/Cocina-con-office_large.jpg" style="width: 507px; height: 597px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/un-office-entre-lo-clasico-y-lo-rustico/cocina/isla/438750-3-esl-ES/Isla_large.jpg" style="width: 507px; height: 597px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-cama-con-corona-para-los-invitados/dorm.-invitados/dorm.-invitados/438762-1-esl-ES/Dorm.-invitados_large.jpg" style="width: 505px; height: 594px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-cama-con-corona-para-los-invitados/dorm.-invitados/zona-estar/438766-1-esl-ES/Zona-estar_large.jpg" style="width: 503px; height: 592px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-gran-chimenea-a-los-pies-de-la-cama/dorm.-principal/dormitorio-y-chimenea/438807-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-y-chimenea_large.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 591px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/una-gran-chimenea-a-los-pies-de-la-cama/dorm.-principal/dormitorio/438811-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/amplio-luminoso-y-con-salida-al-balcon/bano/bano-con-balcon/438823-1-esl-ES/Bano-con-balcon_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/homenaje-a-la-luz-del-sur/amplio-luminoso-y-con-salida-al-balcon/bano/banera/438827-1-esl-ES/Banera_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed this tour, and have a wonderful weekend!<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.elmueble.com/">here</a>.

Restored Farmhouse in Spain

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Cottage in Michigan

Chicago-based interior designer Tom Stringer was appointed to create this kid-friendly cottage<br />located in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Owner Sheila Keil says: "This house is really a place where we can all be kids again. It's like being at a year-round summer camp."<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss1.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss2.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss2.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Seating area on the porch overlooking Lake Michigan.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss3.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss3.jpg" /><br />Victoria Hagan fabric was used for the armchairs and pillows in the living room.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss4.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss4.jpg" /><br />The same Victoria Hagan fabric is repeated on the Hickory Chair dining chairs. <br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss5.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss5.jpg" /><br />Mahogany topped island in the kitchen.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss6.jpg" height="548" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss6.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" width="375" /><br />Drawers under the back stairway add storage.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss7.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss7.jpg" /><br />In the family room, colourful framed travel posters hang above a "double-wide" sofa-custom made for family movie nights. <br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss8.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss8.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Stair rails with quirky positive-negative, tulip-shaped cutouts are "a traditional cottage detail, reinterpreted," says Stringer.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss9.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss9.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />White and blue tones in the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss12.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss12.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Pink reading nook in Sheila's daughter's bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss10.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss10.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Custom made cabinets in the master bathroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss13.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss13.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss14.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss14.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Periwinkle, white, and polka dots for the guest bedroom.<br /><br />Photographs by Werner Straube<br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">here</a>.

Cottage in Michigan

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Interior Designer Myra Hoefer

Today we are going to tour a large California home decorated by Myra Hoefer using a monochromatic palette and a mix of casual modern and French style.<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"> Winter White by Benjamin Moore was used throughout the house for the walls and ceilings.</span><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/0v/hbx-french-modern-windows-0411-hoefer01-lgn.jpg" style="width: 670px; height: 450px;" /><br />At one end of the huge living room a slipcovered <span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">13-foot sofa follows the curves of the bay window. The antique claw-foot coffee table an</span>d <span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">the pedestals for the vintage French torchères were lacquered in white to match.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/8U/hbx-french-modern-living-room-0411-hoefer02-lgn.jpg" style="width: 670px; height: 450px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">This is the main seating area marked by an extra large rustic jute rug. Fluffy white pillows on slipcovered sofas and French armchairs surround two Pipa cocktail tables. </span></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">The butterflies on the walls are an art piece made from salvaged beer cans, by Paul Villinski.</span><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/3r/hbx-french-modern-fireplace-0411-hoefer03-lgn.jpg" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">The Louis XV—style bergères are new, not old, and were made in France. On the fireplace, faced in plaster mixed with marble dust, stand two antique candelabra. The sculpture is by Dan Corbin.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/70/hbx-french-modern-diningroom-0411-hoefer05-lgn.jpg" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">In one of the dining room a mixture of old and new with m</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">olded white plastic chairs and a 10-foot-long antique table, "narrow enough so you can really converse," Hoefer says.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/ex/hbx-modern-california-kitchen-0411-hoefer06-lgn.jpg" /><br /></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">Both the Vassaro chandelier and the metal hood remind Hoefer of a classic French mansard roof. She designed the A la Reine stools with goat's feet.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/C6/hbx-california-modern-room-0411-hoefer07-lgn.jpg" style="width: 671px; height: 451px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><br /></span></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">In this view of the great room, the entry foyer is on the left, the dining area is on the right, and the living area is behind you. On the left, a three-legged farm table is topped with a huge clay pot that Hoefer had glazed in white. Over the dining table hangs a</span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"> Cassiopeia chandelier.</span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"> Ajax side chairs are pulled up to the Hollandaise table by Astier de Villate, who also makes the armoire. An 18th-century French bombé chest and a gilded antique barometer complete the look.</span><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/Va/hbx-modern-california-bathroom-dog-0411-hoefer08-lgn.jpg" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">Carrara marble in the master bathroom. A Pipa chandelier brings back the filigree motif. The fabric on the Roman shades is dotted with sequins that catch the light.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/qs/hbx-modern-california-bedroom-0411-hoefer09-lgn.jpg" /><br /></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">Four poster bed and shades of cream in the master bedroom. The ottoman is covered in white hide.<br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">here</a>.<br /></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"><br /></span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"></span></span></span></span>

Interior Designer Myra Hoefer

Today we are going to tour a large California home decorated by Myra Hoefer using a monochromatic palette and a mix of casual modern and Fre...

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