TRENDING-STAINLESS STEEL FURNITURE

Icon-Baby, the interior design blog /// Trending: Polished Steel

1///  Bench by John Lyle Design available in Australia. 

Please contact me for more information.

2///  Console in polished steel with a polished top and 

“pearl oyster" design legs. 

Please contact me for more information.

3///  X- leg stool in stainless steel, available in Australia 

to the Trade. Please contact me for more information.

4///  High side table in stainless steel, available in Australia 

to the Trade. Please contact me for more information.

5///  Balloon Chair in stainless steel, available in Australia 

to the Trade. Please contact me for more information.

6///  Bench in stainless steel, available in Australia 

to the Trade. Please contact me for more information.

7///  Sculpture coffee table with a multi faceted cut, 

Aluminum plated. Available in Australia to the Trade. 

Please contact me for more information.

Paris apartment chic

Polished concrete table top with custom made stainless steel legs. 

Stunning light gray polished concrete dining table with stainless steel legs. Please contact me for more information.

TRENDING: RAFFIA & STEEL - THE 70S ARE BACK!

Designer · Exhibitions  Demisch Danant

Icon-Baby, the interior design blog ///Trending: Raffia & Steel
@ Sabine Warlich

1/// VINTAGE Travertine and polished steel credenza 

from Ello, Chicago - mid 70th 

2/// VINTAGE cabinet with a chevron pattern in polished steel and brass 

from Ello, Chicago - mid 70th 

3/// Glazed porcelain Whippet sculpture from Live. Like. You. 

4/// Large Cowhide ottoman with 70th inspired metal 

base – St. Barth, Australia 

5/// Five door mirrored cabinet by Ello, Chicago - mid 70th 

6/// White ceramic glazed Foo Dogs. Live. Like. You.

DESIGNER David Whitcomb - 1970

Holland & Sherry - Wallpaper Collection

Valentino’s NY apartment - The Book of Interior Design and Decoration ©1976

Don't you love the raffia paneled ceiling and walls, the indirect lighting, the mix of styles, centuries and continents... What an entrance! 

YOU JUST KNOW THAT AN INTERESTING, WELL TRAVELLED AND OPEN MINDED PERSON IS LIVING HERE !

Southampton Long Island | John Saladino
THE NYT BOOK OF INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATION ©1976

DESIGN ICON YVES VIDAL

Design Icons: Charles Sévigny and Yves Vidal

WHITES - MOROCCAN ARABESQUE

Architectural Digest International Interiors -1979, Morocco - Ives Vidal

Moroccan Arabesque

York castle, a fortress above Tangier, dating from the sixteenth century. The fortress has seen many conqueror come and go.    French Yves Vidal, the French former president of Knoll International acquired the ruin and set about the challenging task of rebuilding it to an unusual holiday retreat for himself.

Architectural Digest International Interiors -1979, Morocco - Ives Vidal

Architectural Digest International Interiors -1979, Morocco - Ives Vidal

Architectural Digest International Interiors -1979, Morocco - Ives Vidal

WARM WHITES - ORIENTAL CONTEMPORARY

 Overlooking both the Mediterranean and the Lebanon Mountains, the Beirut home known as ‘The Pink House’ is remarkable, not only for its dramatic color, but for its relative antiquity. Dating from 1882, it is an uncommon vintage building for Beirut. The challenge of providing contemporary interiors for this home was undertaken by one of the most innovative designers from the Middle East, Sami el Khazen.  It is an intriguing blend of old and new, of East and West – with Islamic art perhaps the predominant influence.

Architecural Digest International - 1979,  Beirut. Sami el Khazen

The curves and geometric shapes of traditional Islamic interior architecture were used to create a calm environment. He combined six small rooms to a monumental living space and redivided it visually through the placement of sculptures and the variation of floor levels. The result is a large space that flows from one to the other without obvious interruption.

“Lighting must have as many variations and possibilities as the changing mood of a beautiful woman.”

 The dining room is one part of the large area with almost no natural light available. The designer has created a solution by providing a glass toped dining table with a dramatically illuminated fibreglass base.

Architecural Digest International - 1979,  Beirut. Sami el Khazen

An architectural horizontal line lowers the eyeline, and contoured platforms echo the shape of the arches. A shimmering sculpture-curtain sets of the studio area from the dining area. In the background, the arrangement of cylindrical plastic modular elements and a colourful moucharaby bring proportion to the fifteen-foot-high vaulted ceiling.

Architecural Digest International - 1979,  Beirut. Sami el Khazen

 Asymmetrically curved steps lead to the sitting area. The area itself is the centre of the progression of circles the second tier of the floor provides seating, while the rise of the third, serves as a backrest for the seating.

Architecural Digest International - 1979,  Beirut. Sami el Khazen

WARM WHITES - GREEK ISLAND ODYSSEY

The house of Richard Tam on Hydra, a Greek island. “It’s not what something costs that’s important, it is how well it succeeds in making one’ s life richer.”Understated color and simplified geometric forms combine in the unpretentious, yet sophisticated Living room.

 Architectural Digest International Interiors - 1979, Greek-Island

Gleaming against the muted background are brass candlesticks, a classically inspired bronze figure and contemporary works by Garry Craig – a gold and silver unicorn and a lacquered four-panel screen.

Architectural Digest International Interiors - 1979, Greek-Island

An elongated honeycomb motive defines the sculptured fireplace designed and build for the living room by a Czech craftsman.  The rough stone floor, dense flokati rugs, smooth lacquered tables and colorful floor pillows create an effective harmony of texture.

WHITE CLASSICS - COOL WHITE SHADES

Modern staircase hallway - Magni Design - Beverly Hills, California

Entrance hall - Steven Volpe Design - San Francisco

Contemporary dining room Pamplemousse Design - NY

WHITE CLASSICS /// CABINETS & CREDENZAS FROM THE 40s TO TODAY

Icon-Baby, the blog HOLLYWOOD REGENCY 'MUST-HAVES'

1// Cabinet, lacquer, with bamboo trim and gold leaf handles. Worlds Away
2// 1940's French chest
3// 1940's - DorothyDraper, Espana Chest USA
4// Heron Lorica Armoire, Bone Inlay, here
5// Karl Springer Style credenza in faux goatskin
6// Credenza at Craigvan den Brulle
7// 1940’s - SyrieMaugham chest in bleached mahogany.

WHITE CLASSICS /// IN THE MANNER OF SERGE ROCHE

Joyce Bryant -1954

Serge Roche inspired wall scone - Carole Gratale

Andre Groult

Bacall

Serge Roche console 

Conchita 1931 

Mark Bankowsky - Tall Four Panel Plaster Resin Screen

Serge Roche

WHITE L'Architecture du XX siècle en Hautes-Pyrénées /// Villa Noailles, Hyères by Robert Mallet-Stevens,1928

Villa Noailles

If walls could talk ... The story behind the Villa Noailles Villa Noailles is an early modernist house, built by architect R o b e r t   M a l l e t - S t e v e n s for art patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, between 1923 and 1927. It is located in the hills above Hyères, in theVar, southeastern France.

Villa Noailles

Villa Noailles - The outdoor bed room!

Villa Noailles

Villa Noailles

J a m e s   L o r d, an American writer was a guest of Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles in the mid-fifties. In his book Picasso and Dora: a memoir he writes: 

"...an undistinguished cubist extravaganza of reinforced concrete set atop a high hill, within the ancient walls of a Saracen fortress. It had been designed in the late twenties by a fashionable architect named Mallet-Stevens, contained something like f i f t y  (50) r o o m s and was surrounded by a large garden." 

He recalls the room, where Marie-Laure tried to seduce him: "...a large salon at Saint-Bernard which had no windows but was lighted from above by a bizarre cubist skylight which occupied almost all the ceiling, adding to the sense of existing outside time in a stranded ocean liner." The beauty of the location did not help, however, the "redoubtable viscountess" in conquering his chastity.

Villa Noailles ceiling sky lights

Villa Noailles - Ocean liner elegance of the 20s

Villa Noailles 

A LIGHTER SHADE OF PALE - 6 professional tips

The popular believe is, that choosing white as the main color of a design scheme is the easiest “bullet-proof” solution. 

Far from it! Deciding to go for an all-white decorating scheme can be the beginning of a large set of problems. White rooms are much more complex than they appear, because there are no distractions. Every choice becomes critical. White can be very boring or cold and clinical. However, used in the right way, it can be a very dramatic color. 

Check out these 6 tips that can help you to create a dynamic all white interior.

///// ADD TEXTURES Avoid a sea of perfectly smooth white surfaces. Choosing textured furnishings and decorative objects in several tonal variations adds interest to an all-white scheme and avoids a stark and clinical feel. Stick to soft whites, then vary the tones for depth. Play with texture, such as matt finishes and limewashes, and add accents.

/////  WALLS Uses a variety of different paint finishes and add extra interest to white walls. White can hide imperfections in old walls, make tiny rooms seem larger than they really are and transform a dark area into a light and airy space. Uses a variety of different paint finishes and add extra interest to white walls. White can hide imperfections in old walls, make tiny rooms seem larger than they really are and transform a dark area into a light and airy space.

///// TIP: If you have old and imperfect cracked walls, keep them as they are and oppose them with high polished sleek finishes. 

///// WHITE ACCENT WALLS  Instead of the usual choice of saturated colors, white makes for an unexpected accent wall. A individual white wall can create a bright focal point in a room, can create an anchor to a seating area or showcase art.

A whiter shade of pale - White in Interior Spaces

Icon-Baby, the interior design blog 'a whiter shade of pale...'

1//   Mid Century Sonneman folded chrome chandelier here 

2//   Vladimir Kagan chair

3//   Vintage credenza by Ello Furniture Co, Chicago here 

4//   Grey painted reed console table by Gabriella Crespi, 1970

5//   Karl Springer’s Souffle Poufs - USA, 1980's

6//   DIY IDEA: Custom lamps made from vintage Foo-Dogs. Set on rectangle            lucite base with a black rod running vertical from lucite base and connects to        harp. The custom cylinder shades are hand painted. 

7//   Lucite Lounge Chairs by Gary Gutterman, 1970

8//   Vladimir Kagan Sofa USA 1980s 

9//   Heavy agate polished rock on a metal base. Willy Daro, Belgium, 1975 here.

Bianca & Mick Jagger

Procol Harum 

W h i t e r   S h a d e   O f   P a l e 

We skipped the light fandango

turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

I was feeling kinda seasick

but the crowd called out for more

The room was humming harder

as the ceiling flew away

When we called out for another drink

the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later

as the miller told his tale

that her face, at first just ghostly,

turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'There is no reason

and the truth is plain to see.'

But I wandered through my playing cards

and would not let her be

one of sixteen vestal virgins

who were leaving for the coast

and although my eyes were open

they might have just as well've been closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'

though in truth we were at sea 

so I took her by the looking glass 

and forced her to agree 

saying, 'You must be the mermaid 

who took Neptune for a ride.' 

But she smiled at me so sadly 

that my anger straightway died 

If music be the food of love 

then laughter is its queen 

and likewise if behind is in front 

then dirt in truth is clean 

My mouth by then like cardboard 

seemed to slip straight through my head 

So we crash-dived straightway quickly 

and attacked the ocean bed 

Words by Keith Reid

A LIGHTER SHADE OF PALE - 8 Decorating Tips for White Interiors

///// White has the power to unify incoherent spaces.
White on the walls and floors harmonizes the space and creates continuity from one room to another. It encourages flow and makes a room quiet and relaxing to the eye.

///// On the floor, white makes a daring statement. White hardwood changes the entire look and feel of a space, creating an open, bright appearance. Painting floorboards in a white shade, will add to the illusion of space. For a white opaque finish on floorboards use Acrylic Enamel Floor paint in a low gloss. For a softer washed-white that highlights the timber’s grain, choose a wood wash paint.

///// White can soften architectural peculiarities.
If everything's painted white, then that odd pipe or ugly door almost magically disappears.

///// White makes old things seem more current. Do you have a divers mix of old furniture and only a limited budget? Get white paint and start painting your furniture. Mixing various styles and materials will create an interesting space with understated personality. Mismatching furniture, all painted white will work perfect together. Tip: make sure to select different shades of white and different effects like velvet, lacquer or crackle finish.

///// White upholstery can be practical. Let the white be lived in, even if you have children. Use pre-shrunk slipcovers in machine washable materials. Don't iron. Embrace the crumpled, imperfect look.

//// Use outdoor fabrics inside. Faux leathers, fur and suedes are also very forgiving. Use vinyl to give the sense of texture without sacrificing stain resistance.

///// Use white drapes. If you have young children, don’t cover everyday pieces in white fabrics. Instead choose white-linen curtains, which are much less likely to get stained, specially if you add a contrasting colored border to the bottom of the curtain, where the fabric grazes the floor.

///// To accentuate a room’s height hang long white drapes as close to the ceiling as possible.

/////Add rows of white portieres.

According to M.Smith, the "utterly simple curtains are made from 200 yards of pure white medium-weight Italian linen with a matte satin finish, hung with a glamorous drape from plain wrought iron rods."