My house is brick, so I don’t have to think about exterior colors much, but if my house were wood or stucco, I’d be really tempted to paint the entire thing black. (Let’s pretend heat absorption wouldn’t be an issue, okay?) As it is, I’ll just have to be satisfied with a black door—and eventually a black porch and cornice.
Clipper Street Residence, envelopeA+D (see more at the NY Times)
Peacock Hill, Budget Living magazine (Oct. 2003, see more here)
Houston, TX house (via Carolina Eclectic)
As with all-white interiors, I really like the way that a monochromatic exterior plays down the details of woodwork and other kinds of trim on older homes. Of course, all-black looks great on more contemporary structures, too!
Harts Lane (via desire to inspire)
Swedish cabin, PS Arkitektur (via Remodelista)
18karat store in Vancouver, BC (via Grey)
Private residence, Lahaska, PA
In line with my current obsession with all things grey, I am really itching to paint at least ONE room in my house (most likely the living room) a very, very pale shade of misty grey. Every time I see a photo of a grey room, I say OOOOOOOOOooooo and move a little closer to making a trip to the paint store.
This looks very much like my living (1) room (2) in terms of layout and architecture, and I think that’s a curtain solution that could work for me. Maybe with window film on the lower panes?
Yet another convincing case for white-painted floorboards!
Oh! Those little yellow lamps!
We actually saw (and lusted after) this very same sofa last year at the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair. Doesn’t that rich, orange-red look great with pale grey? I love how it curves into the bow-front of the house, too.
(All photos from LivingEtc, my most favorite magazine.)
Lately, everything I covet is grey.
Chest of drawers from Knack Studios.
Molto sectional from CB2.
Togo sofa from Ligne Roset.
Paige ankle boots from Frye.
I’m curled up on the sofa with my coffee and a manuscript for a book I’m working on the cover for. The story is told from a dog’s point of view, which sounds really awful, but it’s actually quite smart and well-written. I’m still trying to figure out what the protagonist looks like and what kind of dog he is, but that information can really only come from the dialogue of other characters in the book (I do know he has one black ear and one white ear). Dogs, apparently, don’t spend a lot of time looking in the mirror or worrying about their fur color.
I made Bruno a new bed on Sunday (big enough for two!), and he’s enjoying it more than I expected he would. I just sewed an oversized envelope-style pillowcase out of linen, and put a really soft down pillow inside. I was thinking about sewing on a circle of boiled wool in the center, but now that the weather is slowly, slowly getting a little bit warmer (I still need a scarf, though), I think I’ll just leave it as is.
p.s. The plumber is coming today! By this afternoon, all of the roughing in should be done.
