Monday workspace...

Though my workspace can never be this sparse..I do love the whole look..the ladder bookshelf in particular...

via linkspiration

Here's to the first week of a brand new month..Happy July everyone!

House Tour- Picture perfect in St. Bart's...

A mountaintop aerie on the rarefied island of St. Barts, aptly named the Peak, is the vision of fashion and beauty photographer,Wolfgang Ludes.

Even though it is only the third home design that Ludes has been a party to, yet the organization of spaces, the use of natural light and spectacular views bear testimony to the fact that he is a perfectionist and also a natural. Let's take a peak inside his beautiful villa...

A view of the sorroundings from the pool area.

The living area is a study in elegant minimalism.

Hans J. Wegner chairs flank the dining table.

Wenge wood is combined with absolute black granite counter tops in the kitchen.

Travertine floors lead up the the wenge panelled bedroom in which a platform bed is draped in cotton netting.

The sitting area of the master suite.

The shower in the master bath opens out to a garden.

A guest bathroom window frames a craggy expanse of the cliffside.

 

It is the kind of chic minimalism that I would love to embrace...maybe when we build our second home...A girl sure can dream!

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House beautiful...

Every day we come across beautiful homes on blogs and in magazines but there always are a select few that stay with us much longer than the others..we love revisiting them every now and again to get inspired.. Here is one such home that I first saw in House and Garden( May 2008) and cliched though it may sound, it was 'love at first sight'.

This  converted farmhouse on the Adriatic coast of Italy is the home to  two homewares designers and has been a sort of work in progress for the last 20 years. Redesigned and decorated by interior designer Jonathan Reed it epitomises 'Mediterranean minimalism' at its very best!

If I were to choose just one favourite aspect of this gorgeous home, it would definitely be its beautifully understated yet timelessly elegant spare bedroom...with its beautiful ceiling ..a muted color palette and that hard to beat view ( sorry for the poor scan)...the perfect guestroom in my opinion...Since this is my favourite part of the house..this is where I would like to start the tour...

An intricately inlaid Syrian chest is flanked by a pair of beds designed by Jonathan in ebonized timber. The beds were deliberately kept high to provide views through the window down to the coast...

 

The entrance hall is dominated by a bleached and sandblasted oak table...with  framed pressed gunnera leaves lending a quirky touch...

The main drawing room opens out into a dining area..both bearing a 'clean rustic' decor...much like the rest of the house...

A closer look...

Antique linen covers the chaise lounge...

A slightly more formal decor defines the room that the duo use for their business meetings...

An outdoor dining area on the terrace with sweeping views of the Adriatic sea...doesn't get any better than this now..or does it??

 

PS: I wish I could provide a link to the rest of the images and the accompanying article ( which makes for a very interesting read) but I couldn't find any images on the net and the smaller images in the magazine just weren't coming out nice through the scan. If anyone has a link please forward it to me and I'll be happy to share it here.