Homes in Switzerland: Loft near Zurich
This the loft of a friend of mine, situated near Zurich. It's the first of a series of Homes in Switzerland i'll feature from time to time. So this first one is about 200m2 big, one big room. It's a rental, situated in a transformed chocolate manufacture.The space has been divided into different areas, such as bedroom area on a podium, office, TV-lounge, living and eating. She seperated the space by using,for example, low BILLY shelves, creating at the same time enough storage for books and CD's. By chosing the lower version of BILLY, the open space feeling remains.
The open kitchen offers lots of storage and has a cooking island to keep in touch she's receiving guests.
To create a more intimate bedroom area, she separated it with large closets standing back to back from the entrance and hung stores down from the concrete ceiling.Additional storage can be found underneath the podium where are huge ( really huge ! ) drawers.
The loft has two bathrooms located in a cubicle, one next to the other. They have translucent sliding doors.
The loft has a zen feeling, everything is kept together by choosing furniture in white color, as seen in the living room.
The meditation corner is situated between entrance and bathroom cubicle, and held in gold.
And some nice details...Hope you enjoyed this little tour !
Special Thanks to G. who allowed me to take photos of her loft and publish them here. THANKS !!
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Framed Cuttlery, inspired by Martha Stewart's "Living"
One of my DIY-projects was to frame my childhood cuttlery into shadowboxes. I saw this idea of displaying unused kitchen items in the May 2007 issue of Martha Stewart's "Living" magazine, and thought it was a great idea ! So, off i went to IKEA to buy two RIBBA shadow boxes, i also bought some Velcro, the giftpaper i already had at home ( bought last year at Die Wäscherei in Hamburg ).I first glued the giftpaper on a piece of paper and disposed it at the rear of the frame, then displayed the cuttlery, which i fixed with small velcro-straps onto it. Closed the frame, and hang it up, that's it !It was done in less than 30 minutes and looks wonderful above my dining area in the kitchen.Libellés : Do-It-Yourself
My Playground: Fréderique Morrel
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Originally uploaded by 36metres-carresSo, finally my resume on my "coup de coeur", seen at My Playground in Vevey at the end of may.
Fréderique Morrel is a Paris-based designer. She revalues popular needlework tapestries, recuperated from thrift stores, basements, attics of friends and family,and transforms them into unique, one-of-a-kind objects, such as cushions, small stools, lunchboxes or place mats. Whatever has not been re-used in a bigger object ( footstool, poufs ) will be used for creating a smaller one, so nothing is wasted or unused.
It's the "renaissance" of memories, of an almost forgotten idea of time where decoration was created by hand in a slow and concentrated manner. Each piece is unique, and bears a "re-birth-certificate" and is guaranteed "re-made in france".
Her objects can be found on an international level, allover Europe, as well as in Japan, Russia, Usa, where she is also featured at the MoMa.
Her atelier is in Paris, at rue Chabrol 50, and she can be contacted for further information at fmorrel at club-internet.fr
Enjoy the slide-show of her products, i really love this unique and original way to keep alive ancient handcrafted tapestries !
Or, see all photos at once, all courtesy of F. Morrel.
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