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Amor Amor Amor

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE photographer Mario Testino’s 1930s, Spanish-style hacienda in the Hollywood Hills.   From the stitched straw mats from Marrakech, his Peruvian glazed pottery collection, the colonial wood and leather furniture,  the Sérvulo Gutiérrez’s white head sculpture Cabeza de Selvícola, to the rough-plastered whitewashed walls …and pretty much everything else in-between.

See more photos and the article here.

~images via Vogue by Mario Testino

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Take A Peak

 

 1960s – Living with Art 
 This is the living room at “Four Winds” in Palm Beach, Florida, showing the collection of J. Patrick Lannan.  A huge painting by Nicholas Krushenick almost dwarfs the python covered sofa and Italian chairs below it.  Its vidid colors (?) are reflected in the brass around the mosaic top of a coffee table.

 1960s – Art Indoors and Out 
In one of the rooms devoted to the collection of the Lammam Foundation, even the furniture is art.  Two chairs and table by the Mexican sculptor, Pedro Friedeberg


  1960s – The New Look of Swimming Pools 
A delightful surprise is in store for first-time vistors to the DOnald Sheff’s pool at Great Neck, New York – a table top island emerging a few inches above the water level.  Like the pool and surrounding terrace, the island is built of concrete, but faced with mica stone that blends naturally with the encircling greenery and flowers.
1930s – The Coming and Going of Tides of Taste
In this exciting circular setting-combination studio-library-Katherine Brush writes her alluring tales.  California redwood burl with German silver moldings and green leather wainscot welted in black.  Chairs are black satin corded in green, the desk redwood burl with green leather top.  Carpet is green and black.  The architect was Joseph Urban; Irvin L. Scott, associate

1950s – Build the Outdoors Right into Your Kitchen or Bath
Kitchen designed by architect Thorton M. Abell, with Interior by Jane F. Ullman, showing barbecue grill, with revolving baffle, tiled counter, with translucent sliding panel that functions as a pass-through into the dining area.  Glass wall and skylight provide light and view of nature.


I’m giving you a peak into a book published in 1980 that I picked up at the Long Beach Antique Market last weekend.
These are my favorite pages and the captions that went with the photo.
*Attention.  Dinner will now be served in the pool.
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PALIHOTEL

I heard last night that PALIHOTEL on Melrose was opening today and thought I would stop by after having lunch at Cecconi’s.  I drive by this spot all the time and when the facade was completed, I just couldn’t believe how quickly it was done.  One day it’s a Hostel, the next a Boutique Hotel.  That PALIGROUP works FAST!
Check out curbedla to see the inside.
The Palikitchen will be up and running soon (it’s OPEN for coffee/cookies program), but you can get your Thai massage on now.
Thank you to Kirsten of PALIGROUP for the tour!

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axel vervoordt : : wabi inspirations

In Wabi Inspirations (Flammarion), Belgium Antiquarian, Art Dealer, and Interior Designer, Axel Vervoordt shares with us in this book, his latest inspiration based on the Eastern aesthetic, Wabi dating back to the 12th Century. 

Wabi advocated simplicity and humility, the rejection of all that is superfluous or artificial.  Through extraordinary photgraphs from Japan and Korea to Belgium and Switzerland, Vervoordt invites us to explore the elements that inspire him: natural materials and time-worn objects that evoke the essence of Wabi.  Today, together with the Japanese architect Tatsuro Miki, Vervoordt carries the principles of Wabi into his remarkable interiors. ~via rizzoli

Please visit Axel Vervoordt Gallery Here.


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Mad Love for Morocco

 
Majorelle Garden via moroccotravelblog
Villa Oasis –Lisl Dennis/”Living in Morocco,” Thames & Hudson via NYT
Villa Mabrouka via swide.com
Villa Oasis –Lisl Dennis/”Living in Morocco,” Thames & Hudson via NYT
via aestheteblog
Villa Oasis –Lisl Dennis/”Living in Morocco,” Thames & Hudson via NYT
via aestheteblog
photo by Ivan Terestchenko © 2009 courtesy of The Vendome Press, New York
This post was inspired by another movie I watched the other night, “L’Amour Fou,” a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier, narrated by Pierre Bergé, his partner in business and in life. You see, I haven’t really seen many movies since my son was born 3 1/2 years ago and we JUST got Netflix over the holidays, so you could say I’m catching up on MY viewing pleasure.

I LOVED this movie. It was full of amazing imagery; Yves Clothing of course, hanging with Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger & the likes from the 60s and 70s, the incredible collection of objects d′art which in 2009 sold at Christiesfor $484 Million, and the fabulous homes that Yves and Pierre owned. I’m totally fascinated by the ones they owned Morocco, 3 in total. Dar es Saada and *The Villa Oasis were both decorated by Bill Willis and Jacques Grange designed Villa Mabrouka.  *Both designers collaborated on Villa Oasis.

I found a great article in T Magazine on decorator Bill Willis here and another– The Things Yves Loved  on Vanity Fair.
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Vintage Architectural Digest

I picked this one up and a few other issues in MINT condition at the Long Beach Antique Market yesterday. They are not dated, but I think this one is from 1957 and the others around the same.  It’s so CLASSIC.  With photos from Julius Shulman, Interiors by Paul Laszlo (both commercial and residential)  Trousdale Estate homes by Paul Williams and the newly built and designed interior offices of the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood.  Such a find!