Two views of the yet to be completed living room, completed in the sense that the Poliform cabinet below is either still on the high seas or sits in a customs shed in Savannah. The chinoiserie two-door cabinet stands as a place-holder below the framed 1940s Thibaut wallpaper mural. Also still to be delivered, despite all assurances, is a 1950s bench for the hall. The Atollo lamp, now back in its box, came all the way from Italy and does not work.
Everything else is in place but ready to be moved off the grid and moved around and humanized by friends when we next entertain.
Sunday, the day of the home tour when these photos were taken was very bright and so there are few of the shadows that make a place interesting and the sense of intimacy, so attractive when shadows deepen, is missing. If you percieve the walls to be a light lilac-grey, you're right: a color that is elusive and more so when the sun goes down and it works well with the blue that is a theme running through the place. Originally lilac-grey was the ceiling color, high sheen, above matte white walls and we reversed the order and knocked back the sheen.
I could spend all day in this lovely room -thanks for including us all in your home tour!!! It is, as expected, incredibly chic!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stefan. I appreciate your comment more than I can say.
ReplyDeleteWow - gorgeous. We have very similar taste. I like the Chinoiserie cabinet over the Poliform undelivered!
ReplyDeleteThank you, columnist. I like the richness of that low cabinet, actually an upper part of the taller one near the dining room. Only once have we lived in a place where the two fitted together and this flat isn't one of them. As to the Poliform,its not entirely my taste but after thirty years you learn to make a few compromises. The color of it is subdued, neither the white nor the orange of the cut sheet, and it could work well as it is so low with the panels, clock and cross. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteElegance in action. I love that delicate touch of blue.
ReplyDeleteInteresting color choice for the walls. Just a hint of your homeland's heather, perhaps. Your home looks like the place where two very busy people have decided, "above all, peace at home." I hope the two of you find years of enjoyment in your created world.
ReplyDeleteJanet and Home before dark - thank you.
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