1 Inspiration for the Living Room | Low and Grey

It's time for a living room renovation at my parent's mid century modern poolhaus.  We ripped up the old green carpet last week, and have been strongly considering concrete floors. The room is long, with two walls of windows, and a long low fireplace.  Our color palette is white, grey, and wood (we have a lot of original wood details).  These images are perfect inspiration, I hope our end product looks like this.  

Joseph Dirand | Vareene Paris + Night Couch | The Hansen Family 

Material Matters | Styling by Pernille Vest | Elle Decor UK | Photography by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen + The Carling Residence | Tact Architecture

0 Eisdieler Ice Cream Parlor | March Gut

I love the use of triangles here, and how the gradation of black and white provides the perfect backdrop for the ice cream colors to pop. So fun.

Eisdieler Ice Cream Parlor | March Gut | Found thanks to Knstrct

0 Home | Lotta Agaton

Lotta Agaton's home is ridiculously gorgeous.  Nothing else to say, it's just perfect.

0 Work Space | Lindsay Stetson Thompson

Lindsay Stetson Thompson's Work Space from the Spaces series on Eva Black Design {which I love, by the way}.  I adore the use of the curtain wires from Ikea for inspiration display, such a great idea. I've been working on an happiness/inspiration board for my desk this week. I might have to steal this...

3 SFGirlByBay's Amazing Custom Shelves

Have you seen the custom shelving unit that Victoria of SFGirlByBay had made?  It is the handiwork of SF craftsman and woodworker, Michael Woo... and it is fantastic. See many more images of the shelving and the rest of Victoria's amazing little cottage at SFGirlByBay. 

2 The Design Files Open House

I get excited every time I come across an image of The Design Files Open House.  I'm not sure why I haven't dedicated a post to it yet.  Lucy is amazing and the house is completely inspirational. Basically Lucy and her team transformed a beautiful home in Windsor, Melbourne, to create a pop-up retail event. (Side note: why are pop-up shops so awesome?  Maybe the temporariness?). They carefully selected a group of awesome designers, artist and makers to fill this space.  The outcome was fantastic.

Please visit Lucy's Blog, The Design Files for many more images and source information for the furniture, art, and other great items. 

The Design Files Open House. Photography by Brooke Holm

1 Black and White Bedroom

Four night stand options for Sylizimo's ridiculously fabulous bedroom.  All fantastic.  That Pia Wallen Cross Blanket has been on my wish list for a while...maybe next christmas!?

Images from Sylizimo.  Images from Nina Holst.

1 Tenka Gammelaard

Holy Crap.  I think I just found my inspiration motherload.

The studio and home of artist Tenka Gammelaard, who is clearly a very very awesome person.  Good grief.  I don't even know what to say.  So many more awesome images on her blog here.

0 Bella Barcelona

Another home that I could move right into.  Perfect balance of clean simplicity with warm comfort.  I'd also like to live in a loft, well period.  But especially with high wooden beam ceilings and windows like those.

 
Found thanks to Trendland via SF Girl By Bay.

0 NW 13th Avenue Loft

NW 13th Avenue Loft from Jessica Helgerson Interior Design ....So many good things here. The living room and bathroom are absolute perfection, in my opinion.  The kitchen is great with the big wood table and oversized pendant light.  The graphic tapestry heaboard is well done, especially with the monochromativ bathroom.  I'd like to move in now.

 
Found thanks to Cush and Nooks via Emma Stefan's Pinterest. 

1 Fiat Lux

Fiat Lux by Label Architecture. Black, white, squares, yes.

Found thanks to Dezeen. 

0 Geometric Clothing Rails

Clothing rails from Annaleena Leino's amazing shop. I would love to have one of these in my bedroom...

1 The Old Library

This is a great space. Defining the bar with that steel and glass structure was clever, and the bathroom...awesome. 

From the designer: 

Located in a seaside suburb of Sydney, the Old Library was originally a Methodist church build circa 1908, and went on to be the shire library in the 1970’s. The original building had great bones and an existing level of texture (exposed beams and timber lining). Working within the voluminous spaces we created a sense of intimacy and gathering through creating a series of rooms within rooms and spaces within spaces. Custom furniture pieces and a natural palette of oak, linen, white timber and blackened steel contribute to the relaxed and somewhat domestic space that is The Old Library. 

The Old Library | Hecker Guthrie | Sydney, Australia | Photography by Shannon McGrath

0 Surfhouse Hermosa Beach XTEN Architecture

Surfhouse designed by XTEN Architecture is not far from our house, down the street from our landlord's house.  We pass it each time we drop off our rent check, and every time we get excited.  It is quite visually stunning with its black geometric exterior.  I'd love to move in.

From the designer: 

The facade is made from rough sawn, black stained cedar planks with volumetric openings at primary program spaces and a system of identical vertical casement windows arrayed across the secondary elevations for specific views and ventilation. The interior is all light and air, with bamboo floors and walls of glass that slide away to bring the beachside environment inside.

Surfhouse | XTEN Architecture | Hermosa Beach, CA| Photographed by Art Gray 

0 A Simple Plan from Dwell...

A Simple Plan from Dwell...A Marmol Radziner prefab home on a remote Northern California site.  

I'll take one.

0 Sydney Ranch House Transformed

From The Remodelista.  Found thanks to Apartment Diet.

1 Pink and Yellow...

Inspiration for our living/dining room... pizzeria in perth by s&m mobilia

Found thanks to SFGirlByBay via Retail Design Blog.

0 Lovely and Lagniappe

It's been so very long since I've done a Lovely and Lagniappe post...

This time half black half white:  Office from Hala Catalogue.  Found thanks to here via Tiger de Wire + Master-piece Half and Half Backpack 

5 More Living Room Inspiration

I seriously cannot stop thinking about that vintage stool....does anyone know anything about it?  I NEED it!

Also, we've been eyeing those shelves from Ikea that A Merry Mishap has in her living room.  I think we need them for our entry area.  

Found thanks to SFGirlByBay and A Merry Mishap.

Update 1: Thank you to the anonymous commenter!  The stool is Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen.

Update 2:  I got one!!!

2 Inspiration: Black Walls

You know I'm a fan of black accent walls.  These two examples are crazy good.  Using black on the rear wall of a staircase makes the slope wall pop, adding dimension to the room. Painting a wall behind a workspace black especially when the rest of the room is light works so well.