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“I don’t think we thought about it that much, we just bought
and sold stuff we loved or were interested in and I dont even think we had any
aspirations for it to be about design in the beginning. Its something that
just came naturally and evolved over time, as we did.
“It was a completely ...
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...ndings. They also had a three-year-old girl, and little girls have lots of stuff, acres of stuff, and this house had very little storage space to neatly contain it all. Acting as architect, construction administrator and interior designer, we designed, built and installed over 60 linear feet of buil...
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...ut
these days comfort, practicality and quality are essential. I often see stuff
that I love but know I don’t have the space for it, and it won’t serve a purpose,
so I’ve learnt to let things go.
“I
like to think of myself as a minimalist but I’m really not. It helps that Misha
and I ha...
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...you shop for your home?
On our buying trips.
The reality is a lot of stuff in our
home was bought as stock for the shop. Either we couldn’t sell it because it broke,
or we couldn’t sell it because we loved it too much.
Top three coffee table books?
The Artist in His Studio by Alexande...
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...g a zone a washing machine, a basket for laundry and a cabinet for storing stuff. In the bedroom we’ve created a zone with a wardrobe.hallwaylivingroommen's bathroomkidsroommaster bedroomwomen's bathroomwebsite . facebook . instagram,转载自:behance,作者:Ivanna Pavlus,语言:...
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...tainability in design is hampered by an ever-constant need to produce more stuff, but that people’s growing interest in curating their living spaces means they have a more transient relationship with what’s in their homes, design editor Henrietta Thompson and her husband Ed Padmore set up Harth,...
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...we would never have reached ourselves. Even if you think you can do visual stuff, it doesn’t compare to someone who can think in such a clever way about spatial arrangements and how materials will work together.”
Tracy: “We approached the television programme ‘Grand Designs’ as a way to...
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..., exploring the work of local artists,” Krissy says. “A lot of kitchen stuff from is from Mallorca.” The incredible mobile hanging above the dining table was a gift from a friend who knows her love of planets.
Krissy’s editing skills continue even today. “After looking at your stuff f...
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...ingly,
I dont know how to use a drill properly yet, but I want to put more stuff on
the walls. Though, maybe its quite good I have that limitation because I think
it could get overdone if I knew how to put stuff up. Now, I have to wait every
few months for my friend Sam to help me…
“I live wi...
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...point of saying, ‘well, our day starts with children’s boots, toys and stuff, so where do we put all that?’. I’m Swedish, and I love that in Swedish homes you have a big porch or cupboard where you put your coats, bags and shoes as you enter the house, so we incorporated that here.
“I a...
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...which creates a wonderful atmosphere of everyone getting on with their own stuff while also feeling together.
“I think anyone interested in design and architecture has a sense of their own values or ethos. But I also think you’ve got to respond to a place when you work on a refurbishment like...
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...e how much the studio has grown over the years.
There’s also a lot of stuff in the house that I’ve collected. I definitely have a weakness for anything tactile, regardless of what it is, if it’s got an interesting texture it always draws me in! There’s a red and black Finnish textile in t...
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...at we really try hard not to weigh ourselves down by accumulating a lot of stuff. (Not easy but worth it!)
If there was a fire and you could only save one thing, what would it be?
Art.
After the girls favourite bears, my favourite dresses, and the photo albums…
What was the last th...
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...that!”
Steve: “Things like light switches, I just like that kind of stuff. I geek out on it all day and I really admire Jonathan Tuckey’s work for its use of joinery and woodwork. I had to do a few bits myself to try and keep the cost down. I supplied all the radiators, the oven, the plumbi...
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...th us.
“Weve always enjoyed collecting and finding: we’ve inherited stuff, bought stuff, picked things up from skips or bought things in junkyards. Occasionally we had to spend some real money but its only been on a handful of things. If you want to buy something of modern design now youre go...
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...w my family and I like to live. The project was an opportunity to strut my stuff, to create something that embodied my design principles and ambitions, but ultimately, I just wanted a home that intuitively felt good and nourished my soon-to-be-growing family.
The key components of the brief we...
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...hroughout the space, we created a clear division between the area where “stuff gets done” and the area where the creative process takes place. We designed bespoke furniture items to help us to organise the daily balancing act between creating and organising, pushing boundaries and making things ...
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...hroughout the space, we created a clear division between the area where “stuff gets done” and the area where the creative process takes place. We designed bespoke furniture items to help us to organise the daily balancing act between creating and organising, pushing boundaries, and making things...
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...ts are visible.“I get a slightly peculiar amount of pleasure from moving stuff around. If I have a cupboard full of jugs and glass vases I just pull one out and put the other one back in. I suppose it goes back to that Jim Ede thing at Kettles Yard, with his stones and lemons.“I’m fascinated b...
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...op, for example. I’ve got a big basement downstairs which is filled with stuff I’ve collected, from tables and chairs to crockery, so that all comes up. It’s like a scene change.
I started out at MTV, doing client booking. I was also a PA for Kelly Osborne for a year…that was interesting....
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... me, actually. My mum would go to the fishmongers and buy shark steaks and stuff like that, which I think is where my love for odds and ends came from. Im not as interested in the higher end; Id rather eat the wobbly bits and the cheap oily fish than the posh stuff.
“I guess I grew up in a food...
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...se and cured meats. Other times we like to make the effort and if weve got stuff to use up from the kitchen garden, well definitely make the most of it.
“I never plate individual plates of food at home. Its probably not the best thing if youre trying to lose weight, but I always try to do platt...
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...ve done here.
“We both like very earthy, simple materials. Weve done stuff like used clay paint in a neutral palette and, with our fittings, we found things that feel quite classic, like they could have been here forever.
“I have some of my work here, but I didnt want it everywhere. I dont...
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...l for the energy this house gave us in our thirties. We were already doing stuff, but it put us in a really happy context, and contributed to who we are now.”
ArchitectureInteriorsInterviewsOpen House,转载自:The Modern House,语言:English,阅读原文
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...ards things looking a little bit too similar. To me, injecting interesting stuff and colour into your life is a more exciting prospect, really. That’s what we’ve tried to do here, but still kept it liveable, we hope.”
Paul: “We were in Chelsea before, in a flat we did a number on. It was ...
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