Celebrity Home: Elton John

"...And can you feel the love tonight

It is where we are 

It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer

That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight

How it's laid to rest

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds

Beleive the very best..."

Once you see the pictures bellow you will probably "feel the love". 

Today we are taking a look inside the house of a author, musician, star, and lord. With an ecletic style and unique sense of humor it is interesting to see how Sir Elton John merges those two elements using colors, textures, focal points, art, and shapes. 

Source: AD

Designers you should know: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was a German-American architect. He was widely acknowledged as one of the 20^th century’s greatest architects. In 1956, famed architect Eero Saarinen spoke at the dedication of Mies' masterwork and lauded him as Chicago's third great artist, placing Mies in the prestigious lineage of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. "Great architecture is both universal and individual," Saarinen said at the dedication, "The universality comes because there is an architecture expressive of its time. But the individuality comes as the expression of one man's unique combination of faith and honesty and devotion and belief in architecture."

Mies served as the last director of Bauhaus, a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. He then came to The U.S. where he headed the department of architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology. As a professional he sought to make use of modern materials such as steel and glass and to create simple and minimal lines which he believed represented the industrial era.

Nowadays, we can still see and admire his work in architecture and furniture designs around the world, always remembering his famous saying that less is more as we reduce the distractions and focus on the essential elements.

MR chaise lounge.

The most well known work from Mies, The Barcelona Chair.

Barcelona Pavillion, Barcelona.

Chicago Federal Center, Chicago.

S.R. Crown Hall, Chicago.

Seagram Building, New York.

Sources: Wikipedia, miessociety, DWR, Pinterest

STAIRS, a form of art.

If you ask any architect what is the most difficult thing to create and design one probable answer will be STAIRS!

Because an architect has to work with the space available there is no exact measurements when creating a stair, sure there are guidelines and recommended measurements but they rarely fit. The architect is then left with a ratio and lots of calculations to create a stair that allows a person to be comfortable going up and down, therefore, a stair cannot be too steep, the steps cannot be too high or too short, or too small to fit your feet.

Lately, stairs have become more than a difficulty but a form of art and to show creativity.

Modern stair

My favorite!! 

How would you feel entering the stairs?

Stairs and shelves 

Here the stairs blen in the wall and are almost invisible 

The spinal stairs

Prada's store in New York....the stairs are used as display and circulation space

Lots of storage

Where does it start and where does it end?

Images: Pinterest

Golden age stars at home

Ever wonder how legendary stars lived? 

Stop wondering and join golden age stars at their homes.

Ava Gardner

Elvis Presley

Frank Sinatra

Fred Astaire

Gregory Pack

Humphrey Bogart

James Dean

Kirk Douglas

Ronald Reagan

Sophia Loren

Source: Architectural Digest

How To: Carrie and Big's living room

What is the first thing you think about when talking about the famous TV series Sex and the City?  Carrie's wedding dress, the Manolo Blahnik blue shoe, the pink tutu, or even the "Carrie" necklace.
Forget fashion, what about places, decor, and food?! Today's post is about what inspired me when watching the show and what I hope will inspire you too.
We will create a living room inspired on Carrie and Big's living room.

Sofa- $1,099.00
2x Armchair- $558.00
Table- $199.00
2x Floor Light- $179.98
Art- $179.99
2x Pillow- $59.98
Total= $2,275.95

Friday Inspired Room

Room by Dado Castello Branco

Trend: Ginger Jars

The Ginger Jar got its name from the traditional use to carry ginger from the East to the West.

With wide mouth, bulged body and a lid, this jar was also used to store spices back in the time. Now, it is used worldwide as a decoration piece. 

Although most commonly seen in white and blue it is also possible to find it in other colors. Each has a different meaning and symbolism to the Chinese culture. 

The yellow represented the emperor’s color, the red symbolized happiness, and the white was a traditional wedding gift.

So could it be a good wedding gift idea? What do you think?

Sources: here and here