Interior Design Sense

An eye for it. That’s what we say. He has an eye for it. And photographer Nik Epifanidis does. A graphic eye, an eye for colour. Beautiful shots of beautiful spaces but with a natural eye. No fuss just substance but what substance! An understanding of the architecture, the interior design. An eye for it you’d have to say!

This little blog apparently supplied Elisabeth with inspiration to come up with this absolutely incredible lake house. WOWZERS. I can’t help but feel like a proud mother because this weekend getaway is a DREAM.I bow down to her for coming up with that ‘sub’ kitchen – I have plans for something similar in my next house and now I’m totally sold on the idea. (FYI: Her architect was Jay Corder).

the house is right outside of austin, tx on the pedernales river. we live in houston and drive there as many weekends as possible to relax, have family time and let our kids wakeboard on our boat.
the house is 3000 sq ft. with four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths. there are a lot of great aspects about the house. the bunk room is cool because it was built to be an indoor/outdoor room for the kids – bunks inside with huge glass sliding doors that open out onto the ‘outdoor’ part of the room - a screened sleeping porch. we also have another interesting interior design aspect which is what we call our ‘sub’ kitchen. we have 2 main kitchen counters out in the main living space and then the sub kitchen is a small room adjacent to the kitchen that houses the refrigerator, shelf storage, an extra dishwasher and counter appliances and can be closed off with giant barn doors to hide all of that or to hide dishes after a dinner so the party can go on without a mess.
we love the simplicity of the house. it is incredibly functional and also provides such a relaxing respite for our family.

This little blog apparently supplied Elisabeth with inspiration to come up with this absolutely incredible lake house. WOWZERS. I can’t help but feel like a proud mother because this weekend getaway is a DREAM.I bow down to her for coming up with that ‘sub’ kitchen – I have plans for something similar in my next house and now I’m totally sold on the idea. (FYI: Her architect was Jay Corder).

the house is right outside of austin, tx on the pedernales river. we live in houston and drive there as many weekends as possible to relax, have family time and let our kids wakeboard on our boat.
the house is 3000 sq ft. with four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths. there are a lot of great aspects about the house. the bunk room is cool because it was built to be an indoor/outdoor room for the kids – bunks inside with huge glass sliding doors that open out onto the ‘outdoor’ part of the room - a screened sleeping porch. we also have another interesting interior design aspect which is what we call our ‘sub’ kitchen. we have 2 main kitchen counters out in the main living space and then the sub kitchen is a small room adjacent to the kitchen that houses the refrigerator, shelf storage, an extra dishwasher and counter appliances and can be closed off with giant barn doors to hide all of that or to hide dishes after a dinner so the party can go on without a mess.
we love the simplicity of the house. it is incredibly functional and also provides such a relaxing respite for our family.

I love how often you include photographers on here. I often feel they are the unsung heroes of interior design and architecture featured in magazines and online. Obviously the designers do an incredible job, but the photographers ultimately have a lot of control of a design look really good or AMAZING in a magazine. They are the cherry on top and can make all the difference in the world!

I love how often you include photographers on here. I often feel they are the unsung heroes of interior design and architecture featured in magazines and online. Obviously the designers do an incredible job, but the photographers ultimately have a lot of control of a design look really good or AMAZING in a magazine. They are the cherry on top and can make all the difference in the world!

I scream. You scream. We all scream for  ….eyescream? A self service shop in Barcelona selling little monster bowls of Taiwanese shaved ice cream. From product design to branding, graphics and packaging all the way to interior design Estudio m Barcelona has taken what is normally an amorphous mass of sweet goop and introduced a fun taste and visual feast to the passing customers. How cool (pun intended) are those ice cream monsters with their sugar eyes?

the “befores”

I scream. You scream. We all scream for  ….eyescream? A self service shop in Barcelona selling little monster bowls of Taiwanese shaved ice cream. From product design to branding, graphics and packaging all the way to interior design Estudio m Barcelona has taken what is normally an amorphous mass of sweet goop and introduced a fun taste and visual feast to the passing customers. How cool (pun intended) are those ice cream monsters with their sugar eyes?

the “befores”

Ivana Niskota from Croatia emailed us about the interior design blog she started a few months ago called Dekorum. She is a great photographer who happens to feature Croatian homes she has photographed on her blog (among other things) and I wanted to share some with you. 

Ivana Niskota from Croatia emailed us about the interior design blog she started a few months ago called Dekorum. She is a great photographer who happens to feature Croatian homes she has photographed on her blog (among other things) and I wanted to share some with you. 

The other day I happen to drop by the Los Angeles showroom of Plantation LA, a furniture store co-owned by my friend Clayton. Plantation actually has multiple locations, the Los Angeles location that I visited on La Brea Ave, another showroom in Santa Monica, and yet another in San Francisco. Here’s a look at the La Brea showroom!

Near the front entrance is a bed vignette set up with an interesting headboard and accessories.

These table clocks make great accessories!

Love this mirror!

And love this chair too! (Both Maison21 & I are “fighting” over it!)

But if I can have this chandelier then Maison21 can have the chair! (Actually the chair might look fun with the chandelier, nope may have to have both!)

Pretty pillows.

Really love this sconce!

And the pendant fixture too!

Chic metal base bench for the foot of the bed.

Corner chair and pretty mirror.

Modern wall decor.

Vibrant color chair surrounded by eclectic accessories.

A view of the interior of the showroom.

Visit Plantation LA!

144 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036 323 932 0511

[All photos by Jill Seidner Interior Design]