Interior Design Sense

I was thinking about doing a blog favourites post today as I typically do on Sundays but I am a bit too distracted to spend the time blog surfing. You see, back in April I mentioned (ok, bitched about) a French oral test I had at work. Unfortunately I did not get the grade I needed, and since then I have had no French training (due to lack of a training budget). All of a sudden on Tuesday I found out I am permitted full time training for the month of October, then I have to take the test, and once again I need to pass the freaking thing or potentially lose the position I have been working towards for the past 8 years. No pressure or anything. So if I have any spare time for the next several weeks, I need to have my nose buried in my French notes. *insert expletives here* The joys of working for the government of a bilingual country.
I was trying to figure out what post I could do relatively quickly, and realized I had some photos saved of “wood walls” – inspiration for my house when it finally gets renovated (on that note, we’re now considering tearing it down and rebuilding, which has thrown me for a loop, as that was never the plan when I bought this house). I want a rustic touch to the place, and what better way than a wall covered in wood slats…or maybe panels, but I’m leaning towards slats. Here are some photos with walls of wood that I really like. (See also this post on wood panelling)

House To Home
H&D Homes
Le Journal de la Maison
Design*Sponge
Avotakka
Design*Sponge

Yatzer	Apartment Therapy
Deko	Katarina Malstrom Brown
Design*Sponge	KITKA design toronto

Dwell
Twig Hutchinson
Design*Sponge
Style At Home
La Vallée Blanche
RUM
Dana Meilijson
MESH Architectures
Design*Sponge
Design*Sponge

Today’s reader request comes from Erick: I wanted to know if you could help me find ideas for designing/decorating an apartment with exposed brick wall. I think I’d like to see more of a modern take rather then a rustic one. I’m open to the industrial look also. Jo and I are HUGE fans of exposed brick. H U G E. And I think exposed brick works with any type of decor. Smooth and sleek modern furnishings add an interesting contrast to the rough and raw edge of brick walls. And industrial mixed with brick just makes total sense. WORK IT ERICK!

minh+wass	Chocolat Mag
Dan Duchars	Eric Roth
Design*Sponge	Design*Sponge
jeltje fotografie	Design*Sponge

Stephen Falcke
décormag
Style At Home
Marie Claire Maison
Salon Interior
Amy Lau Design
Apartment Therapy
Apartment Therapy
Design*Sponge
Lovatt Smith
Lucy T. Penfield
Patricia Martinez
Rafael Vargas
Rafael Vargas
Shoot Factory
Carlos Miranda
décormag

It’s been ages since I’ve done a chair porn post. I have a chair fetish you see, and have a hard time not bringing home a cool chair every now and then. And because I’m feeling a bit guilty for not having blogged last Sunday and wanting to spend the evening with my husband off the computer for a change, I thought I’d just slap up some chair porn for your viewing pleasure. 

Elle Decoration (South Africa)
Design*Sponge
rue magazine
Sköna hem
Style At Home
Design*Sponge
Eva Gentry
Le Journal de la Maison
Living Etc.
Deko
Avotakka
 Matchbook Magazine
rue magazine
Vårt Nya Hem

Here is a reader request from Monika: I’m about a year away from a major kitchen/family room remodel and our architect is recommending we have a large island that would stand alone without a sink or stove. The sink and stove will be on the wall opposite the island. I love the idea of a large open space with no sink/stove paraphernalia to clutter it up, but I haven’t seen an example of this in real life and would like to see a few examples before I give the go ahead… my mother in particular is skeptical siting the importance of the “work triangle” while I feel a large clutter free expanse creating a sense of calm & cleanliness trumps the triangle. If you find examples of large islands with no sink/stove, I would love to see them. I am absolutely with you Monika. Plus, with the main sink in the island, you’ll always have a pile of dishes there. Who wants to see that so clearly?

Style At Home
Freunde von Freunden
Antoine Bootz
Gunkelmans Interior Design
Nathan Egan
Hus & Hem
Lonny
Sköna hem
Robert Bailey
Sunset
Sunset
Bolig Magasinet
Hus & Hem
Susan Gilmore
Lone Pine Pictures
Summer Thornton
Parsonson Architects
Marjorie Skouras