Home Inspiration With Julie Carlson
Two options for adding color to your space via color-blocked storage units.
Above: The Rack + Table in brass with polyethylene shelves by Belgian artists turned furniture designers Fien Muller and Hannes van Severen of Muller van Severen is $4,700 from L'Arco Baleno. "Their work straddles the line between sculpture and functional homeware," according to Coolhunting. "Their decision to start making 'furniture sculptures' in 2011 arose very spontaneously. It was the outcome of a combination of circumstances, including the fact that the couple was in the midst of a home renovation."
Above: The Mondrian-inspired Color Block Bookcase from CB2 is $599 and has a black powder-coated iron frame with hand-enameled shelves in gray, powder blue, yellow, and orange-red.
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Architecture & Interiors With Margot Guralnick
Product designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón is the genius behind the PET Lamp, a global project devoted to turning castoff soda bottles into artisan-made woven pendant lights: See Fantastic Plastic. Fittingly, Alvaro himself lives with his young daughter, Sofia, in a defunct lamp factory in Madrid that he repurposed as a colorful live-work space. Inspired by Freunde von Freunden's recent feature on Alvaro, we decided to pay him a visit.
Photography by Erea Azurmendi and Adrian Cano Franco via Freunde von Freunden.
Above: Alvaro and Sofia in front of Matadero Madrid, a contemporary art center near their factory.
Above: Triple Chimbarongo PET Lamps made by wicker craftsmen in central Chile hang over a table used for work meetings by day and dinners by night. The Eames Aluminum Chairs transformed with embroidery are part of Alvaro's Home/Office project.
The interior of the factory was in a state of ruin when the designer took it over and required an enormous amount of clearing out and shoring up. The timber ceiling struts were hidden under a flat plaster ceiling. "It's rare to find a lamp factory in Madrid," Alvaro, a Madrid native, told Freunde von Freunden. "In terms of redesign, I wanted it to be very flexible, to be able to adapt to many different projects and situations. And I wanted to keep the history of the space intact. I tried to keep it as open as possible and didn't build any proper walls."
Above: Canvas curtains (and a sliding wooden door with a Droog doorbell) divide the public and private parts of the factory. The living room features a painting by Alvaro's uncle Manuel Salina on loan from Alvaro's brother's gallery, Pintura Pintura. The sofas are Paola Navone's Ghost design from Gervasoni (available from Home Stories in Brooklyn Heights) and the leather chair is the classic PK22 by Poul Kjaerholm.
Above: Alvaro's modular Rayuela stools are clustered to form a coffee table that looks tiled. The wooden chair is by his friend Francesco Faccin and the Flos lamp is the 265 by Paolo Rizzatto—"like most of my furnishings, they were trades." The pillows are the work of Su Turno and Blanca Drake of Cucs.
Above: Bookshelves separate the living room from Alvaro's bedroom. The room's sliding door is shown on the left. Of the windows, Alvaro tells us: "I was very keen to preserve their wooden structure even though they don't have glass anymore. There are new windows behind that are nearly invisible."
Above: The cupboard was passed down from Alvaro's grandfather and is used as a bar. Its doors are made from carved wood cheese molds. The table is another piece by Francesco Faccin and a Rayuela stool holds a projector—"We don't have a TV because I prefer to watch films; my daughter and I project them directly onto the wall."
Alvaro made the collages when he was in college majoring in business management—and dreaming of becoming a designer. He later went on to study at Milan's Instituto Europeo di Design and graduated from Central Saint Martins in London in 2004.
Above L: Sofia's cabin-like room has a sleeping area and play loft. "It's a treehouse of sorts with an actual tree trunk that functions as column." Above R: A Manuel Salinas painting hangs over a display of wooden animals by David Medina and houses by Antonio Serrano, Madrid designer friends of Alvaro's.
Above: "I wanted a very open and light kitchen linked to the dining area. And I wanted the cooking utensils, plates, and cutlery to be visible and easy to grab," says Alvaro. He used birch plywood for the cabinets and counters; the metal shelves and hanging racks are from Ikea. Alvaro assembled the table using an old wooden top and Singer Sewing Machine legs, both Barcelona street finds, as were the collection of bentwood chairs—"two of them are original signed Thonets."
The dishwasher is located next to the sink and camouflaged by a plywood front. A fridge, range, and washing machine are tucked into a column at the end of the counter just beyond the photo frame.
Above: The stack of spattered and striped bowls are from an Easter visit to Nijar in the south of Spain, "an amazing region of folk crafts; it's where all the Spaghetti Westerns were shot."
Above: The cooktop is a Siemens induction plate. The counters have only an oil finish, "so over time, there will be stains and traces of use."
Above: The "clean office space" is hung with 21 examples from Alvaro's first PET Lamp collection, made in Colombia. He collaborates with weavers using their regional techniques, and these are the work of the Eperara-Siapidara people of Bogotá. The divided table is a Vitra design by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Note the embroidered chairs: "The Aluminum Chair is a global product, sold worldwide with minimum variations. The Home/Office project offers the possibility of transforming the Aluminum Chair into a local product by local artisans," writes Alvaro.
Above: A look at PET Lamp construction, colorful cloth cords included. Eperara-Siapidara designs start at €150 ($166.27).
Above: The lights are assembled in a workroom with a table built from a wooden shipping crate found in Alvaro's previous studio. Watch the making of it here, and see PET Lamps being created here.
Above: Lamp stock is stacked on existing shelves in the work room, and visiting clients can make their own selections. "Every lamp is different, so there's always a decision process." Learn more in our post Fantastic Plastic: Lamps Made from Recycled Soda Bottles, and see the lamps in situ in Restaurant as Social Experiment: 28 Posti in Milan. Explore the full range of the studio's work at Alvaro Catalán de Ocón.
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Bedrooms With Alexa Hotz
St. Petersburg firm INT2 Architecture designed this townhouse in Moscow with guidelines of "brevity" and "large planes of color," while keeping the contrasting details pale. Scandinavian influence meets midcentury simplicity in the bedroom, which is split down the middle with a stripe of matte green paint. Get the look with the following key elements.
Above: The green continues from the walls onto the ceiling and floor. Photograph via INT2 Architecture.
Above L and R: Clean lines and textured materials define the design. Photographs via INT2 Architecture.
Key Elements
Above: Benjamin Moore's Nile Green 2035-30 Ben Interior Paint is $37.99 a gallon. For a matched look, select a flat or eggshell finish, and for other verdant options, see our post 10 Paint Picks: Jade and Celadon Green.
Above: The maple Hudson Bed is $1,399 for queen size at Room & Board. Alternatively, Ikea's Malm Bed Frame in birch is $179. For more, see our post 10 Easy Pieces: Essential Wooden Beds.
Above: The Side Table One by Another Country is £259.25 ($403.33).
Above: Designed by Matthew Hilton for SCP, the Compass Table has adjustable beech trestles and a white laminate top. It can be used as a desk/working table or dining table; $1,538 at The Future Perfect. Room & Board's Moda Desk, $499, is another white laminate and wood option.
Above: Arne Jacobsen's Series 7 Chair in natural veneer is $628 at Design Within Reach. A similar chair on the other end of the pricing spectrum is the Peppermill Dining Chair in Modern Oak; $79 at West Elm.
Above: Jaga's slim Strada Radiator can be custom ordered in different colors. For more, see Remodeling 101: Wall-Panel Radiators.
Shades & Sheets
Above: West Elm's white Linen/Cotton Roman Shade with Blackout Liner is $199 to $219, depending on the dimensions.
Above: Merci's Sand Beige Cotton Duvet Cover (top) is €159.90 ($177.27) for the queen size. Mix with the Feather White Cotton Fitted Sheet (middle), €94.90 ($105.21), and the rectangular Feather White Cotton Pillowcase, €19.90 ($22.06) each.
Lighting & Accessories
Above: The White and Natural Wood Pendant Light is £49.95 ($77.71) from Horsfall & Wright, but is currently being restocked; contact Horsfall & Wright directly to be added to the waiting list. Similar designs, the Booi Pendant by Standard Socket, and the Hombre Pendant by Damm, are both available at Horne.
Above: Ikea's simple Mulig Clothes Rack in black (also available in white) is made of steel; $9.99 each. Find more options in our 10 Easy Pieces posts on Metal Clothing Racks and Wooden Clothing Racks.
Above: West Elm's Industrial Task Table Lamp comes in seven finishes; the polished nickel is $99.
Above: The Home Decorator's Collection MDF Floating Shelf in black is $12.98 at Home Depot.
Above: Designed by Monica Förster for Skultuna, a small Brass Flower Pot is 798 SEK ($92) at Artilleriet. Read more about the planters in Brass Tacks: Luxury Flower Pots from Sweden on Gardenista.
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