A house in Tuscany..

My dream is to have an old Tuscan villa one day. I would absolutely love to come to Italy as often as I can. Buy an old house, restore it and decorate it in a mix of traditional Tuscan style with some contemporary and some antique pieces.. It's a nice thing to be able to dream and visualize what it would look like.

However, until I can actually do that, my dreams will be taking me to this stunning hotel in Chianti - Villa Sassolini ****

The combination of grays, browns and whites; wood and stone; old and new. It has a history. Maybe not as old as Palazzo Pitti ou Medici, but it's a history still in making..

One day :)

Yours, KB

Sezz. The Paradise

I think I need a vacartion. Every time I see pictures of these beautiful places I suddenly become so "hungry" for the feeling of freedom you have when you travel. I can't explain it, but when I travel I feel I can do anyhting... "Why then the world's mine oyster/Which I with sword will open."

Saint-Tropez...You can book your trip here ;)

You can also book your trip to Sezz in Paris here.

Enjoy your summer!

Yours, KB

BYSTEEL

Another company that I have discovered during the Milan Design week was Bysteel.

They call it "the outdoor indoor design factory". All their products are made using recyclabe metals - the steel foil, and inspired by Nature.

These ones, you can tell, were taken by me (I need to take some photography classes...)

These pictures I've "stolen" from their website.

So airy and light. I think they have created a wonderful collection.

Yours, KB

Serip and stunning Chalet le Rocher..

In Milan I met a supplier of amazing hand made lights. It's Portuguese company that has been making lights for over 50 years. Very unique and beautiful. They can make anything you want, you can even design it yourself. One thing they do not do is copy. The idea is, there's not one identical piece.

Serip. These pictures were taken by me at the fair.

"It started as a dream... An architect's vision of a masterpiece ; the ultimate chalet, built against a vast baskdrop of rock nestled deep within the Alps. And so Le Rocher was created in Val d'Isère, a sumptous chalet bursting with charm and endless character."

Serip was the only company that has agreed to put the lights outside of the chalet, as you see in the first picture. Beautiful interior and exterior, these lights add something exotic, yet natural to the space. I know I always talk about this, but take a closer look to notice the combination of textures they used. Wood and stone, glass, leather, bronze and yet country style fabric for the curtains. And it worked.

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How amazing are these armchairs?!

Notice the carved detail of the ceiling above the bed..

Chalet Lhotse

All images are from Chalet le Rocher.

Yours, KB