la feline blanche

If you ever just want to fantasize about some places to stay on vacations, go to Tasty Hotels, a site that showcases French photographer Alex Profit's hotel finds along with his photography of some of the locations.  This little cutey is La Feline Blanche in the little village of Saint Gervais at Mont-Blanc in France.  Don't you want to just cozy up here and enjoy the great design?  Again, there is nothing outrageously new about the design here, but the ability to edit and keep things tasteful is perfect.  The interiors were designed by Pierre Emanuel Martin and Stephane Garotin of Maison Hand.  

 

photos via tastyhotels.com

Some might look at this and only see the simplicity and think "boring," but look at the elements that run throughout and see how editing can not only be hard to do, but also can really bring a cohesive and peaceful feel.  In a boutique hotel that element is very important!  

Elements: White/cream/shades of grey

                 Repetitive horizontal lines

                 Handmade feel, i.e. lights over bed and paper lanterns

                 Cottage elements - shaker accents, wood, ladder, stools

 

photos via maison-hand.com, by Stephen Clement

going vertical

I'm in LA this week and trying to hold off before I reveal more of my Home Series, so that it can be debuted on Design Sponge first (that is the criteria).  So, in the meantime, check out Flora Grubb's website and San Francisco gardening store!  I think that this vertical succulent garden is amazing and I really want to take the inspired idea and do something of my own with it - possibly indoors....There are so many ways to translate this into a work of art all your own.

week of years past.....woodshop sf

 photo by Todd Selby for Dockers, styling by Sara Leete

During the same photo shoot for Dockers that I talked about in yesterday's post, we shot Danny Hess.  He is another example of someone doing what they love.  He makes handmade sustainable surfboards out of wood.  Well, we got to shoot Danny in his "office", which is the Woodshop in the Sunset District of San Francisco.  He shares the space with three other guys and as you can see their aesthetic is inspiring.  It is simple, clean, handmade, and current.  (Again, excuse my low quality iphone photos.)

photo via woodshopsf.com

These stools and the other handmade wood furniture is made by Luke Bartels - it combines mid-century narrow lines with organic wood shapes and I'd love a piece in my house!!  Hint, hint.  The painted signs and things around the shop are from Jeff Canham.  His work is all very colorful and stylized and fits perfectly in balance with the other boys' wood pieces.

Chairtastic finds old chairs and refurbishes them in the same woodshop.  Check out his site and you can see many amazing different pieces with a real range.