Bijou doesn’t have to mean bland and small spaces don’t have to be minimally furnished. I shot the NY interior designer Michael Bargo’s pad for my book last fall and suddenly came across these images yesterday of his first apartment. I love that he is a clutter bug and the image below shows his office which is busy yet cool. Heaps of books and papers really soften a home office. I have just finished mine which I have renamed the library as so many tomes from so many years fill every cube of our bookcase. Plus I like how it sounds when I say to Maud ‘meet me in the library”.! Being a puppy and not even 8 months old yet she isn’t so sure where the library is so there is a lot of going to wrong rooms on wrong floors but hey we are working on that!
Russ (my sisters boyfriend) has printed me out some super sweet black and white images post card size (thank you xxxx) which I am proping up against my books to add another layer of intrigue. Oh and back to Michael check out his kitchen – layers of crockery in the smallest of spaces, saucepans hung café style from the wall show just how easy it is to achieve a boho lived in love your space vibe.
Super sweet!
I really love the kitchen photo, and I forget how lovely bottles of water look lined up on a shelf. Baskets look good too.
Everything is getting smaller and this is the case when small doesn’t necessarily mean bad. I love how a small apartment looks when one knows how to set it up with interesting décor and original layout settings. I just purchased my bed from this place http://www.modani.com and got a platform bed with extra storage space under the mattress called the Cavali bed. I am so thankful, my apartment lacks space and this really helps me, especially to store holiday decorations and winter/summer gear.
Loving the idea of your bed doubling up as storage – fabulous, and I love small rooms the have the feeling of snugness that however hard you try you just don’t get with larger spaces x
love this photo. cannot live without my kitchen bits, but comforted that it’s ok to have my clutter in a small space! i love the textures it adds. by the way, where did you get that gorgeous chunky-knit blanket featured in atlanta bartlett’s book “at home with white”? been searching for something like it for years.
Ahh that throw – about 10 years ago from Nicole Farhi Home. That don’t do it anymore unfortuantely as it really needs replacing but can’t bear to throw it out x
damn it, i’ll have to learn how to knit!
Have thought along the very same lines myself x