Interior News
A round up of key interior trends we’re coveting this season.
Divide The Room
One thing that has caught our eye recently are room dividers and we’re utterly obsessed. Introduced in the 18th Century and imported from China, they became an integral part of cohabiting and creating multiple spaces in open plan homes. Right now we’re thinking about them non-stop and how versatile the can be in creating varied spaces and dimensions to our home, especially if your home isn’t huge and you’re wanting to create to maximise on creating an additional room or, simply you’re struggling to separate working from home at, home then these are your answer. We’re particularly thinking about the Aki Akua Ivory collab with Hija Studio, (see below left.) but we’re also contemplating plain wood, canvas and metal or stainless steel, and if you’re wanting super authentic, there are so many amazing, vintage, oriental room dividers. They may be a thing of the past, but whilst we’re thinking ahead to new living situations, our Google searches are going to be us trawling for the best looking, yet affordable room dividers.
Take a Seat
On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I came across a bright blue, old, leather sofa in a vintage shop that my friend and I were perusing and I fell in love. I’m a big fan of cerulean at the moment, not least because its adorned the cover of our recent Chester Guide, but because its just drawing our attention whenever we see it. So naturally, when compiling a round up of seating inspiration to include in our first edition of Interior News, it felt right to include what we’ve been spotting in the wild. Second up, and painfully, we can’t find the original source but is this what looks to be a 70’s leather chair with a wooden shelf display - god we’re obsessed. Practical, functional and looks unbelievably good with that brown leather we’re all over it. Lastly, there’s something about a floral sofa that just gets me. This one by Geremia Design, I noticed whilst following them on Instagram @geremia_design and it’s been occupying my thoughts. I think its the way its styled in the room, with the mid-century wood and simplistic design in a very minimal looking living area, it’s the focal point of the lounge but without being too over the top. I’m not even going to even look into the cost, and to make it worse, it will likely be bespoke…
Bed Down
We’re spending a lot of time in bed at the moment, so it seems… Well I am, when I can that is. So why not make it memorable. I’m always thinking about Tekla and I’m always so desperate to have an all white bedding but it scares me. Not necessarily because of the keeping it clean aspect, but because I want to go for white but the colours and options they have just tempt me away from an all-white look. I found myself trawling through their bedding inspiration page the other day (procrastinating) and allocating them to my house that will by conclusion, will need to have many, many bedrooms. Next up, I came across this bedframe, is it leather? is it marble? I don’t know but I want it, and I’ll be damned if I don’t find the source. It likely belonged in a Milanese home - cry, but the composition and shape is just exactly what I’d love in a master bedroom. Finally, an image I’ve come across a few times over the past few months, Adolf Loos’ bedroom which he designed for his wife (but we won’t go into that) swathed in whites and angora sheepskins, it feels relevant to the season and once described as “an architecture of silence, of a sentimental and erotic approach” Silence? Erotic? We’ll take it, it sounds as dreamy as it looks.
Staircases
Ever since this recent image of the staircase at the new Toteme store on Madison Avenue circulated the internet in recent weeks, it’s made us think about what alternative options we’d have when it comes to our own homes and let me just preface this by saying that just because this is part of an architectural store, concept or not, we should still be thinking about different approaches to reinvent the staircase. Why not go bold, or red for that matter? Or Italian marble with a steel, spiral bannister, don’t get us wrong, some of these would be hard to achieve in a modest, two bedroom house but it’s about thinking outside the box and feeling inspired to rethink our staircases and hallways in a way we wouldn’t usually.
