Recently Paris Apartment here and Gypsy Purple here have
posted this gorgeous photo of a pelmet trimmed, ciel de lit topped,
and luxuriously draped 18th century French bed…
Have you made up your mind about the couple that
lives in this house?
Though it’s made its way through the blog-o-sphere…I cropped
and posted this photo in July of ’09 in Red Burnished Neutrals here.
I was entranced by the gorgeous photography…and narrowed
in as close as possible to study all the details…
Of course…from my point of view…
The advantage of scanning your own photos is that it allows
you to zero in on the face cast in bronze at the table leg’s intersect…
or the artlessly off-center sketched nude beyond the doorway…
The glowing red of an antique leather chair
and voluminous carmine curtains….
Un-cropped…here is the original photo by Martin Morrell
A striking balance of soothing neutrals and overt avant-garde…
Have you changed your mind about the home-owners?
Another view of the bedroom…an 18th century Italian chandelier…
An ottoman covered in old French fabric and 17th century walnut wardrobe
from Piedmont. A Paula Rego painting…part of the owner’s
large collection of modern art….
Chintzes from the Tree of Life range by Braquenié
for Pierre Frey in a guest bedroom….
The ballroom…added in the 1920′s…
More antique linen at the windows, 17th century chandelier
from Genoa and 18th century chairs from Turin…
Almost every view shown is painted with soothing neutrals…
yet adds a tiny bit of drama…
Or maybe not so tiny….
Red glass vase from Venice filled with
flowers from the garden on a stone plinth table…
Tea-soaked antique linen slipcovers…
A Martin Malone painting with 1930′s green leather chairs…
So…opening up the view a bit reveals quite a bit more
about the home’s heart…
What does your home say about you?
Petersham House
The 17th century home of Gael and Francesco Boglione
who created London’s Petersham Nurseries next door…
Petersham Nurseries click here
Vogue Living Australia May/June ’09
