Architect Jamie Fobert is perhaps best-known for his work on blue-chip cultural venues, which have included extensions and refurbs to Tate St Ives, Kettle’s Yard and Charleston House, as well as the yet-to-be-unveiled redevelopment of the National Portrait Gallery. His residential roster is equally accomplished, ranging from the much-lauded Levring House in Bloomsbury to a comprehensive overhaul to a townhouse on King Henry’s Road in Primrose Hill. Jamie’s own house, which he shares with his partner Dominique Gagnon, is located on the top floors of a Victorian warehouse building the couple developed in the early 2000s. Finding beauty in the building’s curved façade, tall ceilings and original features, Jamie set upon a light-handed refurbishment that installed contemporary living spaces into the existing structure. Photography : The modern house See also :https://house-diaries.com/step-house-with-a-view-to-a-walled-garden/

Daring gamble with the decoration of this Swedish flat located under the roof, painted almost entirely in a dark gray, a decorative bias that would not please everyone. Even if it gives a certain atypical personality, we can fear that on a gray day, we can get depressed quickly.  However, it should be noted that this choice particularly highlights the rare white elements such as some moldings, or the earthenware stove. I wonder if someone would take the plunge and choose such a radical interior!!! As far as I’m concerned, it’s a bit “too much”, but I admire the risk-taking, the result, and the unique impression that emanates from this place. See also :https://house-diaries.com/modern-apartment-in-black-tones/

Welcome to a home that immediately makes your heart beat a little faster. A real dream apartment from the turn of the last century full of beautiful details and with two nice and working tiled stoves. Here you live with over three meters in ceiling height, soft wooden floors, barred windows and mirrored doors. Add to that an incredibly smart and well-arranged floor plan with a large living room plus kitchen and many beds. The apartment is today available with a larger master bedroom and two cozy children’s rooms with loft beds and an adjoining room to use as a playroom or office, where there is also a loft / hut. Photography : EMILSSON , Styling : LINDHOLM See also :https://house-diaries.com/a-very-well-preserved-1920s-apartment-with-large-light/

Loft Chartier is a small well-located apartment. It is designed by Studiocolnaghi to host a young couple during weekends, so its main purpose is to be as practical as beautiful. The apartment itself has some qualities, like a corner window and a concrete slab. So, those were important tools to compose the interior design. In order to contrast to the brutalist aspect of the apartment, we design a wood ceiling in the main entrance. So, this element also appears as a wall panel which hides a door. The wood floor is a tool to create the impression of a bigger space, as we have the same material on the wall and part of the ceiling. At the entrance, there is an art piece. It is place on a blue wall to contrast to the Flavio Scholles’ yellow painting. The furniture plays an important role in this project. Among the choices,…

This wooden house with a black facade that stands out in the snow, is a Swedish chalet of 90m² where you can easily see yourself settling down to enjoy an immaculate landscape. Natural materials have been favored as it should in this environment and the many large windows to the outside bring a lot of light, despite a decoration treated in dark tones. The open kitchen, the numerous bedrooms are a sign of conviviality, meetings with family or friends. A designer and successful chalet ideal for enjoying the ski slopes via Planete Deco.fr

In a handsome brick property we find this wonderful second by Stadshem. Preserved original details such as parquet floors, mirrored doors, wardrobes, ceiling rosettes, cast iron radiators and window sills in deep niches give the apartment a beautiful setting, and in the bedroom, kitchen and serving corridor, the wooden floors have been developed.  The apartment has plenty of living space, and the living room and kitchen are in unity in an open floor plan that makes it possible to combine cooking with socializing. The bedroom is also spacious, and the nice original wardrobes offer excellent storage options. The generous ceiling height creates an airy atmosphere, and large windows fill the apartment with light. It is free from transparency, and the expansive view gives a wonderful feeling of freedom. Photography : JANNE OLANDER,  Interior Designer: EMMA FISCHER  See also :https://house-diaries.com/living-under-a-slope-roof-in-an-old-house/

A Wayne Gillespie home that was tastefully extended by Watson Young Architects , this U-shaped home provided a fabulous canvas to design a special home for these clients. The client brief reiterated that first and foremost, this was to be a family home. With 3 children under 5, practicality was key, though just as important was a spot for mum and dad to unwind with a glass of wine! The palette used by Lisa Buxton Studio was soft, with pale colours throughout while not forgetting the famous Gillespie brass. Each of the kids’ bedrooms reflect their individual personalities, but were carefully designed to grow along with them (Published with Bowerbird). Photography : Lillie thompson See also :https://house-diaries.com/a-swedish-old-tower-house-in-soft-pastel-tones/

Børge Mogensen, one of the pioneers who laid the foundations for Danish design as a furniture design culture, was one of the most influential Scandinavian designers in general and one of the co-founders of the Danish brand Fredericia in 1955. His biography is truly impressive, and the legacy he left us great. The house of Børge Mogensen, presented here, is located on Soløsevej in Gentofte. It was designed through Mogensen’s collaboration with architects Arne Karlsen and Erling Zeuthen Nilsen and enriched with many of his most famous design works. The very location where it is located was known as the “architectural swamp” due to the fact that many esteemed names in architecture lived in the picturesque neighborhood during the 1960s. Fredericia, a brand with which Mogensen worked closely from 1955 until his death in 1972, recently furnished the house with classic designer-signed furniture. With a few modern upgrades, the BM…

The house by Yana Prydalna, planned to be built in the middle of the forest in Lake Tahoe, California. The concept is created for a weekend vacation in the woods for two people. The designer’s task was to use the maximum amount of wood so as to create a feeling of nature inside the cabin and enjoy the starry sky on a small porch on California summer evenings. Creating interior design from natural materials is always the best not only for aesthetics but also for inner pleasure.Thermo wood in this project is the main material and at the same time serves as a background for filling.The main part of the filling in the living area was in front of a metal fireplace (Electric type) placed a huge sofa made of wooden beams, which is very symbolic for forest houses. The structure itself pushes the owners to leave all the gadgets…

A two-storey log cottage in the Ulyanovsk region, by Lavka-design, built and decorated at the request of a friend.The project was interesting and large-scale – it lasted as long as 3 years – because the work was carried out mainly in the summer, and in the winter, friends selected finishing materials and furniture, communicating remotely.The game was worth the candle: a chalet-style family country house with ethnic elements became for the customer the embodiment of an old dream, and for the designer – a place where she is always welcome to visit. This design definitely sets the standard for luxurious, relaxing rural getaways and provides plenty of design inspiration! See also :https://house-diaries.com/the-log-house-in-geilo-a-modern-mountain-cottage-in-norway/

A complete renovation and transformation to bring back the old charm to a dark & tired Early Victorian end-of-terrace house in Notting Hill, London. The aim of the project was to renovate an Early Victorian ‘End-of-terrace’ house in desperate need of modernisation.The house hadn’t been renovated since the 1980’s, had a very plain finish all over and had lost most of its original period charm. The aim of Brosh Architects Studio was not only to upgrade the property to modern living but to bring back some of the charm that was lost due to many renovations throughout the years.For the floors, designers used distressed and damaged oak flooring with old English finish stain so it would look like it has been there for the past 200 years. Even though the house was built in an early Victorian era, it was designed by the Georgians and therefore they wanted to use…