#designer apt.

Edinburgh based designer Sam Buckley uses bold graphics and color blocking in the homes he designs. Check out this apt. 

This is amazing. 

Look at this technique, dividing the colors of the fireplace.

I would love to have people over in this living room, but I’d love to live here- it’s so dynamic.

I wonder where he gets these ceiling medallions. 

The bedroom walls have a more subdued look, but the furniture and linens are bright. 

I’m completely in love with this London apt. It’s vintage and maximalist, but most of all it’s amazing. Look at this living room- it looks like an old mansion that still has the original furnishings. 

The architecture in this place! It’s so ornate. The palm trees and disco ball add to the atmosphere.

This room is very similar to the front room and is just as spectacular. The vintage fabrics add to the lush look.

The dark kitchen is top of the line. I’ve seen that stove before, but I’ve never seen matching cabinets. 

The decorator of this space,  Sera Hersham-Loftus, is known for her unique Boudoir Chic style and its seductive romantic drama.

Hallway leading to the bedroom and bath. 

She utilized the space to make a fabulous large closet using salvaged shutter doors.

The bedroom is a fantasy space. It’s small, makes the most of the space. The fireplace chimney is a backdrop behind the bed and shelves were built on either side of it for extra storage.

The bathroom is phenomenal with it’s shabby elegance and antique Art Nouveau privacy screen. 

If you’re going to go with maximalist decor, colors and patterns, I say go all out like this apt./flat in London. I love this over-the-top decor.

Red chandelier, books, wallpaper with a design in the corner, and a reading nook. Also like the stacked lamp.

Now, that’s a couch and a gallery wall. That thing would seat 6, comfortably.

They were even able to fit in a desk.

Bar cart in front of a large, colorful modern painting.

The small, but colorful kitchen has tile with matching wallpaper and a large modern painting.

Even the hallway is decorated.

In love with the pastels in the bedroom. The wallpaper and fabric on the bed are gorgeous.

The bath is beautifully tranquil.

The 2nd bedroom and bath have a warm red and orange theme. This apt. is amazing.

Designer Merve couldn’t put anything but neutrals in her client’s apt. in New York, but, when the client got a pied a terre in Istanbul, Merve said, “Let me make your life happier,’” she says, laughing. “‘Please let me add some color!’”

Merve isn’t afraid of a bold choice. However, her client was still a little (read: a lot) apprehensive.

So instead of starting the design process with a psychedelic shade, Merve proposed a pattern—checkerboard. Once the checks were approved, the designer gained momentum.

Merve’s favorite moment, the baby pink banquette. The gallery wall above has a lot of purposeful negative space to balance out the busyness.

Love the shiny piano and unusual bench.

In the entry, she created a custom pair of coordinating credenzas, one for shoes and one for files.

Faced with an awkward alcove at the end of the hallway, but it just so happened the client was desperate for a reading nook.

In the bath Merve said, “I wanted the two-tone glass of the mirror to frame the birds perfectly, so you see them in the center when washing your hands.” 

The houses of designer Beata Heuman have the element of surprise in an understated interior with novel ideas, witty additions and unusual details. This London flat is one of her best examples. The flat opens straight away into a hallway with a pink floor.

A unique Beata Heuman radiator console table sits by the entrance.

This is described as a modern vintage house in modern gothic decor. To me, it looks like an apt., in New York City.

It was decorated by a company called Geometrix Design and done basically in black & white. 

I would never expect this to be any form of gothic design, but maybe the chairs and graphics are considered as such.

Shiny black cabinets. The marble they chose is stunning, too. (My apt. actually has the same color walls. That’s sad.)

This bedroom has a nice mural wall.

What a fascinating headboard. This must be the main bedroom.

Incredibly beautiful 2 bdrm. flat in London was transformed into an “Orangery.”

It has such an outdoor, tropical feel. Would you believe the leafy walls are actually tile?

Very intriguing apt. decorated by a French designer. In some of the blogs I follow, people are either buying or acquiring free floral sofas, and this shows that they do fit into modern design.

I’m fascinated by her design- she put up 3 fancy chandeliers plus a single bare bulb, then draped a red wire between them that doesn’t seem to serve any function. The living room set is pink & green, yet she did the kitchen in bright contrasting red.