former glory ... beautifully abandoned

There's something about abandoned buildings, a sense of intrigue and mystery which 
never fails to enrapture me.
You can almost see a haunting figure standing there in a beautiful silk embroidered dress, 
and it appears that the beauty is sadly mesmerising
I've barely visited such places however the few times i have, I've been drawn to their charm.     

via: flickr

via: flickr.com

via: Bohemian Valhalla

 

 via: flickr .com

 Paul White

Paul White

Paul White

Paul White

Paul White

via: Nature wallpapers 

via: flickr .com

tiles tiles tiles

My next renovation project is the bathroom.  Currently my main bathroom has wooden floors and 

wall panelling.  After having a few leaks come through to down stairs,  I've decided to put tiles all over the bathroom, hopefully there will be no leaks!!  So I need lots of inspiration and I've found some awesome tiles.

But there are too many types: timeless, bold, arty, vintage... I love them all...

via: this is glamorous

via: the kitchen

via : design dump

via: oh joy!

via: La Dolce Vita

 via: Amber Interior Design

via: Haute Design

via: far

via: solid frog

someday...

 via: Indigenous Dialogues

country house for sale

Is this for you?  This beautiful country house is on the market. *
I wouldn't mind something like this, as long as I can afford cleaners.

Howsham Hall

  

 

Urban Outfitters Corporate Campus

What a lovely creative place to work.  Award wining MS & R Architecture transformed this  125 years old historic Navy Yard in to a cool inspiring work space for Urban Outfitters Corporate.  

“The new design brings out the best of the old and highlights the historic features in ways that might have been less successful with a more traditional response. . . . The tension between old and new, tactile and smooth, light and dark, indoor and out, all of this while holding in character with the corporate image—genius.”
—AIA National Honor Awards Jury

 

  

some pictures via : Arch daily