Showing posts with label John Jacob Interiors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Jacob Interiors. Show all posts

3/16/2011

"Gratuitous Nudity . . . "

Academy Award Winner, Colin Firth.

Greetings,  

Well, I had to find some way of getting you all to peruse through some amazing bathrooms!  I'm working on several projects at the office that are going to involve re-designing (or at least re-imagining) numerous bathrooms for clients.  

Designing bathrooms are always a challenge.  The specifications are usually quite technical.  But more importantly, the rooms are incredibly personal.  They is most likely the first room we each see in the morning.  And the last we see at night.  And frankly, we're in these rooms when we're naked.   A badly designed bathroom can be amazingly sad.  But, if beautifully done - they can be divine.

Enjoy . . . 

Barry Darr Dixon, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Edward Addeo)
Beautiful tile work.  Great faucets.
And I love the use of the drapery treatment in the space.

Paolo Moschino, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Simon Upton)
Intrigued by the unusual use of the hutch in this bathroom.
And I'm almost always 
a sucker for a free-standing bathtub. 

Johnny Depp

Dransfield & Ross, for Elle Decor  
(photo credit - Simon Upton)
Great re-imagining of the console as a vanity.
And love the dove gray colour of the casework

SMW Design, Atherton Residence
(photo credit - Eric Tagan Hooten)
A little corner in a project in Atherton.  We ended up
having to retro-fit the 
mirror on this adorable antique bamboo table.  

Neil Patrick Harris, television and broadway actor

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Again - the blessings of a free-standing bathtub.
And a fireplace.  And great artwork.

Joe Nye, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Roger Davies)
Masculine.  Clubby.  Great lighting.
And I
love that mirror.

Bradley Cooper, television and movie star

SMW Design, Tahoe Residence
(photo credit - Eric Tagan Hooten)
A great little bathroom as part of a guest
suite at a Tahoe vacation home.  

Mari Ann & Michael Maher, for Elle Decor
(photo credit - William Abranowicz)
And how amazing is this antique sofa as part of the bathroom.
And oh, to have that much space!
Don't forget to scrub behind those ears,
Scot

3/13/2011

"Springing. Somewhat Forwards . . . "

Marshall Watson and Jeffery Kilmer, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Roger Davies)
Greetings,

Some days you just need to celebrate those small victories in life.  Today is just such a day.  Sing out the good news.  As of this morning, the clock in my car is right again.  Praise.

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"The Clock"
a poem by Mother Goose


SMW Design, San Francisco
(photo credit - Nicolas Smith)

"There's a neat little clock,--
In the schoolroom it stands,--
And it points to the time
With its two little hands . . . "


Celerie Kimble, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Don Freeman)


SMW Design, San Francisco
(photo credit - Nicolas Smith)

" . . . And may we, like the clock,
Keep a face clean and bright,
With hands ever ready
To do what is right."


Carolyne Roehm, for Veranda Magazine
(photo credit - Carolyne Roehm)


Cathy Kincaid, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Reed Davis)
Don't be late today,
Scot

2/19/2011

"Town and Country . . . "


Hackett of London

Greetings,

Urban or Rural.  Modern or Antique.  
Finely edited / Lushly layered.  Polished chrome / Hand-rubbed brass.  


Sometimes I feel pulled in both directions.   


Past or Future.  Yin / Yang.  Sports car or Jeep.   
Sidewalks / Dirt paths.  

"Town or Country?"

London, England
The home of New York designer Robert Passal
Ralph Lauren Collection, Fall 2011
SMW Design, San Francisco

Menswear Designer, Michael Bastian
(photographed by Ian Allen)

Hackett of London
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Ralph Lauren Home Collection


Velvet Slippers, from Del Toro
Windsor Smith, from Rue Magazine
Michael Smith Design 
















Ralph Lauren's home, from Architectural Digest
SMW Design, San Francisco
Denton Gardner, for Elle Decor

Actor, Matthew Goode

SMW Design, San Francisco
Glen Feshie Lodge, Elle Decor

Gant by Michael Bastian, Fall 2011

The new Ralph Lauren Restaurant in Paris

Roger Banks-Pye, from Inspirational Interiors


Decision . . .  decisions . . .
Scot


(Some of these have sources - unfortunately, many do not - if you happen to recognize one, let me know!)

2/05/2011

"Keep Calm . . . "

From Costal Living

Greetings,

Just taking a few moment - and a few images - to catch my breath.  It's been a busy few weeks.  Traveling for fun and for funerals.  New design projects in their early phases.  Existing projects in their 'final details' phase.  And a great turn-out for my Social Media Lecture at "Design San Francisco" this week - so, I need a little visual rest for a moment . . . join me in a deep, cleansing breath . . .

Jacqueline Derrey Segura, for House Beautiful
(photo credit-Simon Upton)

Tim Clarke Interior Design


Phoebe Howard

John Jacob Interiors, South Africa

From House Beautiful

Thomas O'Brien, from American Modern
(photo credit-Laura Resen)


Monelle Totah, for Elle Decor
(photo credit-Simon Upton)

Ralph Lauren, for Architectural Digest
(photo credit-Durston Saylor)

Michael S Smith, for Elle Decor  
(photo credit-Simon Upton)

Cheers,
Scot