Modern House Minimalist Design

  Yes I am!  Totally smitten with this library decorated by the brand of timeless home decor Slettvoll in Norway ! The way Slettvoll has combined the traditional style of the library with their furniture and decorative accessories is gorgeous!  Elegant and timeless! The furniture is designed by the talented Helene Hennie, who was awarded the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the

  Yes I am!  Totally smitten with this library decorated by the brand of timeless home decor Slettvoll in Norway ! The way Slettvoll has combined the traditional style of the library with their furniture and decorative accessories is gorgeous!  Elegant and timeless! The furniture is designed by the talented Helene Hennie , who was awarded the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year 2007 . Helene started her collaboration with Slettvoll in 2005.   To discover the Slettvoll home decor furniture collection, designed by Helene Hennie, click here .   I am always inspired by exquisite woodwork as here. The millwork has gorgeous mouldings. I would love to design a traditional library with this look for one of my clients!   This gorgeous website is worth a visit ! I am sure you will love it ! www.slettvoll.com   xx Greet

  Dear readers, a few weeks ago I told you about a Lefèvre Interiors library project, completely executed in the English Regency style. If you missed this post, you can read it HERE .   Lefèvre Interiors initial design sketch of the Regency styled library.   Remember I mentionned that I really needed to visit our client to take some ‘after’ pictures! A couple of days after posting about this

  Dear readers, a few weeks ago I told you about a Lefèvre Interiors library project, completely executed in the English Regency style. If you missed this post, you can read it HERE .   Lefèvre Interiors initial design sketch of the Regency styled library.   Remember I mentionned that I really needed to visit our client to take some ‘after’ pictures! A couple of days after posting about this project, I received an email from our client , sending me…yes indeed…’after’ pictures!!! So I realized that my client was also a reader of my blog!!!! I was very surprised and enchanted at the same time!   Mahogany library bookcases assembled at our client’s home. Image LEFEVRE INTERIORS Image LEFEVRE INTERIORS   The following pictures are the ‘after’ pictures I received from our client.   Notice the British Regency period (1811-1820) elements: mahogany armchairs, double desk and especially the daybed. All this, together with the collection of antiq...

  As it is weekend and very cold outside, what is more cozier than reading a good book or dining with your family?! Why not choosing for your library to have dinner or choosing for your dining room to read a good book?   To have dinner surrounded by books ! Isn’t that a wonderful idea ? Source Bunny Williams   Source unknown   Source Bunny Williams   Source here   Source here   Source here

  As it is weekend and very cold outside, what is more cozier than reading a good book or dining with your family?! Why not choosing for your library to have dinner or choosing for your dining room to read a good book?   To have dinner surrounded by books ! Isn’t that a wonderful idea ? Source Bunny Williams   Source unknown   Source Bunny Williams   Source here   Source here   Source here   Source Nicky Haslam Design   I wish you all a nice and cozy weekend! xx Greet

A few months ago Natalie of Natalie Haegeman Interiors contacted us asking for help with the realization of a library project for one of her Belgian clients. As my company Lefèvre Interiors is specialized in made-to-measure and custom-made cabinetry and paneling, we were very pleased with the opportunity to help Natalie with the project she had in mind. Natalie started sketching the library and

A few months ago Natalie of Natalie Haegeman Interiors contacted us asking for help with the realization of a library project for one of her Belgian clients. As my company Lefèvre Interiors is specialized in made-to-measure and custom-made cabinetry and paneling, we were very pleased with the opportunity to help Natalie with the project she had in mind. Natalie started sketching the library and shared thoughts with her client. Plan of the library room.   Current situation of the library room.   Many meetings later, my husband Jan took all the required measurements and worked out the technical plan of the library room. Lefèvre Interiors technical plan.   Natalie’s client absolutely preferred to use French oak for the cabinetry. French oak in the Lefèvre Interiors warehouse, sorted out for this library project. Our warehouse   At this moment, about 3 months later, the execution of the library in the Lefevre Interiors workshop is almost finished. ...

As I told you in my earlier post, I was preparing upcoming meetings with clients these passed days and was browsing into the Lefèvre Interiors realizations file and found these pictures of an earlier library project. The library is installed in a Brussels mansion and is designed in the British Regency style. The bookcases are executed in mahogany, that was very popular in the early 19th century

As I told you in my earlier post, I was preparing upcoming meetings with clients these passed days and was browsing into the Lefèvre Interiors realizations file and found these pictures of an earlier library project. The library is installed in a Brussels mansion and is designed in the British Regency style. The bookcases are executed in mahogany, that was very popular in the early 19th century Regency style (1811-1820).   This was our initial design sketch.   I remember me discussing about the Regency style with the home owner (the Regency style was his favorite design style) and we talked a lot about Thomas Hope (1769 -1831),  who was not only a Dutch and British merchant banker, author and philosopher but also an art collector. Hope was eager to advance public awareness of historical painting and design and to influence design in the grand houses of Regency London. He began sketching furniture, room interiors and costumes. In 1807 Thomas Hope published sk...