Quaint & Rustic in Italy


I am preparing for a ten day's art class in Umbria, Italy this fall. (More on that when we return). Here is another place - Albergo Diffuso in Sextantio S. Stefano, I've been contemplating for another art course in Italy. It's VERY rustic, and reading the visitors comments on TripAdvisor, many of the beautiful rooms have very small windows and are poorly lit, so they may very well be too dark to work in, should the weather be bad. What do you think? Would you stay in a quaint Italian village & hotel like this? 







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Rustic bathroom ideas


I'm preparing for next week's re-designing of the front door area of my house. At present it's very small and un-welcoming, but all that will change. More on that later. Another project of mine is my bathroom. Not a very pretty sight either. Functional, but… Searching the web for inspiration, here are a selection of what I found:





The first five images above are from Pinterest, with no proper source. The three images below are from a small bath in a renovated Australia home (found here). I f you want to see more from this small two room apartment with a very spacious feel, check out the blogpost below.




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Inspiration: Wabi Sabi Style Restroom


Now - there are restrooms and there are restrooms! This one is in the Danish restaurant Höst, in Copenhagen. It sure looks like the wabi sabi style is getting trendier by the day! 
Photographs by Norm Architects





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LASTING TREND - Craft is the new Black

Top left - design by Benar Venet and Marie-Andrée Côté


By Katakuchi-Hachi (right)


By Mozambican carvers. Brooch (right) by Kaori Zuzu


By Barbara Gilhooly (left)


By Africa Craft Trust (left) 


Top right: pendant by Julia Turner (right)
Below left: by Peter Bauhuis


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Wabi Sabi = Wood


Another blogpost about wood, and who can blame me? Natures best material? For making great architecture, lasting interiors, beautiful arts and crafts. And furniture! (OK, so I love a clever wood  joint!) The images above are clockwise from top left: 

Clockwise from top left:
Artwork by Alton Falcone


Beautiful joints and structures - clockwise from top left: 


More woodwork, above - clockwise from top left:
... and some more beautiful wood joints below:
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Wabi Sabi is imperfection


Wabi Sabi is the Japanese Art of Imperfect Beauty





I found these images here (from top left): 
unknown   cisco home  
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Zen carpet design

Architect and designer Axel Bjurström has designed this beautiful carpet inspired by Japanese Zen gardens. Just love it! 




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