#worn walls

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In southwestern France, Mathilde, a vintage-textiles dealer uses her family's 18th-century farmhouse to celebrate the pleasures of country life (and patinaed walls). Isn’t the ram head fabulous?

In the living room is a bed of Mathilde’s own design. It was modeled after an old meat safe and features a roof like structure. It's covered with traditional linen and hemp blankets made in Ukraine.

Paintings by Mathilde’s mother are displayed above an antique dresser in the living room, the lamp was crafted from an antique bottle, and the stool is African.

A stool in the entryway holds Eastern European textiles; the oak ceiling beams are original.

The mirror in the entryway was made from antique mercury glass; the custom-made console is antique oak, the green stools are Hungarian, and the terra-cotta tiles are original to the house.

The sofa in the entryway is a family heirloom, and the painting is of the French port of La Rochelle.

In the kitchen, Mathilde designed the oak cabinetry, which is topped with marble from a butcher shop; the industrial light fixtures were flea-market finds, the table is a family heirloom, and the glass light fixture was crafted from an old spirit bottle.

The desk in the office area once belonged to a shoemaker, the chair is from the 1970s.

A custom-made mercury-glass mirror and a vintage armchair in a guest bedroom; the mantel is original.

The shower walls are reclaimed planks from an 18th-century house, the chair is from Biarritz, France, and the sink is from the 1940s.

In a guest room, the bed cover and side table are from Mathilde’s shop, and the flooring and ceiling are fir.

An array of Turkish textiles on an antique shelving unit in a guest bedroom; the curtains are of wool.

A sofa covered in a vintage tablecloth is protected by the original well shelter, and a cat named Zara rests on a child's workbench.

https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/g379/mathilde-labrouche/

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Patrizio & his partner Mark, discovered this 19th century neoclassical villa located near Lecce in Puglia, Italy, in a semi-abandoned state. It’s been completely renovated to become a holiday home.

The decor is modern and unfussy, but a lot of the original architecture remains.

I just love the green bottles over the dining room table. The walls are fabulous.

The kitchen is very modern and I love all the wicker lights. 

This is nice. 

Look at the size of these stairs! And, they’re the original worn ones, too. 

The bedroom decor matches the walls beautifully. Notice that odd sculpture. It looks like giant blocks of tofu.

The bathroom sink is simple. 

There are 5 bedrooms in the house.

Isn’t this tub amazing, carved out of stone? 

This bedroom opens to the patio.

All the bedrooms are different and have their own differently designed baths.

This stone sink is fabulous, too.

It was worth saving this abandoned home, it’s beautiful.

https://www.planete-deco.fr/2019/03/18/la-renovation-dune-maison-pour-les-vacances-dans-les-pouilles/#more-228102

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Caroline and Brent’s stunning 200 yr. old creole cottage, is typical of Old New Orleans homes. “A creole cottage has 4 equal-sized parlors on the 1st fl., with a kitchen attached to the house in the back,” explains Caroline. “Some, like ours, also have a 2nd fl. for additional bedrooms.”

"We look for classic lines, vintage pieces with character, and objects that would be interesting alone, but that really come alive when grouped and layered together with our other belongings. We aren’t into much that is trendy or flashy."

“We turned one of the four parlors in the house into a bar. The bar itself was a relatively expensive purchase.”

In the dining room, they have a buffet Caroline’s mother gave them from one of her storage units, along with a mid-century cabinet they bought at an antique shop when it was going out of business.

In the kitchen, they worked with a handyman to install a large shelf that holds things that don’t look bad in the open.

The bedroom is warm and cozy. 

Stairs that go to their 2nd fl.

Their biggest challenge was that the house had no closets. Storage was not a huge deal in the 1800s, so none was built into the house.

They were excited for find this futon with colorful fabric b/c it’s nice to have an extra bed during Mardi Gras.

They like to have mirrors in every room and found that the best to buy them is at furniture liquidators.

"The rear house is meant to be a quiet spot for guests to revive themselves during a trip to New Orleans.”

The lovely patio behind their bright orange house. 

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/new-orleans-creole-cottage-tour-photos-36830989

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The Mastership Wrights is a faded grandeur raw space that has been furnished and decorated to be used as a location home. What a shame that no one really lives here.

There’s a grand entrance hall. Beautiful spindles on the stair rail and look at the bumps in the floor. 

I would totally have fun hunting down the perfect furnishings and living here. I wouldn’t touch the walls or floors.

This room has a wall that’s down to the brick underneath, but it looks like they redid the fireplace. It’s not overly done, but you can tell it’s new. 

This is the craziest room with it’s broken floors and high end kitchen. It even has an Aga stove!

Beautiful window. Look at the pattern of wear from foot traffic there is on the floor. How great is that patina? Lovely bright plant on the landing looks so pretty.

I wonder why the spindles change on the upper floors. Looks like they painted  some of the woodwork with the same gray paint they did the fireplace with. 

Here’s a nice landing with exposed brick. Up here, the railing gets even plainer. Hmmm. 

In this room, the walls were definitely redone. I wonder what the story is behind this mysterious house.

https://www.desiretoinspire.net/2011/07/20/mastership-wrights/

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Here’s an unusual sort of home in Australia. Its called an Urban Hut, and is an extension on a narrow house. It’s meant to look old, with patinated walls, but it can be decorated any way the resident wants. 

It has weathered walls, deliberately not painted, and modern furniture. Just look at the fireplace.

It’s all about contrast in this home.

Contemporary finishes paired with old exposed brick.

The bedroom also has a brick feature.

Tucked in a corner is a small water closet.

Behind the sliding yellow door is a shower.

http://casalil.blogs.marieclairemaison.com/archive/2010/09/29/cabane-urbaine.html

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Graffiti style mural of the young queen. 

graffiti4hire.co.uk

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Since I accidentally deleted the original blog, I don’t remember if I already put some rooms on this one, or the old one, but this is one of my favorite timeworn kitchens and it deserves reposting. 

heatherbullard.com

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I just really like red crosses. 

vosgesparis.blogspot.com