In the house of architect Pedro Useche

Architect and furniture designer Pedro Useche has created this open plan home, his own, settled in a lush tropical garden in São Paulo, Brazil. The Venezuelan designer surrounds himself with his own furniture pieces as well as mid century classics but what I love most is the riot of art that brings life, an extrovert personality to the large white spaces that are a perfect counterfoil to the vibrant green surrounds. A home full of discoveries for the eye. I can imagine walking in and racing from spot to spot exploring all the treasures of a creative mind. The wonderful photography is by Fran Parente.

  

  

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Chilean beauty

I couldn't resist. I had to share more fabulous images from photographer Fran Parente's portfolio. This time he has captured the essence of this Santiago, Chile house by architect Mathias Klotz. Dark yet bright. Modern with a touch of retro. Love the bike hung from that amazing staircase, the street presence of the building, the lower position of the windows in the bedroom as well as the run of book underneath. South American design is so hot right now and so are their photographers.

  

  

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Apartamento

Hello beautiful Brazilian apartment. Hello hello hello. I found this quirky yet stylish, retro with a sense of humour home in the portfolio of photographer Fran Parente. It belongs to architect/designer Mauricio Arruda and you'll find it in São Paulo. (What I love about Fran's work is that he captures the bold personality of this place perfectly but still keeps it real. Great light, great colour, cool insight into a fab flat. The house of cards dining table better not come tumbling down though. OOOH bad pun. It's the Mesa Baralho in case you just have to have one.) But then I found Mauricio's website with even more great designs. So now you'll have to visit both!

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Brazilian garden

This next post comes from Renato of Rio de Janeiro: I'm a brazilian fan of your delightful DTI ..after so much inspiration I thought I also had something to inspire you (and other readers) too! The plant is called Mucuna, and is the flaming hot sister of the suave blue Jade ...

Franco's apartment

We've gotten a few reader emails lately with some interior design projects that I wanted to share so I thought I'd feature them all today. This first one comes from Franco. He is a brand manager in São Paulo and wanted to share his new apartment with us. It's actually more like a little peek, but I think the photography is superb so without further ado, welcome to Franco's Brazilian pad.