A renovated apartment in Shanghai

Artekt is an architecture and design agency with offices in Paris and Shanghai. This is their renovation of a tired and typical Shanghai apartment into a stylish contemporary space. The before and afters are amazing. I'm particularly taken with the bathroom transformation and the entrance/dining bar/lightbox is a clever use of the space. Bold colour adds warmth and clean lines improve the flow of the small apartment. Great to see design from this part of the world!

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Another reader's home

Hi was just attempting to clear out my inbox (omg I am so bad at keeping up with them) when I found an email from Carmina:

"Buenos dias, Mi nombre es Carmina y me he atrevido a enviarles fotos de mi casa, por si las quieren colgar en su blog. Saludos".

Since I think she wants me to post photos of her home on the blog, here you go! (I SOOO love the orange walls and the mosaic tile in the bathroom.) Thank you Carmina!

Orange inspiration

Robin emailed the other day looking for some colour inspiration: "I was wondering if you could dig up some photos of orange rooms. I painted my living room a clay orange to match a fabric I love and now I’ve lost the orange inspiration! Help!" I dug up some photos of spaces with orangey walls to hopefully help Robin finish her living room. Note: grey, white, taupe and chartreuse seems to be popular choices to use with orange.

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