Cool and calm. That’s what I hope to achieve in the India pied-à-terre, because it sits amid a busy and sweltering Southern India city neighborhood. Here are images that capture the cool feeling of escape that I’m aiming for (from a Pinterest Board - India Apartment Decorating Inspiration) …
Via Elle Decor:
A chair from Matter that looks like a chair in my husband’s family photo in Southern India when he was a little boy. But the cost of this one chair probably could have housed, clothed and fed their whole neighborhood back then:
From the New York Observer, Madeline Weinrib’s studio. A good balance of interesting and calm:
From the Shangri-La collection, some lace-like jali pattern:
I like this mix of neutral calm and color, modern and ancient style in the Hospes Hotel Cordoba in Spain:
Plus textured fabrics, like Donghia Angelina created in the tradition of Indian couture embroidery:
This is in Cher’s “Indian Fantasy” Hollywood home, designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard:
I love the shapes of these side tables shown at Traditional Home:
Another room designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard for Cher, and featured by Rizzoli shows the feeling I want:
This stool from Husk in Australia has what I like: simple but exotic:
Yet another room by Martyn Lawrence Bullard that’s inspiring me. This is really getting quite ridiculous. I should just call him to do my apartment. Like, ha!
Something shimmering is surely needed, such as these Seesha pillows from John Robshaw:
This image from Vogue Living is featured in nearly all my posts about India apartment decorating inspiration, because it’s such an influential image for the decor of the place:
Lovin’ this table from Serena and Lily:
And designs like this Taj silk fabric from Quadrille:
This, like this! But I haven’t located original source of this image — if anyone knows, please comment:
Now, I just need to get to Chennai and get to work …
(EDITED: Oh my, just found Martyn Lawrence Bullard is on Pinterest. Following!)
