A Lefèvre Interiors dressing & new discoveries

I hope you all have enjoyed your weekend as we did here in Belgium. The weather gods spoiled us with some gorgeous late summer days! Up to 27°C! It was one of the warmest weekends of this year! We really aren’t used to these summer temperatures at the start of October! It abled us to face a busy new week!

Today I want to share a few pictures of a client’s dressing and some gorgeous new discoveries.

 

Dressing Lefèvre Interiors

The dressing room I designed for one of our clients in France, was installed by our company Lefèvre Interiors months ago but I hadn’t had yet the opportunity to take some pictures of it untill last week.

White painted integrated cabinets with shutter doors.

Covered radiator.

The room acts as a dressing and as a guestroom. The seat can be converted into a bed.

Libeco linen upholstered seat.

 

 

  I love the detailing of the pilasters.

Dressing by Lefèvre Interiors.

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NEW DISCOVERIES

 

Hermès textiles

source www.dedar.com

Hermès is expanding into the home textile world not only with silks, but also with "upholstery-ready signature patterns in cotton, cashmere, wool, and linen".

Hermès teamed up with the Italian firm Dedar to produce these gorgeous textiles.

Expressive horse race scenes in bright colors, elephants in royal regalia, or tone-on-tone abstracted “H”s, and a seemingly hand-drawn herringbone print.
Read More http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2011/05/10/hermes-dedar-textiles-wallpaper.html#ixzz1ZiExYWgx

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The collection is available at select Hermès locations.

To find a location, visit www.dedar.com.

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John Stefanidis fabrics

This Autumn John Stefanidis Fabrics launches a seriously chic new stripe ”Promenade”.

It is an elegant, 4 colour stripe with colours that will coordinate with and complement other designs in the John Stefanidis fabric range.

source http://johnstefanidis.blogspot.com/

 

By the way, I want you to know that John Stefanidis, one of my favorite British designers, has a beautiful blog ‘The Developed Eye’, where John writes about his life, his travels, the influences behind his designs for the many houses on which he has worked and his fabric and furniture ranges.

I remember, years ago, I bought his first book, titled ‘Rooms, Design & Decoration’. To me it is still one of the most inspiring books about interior design!

Meanwhile John has written several books (to discover on his website).

source  http://www.johnstefanidis.com/

If you don’t know yet this talented designer, please visit his website John Stefanidis or start reading his blog The Developed Eye. You will not be disappointed.

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Ochre hardware

 

I have discovered the most beautiful cabinet handels ever at www.ochre.net !!!

source http://www.ochre.net/

Black horn handle with bronze or polished nickel knuckle.

 

source http://www.ochre.net/

Pale horn handle with bronze or polished nickel knuckle.

 

source http://www.ochre.net/

Brown horn handle with bronze or polished nickel knuckle.

For more information about the different dimensions, please visit the OCHRE website here.

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I hope I inspired you today and I wish everyone of you a splendid new week!

xx

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Hand-made Belgian Hardware Jewelry

Peter van Cronenburg started as a cabinet maker in 1983, and because of his frustration to not find the exact hardware he needed to finish his realisations,- most items on the market were to him too 19th Century, with a mechanical finish and artificial patina-, he developed new models to respond to esthetical and technical challenges.

Peter also started collecting historic pieces in order to reproduce them and searched for craftsmen who executed their work in a traditional way.

Over the years, van Croonenburg has envolved into a high-service company with its own foundry that delivers high-quality hand-made architectural hardware.

Peter explains : “ We are committed to the details that make the difference. This soul, this passion can be found in each one of the models of our collection. Our thousand of models go from 16th Century Venetian door handles to ‘Shaker’ knobs, from Louis XV latches to Art Deco door bells, but all have the same in common: they have been thoroughly evaluated in terms of significance, purity of shape, function and proportions.”

Prototypes developed for a client can remain proprietary, or can be integrated in Peter’s collection.

The main manufacturing processes are forging and casting (sand casting as well as ‘cire perdue’), depending on the design and function of the piece.

“Hardware is the jewelry of a house.” (Peter van Cronenburg)

“It is important to make a distinction between rooms of a house : rooms for reception, services and private spaces. The wince cellar door of a connoisseur deserves another handle than a pantry. You don’t enter a library in the same state of mind you do with a workshop.” (Peter van Cronenburg).

From door handles, cabinet fittings, doorbells, to coathangers,… Peter van Cronenburg delivers a unique and privileged service and gives the clients the level of customization they want.

A wide range of finish possibilities is provided.

“We want to obtain an authentic look and feel, no varnishes are used, because the hardware does not age natural, using varnish.”, explains Peter.

Peter van Cronenburg is featured in a lot of publications as in international magazines and in interior design books. See more about the publications at the Peter van Cronenburg website HERE.

Beta-Plus Compendium Architectural Antiques

This is a picture at the showroom of Peter van Cronenburg.

Does this post teases your curiosity?! Please enter the website

by clicking on this logo.

As being an interior designer or architect, it is most interesting to ask for your password, to browse through the online catalogue.

Peter van Cronenburg

Moeistraat 53

Sint-Martens-Latem

Belgium

www.petervancronenburg.be

What are your thoughts about this Belgian artist? I would love to hear!

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All images : Peter van Cronenburg website; Peter van Cronenburg catalogue; scanned from the Beta-Plus book Compendium Architectural Antiques.

Text : website Peter van Cronenburg

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