Home Decor Idea: cowhide

After the explosion of colors that has been happening in this blog during the past days, let's rest our eyes and delight on this black and white space from Valencia, Spain. It's not too serious and harsh even though Carlos Serra, the designer, wanted to create a space full of strong personality. He added a few light pieces to lighten up the sober space.

A sofa upholstered in cowhide skin and the brass mirror are the queen and king of this living room. The flames in the fireplace is also powerful.

The Barcelona chairs play a key role against most of the antique pieces in the room. The spare office is perfect for the space with light leggy furniture that gets their weight from the Empire commode.

The fluted columns, which they seem to be installed on a tall pedestal to make them look higher, is a brilliant touch to the white and spare space.
Images via Nuevo Estilo

While many rich and famous take the first month of the year vacationing to warmer weather destination, others like myself go back to work and duty. Unnaturally though I would rather be somewhere else where there is a lot of snow and mountains- at least for a very short time. A Cabin like this one in Megève to come back to after a long day of skiing (with an aching body from all the falls) is of course part of that wish. The basic black and white of this cottage is very soothing and fitting for the million dollar view of the Swiss Alps, however I would rather have seen a bit more shades of brown throughout. The cowhide chairs for instance are the queen of this house, what do you think? The kitchen with its monochromatic palette is a big focal point of the cabin and the tulip chairs with rabbit pillows are also a great warm detail. Enjoy!

In this room there is a lot of mixed textures. The curtains are made of mohair, the table is white lacquered with a metal base and the pillows of the tulip chairs are upholstered in rabbit skin. :(