Marta de la Rica

Interior Designer Marta de Rica seems to favor mixing iron vintage chairs, distressed wood with polished cabinetry.  She also seems to prefer concrete finishes over tiles or marble for bathrooms and kitchens.  These choices of hers translate into homes that have a modern sensibility yet feel homey and livable.  Enjoy! 

Beautiful vignette.  I adore the sconces.

Antiqued mirror and french chandelier in a bathroom.  The bathtub looks like a personal pool.

Distressed wooden door gives interest to a very delicate room.  Adore the black reading sconces.

Another view of the bedroom where Marta displays a chair without upholstery. 

A modern kitchen with traditional patterned floor. 

Symmetry frames the door with A pair of Sputnik sconces over a pair of draped sconces designed by Frederique Mechiche. 

A powder room wallpapered in a Grisaille wallpaper depicting old buildings. 

Marta uses a library card index file cabinet for her jewelry and accessories. 

Rooms that work: Global Chic

The Global Chic look has always appealed to me because it's probably the kind that speaks more eloquently about it's owners' life, travel and sense of style.  I also especially love it because it's the most purest of all to it's habitat.  These images are from a wooden home, probably a Yali, overlooking the Bosphorus.  My wildest dream or maybe one of them!  Interior Designer Serdar Gulgun, sorry no website, was the one in charge of the magnificent restoration of this incredible 19th century home.  Enoy!

That bathroom, looking like something you would find in a Hammam (turkish bathroom) is, without a doubt, one of a kind.  Take a look at the mosaic ceiling, amazing!  Love how the detail of painting the moldings in different colors adds another layer to the room.  The ceiling of this house is pretty spectacular as well.

A very monochromatic dining room with very ornate dining chairs and a black and red Suzani tablecloth that picks up the red from the carpet and console.  The incredible ornamentation above the doors appears to be a Tromp l'oeil
Photos by Juergen Frank