Todays's flowers.

For Flowers Today I have this beautiful pink rose.

 
For more flowers from all over the world go here.

Quadric Italian Kitchen Gallery from Padovani

This kitchen is equipped with natural stone at the top and steel in other parts.Italian-style kitchen with Quadric models equipped with special lighting effects. The wooden table is designed especially with the natural stone as the base. This Italian kitchen also completed with a large video projection or TV on the wall so You will feel more comfortable. -Padovani-

Shadow shot Sunday

Shadow Shot Sunday is a weekly meme I am participating in. It is hosted by Hey Harriet.

 
For more shadow pictures go here.

Pink Saturday

For Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly from How Sweet the Sound I made this collage of a few pink things in my home. I love pink flowers as you can see in my china and I love these little cakeforks. So cute.

 
For more pink photo's go to Beverly's blog. She has a list of all the participants of this lovely event.

Italian Modern Boutique Hotel Eterprise in Milan

The Hotel Enterprise is near the Fieramilanocity, innovative and with modern design furniture. Comfortable standard rooms, Suites and Junior suites are made with refined and precious materials. Opened in 2002, the Enterprise Hotel is the first ever design hotel in Milan. Enterprise Hotel is the boutique hotel that best represents Milan's creative and innovative spirit, with its ideal combination of inventive design and traditional efficiency.

It is a short walk away from Fieramilanocity, on the way to the Pero-Rho New Trade Fair Centre, and a few minutes from the city centre. Enterprise Hotel is also a modern congress centre and an ideally stylish venue for all types of events, from corporate conventions to fashion shows.

Enterprise Hotel has 123 rooms including 2 suites, 6 junior suites and 14 apartments, designed for guests staying for longer periods in the hotel. The furnishing is modern and elegant with luxury fabrics and refined quality materials. Indeed, even the rooms with parquet floor reflect the philosophy that inspired the creation of the whole hotel, that is, an attempt to blend the refinement of the environment with the need for a cozy and friendly atmosphere. The whole is designed to offer the greatest comfort, without losing sight of "Milan style": quality and design, creativity and efficiency. --traveleurope--

Weekend reflections

This is my photo this week for Weekend reflections hosted by James from NewTown Area Photo. As you can see I love lamps and mirrors.:)

 
For more reflection pictures go here.

Manicomio with Four Store Luxurious Restaurant

This is the Manicomio building, a four store restaurants in a Foster and Partners building near St. Paul's in the city of London. Designed with complete restaurant, on the ground floor there is a deli/bar, people can enjoy the beautiful of London while relaxing in a luxurious place. On the first floor, there is a formal dinning room, a suitable place for having breakfast or lunch. 

There is a cocktail lounge on the top floor, suitable for night party while enjoying the city on the night views. The main kitchen is located on basement floor. somethingfromus

Skywatch Friday

For Skywatch Friday I have these three pictures of a sunset I made last week within 15 seconds. We were going to have rain and bad weather, as you probably can see.

 


 


 
For more skywatch pictures from all over the world go here..

Alphabe-Thursday.

For Alphabe-Thursday hosted by Mrs Jenny Matlock at WWW.Jennymatlock.blogspot.com had to pick things with the letter F. I made a collage of my choises.
I have letter F for
Footballing, Fog on the Field, Flower Fairies, Fishing, Flowers and Forest
Please click picture to enlarge.

 

Rug Love

I have been obsessed with this Matthew Williamson rug from The Rug Company for a little while. I would love one of these for our new house but I think it will definitely be way out of our price range. The colours used are divine and I just love the pattern. Doesn't it look beautiful with that pink sofa and I especially like it placed on the white painted timber floors!

Modern Architecture of Hicksville House by Raffaele and Thomas

Architecture should be clearly organized, humanly scaled and respectful of its surrounding environment.  Accommodating views, harnessing natural light and utilizing appropriate materials are attributes of well designed architecture that we strive for.This is a project of modern home residential named Hicksville House, designed by  Raffaele and Thomas.

On small residential lots it is always a delicate balance to both fulfill the owner's program, yet create an appropriately scaled design that does not overwhelm the neighboring residences. Asymmetrical gables at the new second floor addition, that reinforce the hierarchy of rooms within and a shallow front porch allows the house to gently fit within the existing neighborhood context.-rocarch-

Watery Wednesday

For Watery Wednesday I have this picture I made in October of these lovely ducks who were having a good time..
The weather was still very nice at that time.
 
For more watery pictures go here.

Modern Bedroom Design Collerction with its Furniture and Lighting System

Designing and decorating a bedroom is an exciting job, a modern bedroom need a special arrangement such as color, lighting and the bedroom furniture, here are several gallery of modern bedroom decorating. The first picture describe you how to arrange the bedroom furniture include bedroom cabinet, wardrobe and all the furniture that use a similar color and material. The white color of bed cover and wall, the natural lighting system from the window, and the decoration of the bedroom.

This is the sample of arranging a small bedroom, it doesn't need a big wardrobe or bedroom cabinet, just use the simple high wardrobe. Use multi-bed in order to maximize the size of the bedroom, this picture describe you the best small bedroom arrangement. Don't forget to decorate this small bedroom with a simple decoration only, and give a sufficient lighting system and bright color.

Decorating teen bedroom is always be an interesting project, teen are unique, so they need an unique bedroom color and decoration too. Pink color, small and funny room decorating are the best.

A cultural bedroom accessories such as European, Japanese, Italian, etc. can bring us to the atmosphere of romantic and traditional sense of special culture.

Set of Vintage Plates

A pretty set of plates are available on Vintage by Lou Lou's Ebay store as above. Don't they look wonderful hung on that aqua wall?!

My World Tuesday

Today I chose these two pictures for My World Tuesday. Won't it be nice to see all this again?

 


 
For more pitures from all over the world go here.

The Shell House at Ballymaloe Cookery School

For anyone passing through Co. Cork, in Ireland who has a love for fantastic food and beautiful gardens with all sorts of hidden gems, a visit to Ballymaloe is an absolute must.

Ballymaloe house and gardens are nestled in a 400 acre estate that dates back to the early 1800’s in the rural setting of Shanagarry, East Cork. Alongside this renowned Irish country house hotel and restaurant owned and run by the Allen family for over 40 years is there famous cookery school and gardens. It is here in one of the many individual gardens of Ballymaloe that you will find the Shell House.

As you enter the Shell House garden through the gate, a straight grass path leads towards the Shell House. At the far end of the of the herbaceous border is a deceptively simple little building with a slate roof and gothic windows. When you enter it will take a moment for your eyes to adjust to the light, you then begin to realise that the exterior was indeed a deceptive, careful ploy. The walls, window sills and ceiling are encrusted with a myriad of shells. In the centre of the pebble studded floor is a circular pool of shallow clear water. This extraordinarily beautiful Shell house was Darina Allen’s idea, a surprise present for her husband Tim.

                                                  Inside the shell house
The interior of the shell house was created by the fantastic award winning shell artist Blott Kerr-Wilson in July 1995 and was completed on the 26th of October. The day before Darina and Tim celebrated their silver wedding anniversary.

During the construction

The shells that were used in the creation of this house came from many different sources. Darina had been collecting shells for many years with a vague idea of building a folly. Blott brought some shells with her and more were given as gifts when people heard about the project. Gazing upwards to the ceiling, you will notice how scallops and mussels, laid rank upon rank, increasing in size give the illusion of more light. Every shell used in the roof once encased a mussel or scallop that was consumed at Ballymaloe House or at the Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Ceiling of the shell house, complete with shell chandelier

Tim and Darina designed the building themselves. Tim wanted a very classical building with something completely different hidden inside to amaze and delight when you step across the threshold. Blotts own inspiration for her design came from the time she spent at the Alhambra palace in Granada.

Closeups of various details on the walls

When creating her designs, she would work out the patterns in her head and then sketch the ideas onto the wall with chalk, and she would then cement the shells on. Although Blott like to work at night, she was rarely alone. There was always someone around to watch in wonderment at the work that was progressing. An article from Gardens illustrated, wrights that, soon after Blott began work on the shell house, the school holidays began, and hordes of children descended on Ballymaloe, as her work never ceased to interest and amuse them. In the article, Blott tells “I love to work at night and they would sneak out in their pyjamas, and cycle to the field where I was working. It was just like E.T. I would see the lights of their bicycles lined up outside the shell house and hear them whispering “Shh, Shh” very loudly”

                                Closeup of shell chandelier

Another visitor who came often to review the progress was Tim's father the late Ivan Allen. He gave Blott the inspiration to turn the window sills into seat because when he would come he would sit on the sills and from there he was able to admire the emerging patterns as they were created whilst he was seated.

Sill seat for Ivan. It’s design partly accredited by the shells eaten the day before.

Ballymaloe house and gardens are a magical place, the shell house being no exception. The gardens are open to the public all year round, so do go and see it for yourself, as the memory will stay with you for years to come. Check out their website for more information http://cookingisfun.ie/

For all of those who admire Blotts amazing shell art, you can find more examples of her works on her website
http://www.blottshellhouses.com/index.html

Thanks to Blott and the Allen family for their kind permission for the use of Photographs and information from there lovely websites.