I often find that I receive so much inspiration from the design world (blogs, magazines, instagram, pintrest, etc) that it's hard to remember all of the dynamic options we have at our finger tips.
Over the weekend, having coffee and catching up on all things design I ran across this image on House Beautiful via twitter.
Inspired by Christian Bérard's
1939 murals for L'Institut Guerlain in Paris, This Brooklyn Studio apartment received a very chic and affordable makeover to the bathroom. I wish I could find more images but you get the idea. The addition of these whimsical brushstrokes transforms this seemingly nondescript bath into a jewel box!
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| 1939 Photo of the Guerlain showroom, via meublepeint.com |
As designers often know, some of the most successful interiors are a collaboration of great creative minds. As interior designer Jean-Michel Frank must have realized, as this wasn't the first time this designer and artist duo had gotten together.
The Guerlain mural, via Peak of Chic
Jean-Michel Frank was perhaps the most influential designer and decorator of the Parisian haute-monde of the 1930s and 40s. Frank was known for his utilitarian furniture lines (i.e. the Parsons Table) but what made him so very special is he would take this utilitarian object and cover it unexpected materials, that of bleached leather or vellum or shagreen. This took function to a level of luxury, as was the case with Bérard's murals.
If your home is crying out for luxe brushstrokes of whimsy, maybe this is your solution as well!
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