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Wednesday 13 February 2008

Loft in San Francisco








Lofts have many apparent advantages. For designers it is an opportunity to fulfill their most daring ideas. When Jonathan Straley purchased this loft in a former chocolate factory, there was only a bathroom and pillars at two-meter distances. The first step of the reconstruction was the floor. It was covered with matchboards; their light-brown color brings in warmth and makes a quaint contrast with stone ceilings. Walls, painted in white, serve as a good decoration for the collection of art. In order to keep the wholeness of the space, the designer organized rooms without walls. A large pillar originally divides the sitting room, on its one side there is an artificial fireplace, on the reverse a bookcase which, together with a writing table and a couple of chairs, makes up the library. Cupboards serve here as screen-partitions between the apartment areas. The result is amazing...

4 comments:

Unknown said...

fantastic - i adore the chandelier!your blog is sublime!

Unknown said...

fantastic - i adore the chandelier!your blog is sublime!

christelle said...

thank you so much for all your nice comments Lynne, I'm glad you like it !

Anonymous said...

Do you know an author of this painting?? I mean this person in water- it's on the fifth photo in this post.