Saturday, January 17, 2009

French Estate: Part 2

I promised I would post some more photos of the French Estate, so here they are! Pictured above is the grand entrance flanked on each side is a formal living room and dining room. The staircase features a beautiful custom wrought iron railing and slabs of French limestone on the treads. The main flooring is also limestome with accents of Lagos Azul and Jerusalem Gold limestone.

Another shot of the formal living room, here you can see the custom plaster mold on the ceiling - and we got some fire going in the fireplace! As this was a model home we didn't have enough in the budget for a firescreen...

The masculine and very formal French study. I was so excited when I found that oil portrait to go abover the mantel! The French doors open out onto a private courtyard. The bookcases are mirrored on the opposite side of the room.

A view of the kitchen, breakfast, and formal bar area. I need to get a better photo the kitchen so you can see all the gorgeous detailing of the cabinets and the finish, but you can see where we choose to do wood bands with insets of Seagrass limestone with accents of the Jerusalem Gold limestone dots. The house is in a wash of warm taupes and French gris colors.


A view of the family room, again I'll have to get a closer image of the detaling of the beautiful cabinetry. I would have loved to do some stationary drapery panels mounted on iron rods on the windows in there - I loathe budgets!

The lady of the house's master vanity featuring Calacutta Bore marble and a soft damask wallcovering from Antonia Vella Collection.

The formal butlery

The huge wine room - my favorite room! We did a random slate floor with accents of river rock pebbles bordering the room and also on the stair risers (not shown).

1 comment:

Things That Inspire said...

Wow - what a beautiful home! I particularly like the living room and the staircase. Does the living room open up to another room? It looks like there is light coming in from the other side.

I am off to look at part I. I hope there is a picture of the exterior of the house - I am curious what it looks like!