As much as I can’t stand packing up and moving, it’s always a good time to purge and get organized. I could use some help from some storage items like these:
Below: Upright Archival Storage Box ($29.99) and Stockholm Storage Boxes (Starting at $7.99) from The Container Store.
Below: Kolo makes beautiful products. I believe their collections are really designed to display and store photographs, but why not use some of their boxes in an office space? Havana collection starting at $30.
Below: Craft Box from Muji. Their products are not entirely accessible in Canada, but I get my fix at the Soho store in NYC. Muji makes such simple, no fuss, beautifully designed products.
Below: At $2.99 a piece, you can’t go wrong with Ikea’s Flyt Magazine File Boxes or check out their Strikt Magazine Files. $11.99 for a set of 2.
Below: Ordning&Reda is one of my favourite paper shops. Sadly they don’t have any locations in North America, but it’s the kind of store that makes me instantly happy whenever I have the good fortune of stumbling across one.
So, I think I can put a rest to the main floor for the time being and move upstairs. We’re starting to sketch out some ideas for our walk-in closet. That sounds seriously surreal after living in places in New York that were anywhere from 350-1000 square feet. But, such are the benefits of building from scratch.
I actually prefer closets that are open, where you can see everything at once. But, given this is a separate space between the master bedroom and bathroom, it will probably make sense to put some doors on the cabinets.
Poliform does it right. They make the most ridiculously beautiful closets. I can’t help but wonder who lives in these spaces. I mean, really? Can I get a wardrobe to match, please?
I love the hardware and cabinetry on the Molteni&C closet shown below as well as the layout featured in the interior shot:
As soon as you step out of our “vestibule”, we’re going to have a row of closets for coats, shoes, possibly kitchen items, etc…I don’t want to see a lot of clutter, so the inside of these shelves will have to be pretty practical. On the outside, I’m picturing floor to ceiling cabinets that are either push touch or have minimal hardware. The pictures shown below will give an idea of what I’m talking about.
Below: Design by Toronto-based Cecconi Simone Interior Design.
There will really not be that much to the dining room aside from a set of table and chairs and a sideboard of some sort. Any one of the pieces shown below would do quite nicely, thank you very much!
Below: BBDW has done it again with their Lake Credenza. Here shown in walnut and oxidized maple. Bottom photo care of Hulya Kolabas.
Below: Jasper Morrison designed credenza for Cappellini.
Below: Brest Giorno credenza designed by Giuilo Cappellini for, you guessed it, Cappellini.
Below: Florence Knoll designed credenza.
Below: Photo from stylist Rohini Wahi
Below: Naoto Fukasawa designed credenza for Maruni.
Below: Photo from Blue Ant Studio blog.
Bordering an all-white kitchen, I’m inclined to add a bit of colour to our dining room. USM, Barber Osgerby and Danish company, Montana, all make nice options.
I’m Katherine Yaphe, the founder and designer behind Oliver Yaphe, Inc. This business was an idea in my mind for a long time. I knew that I wanted to build something, I just didn’t know how. I worked in the corporate world dreaming of what to do next. Then one day I decided to just start. I launched with rugs. Branched off to artwork. Paper came next. We’ll see what’s to come. What I do know, is there will be more.
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I love being inspired to create. It doesn’t matter how big or small the undertaking, it’s more about this feeling that drives so much of what I do. This blog is my space to instill a bit of that energy to my readers. It’s a lofty goal. I might fail horribly. But every once in a while, something might click (or at least I hope so).
Maine seashore
Fresh cut grass
Vermont air
Wooden tennis racquets (a la Bjorn Borg)
B&W photographs. Real photographs
The Brooklyn bridge
Central Park Roller disco
Picasso Museum in Barcelona
Moleskin notebooks
Rhodia orange writing pads
Globes
Magnum Photo
Letterpress stationery
Coffee table books
Farmers markets
Great packaging
Typography
