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My Houzz: Pattern and Colour Prints in New York Studio Flat

My Houzz: Pattern and Colour Prints in New York Studio Flat - Jacqueline Clair, a nurse and blogger, is a fan pattern, prints and artworks. "I've always read a lot of blogs and love checking online home visits, and this is where I make most of my inspiration - real people with real spaces, Clair said. In his compact studio in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, she kept a close eye on color to enhance every corner of the compact space, while carefully keeping the single apartment and uncluttered. "I see something I want in one place and something else that I like in another place, and just draws inspiration and pieces here and there, she said. "Ultimately, I think the unique combination is what makes my own.

Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Jacqueline Clair
Location Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York
Size studio

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limits creating a small living room, bedroom and workspace in an open studio floor plan was first Clair design challenge. "One of the great dilemmas of design When I first arrived was that the furniture on the television wall was right away - it looked like three pieces, all lined up awkwardly, she said.

Clear sought the help of interior designer Darlene Weir, which offered online design advice. She suggested that I turn my office so that, instead of asking against the wall, he advanced, which makes a huge difference and looks much better, said Clair.

Bookshelf: Expedit Ikea

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the lounge area is the favorite place of clear. Soft, natural colors in the carpet balance between the bright colors of buttons on the library / Expedit room divider and the artwork above the sofa.

"From the sofa you can see almost everything in the apartment, and you have a superb view of the gallery wall above my desk - I love - and all the colorful books the [bookshelf], Clair said. Baskets in the bottom of the library serve as additional

The transparent vase of pink peonies belonged to the grandmother of Light

Couch "drawers." . West Elm; chair clear: Amazon; Distortion Candlestick: MoMa Design Store; s pillow parkle: West Elm; Splash pillow Furbish

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clear painted the coffee table, which presents some of his favorite books.

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'gallery walls are a design element that I can not get enough, "Clair said. "The only problem is that, at this stage, I am short of wall space for all the great work that I constantly seem to come through."

The citation in Hepburn the medium is a custom illustration by Sarah & Bendrix.

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Clair organized his books by color and mixed in some memories. The library was one of the first purchases for the apartment. "It is a great room divider because it still lets all the light through, she said.

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The vertical lectern was also an advance purchase. "When I was living at home go to nursing school, I read [design] blogs every day, so I'm really happy to get an apartment and be able to do some decoration, she said .

Curtains: Urban Outfitters

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the color scheme room is bright and airy. To keep everything from being too girly, I chose a geometric sleek headboard more angular rather than bushy, carpeted room, " Clair said. As much as I love all things pink and pretty, it absolutely must be tempered.

Since the apartment lacks storage, Clair said, 'underbed boxes are a necessity. "

Headboard in White window: West Elm; E Shams uro and duvet: Anthropology; fireworks pillow: Social Society; i llustrations: Jessica Durrant

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clear envisaged having a dressing table in her apartment before moving, but found that she now rarely used. Instead of opting for a different room, she kept the vintage table to store jewelry and other memories.

The mirror and vanity were in the dark green original, but Clair them painted and updated the tractions. She also spray painted the pink wire chair; it doubles as extra seating for guests.

Library handy design; Office buttons: Anthropology spray paint pink: Canary Rose, Rust-Oleum; New York City print: Note to Self, Society6

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clear lined drawers vanity with floral wallpaper and organized its lucite jewelry with dividers. I like the way it came out and how it is unique, and I am proud that I am able to transform an old piece, she said.

Lucite dividers: The Container Store

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a photo taken by the Clair sister hanging box below several other prints and illustrations on a mini-gallery wall. After trying pink, teal, and black and white handles to his dresser vintage Clair went with white chin.

Creating Cocoa and hearts and Made by Girl; Lamp: Nate Berkus for HSN; Candle Jonathan Adler

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the fold-out desk is where Clair spends much of his time after work, writing her blog York Avenue.

Clear mom found the office chair as part of a set of four to a charity shop on Long Island. "I think it's good to have wood to break all white, she said

Secretary :. Pottery Barn; work: Matchbook Magazine and 20 x 0; New York Skyline: Jessica Durrant

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the kitchen cut comes to life with some models and accessories perfectly pocketed in the corners. "I store pots and pans in the oven, because I have no drawers in my kitchen," says Clare. A metal plate used as mini-bar

Wineglasses :. West Elm; Lucite storage of spices: The Container Store; spice labels: Cute kitchen; Plateau: West Elm

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A small basket on the toilet store toiletries.

Shower Curtain Feather Gray: West Elm

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"another dilemma is to have a single cabinet in the entire apartment - not coat closet and no broom cupboard," said Clair . "I had to get a little creative and enter the void in this little corner of my window is hidden by my curtain.

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Clair relaxes in his favorite chair. "You must be a ruthless editor in a small space, she said. "If it's not something you use a lot, or something that you absolutely love, he must go.

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My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home

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My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home - white interior and a soothing palette of monochrome snow come together perfectly in Guido and the house Netherlands Aggy Hoogwerf. charming update of the interior has been rolled out in stages, with owners who do much of the work themselves. Guido, a brand manager, asked the help of friends and family, including his father, Wim. By removing walls, floors finishing and build their own custom pieces of furniture, the owners have created this Aggy, a teacher, calls "a real family home, built with love.

"When you look at the parts of our home, we know whose hands helped create," she said. And that makes this very special house. "

Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Guido and Aggy Hoogwerf and their daughter, Noor, 3
Location Harderwijk, the Netherlands
Size 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and attic

Eclectic Living Room by Louise de Miranda

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one of the first major changes to the couple did was to remove part of the wall dividing the kitchen and living room to create a more open space.

Comfort and charm are important to the couple. natural textures and pale shades set the tone of the interior, creating a calm and warm atmosphere.

Pillow with trees Fine Little Day

Scandinavian Living Room by Louise de Miranda

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Nordic influences abound in the accessories. Aggy makes the pillowcase a towel by North of tea. The Christmas decorations were maintained with simple happiness: An evergreen tree is simply decorated with white lights and copper colored bunting Tine K, while twinkling tea lights illuminate glass lanterns

Lanterns :. Tine K Home

Eclectic Home Office & Library by Louise de Miranda

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Guido Aggy and managed to fit a small work area behind the sofa. Aiming a subtle industrial feel, they suspended a wall lamp construction and redirected painted an old ladder as a magazine holder

President :. Tolix; Table lamp: Jieldé; antique wooden Marktplaats; w ooden hand Hay; Print: Houtprints; Medical box: Hema

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Guido builds the modular TV unit that handles most of the length of the living room. This is the favorite place of the family in the house. It's where they watch television together and where Aggy reads to her daughter every night.

Aggy like foraging for beautiful branches and twigs. It is nestled in a vase and decorated with pendants star she made from clay. Behind it is another of his DIY projects: a painted wooden panel with pine trees designed to match black and white palette of the house

Washable paper bag :. Uashmama; sheepskin: Ikea; cover : Blanket Cross, Piawallén

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Aggy define the Nordic winter scene perfect combination of rustic wood elements with white decorations. Subtle sparkle is made with fairy lights and a light wooden star. Aggy cut the branches to equal lengths and secured the ends with string. To give the dark branches pale look, it dilutes the white paint with water and applied this whitewash wood. Once the star was dry, she wrapped with lights.

Luminarias: Candlebag

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When the family moved into the house, there was a small pantry walk-in closet hidden under the stairs. They demolished the wall and the door to open space. It is now a game and craft area for Noor. Guido made the table, and Aggy does advent calendar for Noor using small treat bags

lamp :. Signal Jieldé

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on a sunny day, the incoming light accentuates the warm patina of the wooden floor. "When we bought the house, the floor was a different shade - more brown honey, ' said Aggy. We sanded and used a gray white wax to give it a more rustic look and distressed. "

The couple installed the bright white kitchen with the help of their friends and family. After moving and lowering of the wall to enlarge the living room, they remodeled the kitchen with a Smeg cooker and Siemens appliances. The counter is a black composite material.

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Aggy and Guido wanted the kitchen to be functional, warm and comfortable. The dining table is the center; on one side there are mismatched chairs, and on the other side there is a bench. Aggy said, "When we have friends or family for dinner, we spend all night at this table.

Highchair: Tripp Trapp, Stokke

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Although many cabinets provide ample storage space, Aggy likes to display his artwork and cooking of favorite products on an open shelf. "A Dutch decoration fair, my creativity was sparked by a model kitchen where they used to hang a rod tips and pots and pans cut, she said. "I copied the idea with three branches.

Cutting board: HK Living; bamboo basket Tine K Home; black and white Cups: Ikea

Eclectic Dining Room by Louise de Miranda

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night, the kitchen is illuminated by subtle sparks of tea twinkling lights in votive crystal and a string of fairy lights sparkle along the wall.

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An open shelf displays Aggy collections of ceramics and turban cake pans. Under it is holiday greenery and accented by hand

Luminarias :. Candlebag; deer tray: Ikea; cups: Tine K Home

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brown teak cabinet was painted black and decorated with a small crown of foam. Backed it is a tree branch Aggy used to support a lamp she bought at a home improvement store.

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painted stairs Crisp white lead past a wooden star for bedrooms. "I'm in love with white paint, we used throughout the house. It is not too cool, "said Aggy. Guido plastered every wall itself

Painting :. Histor 6400; wooden star: Tine K Home

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in the bedroom of the girl Noor, the proud parents carefully selected toys and furniture to create a fun yet a quiet space.

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carpet was originally a Turkish coverage in Haarlem Ottomania based shop.

Duvet: H & M Home; reads: Bb 6

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Aggy and Guido redirected two apple crates in a shelf storage space open to hold and display books and toys Noor.

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Scheme black and white continues in the master bedroom, which is furnished with just a bed and nightstand. Guido was the head; a vintage apple crate serves as a bedside table. "I'm a big fan of the use of funds, said Aggy. "They are hardy, robust and add warmth to the black and white palette.

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Duvet: Hema; lamps: Ikea

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in a corner of the room, Aggy's love for the stars is evident in a wall covered with stars and a barn hand Amish star recycled roof of the barn. A vintage suitcase she found at a flea market takes its trinkets.

Amish barn star: Hudson River; print star carpet (folded): For Zenz

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Guido and his late father, Wim, and Aggy's brother, Vincent, renovated the hall. They put in new doors and windows, raised the ceiling and built in extra custom storage. A newly plastered white wall is spruced up with family photos in black and white.

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Aggy embellished crown on the front door with decorative white balls. It shares her love for interior design and style on his blog.

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The house was really a team effort. "All our family and friends have helped transform the house, it is now said Aggy. "Everything has been renovated, painted and handmade with love. We want so many good memories of working together to do it. "

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My Houzz: 'Find Forever' Fill a Home Chic with a cool Vintage Vibe

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My Houzz: 'Find Forever' Fill a Home Chic with a cool Vintage Vibe - Years of experience as a buyer for some of the largest retailers in the Netherlands - including department stores Bijenkorf and Dutch Loods 5 - were Bianca Kempenaar rather selective when it comes to provide his own house. 'When you attend performances furniture in cities such as Paris and Milan, you get really picky about what you want, because you see a lot, said Kempenaar, who lives with her husband, Jeroen Roodnat, and their 2 year old daughter Kate, in a 1930s building energy renovated the Netherlands. "We take our time to buy something, but when we buy it, it still is.

Kempenaar and Roodnat were patients when purchasing their apartment. But Kempenaar knew they had found the right home after she stood on the shoulders of her husband to look into a larger white space windows open with high ceilings and endless possibilities. "It was love at first sight, she says.

Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Bianca Kempenaar Jeroen Roodnat and daughter Kate
Location Bloemendaal, Netherlands
Size 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom

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Kempenaar loves midcentury Dutch designers, especially Cees Braakman for Pastoe, and furnished much of the space with pieces from this period . There's just something about the Dutch design that I really like, "she said. "Perhaps the expertise. To design furniture in the 1950s that is always updated is 60 years later, true craftsmanship.

The most prized possession of the couple is undoubtedly their vintage buffet in the dining room. "It is the love of my life, after Jeroen course, Kempenaar said. "He has a Mad Men feel to it, with a fold-out bar.

The radio located on top was a gift from an elderly neighbor who recognized the buffet as similar to one he had in the 1950s "He received the radio as a wedding gift me and wanted, so he donated, and we absolutely love. It still works, 'said Kempenaar

hanging lamps :. Bertjan randomly Pot Light, Moooi; chairs: chair Eames, Vitra; Table: MDF Italia; Pink vase: Hella Jongerius to Ikea

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white Eames chairs around a dining table MDF Italia made from an integrated ceramic sheet in aluminum legs.

the couple picked up the vintage workbook online store vintage design Neef Louis. "We loved the room and the history that came with it. There was old 1910 deposit cards still there when we bought it, said Kempenaar.

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Rug: Ikea; lamp: Tolomeo Mega Terra Artemide ; coffee table: Roderick Vos for Linteloo

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the couple's daughter, has a large play area in the family room, with a vintage school desk and chairs purchased by Neef Louis. the shelf unit Tomado with multicolored shelves was bought used.

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Roderick Vos designed the coffee table for an exclusive Dutch retailer furniture Linteloo

Rug :. Ikea

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"We love playing records' said Kempenaar. "I have a very old Sam Cooke record back in 1970 from my parents that I love to play, and I just love Bruce Springsteen.

Probably one of his most sentimental pieces is the original photograph taken in 1965. Johnny Cash's husband Kempenaar gave the photo of him on arrival of their daughter. "He really wanted to give me something special, so he wrote a letter to the photographer, Baron [Wolman], saying he wanted to really give me this photo, she said. "The photographer wrote a letter back describing what happened when he took this picture in about 1965. He never realized that June Carter stood in the mirror when he took the photo. It is very expensive for me. There is something magical. "

Framed abstract pieces by illustrator Charley Harber which largely revolve around nature hanging nearby.

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chair: Vitra

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the couple bought the unit white shelf in the hallway between the kitchen and dining room habitat for displaying books and special ceramic pieces.

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Kate's work is proudly displayed in the kitchen.

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We spend loads of time in the kitchen, "says Kempenaar. Kate stands on the pink stool while I'm cooking.

When the couple moved into the apartment seven years ago, there was no kitchen and the floors were made of concrete. They installed three units of coal gray modular kitchen by Baulthaup German kitchen company. "We did not want a typical integrated kitchen, Kempenaar said. "We like the simplicity of three separate rooms and huge drawers for storage. After all these years, we are still very happy with the design.

Stool: Ikea

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neon "Yes" weighs on one of the work plans. "Yes" is just such a positive word, said Kempenaar, who loves cooking and entertaining in her home cooking.

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one raw coffee can be found on another work plan. " I love to have all these old things around me, said Kempenaar. It makes a house a home. not everything has to be stylish or designer.

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Floors in what was once a dark basement for storage of charcoal were treated to a light, smooth and durable finish.

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Room Kate is a colorful space showing vintage design style Kempenaar. It sells paper honeycombs through its online store, A Day with Kate.

rug, vanity: Ikea; Prints: Isak London; bed Leander

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Kempanaar added colorful ceramic handles for convenient Ikea.

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a yellow Eames chair by Vitra adds a bright color jolt to the girl playground. The dollhouse belonged to Kempanaar when she was a girl

Shelves :. Ikea

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in the master bedroom, a palette of soft gray and white color scheme creates a soothing escape.

Old photographs of Kempenaar as a child hanging on the bed "There is something of the photos taken at the time, she said. "They are less polite.

Rooms: Auping; Bedside tables: Invisible table, Kartell; Floor lamp: Artemide Chair: Friso Kramer Revolt; mat: Ikea

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Buffet: Webe; Lamp: Front rabbit lamp, Moooi

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wooden figurines by Muji are sitting on top of vintage buffet.

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Prints hang evenly over the toilet.

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the apartment is housed in this 1930s building majestic, which boasts a large entrance with original marble and brass detailing. "I like that during the renovation, the exterior has been left in its original state, 'Kempenaar says.

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