Swedish Design in Florida Cottage

Some time ago, we perused designs originating from different countries.....today, I would like to feature Swedish design - American style.

This Florida vacation home is owned by Joanne Barwick, author of Scandinavian Country, interior designer, furniture designer and former editor-in-chief of House Beautiful.  

You will note throughout the cottage almost all of her wooden furniture is painted white or some shade of blue.  The blue and white palette is very Swedish and so is painted furniture.  She also uses comfortable and easy care textiles, such as linens and ticking, and textures from seagrass to wicker.  And finally, the Swedish look is topped off by the constant flood of light thoughout the open concept main floor.

Her accessories of art, hydrangeas, seashells, pillows and plants complete the look.

She and her husband were successful in achieving the look they desired when they built this cottage, as the "views, natural light and easy elegance" are perfectly defined.

What a lovely, relaxed, cool and charming summer home!

Living room

Living room

Seashell collection

Painted chest

Dining room with seashell

encrusted bust in background

Bedroom corner vignette

Bedroom

Bedroom corner vignette

Bednook the grandchildren

fought over - no wonder!

Gazebo dining

Gazebo relaxation

All images via Traditional Home



Home Libraries

Charlotte Moss's private library

Jeffrey Bilhuber design

Image 1 Elle Decor, Images 2 & 7 House Beautiful

Images 3 & 4 Traditional Home

Image 6 Decorating



Wonderful White Kitchens

Image 1 Southern Living

Images 2 & 6 Traditional Home

Images 3, 4 & 5 House Beautiful

Image 7 Interiorholic

Potting Rooms

I could use a room like this!  I wouldn't mind having a designated space for filling my vases and repotting plants.  It just makes life so much simpler when there is a place for everything.  It would be even nicer to have a spot to store my vases and containers. 

What about you?  Do you like any of these potting rooms?  Sometimes, these rooms are standalone or combined with a mud room or laundry room.  Such a simple concept, but I have only ever seen them in magazines.  They could so easily be incorporated in new homes. 

By the way, two of them are by Charlotte Moss.......can you guess which ones?

Images 1 & 2 Traditional Home

Image 3 Window and Wall

Images 4, 5 & 7 House Beautiful

Image 6 Pinterest



Charlotte Moss

Charlotte Moss........many superlatives would describe her designs, but I'll let you decide which ones to use....there are so many!

Charlotte is a New York based interior designer who has been in the business for twenty-five years.  I can't recall when I first saw her room designs......many years ago.  But, I have been a faithful follower ever since.  And when I see a Charlotte Moss room, I still stop in my tracks.

I own and have read several of her interior design books in which she often features her own homes.....summer, winter and permanent residences in the city and the country.  She is fearless when designing a room and while she does not hesitate to mix her fabrics, colors, carpets and furniture, it is her accessorizing that is so masterful.

While I love all of the above mixing and matching, her accessorizing is key.  She not only personalizes her spaces for her own homes, but manages to do the same for every room she completes, whether for a client or a showhome, and makes her spaces as welcoming as if the room had been there forever and is just waiting for someone to come in, sit down and have a cup of tea. 

And that must come from her southern upbringing in Virginia where she was so influenced by her grandmother......that welcoming hospitality just comes through in everything she does.  And it's all in the details. 

She achieves that by ensuring that the homeowners are surrounded by their collections of art, books, whatnots - things they love and appreciate and are sentimental about.......as she says, collections make a statement and are "as honest as a diary".

Enjoy!

Kips Bay Bedroom

Kips Bay Bedroom

Kips Bay Bedroom Bed

Look how she has pulled this room together - red patterned carpet, floral linens,

green and cream furniture and a geometric design on the drapes - gorgeous!

Charlotte's latest book with cover showing

bedroom shown in Images 1, 2 & 3

Foyer table

One of Charlotte's own beds

Gorgeous chair detail

Wallscape and tablescape

"One print is nice, but seven make a statement"

- Charlotte Moss

A Moss living room with chinoiserie panels

A Moss guest room

This has to be my all time favorite bedroom

Looking through the canopy to the fireplace

Tea table and comfortable chair by fireplace

Pastel blues, pink, green and white

Wouldn't you agree that her rooms are inviting?

All photos via Charlotte Moss and Traditional Home

Loving the Art of Lindee Climo

As promised a few days ago, here is some more information on the wonderful animal art of Nova Scotia artist, Lindee Climo.

It was only last weekend, when I acquired one of her oils called Bath Dust at a fundraising auction, that I remembered I had a copy of her children's book, Chester's Barn, which was published back in 1982. 

Lindee is an American who settled here on Prince Edward Island (where I now live) back in 1970.  Having grown up in California, she bred and exhibited purebred Suffolk sheep and an assortment of beef cattle, rabbits and birds.  She became a self taught artist of these animals before studying for a career as a medical illustrator.

After graduation, she travelled the world and recorded her sojourns with ink drawings.  During her travels, she met the man who would become her husband and moved to New Brunswick, his home province.  After some time in New Brunswick, they moved to Prince Edward Island and lived and worked with animals here for many years while she established herself as an international artist whose work is now in worldwide private, public and corporate collections and galleries, as well as being included in the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Book Illustrations.

Lindee paints in the style of the Old Renaissance Masters and is inspired by the animals she so loves and has surrounded herself with during her life.  She is now remarried and resides in Nova Scotia.

Below are just a few of her works.  She is represented by the Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto and you can see more of her art on her website http://lindeeclimo.com/.

Enjoy and have a great weekend.

Dust Bath

Children's book published 1982

Fern

Holstein oxen

Oxen team

Study of expressions

Teaberry

Study of Tess

Images 1 & 2 Kay Furlong

The rest via Mira Godard Gallery



Colorful Kitchens

Traditional

Cottage

Traditional

French country look

Swedish

Traditional

French country look

Images 1, 4, 5 & 6 House Beautiful

Image 2 Better Homes and Gardens,

Image 3 Diamond Baratta

Image 7 Country Living