Character in Galicia

Some readers have asked to see homes with more colour. And so I oblige... at least today!<br />This 300 year old house in Galicia, Spain belongs to fashion designer Jorge Vázquez. He had it restored and personally decorated the interiors which are quite masculine and full of charachter.<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_2g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_1g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_3g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_4g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_5g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_6g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_7g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_8g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_9g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_10g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_11g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_12g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_14g.jpg" /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/espacios/407/407_5_13g.jpg" /><br /><br />Have a lovely Sunday and hope to see you tomorrow!<br />All images from <a href="http://www.nuevo-estilo.es/">here</a>.

Character in Galicia

Some readers have asked to see homes with more colour. And so I oblige... at least today! This 300 year old house in Galicia, Spain belongs ...

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Fashion Designer Erin Fetherston

Good morning, lovely readers. We are visiting a stunning apartment today. It belongs to fashion designer Erin Fetherston. Elegant and stylish with unique pieces that add interest to this spacious apartment.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/01-apt-lsd-erin_172227591235.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 444px;" /><br /><span class="main"></span><span class="main"> By the entrance door, a pile of freshly cut wood is ready for the fireplace. The chandelier overhead is from her Paris apartment.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1496" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/02-apt-lsd-erin_172228209036.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 590px; visibility: visible;" /><br />Erin Fetherston in her expansive living room.<br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1737" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/04-apt-lsd-erin_172229878786.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 483px;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston picked up her Bergère-style chairs at an auction in Paris.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="891" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/05-apt-lsd-erin_172230128310.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 943px;" /><br /><span class="main">She covered this Holly Hunt candle chandelier with some vintage silk roses</span>.<br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="793" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/03-apt-lsd-erin_172229883144.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 396px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main"> For the dining room, gray granite dining table and eighteenth-century chairs. She had the chairs re-covered in three different fabrics—including burlap—to make them look and feel more casual.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="967" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/09-apt-lsd-erin_172233111027.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 483px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">She keeps the sketch she received from a friend to thank Fetherston for making her a coat. The hands are molds to make rubber gloves.<br /> </span><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1714" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/08-apt-lsd-erin_172232394811.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 677px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">This minibar houses tiny crystal bottles and glasses. The rose resting on the top is a memento from a set built by designer Ali Gallagher for one of Fetherston’s runway shows in 2008.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1226" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/06-apt-lsd-erin_172231754687.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 484px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">On the nesting tables in the living room (found buried at a flea market in Napa Valley), Fetherston piles vintage children’s books as decor.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1344" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/16-apt-lsd-erin_172238118013.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 530px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">The apartment has quite a bit of closet space. This particular closet, however, is used as more of an archive</span>, <span class="main">as opposed to the one she uses every day. </span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="903" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/17-apt-lsd-erin_172239766844.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 451px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston displays some of the most important pieces from her past </span><span class="main">collections on the wall in her closet. “My staff made me those pillows a few Christmases ago,” she says. “They have the names of my dogs—Koala and Tulipan—embroidered on them.”</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1664" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/18-apt-lsd-erin_172240329666.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 657px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">The dressing table in Fetherston’s closet.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="856" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-bedroom-image-apt-erin_190302620559.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 428px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Her bed is flanked by two chinoiserie lamps and an eighteenth-century style cushioned bench—custom made.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1913" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-bedroom-image-apt-erin_185942164827.jpg" style="height: 439px; width: 700px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">A long chinoiserie silk screen was placed against the wall in her bedroom.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1704" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/11-apt-lsd-erin_172235193694.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 673px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">An extra-large clam shell filled with ostrich eggs on the large window sill.</span><span class="main"> Beautiful view of the Hudson River from here.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="976" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/19/img-new-erin-office-image_190442221774.jpg" style="height: 600px; width: 488px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Fetherston uses the mezzanine loft in her apartment as office space.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" id="featured_gallery_image" rel="1668" rev="1200" src="http://media.vogue.com/files/2011/05/10/15-apt-lsd-erin_172237578539.jpg" style="height: 474px; width: 658px; visibility: visible;" /><br /><span class="main">Her latest sketches for the upcoming season.</span><br /><br />Photography by Frank Claiborne Swanson<br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.vogue.com">here</a>.

Fashion Designer Erin Fetherston

Good morning, lovely readers. We are visiting a stunning apartment today. It belongs to fashion designer Erin Fetherston. Elegant and stylis...

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