All posts with tag:ancient mansion

This Australian townhouse has a beautiful aristocratic past – in the middle of the 19th century there lived the Austrian artist Eugene von Gerard, and in the 30s of the last century the Lord and Lady Casey. Until 2013, the appearance of the house remained untouched, but later it was transformed by the current owners….

The family acquired this 600-year-old house in Dubrovnik, Croatia, when it was in ruins. Step by step, they restored the walls and roof and tried not to distort the original look of the building. The interior stone decoration was supplemented with modern furniture with oriental and Moroccan notes. A special feature – tiny windows, which…

This restored magnificent 300-year-old estate in the French countryside is a good example of how one can create a very modern space in an old house, without spoiling the historical harmony inside. The owners are young winemakers who adore traditional architecture, but at the same time are admirers of the latest trends in interior design….

Just imagine: you sit with your family at the dining table, and outside the window, 100 meters from you, a snow-white beach and a majestic ocean – you can watch for hours people sunbathing and waves coming to the shore. Owners of this historic mansion on the Rhode Island do not need to imagine, because…

In the 18th century, this magnificent palace in the heart of Lisbon served as a summer residence for nobles, and its architecture is still an important city’ historical property. The architect Tiago Patricio Rodríguez faced a difficult task: to adapt the old house to the realities of the 21st century with the help of modern design…

Outside, this house in Melbourne is almost unremarkable – a small white building in Victorian style with a narrow path that leads to the entrance. But it’s worth going inside, as you understand, that here is a completely different world. The modern interiors with lots of wood finishes, large windows, the space designed for a large…

Today we have a wonderful example of Tudor houses – a mansion in Portland, USA. There are high ceilings with wood beams, noble wooden furniture and elements made of natural stone. At the same time, the interiors do not look too classic, they are fully comfortable for the meed of a modern family and is complemented…

To create the interiors of this apartment in Barcelona, Russian designers Oleg Klodt and Anna Agapova started at the stage of buying real estate – the client wanted to have a home with an interesting and functional plan. The architecture of this apartment in the heart of the city is just gorgeous: ceiling moldings, floor mosaic,…

The George is a new hotel just 20 km from New York, in the town of Montclair, and this is the first joint project of the famous make-up artist Bobbi Brown and her husband Stephen Plofker. In the early 20th century this building was a private house, then in the 1940s a small hotel, now…