A house in black and white

A house in black and white: a modern and always contemporary match of timeless elegance and refinement.

A "black and white" duo can be applied to any kind of furnishing style, and used to give a touch of personality to furniture, walls and accessories. Just like in "Pleasantville" we plunge into a house with a black and white bedroom, a black and white sitting room and... guess what? Black and white bathrooms, just to enlist some examples.

You can start designing your black and white house by looking at the sitting room: Glide total white design sofa with black cushions and optical tapestry.

And if the black and white binomial makes you think of the old-styled comics, Happyhour bergère armchair by Modà is definitely your choice!

A wall system with integrated writing desk for the living room. Glossy white elements combined with a Plan wall writing desk coming in dark oak.

Inside the dining room you can play with several elements, starting from the table to which you can match chairs coming in a matching or contrasting finish. 

Slim is a modern table with essential lines, here below matched with Delfy black chairs. All by Ciacci Kreaty.

If you wish to play with an optical match, Minima chairs are perfect: a design coming directly from the 60s as it should be when it comes to optical black and white patterns.

Black and white bathrooms represent a classic. Fusion is a classic, but not in the literal meaning of the word, as it is an modern piece of furniture which matches black and white colours in an extremely refined way.

For the bedrooms and kids bedrooms there is plenty of options!!

Mail bed with upholstered headboard

Maverick single bed for a black and white kids bedroom.

Avenue white wardrobe to which you can match a two-coloured carpet. To note: Eames design armchair coming in a white version!

Among the accessories the choice is obviously wide. We have chosen Snow rug for you, with white pon pons coming on a black background, and the couple of Tree design coat stands. All coming in black and white... clearly!

 

Extending Console Tables: "socialite" furniture pieces

Today I'd like to talk about two extending console tables which will change your life, at least from a domestic point of view: Convivium and Party, two console tables by Cattelan Italia and new entries of Arredaclick rich collection of extending console tables. 

The feeling of feast, celebration and gathering is immediately conveyed thanks to their names: these are "social" console tables, ready to transform themselves into wide dining tables, according to your needs and the different occasions.

Both console tables are only 50 cm deep, for a width of 100 or 130 cm. Once you open one of them be prepared for the surprise: Convivium and Party become real dining tables able to reach a length of 3 metres and welcome comfortably up to 12 people. The extensions are externals and are stored inside a convenient case. With a console table extending up to 3 metres the cases are two. 

Convivum and Party are multi-purpose furniture thought to furnish a house where the spaces need to be smartly organized. Great to look at and very easy to use, these two console tables feature an extremely accurate design in two different styles: Convivum has a quite strict shape similar to a sculpture, which makes it elegant and formal, Party comes with an essential and modern design.
The structure is the characterizing element of both console tables. 

Convivium has two powerful legs in satin-finished stainless steel or white and graphite embossed paint, giving the furniture an extremely trendy industrial-chic look.

Party is definitely more casual, with a structure composed by thin legs on both sides: once turned into a table the legs separate supporting the three metres top. The structure is made of steel with a white or graphite embossed finish. 

These console tables gather different furnishing solutions inside a single piece: a refined Made in Italy design furniture, a space-saving table, a modern and elegant console table for the entrance hall, a wide and absolutely stunning dining table.
Just be careful though, try not to spread the voice with your friends too much or you'll risk to always have them around... remember these extending console tables can host up to 12 people, party crashers included!

Furniture for a Vintage House in a "Mad Men" style

At the beginning there was Sex and the City with its unbelievable walk-in closets. Since 2008 Mad Men TV show has radically changed the face of television and it has influenced the trends regarding interior design. The Vintage house is back, together with its vintage furniture, the predominance of wooden and metal materials, the essential yet kitsch atmospheres of the 50s and 60s.
These were the years of the proud and triumphal America, of the self-made man "all cigarettes and scotch" no matter what.

Furnishing a house in a Mad Men style means choosing a design which has made history: Mies Van der Rohe, Charles Eames, Eileen Gray, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto. Don Draper's office is a jubilation of American modernism, which ranges from the wooden and rattan chairs - reminding of Breuer's Cesca - to the dark wooden sideboard used as a bar unit.

The provocative secretary Joan often sits on coloured plastic chairs - which were designed during those years by Charles Eames , whereas Draper's wife tells her matrimonial life on a Day bed of Mies Van der Rohe.

The TV series has made of the careful attention to design details nearly its obsession. The ultra chic apartment of Don Draper is featured with Wire metal Chairs, designed by Eames and Bertoia, whose shapes have been reinterpreted also by Magis in its Piña chairs.

And obviously the black or white leather sofa which featured every house and office environment in those years, is a must-have... even better if it comes in a Chesterfield style!

The sofa was often accompanied by the armchair with footrest designed by Eames, - upon which the father could read the newspaper and smoke the tobacco pipe-, or by Wassily leather and metal chairs, originally designed by Breuer for Kandinsky painter, and thoroughly used as guest chairs inside the waiting rooms of almost every American postwar offices, which at that time were struggling for success at all costs.

Modern and Functional Extending Tables: Greetings from Germany

Essential and pure, Kronos extending table is definitely a beautiful and functional Italian design table... it's almost impossible not to fall in love with it.

Only two months of life and already leaving for Germany! Its owner sent us photos to show it arrived safe and sound, very satisfied by the trip and ready to host up to 8 people!

After all an extending table must be ready to face all the challenges of everyday life...

Our extremely kind German customer did a great job in combining the minimalist style of this table with design chairs characterized by a 70s vibe.

Kronos is available in many models. Fixed, extendable, in different widths and lengths, equipped with different models of legs and a huge selection of colours and materials. This customer chose a sober white extra-clear glass table, with legs in brushed aluminium.

Modern and elegant at the same time!

Have a look at the detailed photo of the structure in brushed aluminium. These are the photos we like the most: first of all because they clearly show details that are usually ignored in photographic shoots and second because, we will never get tired of saying this, details make the difference. Especially in extending tables it is necessary to choose a quality product, also to avoid not so pleasant surprises after just a few days of using the extending mechanism.

So Danke Schön to our German customer and we hope her photos are an encouragement for everyone: send us photos of the products you've purchased we can't wait to receive them and we promise we will put them in good use!