50 shades of blue
Sometimes ingenuity lies in choosing the obvious and turning it on its head, while still executing it perfectly.
A Mediterranean kiss
A front-row seaside property called for simplicity. I took pastel blues, combined them with a nautical theme and gave them the originality of my own approach. The living room is split in two but held together as one. One side has an old-fashioned fireplace, whitewashed for a seaside feel and ready to be lit with magazine clippings; above it hangs a brightly painted surfboard, made to look new and lettered with words that echo the mood of the flat.
On the other side of the same room is a beautiful cottage-style corner, with colour, clean lines and my own touch of home. All of it faces a wall of glass that can be thrown wide open to let in the blue horizon. Even when they are drawn, the curtains, fading from sky white to pale blue, evoke the view beyond.
I took the idea further in a glamorous bedroom with a glass-box bathroom and a “beach pebble” floor. The horizon is visible from every corner of the room, the bathtub included, and smart glass turns cloudy at the press of a button when privacy is needed. Blue-toned parquet runs through the whole home, and deep-coloured pieces hold the look together. The obvious approach, taken all the way, turned a home with a sea view into a Tanya Design piece.
