potato head beach club

This is the coolest beach club I have ever seen.  It actually hardly resembles a beach club from the outside, which is a reminder to never judge a book by its cover.  The Potato Head beach club, which opened in Seminyak, Bali late last year, houses three restaurants, six bars, pools, lounge chairs and turns into quite the party space after dark.  It supposedly attracted something like 1000 people to its opening launch.  While I am sure the food and drink at this club is divine, the architecture alone is the real draw.  The design appeal for PHBC is the collection of 1950’s Scandinavian and Indonesian furniture artfully displayed and incorporated around the property.  The coolest by far, is the exterior which looks like a window shutter factory/art gallery fortress all rolled into one.  The club’s walls are made of industrial concrete that have been covered by hundreds of mismatched, antique window shutters. Talk about go big or go home!  The Potato Head beach club’s website also states that a hotel is coming soon.

Photo Credits:

(1, 2, 3) Lost at E Minor (4) Whiteboard Journal (5) Luxe City Guides

hotel anteroom

I just read about this amazing looking hotel in Japan on a couple blogs I follow, like Upon a Fold, The Brief, and Superfuture.  Hotel Anteroom is one of Kyoto’s newest boutique hotels, offering guests an affordable option in the city to park their bags and experience the feeling of staying in an art gallery.  What’s cool about this place is that Hotel Anteroom was originally a student residence that was converted into a hotel and 50 apartments.

Designed by Yamazaki Hirokazu, the rooms are stunning and cool, with their natural colour pallet and materials. The hotel is designed as a place where art and culture co-exist, providing guests a place to retreat and socialize or prepare to explore Kyoto.  It has a permanent art gallery called Gallery 9.5, a lounge, restaurant, artwork on sale, and free internet. When I make it to Japan, I am totally staying here.  Photos via Superfuture and Hotel Anteroom.

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linebox studio

Toronto/Ottawa based, Linebox Studio designed this fabulous, bright, modern kitchen that I saw posted on Plastolux.  I particularly love how the colour of the wood floor makes the white cabinets pop.  

There are some great shots of other Linebox Studio projects on their website.  Here are a few of my favourites.

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hotel aire de bardenas

This is a stunning hotel in Spain.  Hotel Aire De Bardenas is located in the southernmost part of Navvare in a nature reserve, 3km from Tudela’s town centre and is built on a wheat field.  There are only 22 rooms at this place and some of the bedrooms are located in independent cubes which I have tried to capture below in the pictures.  Truly a building that is at one with its natural surroundings.  It looks so peaceful, I am dying to check this place out.

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sprinkles chicago

Sprinkles cupcakes opened a shop in Chicago last fall (2010) and the facade of the retail store is unreal!  They replicated their signature cupcake style on the front of the building.  How cool is that?  I can’t wait to visit next time I am in Chicago.  Sprinkles, Toronto is calling 🙂

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Hong Kong apartment

Look at how beautiful this apartment is in Discovery Bay (HK) that I found on interior design website, Homedit?! I love the white walls and natural materials used that look to contrast to the bursts of colour around the room from the panels on the walls and the carpet.  The space was done by Head Architecture and Design.

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