E N C O U N T E R
INES DE LAFRESSANGE IS AN INSPIRATION The fashion designer and ambassador of the MGallery Collection has a talent for designing living spaces that become stories in themselves. With spirit, surprises and charm that are all her own. We asked her to give us five pieces of advice from her keen sense of design and what she has gleaned from her visits to MGallery hotels.
7
or just simply vintage art or film posters. You can find superb specimens, framed or not, of exhibition posters from Scandinavian and Parisian galleries and 50's to 70's lithographs at reasonable prices on the Instagram account @vintage_cph . Framing black and white photos that you have taken yourself is another idea. A little self-confidence is all you need. “YOU CAN MIX BLACK AND WHITE FRAMES, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL FORMATS, BUT CHOOSE FRAMES THAT ARE RATHER NEUTRAL, TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF GRAPHIC SOBRIETY.”
too much. It would create a sophisticated effect, almost museum-like. There should be some semblance of unity. The accumulation of black and white prints suits a bedroom well, above the headboard to keep a calm feeling in the room with a dominance of neutral and solid colors. You can mix black and white frames, vertical and horizontal formats, but choose frames that are rather neutral, not too sophisticated, to maintain a level of graphic sobriety. The areas that do not have much depth of field, such as an entrance, a vestibule, a corridor, are perfectly suited to this as well. Choose a play on patterns, using floral or graphic wallpaper. However, for combination in a living room you’d choose just one part of a wall as you would for a bedroom, favoring formats that are not too small to avoid visual fatigue. There are several sites for auctions or second hand shops where you can find rather beautiful vintage prints, including brocantelab.com. If you don’t like monochromes, if black and white doesn’t inspire you, combination can be applied using engravings, lithographs,
Make the most of your collection of photos or posters. Like at the Hotel Molitor Paris
The idea is to decorate one part of a wall, not the whole wall, otherwise it could be just
Made with FlippingBook Ebook Creator