Photos courtesy of Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design. Photos by Elizabeth Felicella.
A stylish beach house’s eat-in kitchen with white cabinetry, a stainless steel square tile backsplash, light blue walls and a long shiny turquoise dining table surrounded by modern white chairs. (above)
I love email introductions! Especially the kind that are straight to the point!
New friend and style lover Kalyn Johnson, the editor of Possess Your Style blog, introduced me to fab interior designer Ghislaine Vinas a few weeks back…all over email.
Kalyn made a quick and efficient introduction with no bells and whistles just with the clear and direct understanding that Ghislaine and I should meet (the intro went something kind of like “Coco meet Ghislaine, Ghislaine meet Coco. You should know each other”…I appreciate this…clear, clean, understanding everyone is busy and cutting straight to the chase! I think Kalyn’s business training came into play here! Thank you Kalyn!!!). Turns out Ghislaine is working with Kalyn on designing Kalyn’s own New York city home.
Ghislaine owns an eponymous design firm named Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design. A few weeks ago Ghislaine sent me some gorgeous photos of a Montauk beach house she decorated and designed for another NYC family with three young boys.
The house is a classic Hamptons shingle style house…but Ghislaine took the design to a new level with a playful introduction of bold color and an eclectic and stylish decor.
Here is what Ghislaine had to say about this beach retreat…in her own words:
GHISLAINE VINAS: This house was all about letting loose and having fun. We mixed old with new – classic dining chairs and a tufted chesterfield sofa look great next to 50’s and 60’s inspired pieces. We played a lot with shape and texture. I naturally tend towards rounded shapes and circles are repeated throughout the house. I find the rounded forms very friendly and a happy house needs friendly shapes.
Beach house entryway is painted a soothing light blue and features a bright orange bench and a colorful striped rug in orange, blue and yellow.(above)
Traditional, contemporary and mid century furniture all come together in the main living room. A light blue tufted Chesterfield sofa compliments a modern white coffee table and a classic mid-century modern Egg Chair designed by Arne Jacobsen (1958).(above)
GHISLAINE: Color played a very important role. We used blues for the entry and kitchen and living room paying homage to the beachy surrounding but used hot pink and coral in the dining room and the powder room to keep things fun and exciting and not too predictable. The downstairs follows no rules when it comes to color – each one of the rooms got a fun personality.
The breakfast nook cleverly features two Saarinen tables: one for adults is surrounded by classic upholstered dining chairs painted a bright chartreuse; the other Saarinen is a miniature version with mini white Panton chairs. (above)
Red, white and no blue. No fear of color here in the bright red formal dining room. The coffered ceilings are painted bright white and make for a bold contrast against the electric red walls.(above)
Dark brown wood built-in shelving and cabinetry frames a great graphic wallpaper pattern on the study/office/library wall. A brown and white abstract floral rug and yellow accents and perfect pops of color to this at-home work space. (above)
GHISLAINE: The whole idea was to make this house super fun. Its a happy place. Each of the 5 guest rooms was to have a vibe of its own – like a boutique hotel, so that guests could say… “I stayed in the green room this time” or “I got the purple room”.
One of the five guest bedrooms has a woodsy theme with textured wall treatment with a branch motif. A bright orange headboard provides just the right amount of color to the room. (above)
GHISLAINE: In the master bedroom we decided on turquoise and brown just simply because its a great combination – we also loved the kitschy fun element the mermaid lamp added to the room. We found the headboard on ebay and had it painted white and reupholstered in turquoise corduroy. We picked Kelly green white and black as the color scheme for yet another room.
The master bedroom! (above and below)
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GHISLAINE: In the purple room, we fell in love with the fabric that we used for the window treatments and designed the room around them.
One of the home’s bathrooms has wainscoting on the walls, a silver grey wallpaper with a circle pattern, a porcelain washstand and a bright orange wastebasket just for fun! (above)
A wave of orange is splashed onto the walls and floors of this nursery. The room comes complete with sporting gear, a surfboard, for a future surfer perhaps! (above)
The exterior of this beautiful Montauk beach house. Traditional wood shingles and a gravel driveway make this a Long Island classic. (above)
Thank you Ghislaine for sharing this wonderful design! Nice meeting you via email. Also, thank you Kalyn for the introduction!
Readers…maybe some ideas for you! What do you think?
xo
Coco
Photos courtesy of Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design. Photos by Elizabeth Felicella.
I love it!!! All the rooms are so playful and fun!
thanks colette for featuring the house. Feels good to be thinking of a summery place in the middle of winter!
Wow! If you see the exterior of the house you could not expect an interior as this one! Amazing! Sometimes we have to try out more of these colours as here!
Thank you for sharing! Very inspirational!
xx
Greet
Love the bright chartreuse chairs!
Hey Coco –
I’ve featured your blog in my latest post – thanks! http://decorology.blogspot.com/2010/02/brighten-up-your-monday-favorite-images.html
I love this so much!!! Montauk is such a beautiful place, but it’d be a total dream come true to live here! The colors are perfect, so cheerful and bright. Each room has such a great personality. I love them all!!!
I just LOVE those popping colors! They’re radiating so much brightness,it’s incredible!
thanks for sharing!
what an inspiring project!
D.B. Kim
I can’t believe all of those beautiful rooms are in the same house! That kitchen is truly amazing.
i love the color but if I see one more coral inspired lighting fixture or chandelier, I think I will just……JH
What an absolutely fun house! thank you! smiles.
What fun spaces! I just love bright colors.
All those colors are fantastic!!! Great post!
Love this house and everything in it! Especially the Saarinen tables. Great use of the Frames wallpaper in the office. And second time this week I have seen the branch wallpaper. I wish I had a place to use it!!
i love love love that home office with the yellow chair, great post as always! hope you have a wonderful week my dear!
xo urban flea 🙂
http://www.urbanfleadesign.net
Color can have an astounding effect on perceptions, feelings, and interactions. Different colors evoke different memories and different ideas. In a room, where one is supposed to be most at ease, it is important that you plan out your color scheme so that it creates the maximum comfort for you.
For ex, Black is an attention grabber, and gives a dark, sultry look while white is a good color for warm climates. Yellow creates a very positive effect on people psychologically. Orange is a color that makes people happy. Blues and greens evoke serenity and peace. Red is an exciting color.
So choose your color carefully.
Any idea where the wall sconce in the bathroom with wainscoting are from?
the sconces are vintage dutch fixtures called manufacted by Raak.
you can find them from time to time on 1st dibs or ebay
good luck
ghislaine
I love her use of color and I love the headboard in the master bedroom – I want it!
The Montauk house is pretty FAB! Ghislaine is a great Interior Decorator and an absolute joy to work with.
It is refreshing to see the use of color in this house. Not the same old paint colors of the past. Most would say they like the Wow but will not dare to paint there own home.
Sam
Publisher – Headboarddepot.com
wow i love that kitchen! and the panton chairs in the breakfast nook! so so pretty and chic
Inspiring! Bright colors cheer up dreary winters!
Every room in this house is gorgeous!! Amazing color and design… perfection in my book!
xoxo Laura
I love this house! The mixture of colors is spectacular and gives a new look to everything.
Amazing! This is totally my dream home!
Fun is the right word for this home. The turquoise table is gorgeous and I particularly love the bedroom with the forest theme and the bright orange headboard. Every room has great personality!
As I look at the boring white walls of my summer house I am inspired to take the leap. The standard “East End” home look is always the same – whites and neutrals. This houseis certainly the flip side and it really is me. So here’s to Benjamin Moore Fresh Cut Grass in my living room!
Love it! Love the bright colors and all the happiness. Also love the quirky details like the mermaid lamp and the orange lightbulb lamp…Hope you dont mind if I add this post to my friday links of the best of the blogs tomorrow…
Thank you Bailey and thank you for stopping by.
xo
Coco
I really enjoyed this post and the pix! I love it all but the guest bath..like the floor and wall covering but NOT the one legged pedestal with the exposed yucco pipes showing. At least should have been chrome. Other than that minor detail, a spectacular home!
nice post. thanks.
The colors are really bright and fresh-looking! I thought vibrant colors can’t make a house look so cozy. Guess i thought wrong.:)
Lovely decoration.very innovative…….
love the lt blue paint w that fantastic orange bench…any idea what paint color it may be!?!? [email protected]
wow. i LOVE these pictures! thanks for sharing!! 🙂
Wow great decoration, what a color combination. I just love the bed room decoration.
I adore the mermaid lamp! Can you please tell me where you found it?