Friday takes us to Málaga in Spain to have a look at this 50 m2 guest house which belongs to an English family. Arches, beams, iron cast doors and lots of wood give it a warm rustic feel. Wouldn't mind being a guest here at all! And, if this is just the guest house then I'd love to see the main house as well!
Have a great weekend and I'll be here with you tomorrow.























I'm linking up this post at Leah's Toot Your Horn party. As always, thanks for hosting Leah!

All images from Casa Diez.

Many of you must have heard of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, she was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones, and landscapes.

The artist’s house at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico is where she spent each summer and fall of most of the last 40 years of her long and prolific life. (She died in 1986 at the age of 98.). Some years ago it was restored to its original 1940s appearance, based on photographs from the period.
Adobe fireplaces and walls, and the viga-and-latilla ceilings typical of New Mexican adobe-style architecture, endow the house with a welcoming, earthy intimacy.



“To me it is the best place in the world,” O’Keeffe (at 94) said of Ghost Ranch. “It has always been secluded and solitary. When I first went there, it was only one house with one room—which had a ghost living in it.”


O’Keeffe would climb the ladder to the roof, where she often slept.


The kitchen and breakfast room feature viga-and-latilla ceilings and windows that open onto the high-desert landscape.


As elsewhere in the house, rocks, shells and bones collected by the artist on her walks line shelves in the dining room. Chinese chairs surround the plain plywood table. The simple, U-shaped adobe structure was built in the 1930s; it now sits on approximately 12 acres.


From the breakfast room, O’Keeffe could look north to the pump house.


Her Untitled (Red and Yellow Cliffs) dates from 1940, the year she bought the property. It pictures the view from her window.


The studio at Ghost Ranch remained an austere space with few furnishings. “I thought the ranch would be good for me because nothing can grow here and I wouldn’t be able to use up my time gardening,” she said.


The Le Corbusier–style lounge chair in the studio is original to the house.


The house, with Cerro Pedernal in the distance.



All images and information from Architectural Digest.

Good morning dear readers. Hope you are having a great week. This two level home is located in Comillas, a small town in Cantabria, northern Spain. Beams, terra cotta floors downstairs and wooden flooring in the bedrooms upstairs make this rustic home warm and welcoming.
Hope you like it. Let me know.



















Photography by Reme Miranda.
All images from here.

Good morning, dear readers. This country home in Australia is simple and rustic. Lots of wood and neutral tones make it warm and inviting.




Steel Tolix stools blend with a reproduction French dresser and rustic timber bench.


The 130 year old dresser was stripped form its blue paint and left raw in the living room.


Windmill blades as art in the living room.








A sunken courtyard sits below the verandah on the house’s new addition.

Photography by Sam McAdam
All images from here.

Good morning dear readers. I've had these photographs for quite a long time now in my inspiration folder. At the time I wasn't blogging yet and didn't record the source. If anyone has any idea as to where they are from I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know so I can add the link. I even thought of not posting them but it's such a lovely rustic house with its natural colours and reclaimed furniture that I couldn't resist. Only three pics. Oh, the only thing I do know is that it is in Cantabria, Spain. Enjoy.

Good morning to you dear readers. Haven't we been around this week! France, Italy, and today we are back in Argentina. This rustic house is located in Tandil in the province of Buenos Aires. A soft earthy palette with splashes of colour here and there makes it a warm and inviting home. Traditional woven throws and rugs are seen in nearly every room. Let me know what you think of it!






















All images from here.