I love peaking into other people’s homes. I don’t mind if they are old or new, occupied or abandoned. When I lived in London I always found it a pleasure to explore the local area by foot, especially on summer evenings. I delighted in the glimpses I got through open curtains and shutters into peoples lives. I have to admit to getting huge enjoyment from viewing property with estate agents. I also had lots of fab, opportunities to see beautiful homes when I worked for The World of Interiors magazine, a real treat. For me the best properties are the most neglected ones. I long to mend them and make them simple and beautiful. This I have done with many properties in London, Sydney and more recently in Greece. You can check some of them out here. Besides taking photos, making light, simple, serene spaces is my passion. Here on the Greek island of Lesvos there are many beautiful houses in need of love attention and I can’t help but want each and every one of them and if I could I would have them all but, I must be realistic. Recently I took a trip with some gorgeous Turkish friends to a nearby village where we checked out some houses. The local barber who I had met a few years ago when photographing for my book My Greek Island Home, see here, kindly showed us around one house. Below are a few details that grabbed me. Enjoy!
The local barber. I’m loving the combination of geometrical shapes and checks
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A simple bedroom. The houses here all have little shelves usually displaying an icon or three
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Striped cotton fabric is stretched over a window for privacy
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I just LOVE the way this fabric has it’s own natural flow and looks so etherial back lit
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Everything here sits in it’s place untouched for I wonder how long
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Signs of life highlighted by back lighting
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My favourite detail, delicate fabric lit from behind and tied with a colour co-ordinated ribbon
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The green of the window and the duvet work with the soft colour of the hanging curtain
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