Floral Chairs and Other Beautiful Home Ideas

Okay, so this post is not strictly about doors, or even strictly about design … it is strictly about a photographer. But holy crackers, does he make doors look good! As well as chairs, walls, glasses of cordial on persimmon trays, crazy shrunken heads on sticks (okay, they might be made of wood and paint or some such, rather than flesh and bone… boring!). Guido Barbagelata is a 37 year old photographer from Milan, and specializes in products and home interiors, by the look of his portfolio. He can make your home come alive with its own particular palette - every room has its own individual spectrum. It is difficult to tell whether they had that already, and he just picks the right rooms to take pictures of, or whether he creates his layout, chooses the timing of the light, arranges accents (and then Photoshops!) with that amazing eye for color.

Sadly, though he has ‘gelata’ in his name, there are no pictures of ice-cream on his site.

We do have to thank the Desire to Inspire girls for putting us onto Guido, a man with more style in his clicking finger than we have on several pages of our website put together! (Well, he couldn’t possible have more style than a whole enormous website full of sexy and stylish door knobs, locks and knockers ). If nothing else, his pictures really inspire you to try to create some texture in your home, to not be afraid to mix up styles, fabrics, finishes and colors. Everything will end up with some sort of unity, because it all came out of your precious little head!

If you’d like to see more by Guido, I highly recommend checking out his wibagency site as well as his personal site. Not only does his photo in the WIB Agency site look much more approachable, and less like the son of a Mafia don, but there are extra pictures that you can’t find on the portfolio on his own site. The Desire to Inspire team also turned up some pics that must be older, and are a little fuller. They give you a broader range of home decor items to be inspired by … although you will notice the man has a bit of a thing for floral chairs!

While there is a dismal, perhaps even depressing lack of prominence for doors, handles, locks and hardware in his pictures (open doors have so much potential and promise in them!), we’ll forgive him. Just a little bit. Check him out, and if you love Guido Barbagelata, we recommend the Fersa range of cabinet knobs, lever handles and door knobs, with their definitive, exotic stylings.



3 Responses to “Floral Chairs and Other Beautiful Home Ideas”

1. Nicolette says:

   10 June 2009 at 9:50 pm

   His design style is classic, and warm. The red sofa chair and lights are presented very well. Thanks for sharing!

   Nicolette
   http://www.furnitureanddesignideas.com/
2. Home Decor says:

   22 June 2009 at 12:39 pm

   I have to say I’m really impressed with your posts and blog overall. I stumbled on your site accidentally but am now happy I did. I’ll be stopping in to read more often now. Thanks again !
   Thanks,
   Lou
3. Patrice says:

   28 June 2009 at 1:35 am

   Guido Barbagelata is definitely an excellent photographer. He beautifully captured the photos especially the red sofa. Great post.