Regency library part II

 

Dear readers, a few weeks ago I told you about a Lefèvre Interiors library project, completely executed in the English Regency style. If you missed this post, you can read it HERE .

 

Lefèvre Interiors initial design sketch of the Regency styled library.

 

Remember I mentionned that I really needed to visit our client to take some ‘after’ pictures!

A couple of days after posting about this project, I received an email from our client , sending me…yes indeed…’after’ pictures!!! So I realized that my client was also a reader of my blog!!!! I was very surprised and enchanted at the same time!

 

Mahogany library bookcases assembled at our client’s home.

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The following pictures are the ‘after’ pictures I received from our client. 

Notice the British Regency period (1811-1820) elements: mahogany armchairs, double desk and especially the daybed. All this, together with the collection of antiques on the chimney and the skin of leopard on the daybed.testifies to a great classicism.

Beautiful daybed after a design by GEORGE SMITH (1756 – 1826).

 

Together with Thomas Hope (read more about Thomas Hope in my previous post HERE), GEORGE SMITH was a renown designer of the English Regency period. As being an Egyptologist in his earlier career, he was of course an enthusiast for the new Egyptian style. He published his “Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration" in 1808, and four years later he published a further volume, “Collection of Ornamental Design After the Manner of the Antique". George Smith was delighted by Egyptian ornaments and found it a novelty he could not resist using to the full. Later he went on to produce a further major volume  which he proudly called “The Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Guide” .

Designs from “The Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Guide” (1826) by George Smith 

 

Bookcase with Egyptian ornaments.

 

A collection of antique pieces on the chimney.

 

Mission accomplished,don’t you think?

 

I am extremely thankful to my client for taking the time to send me these gorgeous pictures!

 

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Regency library part II

  Dear readers, a few weeks ago I told you about a Lefèvre Interiors library project, completely executed in the English Regency style. If you missed this post, you can read it HERE .   Lefèvre Interiors initial design sketch of the Regency styled library.   Remember I mentionned that I really needed to visit our client to take some ‘after’ pictures! A couple of days after posting about this

A library project

A few months ago Natalie of Natalie Haegeman Interiors contacted us asking for help with the realization of a library project for one of her Belgian clients.

As my company Lefèvre Interiors is specialized in made-to-measure and custom-made cabinetry and paneling, we were very pleased with the opportunity to help Natalie with the project she had in mind.

Natalie started sketching the library and shared thoughts with her client.

Plan of the library room.

 

Current situation of the library room.

 

Many meetings later, my husband Jan took all the required measurements and worked out the technical plan of the library room.

Lefèvre Interiors technical plan.

 

Natalie’s client absolutely preferred to use French oak for the cabinetry.

French oak in the Lefèvre Interiors warehouse, sorted out for this library project.

Our warehouse

 

At this moment, about 3 months later, the execution of the library in the Lefevre Interiors workshop is almost finished.

Before leaving to our client’s home, we always build up the room in our workshop, which gives our craftsmen the opportunity to work out, in a comfortable way, all the details, as placing profiles, corniches,…to make sure the installation at the client’s home will progress as required.

The library built up at our workshop.

 

As you can see it is a very large room. More or less all cabinets are built up and we now have to place shelving and profiles.

 

 

Even the beautiful double doors to the other rooms (I haven’t pictures of them yet) are made in our company and have to be installed next week.

One of the library glazed double doors.

 

Our craftsmen at work.

Lots of drawers to install.

 

Extending shelf.

 

  Small desk drawers.

The library will move to Natalie’s client’s home within a few days!

 

Jan and me love working together with interior designers and architects. Sharing thoughts about design and construction is an opportunity to learn a lot from each other.

 

As Natalie is an interior designer, she will decorate this library room with her own collection of fabrics and furniture.

So both, Natalie and me, can’t wait to see this library project finished !

To be continued…

 

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Don’t hesitate to contact Natalie at info@nataliehaegeman-interiors.be or to contact me at info@lefevre.be , if you would love to help us with the design of your library or interior project. We would be pleased to help you.

 

Here are some library images for your inspiration.

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I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

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A library project

A few months ago Natalie of Natalie Haegeman Interiors contacted us asking for help with the realization of a library project for one of her Belgian clients. As my company Lefèvre Interiors is specialized in made-to-measure and custom-made cabinetry and paneling, we were very pleased with the opportunity to help Natalie with the project she had in mind. Natalie started sketching the library and

A Regency styled library

As I told you in my earlier post, I was preparing upcoming meetings with clients these passed days and was browsing into the Lefèvre Interiors realizations file and found these pictures of an earlier library project.

The library is installed in a Brussels mansion and is designed in the British Regency style.

The bookcases are executed in mahogany, that was very popular in the early 19th century Regency style (1811-1820).

 

This was our initial design sketch.

 

I remember me discussing about the Regency style with the home owner (the Regency style was his favorite design style) and we talked a lot about Thomas Hope (1769 -1831),  who was not only a Dutch and British merchant banker, author and philosopher but also an art collector.

Hope was eager to advance public awareness of historical painting and design and to influence design in the grand houses of Regency London. He began sketching furniture, room interiors and costumes.

In 1807 Thomas Hope published sketches of his furniture, in a folio volume, titled ‘Household Furniture and Interior Decoration’  , which had considerable influence and brought about a change in the upholstery and interior decoration of houses. Hope's furniture designs were in the pseudo-classical manner generally called "English Empire". It was sometimes extravagant, and often heavy. It was a  mixture of Egyptian and Roman motifs.

 

Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (cover) Amazon

 

Thomas Hope furniture and interiors

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0ur client finally loved this design.

Do you recognize the Egyptian and Roman motifs of Thomas Hope’s Regency design style?

 

I do love the way the wood is stained.

As you can see we are not only installing libraries in oak wood. We are able to work with the most noble types of wood, here at

LEFEVRE INTERIORS  .

 

Next time I visit Brussels, I really have to see my client to take some pictures of this finished library room!

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A Regency styled library

As I told you in my earlier post, I was preparing upcoming meetings with clients these passed days and was browsing into the Lefèvre Interiors realizations file and found these pictures of an earlier library project. The library is installed in a Brussels mansion and is designed in the British Regency style. The bookcases are executed in mahogany, that was very popular in the early 19th century

Enchanted guest #7 say hi to Teresa from Splendid Sass and we have winners!

Good morning everyone, I have a lovely guest post from Teresa of Splendid Sass today but first the giveaway results! WOW,  I was not expecting such a major response to my celebration for my one year blogging anniversary, it almost felt like I needed an assistant to help me "crunch the numbers" with 436 entrants! Thank you all for participating, I really wish I had a prize for each and every one of you!  So, without further adieu, the winners for all of the fabulous prizes using random picker are.........drumroll please!

GRAND PRIZE, the gorgeous rug goes to......ANN MORCK


PRIZE 1, the yummy pagoda Seda France candle goes to........TISH JETT


PRIZE 2, the delicious Chinoiserie Seda France candle goes to......AYESHA MARSHALL


PRIZE 3 the pair of king and queen towel/coat hooks goes to........I DREAM OF


PRIZE 4 the darling French apron goes to........DELLA


PRIZE 5 The Trish McEvoy makeup kit goes to..........FASHION ISHA

Prize ID	Winner ID	Public Info	Private Info	Random Sorting ID	Weight
1:RUG WINNER	1027274	ANNE MORCK		007CEF43-0F01-42A9-8844-08A4BD99468F	1

Prize ID	Winner ID	Public Info	Private Info	Random Sorting ID	Weight
1: S. FRANCE	1027064	TISH JETT		000EE029-D4D7-4F94-84B6-B4C3BF5FD66B	1
2: S. FRANCE	1026998	ayesha marshall		00884580-3760-4E8D-856A-C0501DE638C4	1
3: CROWN HOOKS	1026945	I dream of		019D0F6D-641B-4634-8500-D0CBCCEC4B90	1
4: FRENCH APRON	1026738	della		01F48E78-3A2C-4356-8F2D-9B3731ABABB1	1
5: TRISH MCEVOY	1026977	fashion isha		0213D123-298B-4523-AD7E-674AAEBE4982	1

Congratulations to each of you. Please contact me ASAP so I can get your shipping details.

You are in for a wonderful treat today from my good blogging friend, Teresa from Splendid Sass.  I love Teresa's spin on everything and today she is showing us what she loves about libraries and boy she nails it!  I really love this post, and am definitely bookmarking this one, Teresa!! Thank you so much for stopping in and to all of you, my readers.....be sure to stop by Splendid Sass, a chock full of beauty blog that you will be happy to have found just like I was when I did many months ago. So here we go.....

I am so happy to be here with Tina, author of one of my very favorite blogs, as a guest while she continues putting the finishing touches on her new castle home.
My favorite room in the house is the library. It is such private, personal, and warm room, and I can just wrap myself in the cozy decor. ENJOY!

Thank you, Tina, for inviting me to share with your readers.  I had so much fun visiting!

All images via my Pinterest

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See you soon,

Teresa

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See I told you....this woman knows how to deliver! Thank you Teresa, so many beautiful libraries, I will surely refer back to this post as we start our own and now I am really feeling anxious to get busy, having seen these beauties! If you like what you see, there is much more where this came from....visit Splendid Sass by clicking here. Wishing everyone a fabulous day! Tomorrow I will be bringing you what I believe is my final house updates post, as it looks like we are really finally about to move!!  Can you believe it! Wishing you a fabulous day. Stay tuned......