Barcelona ranks as one of my favorite European cities and one of those I have visited most often. The Catalonia city of Barcelona is a style mecca for architects, interior designers, photographers and fashion designs as well as a fascinating hub of European history, culture and sports. It’s also the home of ‘urban archaeologist’, ‘style hunter’ and interior designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán whose work can be seen in a number of commercial interiors throughout the city.
Here on Home Interior Design Themes, I sometimes like to showcase some interior images of fabulous designs and decor which will provide a spark of inspiration for your own homes. Whether those interiors are commercial, industrial or domestic often doesn’t matter as different styles and themes can often carry over to different spheres of design and setting. This is certainly the case with the restaurant and hotel interiors of Lázaro Rosa-Violán which can be seen in the pictures above and below.
It is amazing what the right lighting can do for an interior as can be seen in this image where the pottery is highlighted from below.
If you have bare bricks walls you might consider giving your interior a Mediterranean feel which will also bring more light to the room. I like how old posters can be used effectively to bring both focused history and retro decor to an interior. There is the mirror too which brings depth to the room.
Here’s a restaurant space packed full of wall cabinets. This shows with the right interior space you can use the walls as decorative storages spaces whilst at the same time gaining extra room and a visually exciting scene. You will obviously not have the need for so many cabinets yourself but you get the idea of what they could do in your own particular dining room or kitchen.
Mirrors, mirrors and more mirrors. They are a wonderful tool for increasing the amount of visual space in any interiors especially if the room is small. This particular room is large but it also has a high ceiling which could have left much of the interior too dark, lofty and somewhat overbearing. However, the mirrored wall increases the light in the room and works well with the white color scheme.
Retro-posters can add personality to an interior. This picture shows the changing rooms in a shop but can also be applied to a bedroom, walk-in-wardrobe or bathroom. If you have a fondness for movie and musical posters or old art prints, ship or train pictures or anything in-between then this type of wall collage will be right up your street.
Lastly, for those of you planning a trip to Europe for a few weeks or months, then I must recommend making Barcelona one of your locations to visit. The city is rich in culture, architecture, history, art, literature and sports which means everyone and anyone will find something they like. Of course, Barcelona can’t be mentioned without noting the famous architect Antoni Gaudí whose work you can see all across the city.
You can also see many more pictures of Rosa-Violán’s work by visiting his website here: Website of Spanish Interior Designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán.
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I sometimes feel as though the really large pieces of furniture close together in some of these designs makes me feel overfull myself, as though I have eaten too much. I know this is odd, but I would be uncomfortable in those spaces- I need a proportionate amount of space *around* large things or I feel bruised and buffeted- as though I am there and bumping into the furniture!
I like the poster idea I think I will put that in my walkin wardrobe design.
Is that a real window or is it made up of poster?