The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

Ooooh I like! I know I have said this far too many times but this is my ideal house!

Buenos Aires architects Estudio BaBO have completed an extension to a townhouse in Argentina, where a modern rectangular structure sits on top of the original early twentieth-century town house building. Called Vol House, the extension at the top includes a the main bedroom with a glass façade, leading out onto the roof terrace.

It would be really interesting to get a good look into the rest of the town house though…

It could be in LA, Osaka or a Scandinavian suburb. Designed in the late sixties and built in 1970, this house on a large leafy estate nestling in Dulwich woods in South East London is filled with natural light.

I love the luscious dark colours used, greens and navy’s which contrast so beautifully with all the wood and the mirrored wall under the stairs making the whole space even larger.

Images courtesy of Tattersall Love

This sweet house is aptly named ‘Austen House’. Austere and simple each room feels like it should be addressed by its correct name like ‘the parlour’ and ‘pantry’. The beauty is in the period features so lovingly and neutrally painted. So, so pretty.

All images courtesy of 1st Option

This house in Paris that was once an abandoned factory now belongs to Aurelie Mathigot a visual artist who decorates her house using an abundance of textiles, crotchet and pattern.

Here, everyday objects are covered in soft fabrics and creativity. In the living room, the couch was covered with a patchwork of fabrics and the piano’s keyboard is covered in a knitted replica of it’s keys. Near the window, as a transition between the exterior and interior, is a bundle of branches sheathed in pieces of knitted and crocheted wool.

In the bathroom tiles and squares of wallpaper are mixed to form a patchwork. The different patterns and colors seem as though the wall had been covered and re-covered with wallpaper year after year. Above the sink, a vintage mirror reflects and increases the illusion of patchwork.

The bedroom is a space of calm in tones of mauves and greys which add to the cloud soft effect of the crocheted bedspread.

Images courtesy of Marie Claire Maison

I found this gorgeous London Townhouse in the US Elle Decor – I have a feeling that if  London and the Upper East Side ever collided this might be the result don’t you think? It may come as no surprise then that the home owner once worked as a buyer in Saks Fifth Avenue.

I love the relaxed yet luxurious feel of the home with bold details and vivid colours. My favourite piece has to be the blue and green hued impressionist portrait in the breakfast room – so elegant.