Hammocks made of rope. Rope swings. Rope bracelets. Rope evokes memories of summer camp and sailboats. Rustic spaces and carefree times . . .


"A rope raises or lowers the Lillian August lantern above the patinated-steel dining table."
Interior design by Thom Filicia.
Photography by James Merrell.
House Beautiful (November 2012). 

Kitchen pendant. 
Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

"A chandelier wrapped in rope, by Joseph Konrad, adds a fanciful touch to the breakfast area."
Interior design by Martin Horner.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.
Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.
Text by Christine Pittel.
"A Lake Michigan House With Exotic Allure" produced by Doretta Sperduto.
House Beautiful (May 2013).

"Bowline Pendant" by Currey and Company.
"This delightful pendant is made from wrought iron finished in Rust and thoughtfully wrapped in Natural jute rope. A nautically inspired piece, this pendant would feel right at home in any coastal inspired interior."
Photo via Currey and Company website.

 Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

 "Thirty-inch buoy lights, from Erin Martin Design, hang from ropes. 'The ceiling is high and narrow, and the lights bring it down and create a kind of canopy,' Martin says. 'It's like putting a hat on the space.' A pair of antique French chairs are upholstered in natural linen."
1,650-square-foot weekend house in Marin County, California.
Interior design by Erin Martin.
Photography by Alec Hemer.
"A Chic California Beach House" by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (July 2012).

"The lower level was transformed into a family room. . . . Industrial baskets from Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage, turned upside-down, became coffee tables. Blue slag glass from Artefact Design and Salvage has the look of sea glass. Verellen sectional. Floor lamp and rope curtain by Erin Martin Design."
1,650-square-foot weekend house in Marin County, California.
Interior design by Erin Martin.
Photography by Alec Hemer.
"A Chic California Beach House" by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (July 2012).

"Tobin completely revamped the backyard. She used brick from an old patio for the new fireplace and created a terrace from sand mixed with granite. A candlelit chandelier can be raised and lowered by a rope pulley rigged to a tree. It casts a soft glow over Restoration Hardware's Gun Barrel Salvaged Wood dining table and all-weather wicker from World Market."
Designer Tobi Tobin's Hollywood Hills cottage.
Interior design by Tobi Tobin.
Photography by Karyn R. Millet.
House Beautiful (May 2013). 

 "Restoration Hardware's Iron and Rope mirror leans on the living room mantel."
Interior design by Thom Filicia.
Photography by James Merrell.
House Beautiful (November 2012). 

House Beautiful.   


"Turks Head Napkin Rings"
Photo via Nantucket Knotworks website.

"Interior designer Erin Martin chose the rope handles."
Outdoor kitchen by architect Michael Layne.
Photography by David Duncan Livingston.
House Beautiful (July 2007).

Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

 "In the upstairs hall, skipping ropes with brightly colored handles are piled under a French poster."
Carolyn Espley-Miller's Carpinteria, California, beach house.
Interior design by Carolyn Espley-Miller.
Photography by David Tsay.
House Beautiful (September 2010).

  " 'I love how the surf crashes against the shore—that ruggedness,' [Drew Hodges] says. Which explains why his interpretation of seaside style bears little resemblance to the usual perky, preppy definition. Instead of cute anchor motifs, a sturdy rope serves as a stair rail."
Bellport, New York, cottage of Drew Hodges and Peter Kukielski.
Renovation architect: Larry Bowne.
Photography by William Waldron.

"[R]ope banisters climb alongside the inside stairs - a detail that makes everyone stop and smile. 'The rope made the house feel a little more humble and a little more playful,' [architect Ken] Pursley says."
Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

"[R]ope banisters climb alongside the inside stairs - a detail that makes everyone stop and smile. 'The rope made the house feel a little more humble and a little more playful,' [architect Ken] Pursley says."
Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

"[R]ope banisters climb alongside the inside stairs - a detail that makes everyone stop and smile. 'The rope made the house feel a little more humble and a little more playful,' [architect Ken] Pursley says."
Belk Farm, Tim and Sarah Belk's rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Architect: Ken Pursley.
Photography by Stacey Van Berkel.
Garden and Gun (April/May 2012).

"Stout rope provides the stairway's nautical handrail."
Interior design by Thom Filicia.
Photography by James Merrell.
House Beautiful (November 2012). 

"The loft’s bamboo chair and ottoman, purchased on 1stdibs.com, are upholstered in a Lulu DK linen-cotton, the Norman Cherner desk chair belonged to Currie’s parents, and the rear wall features nautical-knot charts and an array of antique bottles; the ceiling beams were reclaimed from an 18th-century house, and the salvaged-pine floors are studded with wrought-iron nails."
Southampton, New York, house of Scott Currie.
Photography by Roger Davies.
"A Chic Retreat in the Hamptons" by Mitchell Owens.
Elle Decor (July/August 2009).

 "A stair with a railing carved to look like rope leads to the bedroom."
Architectural design by Bryan Anderson.
Photography by David O. Marlow.
Text by Therese Bissell.

" In the sun-filled front area of the living room, the chaise and chair set — or duchesse brisée — is covered in Lee Jofa's Pardah Print in Sable. Berger found the Napoleon III-style rope ottoman at Christie's."
Home in Brooklyn, New York.
Interior design by Jonathan Berger.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.

 "A suzani bedspread from eBay and a Venetian-inspired headboard covered in Nouvelle Orleans, a cut velvet from Clarence House that looks like ironwork, add exoticism to the master bedroom. The Napoleon III rope ottoman covered in an Aubusson tapestry is from Henri Vanhoenacker Antiques."
Home in Brooklyn, New York.
Interior design by Jonathan Berger.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.

"The arch of the living room door is repeated on the bookcase. Walls are Benjamin Moore's Shenendoah. Inlaid mirror and rope-backed Orkney Island chair from Mrs. Howard."
Sea Island, Georgia, beach house.
Interior design by Jim Howard and architect John Rentz.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.
House Beautiful (June 2010).

 "On a daily basis, California designers Richard Hallberg and Barbara Wiseley bring their keen appreciation for natural materials to the manufacture of products for Formations. In the Solarium, surrounded by spacious views of a tree-filled landscape, the design duo assigns new meaning to the concept of 'being one with nature,' by combining Formations' pieces with rope chairs and items from Dennis and Leen collections, their other commercial endeavor. An eighteenth-century faience lion presides over an antique French limestone console from Exquisite Surfaces, adding a bit of old-world to the stylish mix.
Rope Chairs: John Himmel Decorative Arts. Sponsors: Exquisite Surfaces, Formations, Pindler and Pindler."
Solarium, Greystone Estate.
Interior design: Richard Hallberg and Barbara Wiseley.
Photography by Peter Vitale.

 "The woven chair from Himmel’s Rope Collection was inspired by French designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, who originally made their pieces in the early to mid 20th century from local palm trees in the South of France. It’s one of my favorites because it lends a fresh, casual quality to a room but also looks great in outdoor loggias."
Photography and interior design: Richard Hallberg.
"Well-Advised: Richard Hallberg" by Catherine Lee Davis.
Veranda (September 2011).

 "For the past 20 years, Formations has been known for its unique finishes and exquisite details, like the wrapped rope on the Saber Leg Ottoman, which can function as both a coffee table or small bench.
Saber Leg Ottoman, formationsusa.com."
"Well-Designed: Made in America" by Catherine Lee Davis and Victoria Jones.

 "Susan spotted the Summer Classics furniture [Marina Collection] from Frontgate while shopping with a friend and promptly fell in love, knowing the rope-accented pieces would look fresh and exciting on the patio when paired with her antique console and hanging lanterns from Circa Lighting."
Jacksonville, Florida, home of Susan Grattan.
Interior design by Andrew Howard.
Architects: Cliff Duch and Joseph Cronk, Cronk Duch Architecture.
Photography by Lucas Allen.
Written by Brielle M. Ferreira.
"Florida Home with a Cool, Blue Palette" produced by Elizabeth Beeler.

 "Rope-wrapped stools and an Oggetti chair surround a Behun-designed walnut table in the kitchen, the walnut-slab bar is custom made, the 1930s stools are French, and the 'hand' barstools came from West Palm Beach; the French metal-and-wicker light fixture is vintage, and the rugs are Moroccan."
Designer Kelly Behun's weekend house in Long Island.
Interior design by Kelly Behun.
Architects: Brian Sawyer and John Berson of Sawyer/Berson.
Photography by William Waldron.
Text by Nancy Hass.
"The Long View" produced by Cynthia Frank.

"Behun's aesthetic relies more on visual appeal than provenance. She loves almost anything rope-wrapped. . . . In the crook of a curving white plaster staircase is a 10-foot sculpture that is also pure Behun. 'I found this five-foot rattan vase at a local store,' she explains. 'I painted it black, figuring I'd like it against the white of the staircase. But it didn't work, so I got another one and stacked it upside down on the first one. And then I coiled rope around it and painted the whole thing white.' "
Designer Kelly Behun's weekend house in Long Island.
Interior design by Kelly Behun.
Architects: Brian Sawyer and John Berson of Sawyer/Berson.
Photography by William Waldron.
Text by Nancy Hass.
"The Long View" produced by Cynthia Frank.

"At a seaside home in Malibu, California, Vicente Wolf decorated the foyer in soothing neutrals and devised a rope handrail for the staircase. A French industrial table holds a collection of Indian marble bottles from Wolf's shop, VW Home."
Photography and interior design by Vicente Wolf.

Interior design by Suzanne Kasler.
Photo obtained from Suzanne Kasler's website.

"Contractor Tim Givens built the swinging daybed on the back porch, and Calhoun simply covered its seat with a favorite tablecloth. The pillows are from Anthropologie and Roberta Roller Rabbit. The swordfish was found in an antiques shop."
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.
House Beautiful (June 2013).

"Chairs and stools from Noho Modern flank a cocktail table by Mecox on the master wing’s sleeping porch; Thom Filicia designed the slate-color throw for Eastern Accents and the carpet for Safavieh."
"Big Rock," a family's retreat in upstate New York.
Interior design by Thom Filicia.
Architect: Arthur Hanlon, Shope Reno Wharton.
Photography by Pieter Estersohn.
Text by Dan Shaw.

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