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What's New, What's Next: Jose Solis Betancourt
José Solís, Founder and President of Solís Betancourt Inc., has had a
life long interest in art and architecture. Growing up in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, he dedicated his spare time to drawing and painting. These
skills would serve him well as an architecture student at Cornell
University. He gained further experience at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
and at The Saladino Group, Inc.
With an international client roster, Solís Betancourt, Inc. has accepted
numerous award-winning commissions and has created a signature
collection of lighting in collaboration with Holly Hunt Showrooms.
Solís Betancourt’s projects have been featured in national and
international shelter magazines including Architectural Digest, House &
Garden, House Beautiful, Southern Accents, The New York Times Magazine
and The Washington Post Magazine.
Send your questions and comments to Mr. Betancourt at contact@atmospherehome.com.
INTERVIEW (Jump to Designer Portfolio)
What's new, What's next for you?
Carbon Fiber Technology
What's your favorite rule to break?
I love changing the preconceived ideas about the dining room. Lower
the table, use comfortable chairs, and mix with benches. The table is
where you can enjoy the iPad, have drinks with friends, stock full with
books and magazines, and a table that transforms into an elegant setting
at night for dinner!
Best design tip you have learned?
Design is all about having a clear concept.
What is your favorite part of design?
My favorite part is the beginning--brain storming, creating, and studying all the possibilities.
Three luxury elements to include in interior design
Spa-like bathrooms, boutique-like closets, and comfortable seating everywhere
Favorite place to visit for inspiration?
Museums and magazine stores
Most recent design books you've bought?
Jim Olson Houses and Interior Splendor by Pierre-Yves Rochon
Three design resources you can't live without?
The iPad, magazines, and my sketchbook.
Best Lighting advice.
The dimmer. Use it and then highlight the important things like paintings and sculptures.
The most common design mistakes?
Trends without respect to context.
Best advice to give a client before they start the design process with a designer?
Compile images of things you like.
PORTFOLIO (Jump to Designer Interview)
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Atmosphere Home's aesthetic embodies the idea
of taking time to live richly and home's essential role in this
experience. Working from an international frame of reference shaped by
world travel, the owners of Atmosphere Home create home furnishings that
capture the many aspects of enjoying life. Atmosphere Home launched in 1998
with the San Juan parent store in Puerto Rico. There are now locations in San Jose, Costa Rica, and
Marbella, Spain as well. Since then, their VH Studio Collection is now
being offered at showroom's in the United States including New York and Washington DC. Additionally,
residential projects in London, Geneva, Marbella, Paris, and Miami.
Atmosphere Home's furniture is handmade to order one piece
at a time, allowing for customer design modification on a number of items.
The ability to modify exquisite handmade furniture to accommodate special
home spaces enables clients to engage in the design process and lend their
sensibility to creating the furnishings that surround them.
EUGENIO AGUIRRE COLLECTION
Atmosphere Home Costa Rica is proud to offer Eugenio Aguirre's
masterpiece furniture collection. Aguirre's collection embodies the
emotion of the countryside and the harmony of nature, with each piece
designed and constructed with the knowledge, power, and detail that only
many generations of craftsman can bring. With finely-tooled leathers and
fabrics, and distinctive dimensions and materials, Eugenio Aguirre's
unique perspective is a must to see and feel.
JESSE COLLECTION
Jesse has arrived at Atmosphere Home, and the chore of organizing your
home can now be transformed into an exercise in beauty, luxury, and
innovation. Inspired by international designs and grounded in a rich
heritage of Italian craftsmanship and quality, JESSE offers a full line
of home furnishings and component systems. While their furniture is
surely gorgeous, it is their media and closet systems that are brilliant
works of interior architecture. These systems are customizable, crafted
from the finest materials, and will make coordinating your life
irresistible.
VH STUDIO COLLECTION
Modern clean lines and a soothing palette of colors and textures found
in nature are the inspiration for the VH Studio Collection. Each piece
is crafted to the highest industry standards, featuring sumptuous
fabrics and exotic woods from around the world. Since each item is
handmade to order by an individual craftsman, modifications on a number
of items are available, allowing you to design that perfect piece for
your home.
Words that describe Atmosphere Home include San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto,
Rico, San Juan, San, Juan, Condado, furniture, furnishings, accessories, accents,
sofas, armchairs,
living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining room, home, house, interior design,
dining table, shelves, exclusive, craftsmanship, reliability, quality,
couch, chair, chairs, tables, lighting, Armani Casa, rug, rugs,
Atmosphere, Home, lighting, wallcoverings, wallpaper, fabrics, woods,
lamp, lamps, ottoman, stool, stools bed, beds, wall units, closets,
furnishings, accessories, Fine furniture, buffet, drawers, chest,
cabinet, armchair, coffee table, side table, console, night table,
sectional, custom furniture, built to order.
We also carry other fine collections such as Merida Meridian, Romo, Omexco, Perennials, and Jesse.
