…add a few of these!
I’m smitten with this Etsy shop, Ruby + Stella Home. And I do need to hide some wear on one of our couches… These lovelies are going in the list of potential camouflage.
Discovered via Ada and Darcy.
I completely forgot to tell you about the best giveaway I won on coco + kelly a couple of months back. But this post on Lobster and Swan reminded me.
The Well Dressed Home by Annette Tatum is by far one of the most beautiful design books I’ve ever seen. It’s like the sugar frosted French pastry to your typical baguette of a coffee table book. Just paging through its loveliness is like an act of decadence. And the copy I won is SIGNED (I have a bit of a thing for signed first editions).
The topic is personalizing your living space so that it reflects your fashion and style sensibilities. And the photography would inspire the least style minded reader.
It’s not uncommon to hear a differentiation between “being into fashion” or “being into home interiors” but personal design taste really has to encompass both. What you choose to put on your body and what you put around it are so closely related.
Especially since both are terribly challenged by the amount of money you have to spend. Possibly one of the biggest reasons why many choose to just give up and not even try.
In the end, it takes more than a few days to dress a home, and for most it can take a lifetime. But the process of collecting treasured things and developing personal style can be enjoyed just as much as the end result of home dressed to the nines.
Here is one color that I never expected to love for home interiors: bright red.
I usually gravitate to blues and greens. Pale yellow is my neutral of choice. I have fairly traditional taste, and bright pops of color have only just started to sneak into my decorating fantasies…
It’s probably the hint of orange that gives this hue a very classic feel. The shiny enamel effect says chinoiserie to me. It looks rich. And it would easily fit in with my current design aesthetic if paired with the right design.
Okay – so that last one is a little out there for me. But I do like it…expanding my horizons maybe?
Images from Absolutely Beautiful Things, Little Green Notebook, The Lil Bee and MadeByGirl.
I’ve had this picture in my files for a while. Thought I might do a post on blue rooms.
But today I came across the designer, Bryonie Porter’s site (and I can’t for the life of me retrieve the source…sorry!). Here are some other great pieces.
Either of the two grey ones with flowers would look great in a white room.
If you’ve ever considered wallpapering furniture – here is your starting point for inspiration!
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You only have two days to enter – so check it out today!
Remember this birdie wallpaper I featured the other week?
Well Viv from ish and chi recently used it in a DIY project. Instead of papering a room with it, she created a beautiful display above her bed.
I love how something that looks so fantastic can be just a fraction of the expense that a large piece of art would require.
Elegant, modern and a perfect way to display a favorite wallpaper or textile. Brilliant.
I really do love crystal chandeliers. It must be an early memory of the pretty one in our dining room when I was little.
I recently saw these on This Is Glamorous the other week and swooned a little:
Yes they are. Quite glamorous.
Last week I found this image on Ish & Chi. I tend to prefer a fresh coat of paint on walls – but there is just something about this picture… Maybe it’s the birdies.
We hear about LBD (Little Black Dress) all the time, but I personally have a thing for the LWD: the Little White Desk.
Whether it’s distressed and beachy looking or frilled dressing tabled out – I just love them.
So of course, this little number featured on Apartment Therapy caught my eye:
When I was a little girl, I made things with paper. Old wallpaper samples of my mother’s…colorful wrapping paper…construction paper…I just loooved to cut and glue and create with paper!
So Susan Schneider’s lovely website, Shandell’s makes my fingers itch to “make stuff.”
She uses vintage paper, architectural salvage and forlorn and forgotten antiques to create all kinds of treasures.
Like lamp shades…
My only problem is that I’m terrified of lighting matches. So in order to use these, I’d have to get over my fear (they burn down so fast!) Well, I may be a fearful person, but with with a matchbox like one of these, I can cower in style!