Inside Out - Dream it. Design it. Do it. Renovated coastal bungalow in Morocco After falling in love with Morocco and harbouring a dream of a coastal home, an American couple combined these passions to revive a Marrakech bungalow with distinctive patterns and tones. How to style a living room 2 ways It’s amazing what a splash of paint and a bold mix of vibrant accessories can do, take a look at how to style a living room 2 ways. 11 tips for a budget-savvy family home A photographer and an illustrator update their Swedish family home with little more than a lick of paint, clever design and a healthy dose of personality. Which kitchen style are you? Which of these 6 kitchens do you identify with the most?
Kitchen Clarity » Virtue from necessity – range under the kitchen window - comment page 1 One of the things I collect is images of kitchens that break the “rules” – and I’m especially happy if the outcome looks like a successful one: Still looking good - kitchen by designer Tricia Foley, Elle Decor, December 1991 Successful, that is, from a purely aesthetic point of view. This must have been a very small and very constrained kitchen in the first place – surely otherwise no one would choose to line all the appliances up next to each other. But I do admire the designer’s decision to stick with under-counter refrigeration, and to forgo wall cabinets entirely. I can’t see any lighting at all - I wonder if that’s photoshop wizardry, or is there a giant flush fluorescent fixture just out of the frame? Related Posts:
AUSSIE STYLE - The Home Magazine We’re celebrating all things Aussie! And what better place to start than with an inspiring chat with some of our favourite local talent. From all walks of creative life, we asked our personalities to share their tips, opinions, and discoveries on all things Australian design and lifestyle. Tess McCabe, coordinator of Creative Women’s Circle What unique qualities have you noticed in local creative women from your time spent at the helm of Creative Women’s Circle? Passion, commitment and determination are the main ones. What sets Aussie creatives apart from their international counterparts? Of the women I’ve met through CWC who design homewares, clothing and accessories, many have a strong desire to ‘keep it local’, by sourcing locally-made or found materials in their work and using local producers. Russel Koskela & Sasha Titchkosky, Australian furniture producers What’s the state of Australian furniture and homewares design? Darren Palmer, interior designer Describes Australian interior style?
High Street Market Style your home like an interior designer If you’d prefer not to spend your hard earned dollars hiring an interior designer to revamp your interiors, use the following steps to get the job done yourself. Start surfing It’s time to start using your iPhone and iPad for more than just checking Facebook. The internet is a great source of ideas and is full of inspiring sites dedicated to nothing but interiors, 24/7. Whether you’re full of ideas or terrified of where to start, sites such as Pinterest, Interiors Addict, Fresh Home and The Design Files will inspire you through every stage of styling your interiors. The hardest part will be choosing a design direction to go in. Colour schemes The next part of the design puzzle is choosing a colour scheme. A general rule of thumb is to choose three main paint colours: one for the walls, another colour for large accents such as furniture, and a third one for smaller accents and decor. If these walls could talk Dress your windows Touchable textures And now for the fun part: adding textures.
Home is where the heart is Home is where the heart is Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. Popular tags:BedroomsNooksLiving roomsKitchensBathroomsDining roomsOfficesFireplacesFoyersBefore and AftersDIY projects Home Shopping Spy 25 clever ideas to make life easier Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw). Via: apartmenttherapy.com Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes. Via: unplggd.com Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls). Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band. Via: marthastewart.com Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. Via: realsimple.com Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music. Via: savvyhousekeeping.com Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags. Via: iheartnaptime.net
Ems Designblogg DesignShuffle Blog Color and pattern often go hand in hand. Not always, but often, pattern can amp up a room’s decor. We recently shared a post about color with our Design Shuffle blog readers, so today we’re doing a follow-up highlighting some of our favorite ways to use pattern as a companion to all sorts of colorful spaces, from pale to bright, indoors and outside. White rooms are perhaps the easiest ones to bring alive with brilliant colorfully patterned accents. Wallpaper is making a big comeback and what better way to add color and pattern than with awesome wallpapered walls? Totally contemporary wallpaper gives this dining room a distinctive background for an amazing piece of art above the fireplace. Black, white and gray create pattern on accent pillows for this pale pink sofa. Here again, toss pillows are the place for pattern. Color and pattern are delightful underfoot. Bold pattern can add visual interest to a tiny powder room or bath. You might also like “Room Decor Ideas: See What Color Can Do”
The Beat That My Heart Skipped • A Design & Lifestyle Site Est.2007 klaus and heidi – renovation, interior design, diy, london Home & Garden Archives - by Janice Henshaw – As the summer nights begin to shorten, we may discover that we can’t push and prod our expanded outdoor furniture and camping equipment into their winter storage slots. In houses with ample built-in cabinets and large garages, this may not be a problem, but for those of us who live in more minimalist housing, finding space for our treasures can be a real pain in the derrière. If we plan on staying in our current home, what can we do to create more storage? RenovatingRead More by Tracey Jones and Stacey Kaminsky – It’s a sign of the times. by Cam Oddie, Peninsula Landscape Supplies – Clay is made up of very small, long, flat particles densely sandwiched together to form the deposits you have come to loathe in your garden. story by Janice Henshaw; photos by www.nuttycake.com – As with assessing peoples’ characters, snap judgments about other people’s homes can be misleading.
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