My world of houses, decoration and design
Large-scale photographs as art
Harlequin style
A perfect room
Thinking about bedrooms
In my neck of the woods..
Kitchen Inspiration
Big admiration of Sharp style
Art with Mood
A glamorous grey abode
Fab designer home..
More of the best breakfast nooks
Random thoughts on colour and office
Sara Tuttle's cool and colourful apartment
New at Naomi Freier Interiors
Rita Konig's New York apartment
Ebay finds and Blue and White
Decorating Dilemma - Octagonal Mirror
Highlights from Lonny 
Some beautiful country homes
Oh, to have a collection of French opaline glassware like this! All those shades of blue – such a beautifully arranged collection. I’m not sure if this is Portieux Vallerysthal, true French Opaline or just a collection of blue opaque glass, and I don’t think it matters, do you? I have a few pieces, but nothing like this! Makes me want to hit the antique shops and get collecting!
elle decor
My three favourite colours all in one gorgeous room: grey, blue and purple. I am soo in love with the walls covered in framed pictures, too. I like that it’s not too matchy-matchy, that the sofa is painted white, but the chair is natural timber, and that there’s a hint of gold.
house beautiful
elle decor
Where can I get a pair of those amazing tan leather and chrome chairs?
ashley whittaker
This is a great way to introduce blue at home, without going for the full ‘blue library’ effect: Paint your bookshelves blue to tie in with the fabric on an armchair. It looks cohesive but very casual and fresh.
elle decor
I remember being fixated on this house (above) the month it appeared in Elle Decor magazine. The owner described (from memory) this room as being painted a ‘greyhound blue-grey’ which is exactly what it looks like! Again, love those colours – grey,blue, purple and this time, a pop of bright pink. I also love the fun rug – the owner dyed the rug herself using purple fabric dye. So fabulous!
living etc
Modern-style book heaven!
elle decor
Yesterday’s post on Rita Konig’s apartment has got me thinking about picture / art walls. There is definitely an art to hanging art. Even arrangements that look unplanned are most successful when some thought has gone into the layout. The general rule that I work by when hanging a lot of differently-sized frames is to start with the biggest piece (but don’t necessarily hang it in the centre) and work outwards. You can work in a grid fashion with even spacing between each frame or a circular pattern for a more casual, accidental look.
traditional home
My all-time favourite (above) that I use as a benchmark for my ‘etching wall’ at home. I hope one day it will look something like this! I love the mix of frames -black, gold, timber – but that all the art is colourless, just drawings and etchings. I love love it!
Domino
the white company
mary macdonald
via zatista
top: tom scheerer, bottom: eric cohler, via eyespy
absolutely beautiful things
traditional home
above three images via decorology
Remember Rita Konig’s apartment in Domino mag? I love the way she mismatches furniture and colours and has lots of pictures on the wall and books and photos on surfaces. To me it represented sort of a parallel life to mine and where I could be living if I weren’t a wife and mum in the suburbs! The style is so young and fun and so single-girl-living-in-the-city, and I never get sick of looking at it..
bathroom designed by Rita - images from Domino
image via shell and sea glass
photo by Mieke ten Have via my deco blog
follow: RSS