Pink with a hint of gilt
A little shopping
Hello 2012!
Inspired by wardrobe colour
Look familiar?
Out and About in Sydney Town 
Latest finds and green paired with purple
Hello again!
Decor Heaven
Inspired by the sea
Saturday House of Inspiration - Christmas
My favourite room of the moment
Roses
Fun day
Shopping for Windsors
Rug Bargains!
A before and after e-project
Fab designer home..
Faux Bamboo chairs for sale
My day and kitchen progress
Well I guess summer has officially arrived- the past two days have been rather warmer than I would like! I am certain I will have mentioned in previous posts that I am not a hot weather sort of person- give me a grey stormy beach walk or cocoa by the fire over a hot summer’s day every time! This weather is reminding me why dark reds don’t really go hand-in-hand with Christmas in Australia, not in the same way that the colour lends warmth and richness to a Christmas in a colder climate- sometimes it’s just too hot to crave warm colours! So my thoughts are straying away from traditional Christmas colours today and towards soothing blues and greens..
I love this room (above) because of the blues and greens, the mix of patterns and because it has a bit of an English country manor vibe to it.
One of my all-time favourite libraries! Not long after I started this blog I remember doing a post on blue libraries (read it here)- and I am still obsessed with them! This one has it all for me: the grey-blue colour, the flowing silk curtains (for me loose, flowing curtains correspond to an active and wandering imagination, so they are the perfect complement to a library!), the symmetry, the bookshelves and ladder. All beautiful.
I love these very subtle blues and greens mixed with neutrals (above). Those barn doors seem to be popping up all over the place, and I like these ones because they are full-height. The herringbone brick floors (which I covet big-time) with steps leading up to the kitchen makes the room infinitely more interesting.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned (probably more than once) that I wanted to get some brass lamps (here and also here- the ones I ended up buying). Well I picked them up today which gave me the chance to stop with the kids to visit my parents-in-law, whose home and garden is one my favourite places, particularly on a hot day. It’s just so beautiful and inspires me every time to apply greater activity towards my own green-thumb aspirations..
As I have been writing this post it has started to rain here which means the arrival of a cool change – lovely!! Hope you’re having a great weekend.
Naomi x
