Apr 30

Today in fabrics

Posted in fabrics, green, musings, Ralph Lauren

Am I the only one who feels that the days are already noticeably shorter? Weekdays for me lately are slightly manic, as I try to get everything done before school pickup time, after which it seems there is no daylight left between the homework/dinner routine. In between phone calls and emails this morning I started putting together a scheme in sage greens and creams for a new client’s sitting room. I think I might need to throw a bit of stripe in there somewhere.. You can see the chaos of fabric cuttings that is my desk at the moment! I dream of a bigger office with a giant wall of organised storage!

I’ve also swapped most of the blue and white cushions in our house for some more ‘winter’ colours. I have to say I’m not that motivated at the moment in terms of decorating my own house – mainly because I’m ready to move on to the next project, and I want to try completely different things like wallpaper, new curtain fabrics, newly recovered furniture etc. I really am ready to sell everything and start from scratch in the next house. But the very least I can do is have season-appropriate cushions, right? The Ralph Lauren paisley in the front is actually one I won’t get sick of – I’m thinking of covering walls in that pattern somewhere in the fabled Country House – maybe a library?

 

Have a great day,

 

Naomi x

 

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Mar 6

Today at my home

Posted in fabrics, Latest Find, my home, Uncategorized

Like a lot of people I’ve been laid up at home with a cold (is it winter already? not technically, but I’m feeling the symptoms). Hence my failure to post a Saturday House of Inspiration yesterday – I plan to post one during the week. So, it’s been a chance to take it slightly easier than normal, start sorting through my horrendously large pile of magazines awaiting my attention, and to get onto some small jobs around the house. Today, I am:

Enjoying some of the last vestiges of greenery in my garden before it becomes a sticky winter garden – I don’t have many flowers planted yet but I love the green and brown magnolia leaves,

and the last purple flowers on the wisteria.

Admiring my cute gold china teaset ($6 for the set!)

Just like the one I saw at the antique fair a few weeks ago, (which I posted about here):

I’m contemplating a colour and finish for this pair of lamps, which are currently painted with flowers, but I want to do something more modern with them. I’m thinking green or purple bases with shades also trimmed with colour, or maybe white with patterned fabric on the shades..

Either way the lamps are to sit on either end of this buffet, which I bought this week.

I’m still feeling inspired by this home (in Vogue Living which I posted about here), and want to use more of the colour from one of my mum’s paintings; purple, pink green and blue.

Soo, I’m also deciding what to recover these chairs in. I’m leaning towards the Peter Dunham paisley – gorgeous right?

Hope you’re enjoying a great weekend! x

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