My world of houses, decoration and design
Room with a view..
Fun day
A little of my week
A new favourite designer: Kimberley Ayres
Appreciating decorating details
Purple in every shade
Neutrals and classics
My Sister's Apartment
Grey and Green
A peek at a before and after project
Race Day
Pink, pattern and upholstery projects
Copycat room
Antique shopping in Sydney
Itching for Furbish Studio
Mother's Day
A living room work-in-progress
Pales and greys
Feeling Beachy
Things I saw today that I liked
trad home
How beautiful is the fabric detail in this bedroom? First of all I love the colours: pale taupes and slate greys. Then there’s the mix of textures and shapes, and the details in trims and embroidery. It’s the attention to the smallest elements here that would make this such a beautiful bedroom to go to sleep in!
If you hate all things neutral look away now! This is my ode to all things beige, sand, taupe and tan.
It’s funny because for years I felt most at home with neutrals – I could appreciate colour objectively and loved it in other people’s homes, but only wanted to live in a neutral space, or only with limited colour. It’s only really been in the past few years that I’ve come to prefer lots of colour at home as well as to work with.
But I still go through phases of loving bleached, neutral colour schemes (very often after reading Brooke’s amazing blog, Velvet and Linen!). Luckily, I have clients who don’t like to have any colour in their homes at all so I still get to immerse myself in the world of neutrals every now and then!
Just when I think I’m hooked on bold colour for my own home I see a home like this one and am I’m reminded of how much I love pure white spaces, french-style furniture and feminine decor. This week I am inspired by this home decorated by Tracery Interiors and featured in House Beautiful. The architecture and flooring of the house itself are stunning, but the furniture and furnishings in shades of white and pale greys with pops of bright pink does it for me big-time!
My fave pic (above) – boy do I love muted greys and white, herringbone floors and a double-height ceiling with wrought-iron railings!
Mismatched chairs in the dining room (above) prevent a stilted and overly formal look.
Gorgeous huh? See you next week! x
I have been a big fan of Washington D.C. Interior decorator ever since I saw this lovely neutral wallpapered entry:
The neutral palette is soothing and classic, yet the geometric pattern and the bamboo bench keep the look modern. The shapely mirror looks great against that wallpaper!
Then I realised that I’d seen her work before, in Domino:
(This room (above) and the colour scheme remind me a lot of this room I posted about here)
And in design showhouses:
There’s those chairs again!
I really like the way she uses a lot of colour but that her aesthetic remains classic. He looks are always co-ordinated well but not matchy-matchy. This week I am inspired by her home:
The gold bamboo-framed mirrors she has (above and below) in her apartment are gorgeous! I also love the purple vase and aqua lamp against the otherwise neutral entry area (below):
An ordinary kitchen is really transformed with a little bit of geometric wallpaper in a fresh green colour (above). You could put clear glass over the lower section to act as a splashback.
I hadn’t seen this picture of Sally’s bedroom when I did my post on my own octagonal mirror dilemma! It looks great flanked by twin green ceramic lamps with a ribbon trim.
[As a sidenote, we used these exact lamps below - never sure whether they are artichoke or acorns! - lamps in my wonderful friend Carolyn's master bedroom, but with a white shade trimmed with green. We used a pistachio green and raspberry colour scheme and it looks amazing! Carolyn is building a new home and I get to decorate it yay! I'll be sure to post pics of that exciting project as it develops!]
I hope Sally’s stylish apartment has you inspired, enjoy the rest of your weekend! x
Images of Sally’s home are via Southern Living.
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