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13/04/2013

Textile candy

Textile candy – materials, textures, color, pattern, design – all kind of fabrics that add warmth and caring for the home. Such as cushions, perfect to use in the sofa of course. Admittedly, these alters the expression of both the couch & the room, but they cause a misery, too – when you have to fix & organize these beauties. It’s not as bad as in the bedroom when everything ends up on the floor, as soon as you want to go to bed. Which also is the reason why I don’t use them in the bed anymore. But to the point, cushions are such a great way to spice up your furniture or your room. It’s easy to create a homely feeling as well as atmosphere through choice of colour, size & quantity – for nice comfort. Not to mention how affordable it is, instead of an expense of the entire room. Moreover, one can easily create constant changes in season without the hassle. Unless you’re the type who likes to sew & fix, to create your own design. Then it is a further plus of course!

I’ve put together some images that I hope will inspire you, no matter if you buy or create on your own. Here are some textile candy to enjoy.

Just enough to not overtake this beautiful sofa / lantlig&shabby

Muted pastel shades / cyrillus.fr

Adorable / HMhome

Flexible with pink red pastel colours / lamaisond’annag

Beautiful pattern, colors & materials in pure linen – designed by a good friend / feloffa design. Check out on face book!

Perfect addition of colour / lilihalodecoration.blogspot

/ pinterest.com

Cool mix / ikealive.com

Romantic in the open air / homelife.com

Colour splash for the brave / google.com

Exciting design / spirainredning.se

Colourful pearls in the couch / spirainredning.se

Cool combination in colours & patterns / spirainredning.se

Black & white always right / stylizimo.com

Grey seat unit with colorful elements / John Deer 2011

Take care / Marie

Tagged accessories, accessorise, cushions, decor, design, fabrics, home, pillows, textiles

24/08/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Cushion decor / 186

Dear friends,

I mentioned cushions as one of my passions in one of my earlier posts, which now inspired me to do some more blogging with this in mind. So here we go again … I can never get enough of textiles, neither cushions, fabrics, colours & patterns. To be honest, I actually prefer pillow cases because they don’t take any space to store & are easy to wash & iron … instead of whole cushions that have to fit somewhere, when not in use. It’s more common here in Australia, with cushions, than the use of inner cushions with removable covers in different designs.

I usually try to find pieces of fabrics to sew instead. So I can get the design & colour I like. Moreover, it’s easy to change the expression after season or pleasure. You just have to change covers – it’s done in a flash, takes no time. As for sewing, well, well, sewing is perhaps too much to say, submitting those jobs to professionals, is more right. It was a long time ago now, I took the time to sew. Nevertheless, an interior does not feel finished until cushions are in place. Icing on the cake, so to speak :)

Soft texture & soft colours- what more is there to say / 79ideas

A pile of gorgeous, strong yet muted tones / Aurorahome

A bit more tangy colour scale – bohemian chic maybe / Blogs.babble

Embroidery patterns & needlework – in folklore art style / Bolig

Small patterned cushions in pale colours / Bologpluss

Stylish design & simple styling / 79ideas

Consider mixing soft patterns to make it more interesting / Bonnietsang via Pinterest

Graphical expression in black & white always works / Cajsak

Mild & soft colour combination with yellow & grey looks wonderful / Decor8blog

Grey & red together in a beautiful environment / Dejanmauzer via Pinterest

Classic combination in blue tones / Desiretopinspire

So how abut grey & pink – isn’t it lovely / Dustjacketattic

Maybe too decorative – more to look at than to sit on / Flipflopsandpearlsdesign

Soft colours & patterns combined with white / Frenchbydesign

Take care / Marie

Tagged accessories, colour, cushions, fabrics, home decor, Interiors, pattern, pillows, textiles

21/07/2012

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Food, Homes / Interiors, Style

Accessories / 175

Hej friends,

I don’t have time to blog nowadays, too busy with ordinary things which needs to be done. Life has taken over & dictates the conditions for my everyday life. It feels like I’m just doing things with the left hand & it become what it becomes. Not much time for reflection really. I guess it’s the same for most people…you’ll just have to make the best of it…go with the flow until you can turn it around, or what else, really.

And that’s my friends, that’s when I need something in life that beautifies & highlights…such as accessories. Home accessories as well as fashion. Not that I use that much accessories personally, but a bit more at home. I like the big change they provide, with the small means.

For her / Carriehosova via Pinterest

For him / Nordstrom via Fancy

For the home / Helt enkelt

Loaded / Mariishka via Fancy

Loaded again / Jealouscuratio via Pinterest

More simplistic / Whitevanilla via Tunblr

Maybe not so practical but stylish nonetheless / Solidfrog

Colourful / Agentbauer

Stylistically pure / Atelierrueverte

Impacting detail / Capecodecollegiate via Tumblr

Wit a red splash / Heltenkelt

Rustic driven / Pinterest

How would this look like, without accessories / Trendenser

Take care / Marie

Tagged accents, accessories, beautiful, Fashion, home decor, interior, Interior design

10/07/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Style

Half way / 172

Hej dear friends,

I don’t like leaving things half completed or begin things that never becomes finished. It’s not a nice feeling. Now it’s not always that way, I might point out. Sadly enough, my time has been limited lately, so I’m behind with a lot of things. I guess it gets like that from time to time. It’s nothing that’s urgent really or extremely important either, but anyway. It’s mostly ordinary things, stuff that needs to be done but, but … as I mentioned, there’s not time right now. So we have to put up with reminders & rebookings, in awaiting for better times.

I thought that I should visualize it by today’s post…hence the name for today’s theme. (I hope it makes some sense). I found some suitable images after some research. These do fit rather well with how I / we feel right now at home…being a bit behind with everyday chores.

Some wooden beads are painted in a neon colour / Heodeza

Transparent glass bottles half painted in grey nuances / April&maystudio

Wooden spoons with blue painted shanks / Decoritizion

Wood & white, always a nice combination / House&home

Clay pots with dripping paint / Livethemma

Wine-red dyeing on a t-shirt, not so bad at all / Lambert

Dyeing again but used as a piece of art / Sanctuary

A little creativity on the sofa legs / Lambert

Nice styling / Lamaisond’annag

Nice way to renew old furniture / Lindsaycharlotte

Why not leave the pallet legs bare / Entermyattic

Don’t finish the wall, just continue with the door / Alwynhuman via Pinterest

Bare legs again / Simplicity

Colourful spoons/ Jealouscurator via Pinterest

A color stripe across the plates, why not / Pinterest

Take care / Marie

Tagged accessories, craft, decor, decorative painting, furniture, home decor, home wares, paint

08/02/2012

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Homes / Interiors

More cushions / 121

Hej my friends,

I feel that I have been hooked on textiles of all kinds, for a while now. I hope you don’t mind because here’s one more…about cushions…again! It’s the colors, combinations, materials, surfaces, patterns & design, which makes me unable to get tired. I am going through a cushion period right now…may sound silly, but are very inspiring really. It’s fun with things that so easily can change an room.

We have lots of cushions everywhere right now, they seem to move through the rooms by themselves. But that’s not the case, of course. We have encountered some cushion thefts – such as those which borrows & will immediately be coming back with the stuff … but that somehow don’t seem to find time for it. They are referred to as adolescents & are of the worst kind, in terms of laziness. They are not able to sit, as in sitting down. They need to either lie back halfway or lie down completely. They’ve emptied my cushion cupboard, then taken some of the precious covers & used them to their own pillows which are in European size while the covers are sewn in another sizes – so you can imagine how it looks. Surely, something must happen with those wonders, when they enter a certain age. It seems as if they actually, almost, stop thinking.

I don’t remember that I was like that, at their age … If so, there are good prospects for a substantial improvement & development, since I turned out to be rather ordinary:)

Different blue colors & patterns, completely irresistible / Bantie