April | 2013 | anordinarywoman

13/04/2013

Textiles

Textiles are such a great way to spice up furniture or a room. It’s easy to create a homely feeling as well as atmosphere through choice of colour, patterns, size & quantity – for nice comfort. Not to mention how affordable it is & how easy it is to create changes in seasonally without hassle. Textiles make a home, actually.

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

Muted pastel shades / cyrillus.fr

Flexible with pink red pastel colours / lamaisond’annag

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

Perfect addition of colour / lilihalodecoration.blogspot

Cushion styling / pinterest.com

Cool mix / ikealive.com

Romantic back yard / homelife.com

Exciting combination / spirainredning.se

Colourful splashes / spirainredning.se

Nice colours & patterns / spirainredning.se

Black & white is always right / stylizimo.com

Grey seat unit with colourful elements / John Deer 2011

Take care / Marie

Tagged Colourful fabrics, cushions, home decor, home decoration, home design, homely feeling, pillows, Seasonal changes, textiles

10/04/2013

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Homes / Interiors Gallery

Simple separation

There are many clever solutions to room dividers. Whether you build them, custom made, or perhaps created via furniture placement or by removable wall screens. It all depends on the layout of the room & the architectural features. The difficult thing is to decide what you want & need, what material to use & whether it is temporary or long term. I am talking about simple separation of different surfaces depending of need & function.

A small hallway created within the room / hus&hem

Expand with large windows by bringing in light & nature closely / myscandinavianhome

Flexible & transparent, yet separate / skonahem.se

Ideal to use a book case for storage & create a wall for extra function behind / designtraveller.tumblr.com

Freestanding wall that is mobile, that creates spatiality, while it being used as a gallery wall / firsthome

A small area with sliding doors / blog.jelanieshop.com

Rustic & simple solution room with textiles / apartmenttherapy.com

A glass partition so as not to diminish the feeling of space in the room / cocokelley.com

Neatly designed cupboard divider / designtime.com

Being able to see but not be disturbed / avotakka.fi

The wall some distance away, shortens the room / mechantdesign

Rustic sliding door / 101woonideen.nl

Framed surface with glass sections / featherhorse on fb

Nice solid feeloing / Photo by Clayton Hauck for Longman & Eagle

Take care / Marie

Tagged dividers, functions, furniture, Interior design, Interiors, partitions, room divider, separating areas, separating surfaces, sliding doors, smart solutions

07/04/2013

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Outdoor Gallery

Box shaped houses

I happen to like simple square box-shaped houses & buildings. I like the simple shape that showcases exactly what you see without fuss. Angles & crannies are not my melody even if I do appreciate it because of its intermittency & charm…when it’s old, used & lived in. But, it’s like it is with preferences. And still, with a straight shape, it can look so different & express so much, that it’s hard to believe. Anyway, I thought you might like a post about nicely box shaped houses.

Extremely nice in its simplicity / bungalow5

Compact but airy / byggfabriken

Ultramodern / design-dautore

Delightful / fancy

Old & the new together / convoy

Garage living / ikea

Concrete block that blends in with the environment / lambert blog

Absolutely adorable / reiulframstadarchitechts

Great small buildings / skonahem

Strong impact with small means / paonote-room269

Stands out in the crowd / letmebeinspired

Orangery in black & glass / hus&hem

Exciting roof house / paulmouret via fancy

Tranquil workplace / blessthisstuff.com

Exciting placement of windows / thenewyorktimes

Take care / Marie

Tagged Angles and crannies, Apartments, architecture, buildings, houses, Modernism, orangery, Studios, Work places

01/04/2013

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Homes / Interiors Gallery

Daily inspiration, less is more

Less is more is an old expression but timeless in itself. We could all have a need of reviewing our belongings & think about what we really need. I am not the one to give advice or tell people what to or not. It is just an appealing thought to use what we truly need – which is a challenge in this era of commercialism.

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