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12/05/2014

Sober maturity

It might be wrong to call these images for “mature” but by that I mean a more adult style, more conventional. It is perhaps not quite the right expression – traditional, understandable, predictable, classical, timeless & so on. A bit of a hotel feeling, perhaps a little impersonal because it’s not decorated, in the sense that it doesn’t overflows with things. Few well chosen items such as art, antiques that breathes style, heavy draped curtains & so on.

It’s usually liberating environments with everything in its place. Often organised, very tidy & neat. It can of course be colourful, slightly playful but in a sober manner. Still, in lots of different styles – classical, city, rural, modern, as well as various expressions & materials of course.

/ designsalvation.tumblr.com

/ ruemag.com

/ justthedesign.com

/ studiokarin

/ fantasticfrankblogg.tumblr.com

/ dustjacketattic.tumblr.com

/ designnerd.tumblr.com

/ aninteriordesignersblog.tumblr.com

/ habituallychic.blogspot.com

/ designmaster.tumblr.com

/ micasadesign.tumblr.com

/ fancy.com

/ scandinaviandesignmodern.tumblr.com

/ feedly.com

/ jossandmain

Tagged antiques, art, classical, conventional, decor, homes, interior, Interiors, mature style, Modern

31/03/2014

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Outdoor Image

Street art

We are hired as private drivers, part-time, usually involuntarily & unprepared – I may not have told you that! It’s various activities, dinners, gigs & other we are asked to drive our boys to, and it’s unpredictable. To put it nicely – we get to see places we otherwise wouldn’t. Different suburbs, neighbourhoods & areas where they usually meet with friends.

So in other words, inspiration from the streets today – it’s not about aesthetics, it’s about peoples creativity. The way people can change the street scene, not through architecture but by being ingenious in a simple, down to earth-way. What’s exciting is that it can turn up anywhere & unexpected. It makes me think about the person behind & the reasoning. I call it street art, where others might look at it as clutter or graffiti…perhaps.

/ ginandbird.tumblr.com

Love you too / streetartutopia

A crack becomes a spider web / tumblr.com

Bicycle parking with joy / tumblr.com

The Leaning Tower of Pisa / tumblr.com

Nice stair decoration with a homey feeling / pinterest.com

A tiny speck that keeps the streets clean / memolition.com

Colourful characters with twinkle in the eye / memolition.com

Look up! / photobucket.com

What was once was meant, means something else now / imcallingshots.tumblr.com

Someone is a passionate knitter / google images

Dices among cobbles / fancy.com

There’s a view, with or without windows / evysinspirations.tumblr.com

Constant watering / fancy.com:katyakirnova

Curly hair / fancy.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged art, facades, graffiti, poles, sidewalks, street art, street scene, street signs, Walls

23/11/2013

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Homes / Interiors Image

Artistic

Art can be & mean so much, not just something you can hang on the wall, although I would consider it to be good enough, of course. I just have to like it, or else no matter the cost, it would be something I would give away to someone that appreciates it more than I. But the great thing about art is that it can be adapted to what we want it to be. It’s about each person’s experience. What you read into the artwork, what it means to you or possibly what its worth, in one way or another.

I would not like to dispute all the different opinions since that adds to the excitement around art. For myself, I prefer the simple & predictable variety. I am after all, an ordinary woman 🙂

Pictures, rug, cushions & stool fits well into the art theme / ruyteixeira.com

Co.desing masterpiece Architectural masterpiece / Co.desing

Inch by inch – art / lylaandblu.tumblr.com

So called vintage kitsch / imageshack.com

My favourite since young age / cushandnooks

Furniture & wall art / designnerd via tumblr.com

Small fine wood carvings / freundevonfreunden

Nice with leaning pictures in a stack into the corner / seventeendoors

Art wall / myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se

Poster art / thingsilike

Colourful art & textiles / 3.bp.blogspot

Piece of art made by hand(s) / nytimes.com

Haute couture / lipstickonyourpillocase.tumblr.com

Beautiful floor art / the apartment

Nice combination / design-vox.com

Architectural environment / bloglovin.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged architecture, art, Artistic, Crafts, paintings, Poster, Visual Arts, Wood carving

28/10/2013

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Daily inspiration, food art

It’s sometimes hard to define the difference between photography, art, commercials & food styling. What’s art – a constant question but as usual, it lies in the viewer’s experience. As simple as this is, I find it graphically appealing.

finedininglovers.com:blog:curious-bites:vegetable-carving-pictures: Vegetable carving / finedininglovers.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged appealing, art, commercials, eggplant, experience, food, food styling, graphic, photography, vegetables

26/10/2013

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Homes / Interiors Image

go BIGGER

There’s a great deal of oversized framed photos & posters on various inspirational sites. In the right place it certainly makes a difference. In other it looks too cramped to my liking. But again taste is so different so I’m not having an opinion around that. If you don’t want to go for a big, bigger design, you can create that feeling with several small – that hangs in more rows such as one of the images below.

Some people prefer plain or empty walls while others want to fill them with all kinds of art. Either way, it works just fine with either or. But today, you get to put up with a lot of bigger options. Let’s see what you think!

Matching colours / myidealhome