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24/05/2013

Appealing walls

What if walls could speak – tell you their story. About colours they have been painted in, patched, scraped, plastered & painted over & over again. Or tell you about those who lived here before to give insight into what life was like, during an epoch. It would be exciting & interesting. But see, that’s not what this post is about today, unfortunately.

I like colour, it’s a big part of my life…professionally, that is. But I’m not the first to raise my hand regarding colorful walls. But still. I have the ability to enjoy a variety of things or events, no matter what I prefer. It’s all about being able to see beauty in most things, right?

If you were to ask me which of these rooms I would consider myself to live in, without changing the wall color – then, the closest in style, would be room number six with light blue wall. Maybe, possibly, even number three. (but I would most certainly go for the black & white one) How about you, which one do you prefer?

Bring down the sense of height of a room by leaving space between the paint & the roof / frenchbydesign

Or paint the space in an additional colour / apartmentteraphy.com

Shorten the distance with a sharp colour / styleessentials.com

Or create an exciting corner / miluccia.tumblr.com

Paint in a color that suits the child’s height / pinterest.com

Amplify a piece of furniture by matching the wall color / stadshem

Contrasts that create excitement / mialinnman.blogspot.com

Coordinate with a few pieces / housetohome

White higher up plus wall paint & tile in similar shade / estudiogutorequena

Graphical & classic with powerful impression / flickr.com

White at the bottom & with turquoise at the top – different / thenewyorktimes.com

Within the same colour scale but the window in a stronger shade / interiorsoriginal.blogspot

Nice & different / homesweethome via pinterest

Stylish contrast to all white, especially the addition on the inside of the door too / mackapar

Rough style that becomes more enhanced with the black together with the leather & concrete / ovgwebdesign

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Thank you for your response. ✨

Take care / Marie

Tagged choosing colours, colours, home improvement, home styling, Interior design, Interiors, paint, wall colours

10/04/2013

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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

22/01/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Stylish solitaires

Here & there you see ladders standing, either casually or deliberately, in different environments … often without one notes them immediately. When you are scrolling through magazines, catalogues or other, you can many times find things that recurs, in one way or another. Either it’s a trendy thing or just props which works in the environment. Blogs work that way many times. Stylish appealing images shown on a popular blog, explodes soon within the blogosphere. You get to see those pictures almost everywhere. To that extent, that they almost become worn out. There is nothing wrong in it of course, that’s how it works when we have great interest in something whether it’s in interior design, fashion, food, photography … or whatever it may be. (you notice how limited my interests are, right?)

Anyway, to get to the point, all of a sudden I found myself seeing ladders everywhere. Used as a furniture to store things on – hang clothes, jewelry, textiles … or to use in the bathroom or just lean against the wall in the living room … or just as a solitaire or statement somewhere…even if it’s just to climb on. It makes a difference in the room, no matter what. Don’t you think so?

Within reach / designinspiration

Storage place / stylizimo

Great statement / desiretoinspire

styling / dezeen.com

Stylish fill to the room / elleinterior

A nice helper / hus&hem

Functional / jordicanosa

Nice to use as hanging device / meandalice.blogspot

Storage space / likainenparketti

Still-life with ladders / mechantdesign

White & grey / thingsilike

Splashes of white paint – right up to the steps / desdemyventana

A nice looking combination – wood & white / fromscandinaviawithlove

A simple solution with step support & bed support / pinterest.com

Pale earthy tones & a ladder ready for any possible need / micasa

Tagged design, furniture, furniture design, home decor, Interior design, ladder, Ladders, living area, living rooms, solitaire

16/01/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Bed joy

Few things can make me as happy as a newly made bed with clean & fine bedlinen. It’s certainly true height of luxury. I can’t get enough of stylish quilt covers, with a cabinet filled to the brim . Maybe it’s a small obsession. I have the same love for all kinds of textiles actually. I did give it a go a few times, when we moved, to get rid of some but I just couldn’t. I’m too soft-hearted in respect of those treasures. Well, there are worse things to worry about.
It’s a wonderful feeling to crawl into a freshly made bed. New clean sheets, puffed soft pillows, neat bedspread. Yes, it’s the height of happiness. It’s often the simple things in life that gives one, pure joy, right? So how about some inspiring images for the bedroom. Bed joy maybe 🙂

Coral blue & orange / 79 ideas

Beautiful blue tones / atelierrueverte

Simple & straightforward / BodieandFou

Burnt brown tones / Esprithome

Blue & white with plaid wallpaper / cush&nooks

Grey & blue / midsummerinterior via tumblr

White with green leaves / H&M

Appealing & unpretentious / mokkasin

Hotel feeling / 79ideas

Layer upon layer in floral pattern / homedesigning

Lovely quilt covers / sanna & sania

Graphic design in black & white / google.com

Cool colours for kids / H&M kids

A colourless & relaxing atmosphere / desiretoinspire

Two options in one bed / homedesigning

Take care / Marie

Tagged bedding, bedlinen, bedrooms, beds, blankets, home decor, Interior design, quilts, textiles

13/12/2012

Personal touch

I’m leaving Christmas to rest for a while even if it Lucia today back home. Instead, it will be about interiors in varying styles – no extremes – but a bit more about small differences or rather taste, actually. I’m not a daring person when it comes to home decor. I am, after all, a fairly ordinary woman & therefore choose the images that are common but appealing in different ways. You know by now that I’m rather beige & predictable in my taste. I like it in that way, you see!

A home is something we all have in common, where we create our own world … our own space, our way of life & living. Some like to have it as in a magazine, others want to find their own thing. Some build their homes from memories of their childhood. Again, some have no direction, but it gets as it gets, AND usually it becomes good … because it’s about lifestyle. In fact, there are no limitations, more than in our heads. We are taught or influenced by people we spend time with, newspapers we read or TV programs we watch. The older we get, the more often we end up in the style we ar grown up with. It’s like as we sometimes take after habits or behaviors after our parents, despite the fact that we said – I’ll never do this or that. It happens unconsciously, simply. The force of a habit is great.

Now, not that there’s something wrong with that, just a general observation. It’s precisely what makes things so interesting, right? The perfect, or the half-finished, or that which is in constant change. Or the odd or unusual or completely ordinary – the personal touch!

Different materials & colors mixed into a lovely expression / aprillaprill