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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

isiljacob Old & new combined into a nice  style / isiljacob via Pinterest

By keeping things visible, a home becomes alive & cozy / alvhemmakleri

designnerd Ambitious with every little detail in place /  designnerd via pinterest

bellemaisonAttractive style for most, charmingly frayed & enjoyable / bellemaison via tumblr

Hard & cold surfaces & materials becomes welcoming with colour & vibrant details / Desiretoinspire

Postcards, tickets & others, gathered into a work of art / Pinterest.com

Cute small space with everything on display / aprilandaugust.tumblr

vogsesparisHallway with lots of personality / Vogsesparis

Well selected stuff to create something of your own / housetohome.co.uk

draumesideneCharming with a worn country style / Draumesidene

*temp*Big furniture, patterns, wall paper & comfort / Housetohome.uk

architectureandinterioresign Spacious with space for social activities /architectureandinterioresign

myscandinavianhomeCool mix & combination of furniture & accessories / myscandinavianhome

FacebookWonderful childhood memories / Facebook

Take care / Marie

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Black & wood / 214

Wood used & worn down until it fades or new timber that has its color & strength left … all kinds of wood are a luxurious feel. A natural materials that live & breathe with the house & the individuals who use it. It is neat with all types of materials & colors … regardless what applies right now. Timeless, simply!  I’m very fond of wood & I use materials that I prefer, of course. It may well be pine, birch or oak, in the first place. Ash might be nice at times, but a little too lifeless for my taste. But as usual, it’s vital how to put it all together. The mix of furniture with flooring materials, colors, fabrics & lighting … in combination with the room size. Even the way the light falls from the windows. It may look a bit pale, yellow or rather, without natural freshness.

I’m right now very fond of darker wood combined with black. A feeling of the fifties without that specific style. Well, with that style too actually, since it’s very appealing. I’m more after the contemporary style with soul…not styled or just copied right off but well thought out & detailed. Take a look at the first two images below. That’s the feeling I mean. But by all means, different woods combined with black details – it always works.

Very niiiiice / holmberg via pinterest

All these beautiful vases / bertrandbenoit

A personal look / mechantdesign

Inviting combination / helenaaro

Combination of old & new / solidfrog

 Nice commercial area / kulunkadecoblog

Wood & black / keltainen

A classic beauty / keltainen

Yet another commercial area / scandic grand central

A fresh look with white combined / scandic grand central

Soft feeling / automatism

Black & wood details / tumblr

Stylish / Pinterest

Wood with black accessories / annagillar

Take care / Marie

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Pretentious perhaps / 213

I can’t make up my mind about skin / leather such as cowhide & the like. I don’t think that I’m fond of them – only to be used as a decoration in the home. The reason being that the animals need them more than we do. It might for some, sound a little pretentious but there are actually other options, in my opinion. I can’t say I mind others using them, it’s up to each one, of course. I understand the attraction as well as the aesthetics of it but still can’t bring myself to it fully. But so what, it’s not a big deal really.

Anyhow, it ‘s interesting how different it can look in different environments. As always, when you mix materials, colours & furniture in a good way. If you then use your creative side to bring on your own touch … well, then, just occupy the place & enjoy. No matter if it’s pretentious with cowhide or not!

Stylish combination / 79ideas

Elegant with well chosen objects / desiretoisnpire

Light, fresh & modern / thediversionproject

Cool mix of modern & rustic / avolli

Designed & simple / thevedahouse.com

Black & white with colour / desiretoinspire

Earthy tones with bright pop out colour  / honeyhouses

 Concrete, glass & leather / imageshack

Masculine feeling / sarahkaye.com

Interesting – in a baby room / singularesmagazine

Light floor to the black & white hide / thepursuitaesthetics

Inspired by  mountain cabins / google

Dramatically & graphically / blackbird

Soft nice colours / sweetthingblog

Take care / Marie

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