I have often posted about creating walls but negative spaces are important too. Just because you have a blank space doesn’t mean you have to fill it. Gallery walls are a popular choice to fill up a wall and convey your personality, however a single statement piece can do the same. I have been there with a gallery wall but after a recent new paint job I paired it back to just two of my current favourites. Letting them
Colour
Accents of Green
Green is a pretty great colour. Its cool, calm and very collected as far as colours go. If you are a little like me you like your home to be all those things. And so I bring you Accents of Green… I say YES! Read more about green here. x
Sunday Style
Okay so a cheap little DIY that looks fab and costs little! Take one Mocka Stool $34.95. Give it a light sand and prime. Choose your paint – you can use a test pot or what you have. Paint the top or legs or just the rim, all look lovely. 10 minutes from plain to pretty! PS; they make a great beside table! x
Rug-Love
Come Summer and my little house is getting some wide-plank recycled TGV Flooring. Cant wait! And it means a little rug shopping is on the cards. I had thought to keep to more muted tones like the Armidillo and Co Twine Weave below but now I am leaning toward these more colourful and busy styles. Don’t they just lift the room?! What do you think?
Sunday Style
Never underestimate the power of a bit of bling! Not too much but a wee bit of brass or copper can add just the right amount of glam to a vignette. These gorgeous wee votives can easily be adapted to hold a miniature posy, or just a bit of greenery – I managed to conjure up these end-of-season roses and sprigs of green from my garden to pretty up the dining and coffee tables. Available in Brass or Copper
The Other Floor… part 2
So I’m not one that promotes painting over beautiful timber willy nilly but sometimes you just need a refresh; in our case the timber wasn’t exactly beautiful and we wanted a lighter and airy sense of space so away we went. Now its no easy task and not for the DIYers in you either, I mean we are talking some heavy duty sanding, priming and filling. We didn’t want to see the knots and imperfections so we called in
Painted Brick Walls
Painted brick walls might just be my new favourite thing… Gone are the days it was taboo to paint over wood or brick, now you can do whatever takes your fancy… trouble is you cant un-d0 it very easily so don’t go crazy till you’ve weighed up all the options. These gorgeous pinterest pics may just sway you in the painted direction… Hope that helps, I just wish I had some brick to paint at my little house!
Sunday Style
I love it when a package arrives… even if its not for me, I get to have a little play before it heads to its rightful home. This cushion cover from Resident GP by the talented Ylva Skarp looks right at home on my sofa; aptly named ‘FREE”; (I guess it is… for today anyway); its all the way from Sweden, now take a look at it in my little old NZ living room… Gorgeous huh… Pattern sometimes
9 Reasons to paint your walls white
9 REASONS TO PAINT YOUR WALLS WHITE Reason 1 White creates the illusion of space, paint your walls white and they will look further away, paint your ceiling white and it will appear higher. Reason 2 White is simple. Paint your walls white and you need to do little else to the space. Reason 3 White is calming. Feelings of peace and serenity are associated with the colour white. Reason 4 White is clean. Kitchens and Bathrooms need to be white to create Pretty in Pink
When I was little my father used to call me Pinkie, at the time I never really knew why but now that I’m all grown up I can identify pink as my favourite colour even though its not highly visible in my wardrobe or my home. It does bring back fond memories of my childhood and as my father passed away far too early the colour pink has that special place in my heart. Its the colour of true