Yellow, Black and White

Love this little apartment in Sweden with white walls and black and yellow accents! Wonderful texture and patterns make this home sweet and fun...this is for the young at heart for sure. Nice open plan floor layout with a big, bright kitchen and office space nestled in between the living space and eating area. Another great Swedish home to inspire me!

Sorry for the sporatic posting these days. A lot of family issues with aging parents that are keeping us very busy these days. We were lucky enough to get away for a few days to the south which was a welcome relief from these difficult times. Hope you all had a great weekend!

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Stashem

Salvage Chic

This country retreat of Paige and Smoot Hull started out as a getaway place near Round Top for the couple. To help with the mortgage they started to rent out their salavage filled home as a vacation rental. Before too long their vacationing clients wanted to purchase items from their home and just like that they became antique dealers. Their home has got the most amazing vintage pieces from screen doors over the fireplace to an old door as a headboard. The memo board is a bed spring and the fan cover over the stove is a metal awning. Super inventive recycling of materials and so well styled inside the home.

photos: Max Kim-Bee

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Country Living

Photos: Max Kim-Bee

Inspiration in White: Etsy for Christmas

As you know Christmas is only 23 days away and even though presents are far from my mind (I am one of those people shopping on Christmas Eve!) I know many of you like to be prepared (so smart). Presents may not be on my mind but Etsy is (check out my shop here) and if you are looking for original gifts this is the place to buy them! Everyday I see the most inventive and clever ideas that would make fun Christmas gifts. Here are a few new ones to add to your favourites....

Onstail

Love these cozy felt slippers in white of course!

Stationary Boutique

Pretty cards for Christmas and any other occasion...

Theme Fragrance

I like the simple jars and labels of these candles and I think this fragrance would be wonderful at the Holday time.

Anna Pavlovna

For the little ones these beautiful stuffed animals..

Mache Animal

I adore these paper mache animal heads! So cute in a childs room!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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Well Edited Home

This home, owned by magazine editor, author and fashion designer Laurann Claridge, is simply elegant. Loads of texture and shine, it feels like such a fantastic mix of antique and modern, traditional and fashionable...Loving all the white furniture of course and the funky little surprises throughout the space...ahhhh,  a sheep in the library perhaps? Great rug in living room and such a cute headboard made from a four paneled screen in the bedroom. All of this is from the Lonny Magazine archives. Take a look at some more homes from Lonny here and here...

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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Inspiration in White: New York

I took a little weekend with three of my girlfriends to New York and we had such a great time! (I shared many of these photos on Instagram. You can follow me under lookslikewhite) As usual I got a great dose of inspiration from some amazing and wonderful stores and restaurants. My all time favourite is of course ABC Carpet and Home...I could live in that store. The furniture, ceramics and lighting are all sooooo gorgeous. After being fully inspired by the store we moved over to ABC Kitchen....the delicious and beautifully decorated restaurant, all in white of course. Across the street is the fun and cool Fishs Eddy store which you could wander in for a long time and the next day we had a café and croissant at Eataly. Just beautiful. Thought I would share a few photos...

ABC Carpet- Shabby couch and table with modern ceramics..

These white ceramics with pale pink centers are gorgeous at ABC.

Love these floral print ceramics at ABC.

A whole shop of Astier de Villate in ABC. This is a dream room for me!!

Beside our table at ABC Kitchen was the gorgeous table of vegetables. What a display!

Cool displays for the all white dishes at Fishs Eddy.

A well deserved café at Eataly!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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Victorian Home Love

Where to begin talking about this amazing house? A renovated Victorian in San Francisco, this house is traditional, quirky, vintage and sophisticated all rolled into one. In the first picture there are so many things to look at! A stuffed peacock (really?), a bird under a cloche, a vintage clock and that is just the beginning! In the kitchen check out the custom hood (oh so gorgeous), the vintage stove and the new, yes new, fridge that looks vintage. The dining room has more antiques and vintage finds layered upon layer with the mirror and the statue and cool vintage bottles...oh I could go on. Did I mention the floor in the bathroom and kitchen? So great.

Take a look HERE for another wonderful Victorian home in San Francisco and HERE for one of your favorite Victorians that I featured..

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via: Country Living

Inspiration in White: Maps in Home Decor

The trend of using maps in home decor does not seem to be going away anytime soon.... I continue to see many original ideas of how to incorporate maps into a room. I find that when the look of the space is vintage and you add a vintage map it just looks so great! I like the large scale of some of these but even smaller maps in frames look good. I have two in my husbands office and they add such a nice touch! Also used as a headboard or backdrop in a bedroom, as you see in some of these photos, it works extremely well...

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via; honeyhouses.tumblr.com, ljo-s.blogspot.fi, bloodandchampagne.com, Elle Decor, Country Living

California Farmhouse

This house is gorgeous inside and out! So fresh with the yellow and blue touches.... I would move right in! Full of vintage finds ( loving the milk glass in the dining room hutch!), like the the mid-century Bulova clock and so many other wonderful pieces. This farmhouse style so appeals to me. (HERE is another one of my favourite farmhouses)

The outdoors with the garden full of long grasses and the pool is so gorgeous. The beautiful porch....really it is all a treat...

 Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Country Living

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White Home with Pops of Pastel

This family apartment is only 720 square feet in size but the owner of this little gem works for Ikea so she has plenty of inspiration and ideas on decorating....not just decorating but how to add great storage and manage space. Her space saving solutions are really well done with shelving and bookcases thoughout the home.

I also love the touches of pastel and neon...mixed with the black and white it feels so modern. Have you noticed all the pastel trending in home decor? Anybody who loves the Shabby Chic look has always had pastel but the look is creeping into modern furniture as well and I just love the look.

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via: Bolig

Swedish and French: The Perfect Pair

I always love the diverse styles of all of the houses I post on lookslikewhite but occasionally there are homes that I simply die for....and this would be one of them. These are houses I look at and my heart beats a little faster and that I could spend hours looking at. A couple of my other faves are here and here......

The reason I love this house is that it pulls together two of my favourite styles, Swedish with a mix of French Country. The rooms all look so warm and inviting...each piece of furniture is thoughtfully used and fits beautifully in the space. Then there is the mix of creams, whites and golden tones that looks so easy to pull together but only looks really wonderful when done with a practiced eye.

The photos are very artfully done by the wonderful photographer Enrique Menossi. You must visit his site to see the amazing work of this talented photographer!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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