California Ranch Style Home

Trudy Crane January 8, 2014

This fixer upper was just what designer Kelley Motschenbacher was looking for when she and her husband began looking for a country home. They created a beautiful and comfortable space filled with white furniture and colourful accents. Gorgeous white sofas slip-covered with vintage French linens make the upkeep easy even with a big golden lab! I really love the desk area with the wonderful shelving and the amazing lamp and the bedroom wall lamps are also really great. There are so many perfect vintage pieces in this space that add wonderful texture like the rattan coffee table and the wooden basket she uses as a table in the bedroom. Add a few rag and sisal rugs and you have the perfect place to relax and unwind on the weekends!

Linking with French Country Cottage, Common Ground Do, My Romantic Home

Enjoy!

Trudy

via: Country Living

Photos: Victoria Pearson

100 Year Old Farmhouse Goes Modern

Trudy Crane January 6, 2014

This 100 year old farmhouse owned by designer Tobi Tobin has been redone into a modern, beautiful home. Full of mirrors in every room mimicking Mondrian paintings of rectangles and squares. There is also a wonderful mix of modern furniture in pale tones beside antiques in darker shades and you see the mix of black and whites in the bedrooms as well...and what about the wallpaper! Really gorgeous! The use of glossy black in the kitchen and on the doors really grounds the rooms and the wonderful chandeliers keeps it all bright and sophisticated....

Linking with Savvy southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

Enjoy!

Trudy

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via: House Beautiful

Photos: KARYN R. MILLET

Paris Chic Antique

Trudy Crane December 27, 2013

A refurbished loft space in Paris is the setting for these fun ideas and interesting vintage and antique finds. Exposed surfaces include brick and stone left with a rough edge giving it a kind of industrial feeling. Love the butterfly wallpaper and the vintage cars in the kids room. So inventive the way they are featured on the wall....I love creative ways of showing things to make them stand out!

Enjoy!

Trudy

vai: Milk Magazine

Photos : Louise Desrosiers.

Good Book: A Life Less Ordinary

Trudy Crane December 18, 2013

This week my daughter came home with a book that she bought at Anthropologie called A Life Less Ordinary. She is a photographer in her last year of college and bought the book for inspiration for some photos she is doing next semester. Well, I took one look at this book and settled on the couch with a cup of tea and took some serious dream time for myself. WOW.....I came away so inspired to move furniture, take pictures and think creatively. The two authors and best friends, Zoe Ellison and Alex Legendre, are the owners of I gigi General Store in East Sussex, England. The book is a history of their lives and friendship and of the inspiration for their homes and for the store. Every page is a delight and their story is really lovely. Take a look at just a few of the photos of the store and tomorrow I will show you pictures of their homes...See Part 2 and the owners homes HERE !!

Linking with: French Country Cottage

Enjoy!

Trudy

Images via: Anthropologie, hello lovely

Inspiration in White: Rustic Christmas

Trudy Crane December 16, 2013

There are so many great ideas to create a rustic Christmas on Pinterest (you can follow me here)! I have decided to do this style in my home this year and I am super excited to try some of these. I love the rustic table using nuts, herbs, feathers and candles. A few great ideas for wrapping presents and making gift tags with greenery. I love kraft paper and black ribbons... and what about the gift of cookies in a jar. So cute, easy and fun! Here is a recipe you can use to fill your jars! Also, add some pine cones and twigs to a rustic planter and fill it with candles...instant rustic decor!

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House

Enjoy!

Trudy

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House

via: Pinterest

White Country Christmas

Trudy Crane December 14, 2013

This beautiful home in the country has been lightly decorated for Christmas with wonderful greens and candles. Pretty flowers, the wreath hanging over the kitchen island and the bulbs on the window sill add just the right touch throughout the home. The silver decorated tree is the perfect touch in this white home...really lovely. Nothing overdone just simple beauty. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

Enjoy!

Trudy

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House

via: Lantliv

Inspiration in White: Potted Christmas Trees

Trudy Crane December 9, 2013

Originally we were going to go away for Christmas with my family out in British Columbia this year but as it turns out we have decided to go after the holiday instead so.....that means I need to think about how to do my decorating and my Christmas tree! I do the same type of tree year after year......yes I love it but I need some fresh ideas. I have been looking for inspiration and one thing I am sure of is that I am going to go for a smaller tree and use my olive pot as a holder. I feel like having a more rustic look this year and I think the pot would look great with a tree as you see in the inspiration photos. I also love the fact that they are so simply decorated. I always have the feeling to put more decorations not less, but these trees are so gorgeous I think I will try to go for a much simpler look. I will show when I am done!!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Common Ground Do

Enjoy!

Trudy

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, No Minimalist Here, Timewashed, The 36th Avenue, A Delightsome Life, From My Front Porch to Yours, Shabby Art Boutique, French Country Cottage, Rooted in Thyme, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House, Mod Vintage Life, The Charm of Home, Redoux

via: Pinterest Xmas, Dreamy Whites

Interiors: Swiss Mix

Trudy Crane December 8, 2013

This home in Zurich was built originally in 1925 and was renovated recently to create this amazingly elegant and sophisticated space. Steve Gambrel, a well known American designer that had done three other homes for the same couple, did a beautiful job. I love how the space still manages to feel cozy and warm despite being so grand at the same time. The dining room is really outstanding. I like the shiny beams on the ceiling and the tiled and mirrored wall on one end of the room. The long bench is such a great idea in this room and allows for a lot of guests to sit at the table ....simply gorgeous!

Photography by Björn Wallander

Hope you had a great weekend! Linking With Common Ground Do

Enjoy!

Trudy

via: Architectural Digest

Simply Beautiful

Trudy Crane December 1, 2013

Lovely 100 year old home completely renovated with simple yet beautiful details. The modern kitchen and furnishings are a great balance to the rest of the home with its curved archways and traditional exterior. I really love the doors out to the wonderful terrace in the back of the home. Looks like such a great place to sit and entertain with friends!

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Enjoy!

Trudy

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style

via: Bolaget

Sophisticated Shabby Decor

Trudy Crane November 24, 2013

What can I say about this house...so many good things....it is really fabulous! Sophisticated yet shabby it has all the elements I love in a white home. Great floors, painted in some rooms and some with the original wood colour, antique and vintage furnishings and architectural elements and an easy unstructured kitchen with a Smeg fridge! What about that amazing kids room....so creative and fun. Love it!

Hope you are having a great weekend! It is getting cold in Montreal and we even had a few flakes of snow today!