Swedish Christmas

In this 100 year old Swedish home rustic meets refined Scandinavian style. The kitchen is my favourite room for sure with the wall of subway tile and double hanging lamp. Sheepskin covered rattan chairs create a cozy space in the dining room. Simple Christmas trees and a bit of red and white add a pretty touch of the holiday season. Lovely home dressed for the holidays!

PHOTO MARIE DELICE KARLSSON

via: Lantliv

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

Perfect Party Home

This house looks like the perfect place to have a party don't you think? Amazing kitchen area that opens up to a big table and the back yard and a living room that does the same. So great with guests going in and out of the house moving around from one room to the other....The house is for rent through Light Locations and it would be wonderful for a photo or video shoot as well. Lots of light and well styled it presents so well.

Go onto their website to see all the photos of this house and the many more they have for rent. Gorgeous!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Light Locations

Modern Greenwich Village Home

This is the Greenwich Village home of designing Ariel Ashe featured in Domino Magazine. Such a pretty modern home but with many of the original architectural elements that give it a bit of the old world feel. Nice pops of red here and there against a great black and white base. Love the gallery wall and the way she has done the curtains in the living room emphasising the high ceilings.

Hope you are having a lovely week!!

photographs by: Brittany Ambridge

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Trudy

xx

photographs by: Brittany Ambridge

via: Domino Magazine

Pins of the Week: Black and Gold

I am so into black kitchens, bathrooms and just about everything else including pottery. Not sure how someone that loves white so much could suddenly be so intrigued by all the dark decor out there but I am! I also love black when it is paired with white and when it is paired with gold. A touch of luxury to be sure.

For those of you in the US I hope you are all having a lovely holiday weekend and did not spend too much in the stores today!!

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Found on shelterness.com, Found on theirishaesthete.com, Found on pinkwallpaper.blogspot.com, Found on jacquelynclark.com

Brights and White

Pretty pops of colour in this compact apartment. Black glass backsplash in the kitchen provides great reflection along with the modern white cabinets. A great wall of closets behind the bed are a wonderful decorative element in the room as well. The apartment is for sale on Husman Hagberg if you are interested...another great real estate website.

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via Husman Hagberg

Inspiration in White: Branches

I always have flowers in my house...usually white...and I truly appreciate the feeling they give to my home ...fresh, natural and beautiful. When I don't use flowers I like to put branches and lately I have been seeing them everywhere in photos on Pinterest.

There are many ways to use them and below you can see a few examples. I love the tall ones in pots on the floor. They have a kind of presence that is different than flowers...kind of like having a large plant in your home....but different in the way of it being more raw, less refined which is a wonderful contrast in a sophisticated room. Take a look at my video Set the Table to see how I used branches on my chandelier. 

What other ideas do you have for using branches?

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New York Brownstone

This great space from House to Home has so many elements that I love.....like a wall of subway tiles! I really like that it has dark grout and the open shelves against this tile is so strong....and the theme continues into the bathroom as well.

The open living and dining room has a beautiful gallery wall and such a pretty fireplace. Great office idea wall with a light glass desk in front is perfect. Of course the little puppy in the pictures is pretty perfect as well..

Photography by Matthew Williams (take a look at his site...so beautiful!)

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: House to Home

Photographs by Matthew Williams

Inspiration in White: Removable Wallpaper

This trend of removable wall paper has got me thinking....where can I put some!! I am tired of my bedroom decor and really want a change and I think this may be just the thing that could do it! What is so brilliant is that I can do this and when I am tired of it there is not big problem removing it from the wall. There are so many amazing companies and patterns as well. I absolutely love the one from Anthropologie that is a whole mural...so perfect.

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Anthropologie

The Lovely Wall

Swagpaper

Betapet

Betabet

Rifle Paper Company

Chasing Paper

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

 

French Country Kitchen

Pretty little kitchen with a French Country twist. The amazing chandelier really makes a statement and seems very oversized but that is what I like about it! The sink in Carrera marble is another special element in this gorgeous kitchen. A superb fridge and this great stove with red controls just to add that extra touch of colour!

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: House Beautiful

Black, White and Pastel

Love this look with the sharp contrast of black and white with the softness of pastel. Just a touch of pink or grey added into a black and white space or even when dressing up and outfit can change the whole look.  Don't you love these pastel dishes with the black bowls in the collection...really I just need to try this with a few pieces of my own ceramics collection.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx 

via:Found on 79ideas.org, Found on stylizimoblog.com, Found on cocolapinedesign.com, Found on remainsimple.tumblr.com, Found on seventeendoors.blogspot.fr, Found on sfgirlbybay.com