ark bedrooms: according to my top-post Dark Decor we are all in the mood for a bit of darkness. Dark bedrooms may seem gloomy, but I think they’re very fitting for this season of dark days ahead of us. And don’t be afraid of the dark, total darkness is best for a good night’s sleep.
inimal or industrial kitchens – cool, elegant and bare of distracting titbits – work so well in old buildings. The straight, angular lines of 21st century minimal kitchens contrast beautifully with the ornamental plaster ceilings and decorated wall panelling that were “de rigeur” in the 19th and 18th century. Just like my earlier post on the modern-classic mix, the one enhances the other.
lassic Modern Mix, don’t you just love this combination? This mix of modern designer furniture in classic, light and old buildings? Imagine a room with white-washed wall panelling, high ceilings, a marble mantelpiece, an antique guilded mirror and so on. This room would look stuffy and boring with matching period antique pieces alone, wouldn’t it?
erulean blue is a muted color, ranging roughly between blue, cyan and green. Cerulean stems from the Latin word “caeruleus” which means heaven or sky. In the artworld, the pigments for this beautiful color were only developed in the 1860’s. Impressionist painters like Claude Monet or Eduard Manet started using this color a lot in their paintings for skies.
love winter plaids. They are an absolute necessity in my home. Being of the shivery type, and having lived in hot South Africa for a few years, I am still not used to the wintry damp cold of The Netherlands. Up to now it hasn’t been too bad (thank you Global Warming), but I know that the cold rainy days are not far away.
home gym is ideal now that it’s getting colder outside. That’s right, if you want to be fit and toned next summer, now’s the time to start exercising (or so I always tell myself…). There’s a treadmill in my bedroom, some weights and a yogamat and that will have to do for now. But I keep on dreaming about one of these beautiful home gyms shown here, I’m sure I would be a lot more motivated if I had a gym like some of these… (yeah, right)
uilford Green is the new Color of the Year 2015 as revealed by US paint brand Benjamin Moore: “Guilford Green is the perfect thread to connect nature, spaces and interiors with color schemes that signify fresh energy and growth.” I must admit, I am not a fan….
lack and gold interiors are on the menu today. You could see them as a combination of my earlier posts on Copper Blush and Dark Decor. Combine the two and black and gold interiors is what you get. If done right, this combination can add instant warmth, glamour and drama to a space. If done wrong, it will add a tacky, kitsch vibe to a space, which you don’t want. Here’s a collection of examples of beautiful, stylish black and gold interiors done right.
he history of the famous Thonet chairs, begins with Michael Thonet, pronounced “Toe-net” (instead of “Tho-nay”). He was the founder of a building- and furniture workshop in Boppard, Germany in 1819. His unique success story began with the transition of manual furniture production to industrial production.
ucculents and cacti for interiors are all the rage right now, I’m not joking. With the revival of Mid Century design, these plants cannot stay behind. Ideal for frequent travellers and the one’s amongst us who do not have “green fingers” as they are hard to kill. These prickly beauties can go a long way without water or other love. I give my own Aloe Vera a cup a month (if I remember) and it’s still going strong. So skip buying a bunch of flowers next time, and get some of these instead!
