Friday Fives: 5 Ways to add Concrete into your home

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How To...

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The obvious is the use light colours. This works in every size room, light hues instantly bounces any light in the room making it feel brighter. BUT, if you opt for the lighter hues and want to challenge the darker tones... thats fine but add stripes into the room. This way, you can change the perception of the height of a wall or the width depending on the way you position your stripes. Mirror walls and furniture are such a great way of reflecting the room giving it an automatic twin extension! Finally, try not to use any curtains or blinds especially in smaller windows. To make your room feel bigger you want the most light you can get. OBVIOUSLY, I get it if you need them in the bedroom, if you're a light sleeper like myself, no blinds would be the worst! 

Following these 4 simple steps will instantly make any room feel that little bit bigger. I hope this helps! 

Images via: Tumblr, Planete-Deco, Deezen, Arcdhaily, Trendland, Phillippeboisselier, Afroditi, Superfuture, Decor8

Pinning From Pinterest: Decorate Darker with Confidence.

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I have managed to find similar furniture to what I found in this image. If you know any particular pieces that are better replicas of the furniture shown in the home, please leave a link below!

Furniture List:

Planter Coffee Table

Karina Armchair 

Moroso Tropicalia Armchair

Side Tables

Hitchcock Floor Lamp

Tuscan Moroccan Shag Rug

I hope you Enjoy. 

Images by Romain Ricard

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Friday Fives: Add Marble into your Home

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Images via: The Design Chaser, Apartment Therapy, This is Glamorous, Gallery, This is Paper, Trendland, John Lewis, Beacon Lighting, Heals, A beautiful mess, West Elm, Oliver Bonas. 

How to make your office space more productive in 3 ways

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So I either work at home, or in a studio so I don't have a desired office space as of yet. However, these 3 features are what I would consider when moving into a new office/work space. I think location is key. Pick somewhere where you know you won't get too easily distracted, but will gain a lot of inspiration there. E.g, have an awesome view!

Filling your space with colour is another key feature. If you're an artist, you are not going to want a black painted room as this would totally bring down any light coming in. (you can have it whatever colour - I won't judge) But what I'm trying to say is I think any advice for a good about of productivity is a light and airy space. Especially if you're going to be there for 12+ hours a day, you want the room to keep you awake!

Plants are a really good way of clearing the air in a space. Sometimes if you're working all day and night you atlas want the space you're working in to stay as fresh as you can, keeping you and your mind awake! It can either be a desk plant of a feature wall its your choice. Plants can also be a piece of art within your space, especially something like a feature wall. Artwork is key within your office as its a chance to show of any work you have produced.

I hope this helps anybody thinking about getting and office or moving into a new one!

Images via: myparadissi, desiretoinspire, deezen, officesnapshots, dotandbo, archdaily, tumblr, decourban.

Pinning From Pinterest: Stockholm Shades of Grey

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So, I have had the top image saved on my Pinterest for so long now as I just am in love with this living room in particular. Through a little research I found this these images were actually taken from an estate agents site in Stockholm, Skandia Maklarna. What drew my to this room the light fixture. I struggled so hard to find a replica of this in the exact colour. The room is full of grey shades giving it quite a dominance feel to it, then the space is broken up with the tan sofa and the greens from the light and the plants.

This 'Pinning from Pinterest" has probably been the hardest to find similar/exact pieces of furniture which I think is a good thing, but then harder for people like me trying to re-create it. I always think you should always try and incorporate one of pieces into your home to make it as unique as you can for you. I don't think I have found any pieces that are exactly the same for this image but I have tried to keep it as close as possible!

PRODUCT LIST:
Tivoli Leather Sofa 
Wessily Chair
Atom Light
Glass Brand Chandelier 
Lumbar Cushion
Shale Cushion
In the heart of a city
Natural State
Object 5
Pebble Shore
Palm Areca
Floor Lamp

If you do know any of the exact pieces of furniture, please leave a link down below to let me know! Hope you Enjoy!

Images via Skandia Maklarna.

Friday Fives: Add copper in your home

About a year ago, I think my love for copper really began, I became a little overboard with it too. So I have created a post of how to add copper into your home.. BUT I would not advise adding absolutely everything yo see here into your home as you do not want a copper overload. Little touches of it here and there can make a room a little bit more fancy!

I hope you Enjoy!

How to..BURN IT!

HUNSETT MILL, UK - PHOTO VIA WILLOW BUILDERS  

PHOTO BY - LAURE JOLIET VIA PEOPLE HTV

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To counteract my previous beach post of light woods, I wanted to show how you can do the total opposite to your home and still create a a raw, unique feel to a room or house! The term charred wood is also referred to "Shou-Sugi-Ban" which is Japanese. It literally translates to "burnt cedar board".  It can be quite an expensive bit of work if you would like to cover your entire home or fill every room. Also, like anything that includes a lot of technique, I would definitely seek advice and help from a professional as burning wood may seem easy but you do not want to go too far!

 I have included some of the main ways you can incorporate charred wood into your home. Such as, Cladding your a section of the exterior of your home. I think charring works really well when you have something to contrast it with. Such as the masonry in the top image. But also it has become popular just doing one floor of a home so you may have the bottom section rendered with the top cladded in charred wood to give a contrast to a particular section of a home. Bringing it into the house also works well interns of feature walls. I think what I like about it most compared to paint of wallpaper is that it give this beautiful, natural texture to a wall that you just wouldn't get from paint/paper.  I wasn't able to find too much pieces of furniture, but I'm sure if you have a research and find somebody to make you a one of piece, it can create a really powerful focal point to a room.

I hope this inspired you to possible add wood into your home in a way you didn't imagine!

PINNING FROM PINTEREST: Line and Henrik Stutzer

STOCKHOLM COUCH IKEA
EKENASET ARMCHAIR IKEA
MUUTO COFFE TABLE NEST
FLOOR LAMP NEST
LEATHER POUF CB2

Images via Boligmagasinet

Friday Fives: Beach Vibes

After visiting the beach this week, I really wanted to recreate a beach house interior. It has always been a dream of mine to live by the beach, but the reality of a student kicked in and got me thinking of how I could make my current home feel a little bit closer to the beach. 

I have included 5 really simple ways to give your home a more coastal feel. An easy starter would be to paint everything white, especially if you have any wooden or brick wall. Painting a light colour will easily brighten up the space, neutralising the entire room. This then gives you room a blank canvas to add simple textures from driftwood/wooden pieces of furniture mixed with rope decor. All in all hopefully giving your room a might more light and airy room, with hints of nautical features such as, striped rugs and beach prints, making it feel like your that little bit closer to the sand and sea!

I hope you enjoy!

Pinning from Pinterest: Cille Grut

by Chris Tonnesen for Elle Decor

One of my favourite things to do is spend countless hours on Pinterest. I get so inspired by being able search though all the beautiful home interiors and keeping snippets of what I like in a board, preparing me for when I finally own my own home.

As I am currently a student, with no actual experience of designing a persons home, I have decided to create a "Pinning from Pinterest" series. Something I will post once a week, where I find my favourite designs, and create a collage of furniture, inspired by the picture with my own twist. I am well aware I have not an Interior Designer, as the pieces I may put together may not be to your liking which is fine.

The image below is by Danish interior stylist, Cille Grut.  I love how the walls give a contrast in chart by the uses of colour. The darker grey perceives a much more contemporary feel with the gallery wall. Whereas, the lighter colour grey highlights the beautiful periodic features which makes the space feel homely. I took inspiration from all the furniture within the image. I really like the 3 different chairs with all different material. The yellow chair is the collage is a shape and design I think could work really well within the space if upholstered in a botanical fabric. Tying in the grey's and browns of the room, giving a pop of colour to transition into the darker side of the room.
There's a mixture of hardware within the room, the chrome giving the space a more modern feel, then contrasting with the wood hardware from the couch to tie into the brown leather seats. I wanted the tie in all the hardware and design to make it not seem random.  Such as, I kept the design from the coffee table to match the footstool, but then made sure it tied in with the same colour of the couch.

Here is a list of all the images I used to put together the collage:
1. Brown Leather Armchair 
2. Rug
3. Footstool 
4. Couch 
5. Side table
6. Side table ornament 
5. Coffee table 
6. Coffee table vases 
7. Book cabinet 
8. Book cabinet light
9. Yellow chair 
10. Floor lamp
11. Picture frames 



I hope this helps anybody renovating a home!