my favourite home accesories

I love my bathroom cabinet which i picked up from a second hand shop on the way home from england as soon as i saw it i had to have it ..........i then wanted to add a shelf underneath so i found this piece of drift wood on the beach and thought it would look great in my bathroom as a shelf so i lighly sanded it down and gave it a quick coat of varnish and result i was happy

Old drawers which i gave a new lease of life ......

My new shabby drawers with complimentary new handles.........result.... .looks great in my daughters room

Pretty in pink ...a few of my kitchen favourites

My birdcage with no birds lol.....was very bare looking so i added a few tea lights and fairy lights

Texture and fabrics polka dots v flower power love the contrast

So true lol



One of my favourite buys for my daughters room very french looking and looks stunning with the white flocked wall paper and pale peach bedding and black and silver cushions .........love this look



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this is one of my most favourite styles elegant classy and grande

period style

1920s This glamorous decade was the heyday of interior designers, a new profession who were employed to create fantasy rooms for lavish cocktail parties and royal patrons. In this article Style Influences The names At the time Get the look What to invest in Where to see it Further reading In the home, modernism was taking off in Europe with the setting up of the Bauhaus, and shocking the world with its pared-down austere look. Architects began designing objects for the home, such as coffee sets and radios, as well as buildings. In the middle of the decade, art deco was showcased in Paris and became the major new style. The decade known for its decadence ended with the Wall Street Crash, which plunged America and consequently much of Europe into economic depression. Style glamorous and sophisticated geometric and angular shapes chrome, glass, shiny fabrics, mirrors and mirror tiles stylised images of aeroplanes, cars, cruise liners and skyscrapers nature motifs exotic touches from the Orient, Africa and Egypt Influences art deco and modernism. early Hollywood - the glamorous world of the silver screen filtered through to design. Cocktail cabinets and smoking paraphernalia became highly fashionable. travel - African safaris were all the rage, especially animal skins, ivory, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell. The names Eileen Gray - Irish-born furniture maker who lived and worked in Paris Raymond Templier - jewellery designer Le Corbusier - architect and furniture designer Syrie Maugham - most famous for her all-white interior in 1929; also designed for Noel Coward and Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Sybil Colefax and John Fowler - later Colefax & Fowler At the time 1921 The Kid by Charlie Chaplin 1926 Television first demonstrated 1926 Rudolph Valentino dies 1927 Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer, the first talking picture 1929 Wall Street Crash Get the look Furniture - choose strong streamlined shapes for furniture and in single pieces rather than suites. Look for modern classics by Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray. Reproductions and re-issues can be found. Floor - plain polished parquet is perfect for floors. Linoleum in abstract designs or black and white chequerboard vinyl tiles are also typical. Rug - floors would have been overlaid with a large rug in geometric patterns. Go for a huge circular one as the centrepiece to the room. Fireplaces - fireplaces should be rectangular and bold with a stepped profile. Colour schemes - halls suit bold colours such as silver, black, chrome, and black and white. For real dramatic impact, why not silver-leaf your entire ceiling or black-gloss your floor. Lighting - lights featuring female figures holding the ball of the lamp are typical and good reproductions abound. Also look for chrome, a brand new material at the time, and glass. Glass would have been etched, sandblasted or enamelled rather than coloured. Walls - keep walls plain and free from decorative plasterwork. Use a coat of varnish on top for a really glossy sheen. Fabrics - choose shiny light-reflective fabrics or plain fabrics with metallic threads. Accessories - add a striking painting or one statue rather than a clutter of objects. For real authenticity, look for light switches etc in Bakelite, a plastic resin. Add touches of opulence with items such as tortoiseshell and enamel cigarette boxes and mother-of-pearl letter openers. Display - ostrich feathers make a suitably decadent display. What to invest in modern classics by Eileen Gary and Le Corbusier art deco artefacts and posters Where to see it Interior of Brixton Academy, London Claridges, London Further reading 20s and 30s Style by Michael Horsham (Grange Books) Interior Design of the 20th Century by Anne Massey (Thames & Hudson)

garden fire place looks amazing

Garden Fireplace Design with Short Wooden Pieces Inspired by the Norwegi an Turf Huts

January 23rd, 2011

fantastic garden fireplace design with wooden pieces

This outdoor fireplace can used any session, summer, winter, autumn and spring. this fireplace design for kids playroom in winter and night. for build its very limited budget, reusing leftover materials was a starting point that led the design to be based on short wooden pieces. Inspired by the Norwegi an turf huts and old log construction, a 5,2×4,5 meters wooden construction was built and mounted on a lighted and brushed concrete base. The structure is made of 80-layered circles. The circles have varied radiuses and relative center point in relation to each other. Every circle is made out of 28 pieces of naturally impregnated core of pine that are placed with varied spaces to assure chimney effect and natural light. Oak separators differentiate vertically between the pine pieces to assure airflow allowing easy drying of the pine pieces. A double curved sliding door was designed for locking the structure

beach house ............inspire yourself

i am bringing a little piece of beach house styles i love .......trying to get in the mood for summer but with the weather here in scotland i need to be inspired a long way from home :-)

outdoor dining in style