Sea blue Moodboard & 3D Room Design: Wayfair entertaining ~ Coastal Style

I've started creating a series of moodboards  using the fab online olioboard. Below is another entry of mine in the Wayfair contest. You can also easily vote for me. Just follow this voting link. It closes on Monday 2nd July at 11.59 ET.

The contest challenge ....
 "Design a dining or living room space where you can entertain family and friends in style. .......... Be sure to include at least 3 items from the Wayfair collection for your board to be eligible to win." ~ Olioboard

The Wayfair items I incorporated into my coastal-style entertaining moodboard look are

                   

Thanks y'all

                                                            

Oversized Statements: Lighting Design

I was in Lille last year (and this year too) and visited one of it's popular museums. The Palais des Beaux de Arts de Lille (the Museum of Fine Arts of Lille). And just by the coat/bag cloakroom in front of the stairs was this giant colourful light

Twins stork delivery nursery 3D Room Design

This Twins stork delivery nursery moodboard was inspired by twins (pun intended).I wanted to create something different ~ away from the norm. A lot of times nurseries are pink or blue. I wanted to give this nursery a luxurious feel as well as use colours not

A bed perfect for 'Sleeping Beauty'!

Am such a sucker for browns, slates and creams. Yes am talking about colours. I always feel that they complement each other perfectly. 

I stumbled across this bedroom interior style at the 2011 100% Design Exhibition, Earls Court, London. I couldn't resist taking a picture of it. Unfortunately I didn't note the name of the company that exhibited this. 


But all the same I was able to capture the essence of the design especially the mix of the different textures, fabrics and colours. The bold wallpaper is so on point too. This warm colour scheme is also given a nice twist with a pair of mustard-yellow cushions.


Even the headboard alone is making a statement. I did a post on Headboards last year based on very creative ideas of making an impression ... here's the link to it. (http://dezinekonnections.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/headboards-are-making-headlines.html).

Colour Inspiration ~ Aubergine

Another colour post today on my blog. This time it is the colour 'aubergine' that is in the spotlight this Friday.The aubergine is an egg plant  and has a very deep

Always the Hallway ......

I am a strong advocate of making a hallway speak volumes. Often a lot I find hallways being neglected and treated as the dumping ground for muddy shoes, wet umbrellas and all other things that don't have a place in the home

Balance and scale is always paramount. If you get this wrong, your hallway will end up looking like a space with no soul.

The hallway above is so

A Headboard's Headline details!

Isn't the intricate detailed design on this bed's headboard just so finely done! Never seen anything like this. Kind of tropical and looks like a plant flowering. Am digging the cool blue colour as well. What do you think it looks like? 


The play of colours go so well with each other. The slate-colour wall and the light-blue headboard.

My Cool Shed Book by Jane Field-Lewis

I seem to be winning a lot of stuff from nice twitter users so unexpectedly. My latest win was a free signed copy of  Jane Field-Lewis's 'My Cool Shed'. There was also a bonus organic My Cool shed bag as well. Double Yaay!!!! and here's the link to prove it www.conrantalkingshop.com

Jane Field-Lewis guest-blogged for the 'Conran Talking Shop' which featured her favourite Items.

Readers were also invited to

Jubilee Fever ~ The Diamond Jubilee Effect

Finally , the moment we have all been waiting for. June 2012 is full of joyous
occasions marking the Queen's 60 years reign.

It's so great that everyone is feeling patriotic in their very own special ways. It's just red blue and white everywhere. So colourful. All over England. Everyone coming together as one. As it should be.

Did you know that a diamond