Ideas

Crossing my fingers that the third time in the charm.

The apartment via Nicety

The apartment via Nicety

 Artistic Designs for Living via Desire to Inspire

the modern house via Desire to Inspire

Benito Escat and Alberto Rovira via chictip

 Benito Escat and Alberto Rovira via chictip

Skona Hem via Door Sixteen

 Rafael Vargas via Desire to Inspire

Steven Volpe via homedit

Inching away from traditional...

House and Home

Shelter (LUST)

Shelter

West Elm

Ikea

Bains Neptune

House Porn

(Amie Weitzman via Design*Sponge)

(covet garden via sfgirlbybay)

(David Prince via Desire to Inspire)

 (MFAMB)

Colour choices for the front porch

I LOVE the last three colours from the palette attached to this photo.

(Shelter)

I also really just like the room in general, as well.

Blinds are up

So, you remember the bathroom?  Egyptian hieroglyphs everywhere...  And the laundry room was possibly even worse.  Renos to both rooms have been completed for a while and my mom was kind enough to sew some lovely blinds (and pillows!) for both rooms.  They were down visiting last weekend and helped us string and hang them.  I also painted the cubby for our toiletries and just needs some baskets.  Next up is art work.

Before...

Almost done...

Here's my first attempt at figuring out a layout for the artwork I've got frames for.

House Porn - White on white on white (with pink!) edition

One of my favourite blogs, 2 by design, has a weekly whiteout feature that I absolutely adore.  Excellent taste in house porn, she has.  The following post will likely feature more than a few photos she's curated on her blog.

If I owned a cafe, it would look very similar to this.

(ristorante tuna via 2 by design)

(decorology)

(plush palate)

(this is glamorous)

(2 by design)

(windsor smith featured in veranda, via the city sage)

(my white room via apartment therapy)

(Elle Interior via Nordic Design)

(Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer in skona hem via automatism)

Eureka!

THIS is what I'm doing to my upper kitchen cabinets!

(Kiki's List via Emily A. Clark)

Hmm, strange.  This kitchen has everything I like in it but I don't really like it much at all.  I'm not sure why because all the disparate (and awesome!) elements are pulled together very well.  We have the slatted ceiling, wood floors, black and white colour scheme, white subway tile - even the pulls and an orchid.  Interesting.  Anyways, moving the uppers all the way to the ceiling and then installing shelves underneath, though, is a fantastic idea.