dwellings and décor

Image from Omniarte Design

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! My mom went all out made the best Turkey ever! So moist and tender. We are still eating it! As usual my mom was quite the hostess and decorated the table and served us cocktails and appetizers just like how my grandparents used to make them. It was great to spend the holiday with family. Hope yours was great!

Loving these pretty items from the modern and fun furniture and decor company called Zone Maison. My favorites are their pillows and wall decor. Apparently they have a store in the historical byward market area and it has a lot of delightful things for your home. I read that they have some really cool chandeliers and other hanging lights, pillows, candles, picture frames, dishes, etc. They have several stores and they are located in Plateau, Westmount, Côte-des-neiges, Québec, & Ottawa.

Check out their website for more info: http://zonemaison.com

Image from Jordi Canosa via Vintage + Chic

I really love how you could easily transform the feel of this space by adding a different colored tablecloth and candles. The lavender color is a great choice but it might be a little girly for some people and so by adding a blue or even a brown tablecloth could make it feel a little more masculine. The details in this space are really nice including the more simpler chandelier that feels well proportionate. A really large chandelier may feel too overwhelming. The architecture including the ceiling beams and fireplace and wainscoting is perfect with this french styled furniture. Isn’t is lovely?

Loving these blue and neutral soft pretty spaces from last week! I have been really into table settings and work spaces and I was happy to come across some of these beauties below.

Via the articles from these beautiful blogs:
1. Winter Whites & Cozy Nights blogged on This is Glamorous
2. Home Crush {Entertaining Ready} blogged on Delight by Design
3. Inspire Lovely blogged on Oh Hello Friend
4. Cheap(er) Chic Table Covering blogged on Delight by Design
5. Serene Spaces blogged on Black Eiffel
6. A New and Unique Concept for Candles blogged on Decorology

I am really fascinated with wallpaper right now. Mainly what you can do with it other than put it on your wall. Being a paper junkie I have started to collect vintage wallpaper and I have been making little jotters with them. Eventually I would love to add beautiful furniture to traditional pieces of furniture to give it a new life like the ones shown here from Bryonie Porter. My jotters are just a baby step for now. :) Hopefully one of these days I will tackle this project. I really love the pattern choices and this knobs are so cool. Very fun and and a little quirky!

Talk about turning a space into a completely new one! How cool is this?

I saw this the other day on Ish and Chi and I was totally blown away by the beauty of this space. I love the elegant chandeliers and all the windows. No need for paint, there is instant green for the background from all the wonderful foliage of the yard. The balance of the nature and outdoors with the french styled furniture and decor is just exquisite and so refreshing! Isn’t it heavenly?

Photo Source: Country Living via Ish and Chi

How lovely would it be to crawl out of bed and get into this bathtub to wake up for the day with the sun shining in? After the bath you have a lovely robe to slip on and then you sit down at your pretty vanity and put on makeup and your perfume and any other necessary beauty to dos. Some of the details that I love about this space is the bubbly light fixture above the tub and that wallpaper is beautifully subtle and the long plum velvet drapery that floods on the gorgeous wood parquet flooring. Swoon!

Image Source: Living Etc via Aphro Chic

I actually had a really hard time choosing these images from the past week. I had so many to choose from and so many different color schemes going on. I eventually chose a few of my very favorite spaces and found others that looked nicely with them. The sky blue with plums and black never felt like it was competing together and so thus helped me make my final decision to choose these amazing rooms!

Via the articles from these beautiful blogs:
1. Photographer: Rachel Whiting from Mochatini
2. ~Sunny Sunday~ from Daisy Pink Cupcake
3. Tales of a Sea Gypsy from Shannon Fricke
4. Oh Kitchen from A Merry Mishap
5. Ken Fulk Design from Alkemie
6. Designer Visions from Habitually Chic

I had a man email me the other day asking for some decorating advice.

This is what he wrote:

“I want to paint my bedroom walls a sage green color. I was wondering how to decorate the rest though as far as bedding and such. I would like it to have an Asian feel. Any help or pictures of ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank You.”

So I needed to look for green bedrooms with an Asian style. Here are my top 6 that I think were the most inspirational.

I like the idea of incorporating dark woods with white bedding and rice paper lanterns for more of a modern take on the Asian style. I think keeping it clean and minimal will give it the Asian aesthetic. What are some of your suggestions for him?

Photo Sources:
1. dowlingkimmstudios
2. Unknown
3. adeenidesigngroup
4. eramanagement
5. jeremysamuelson
6. mirvac

I have never been a huge purple fan but I am really loving this more subdued almost mauve lilac color.

First of all I would have never imagined that black and white checkerboard flooring, let alone at an angle, would look so chic with purple floral wallpaper. Those long purple drapes are perfect and really bring in drama, elegance and really helps you focus on an area instead of having your eye wonder every which direction.

The modern Saarinaran dining table is absolutely divine with those adorable weathered down white chairs and I love those props too! An old phone and adorable tea set really brings it all together. :) Overall a really great and fun space that you don’t see everyday.

What do you love about this space?

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