Modern Organic Interiors

It never fails: every year as the weather gets warmer, I become more and more drawn to spaces that have an organic, rustic feel, with something in the space that brings the outdoors in. The style I am drawn to I like to call "modern organic," as I love to mix clean lines with natural elements, like raw woods, seagrass rugs, and wicker. Think of a farmhouse table with some white panton chairs paired with it. 

Here are some images I have been inspired by lately:

Coastal Living

domino

 Chris Everard

 House & Home

Living Etc

House & Home

 Coastal Living

 Design*Sponge

 Living Etc

 Lincoln Barbour Photo

 unknown

Next week I'll create a moodboard to show you how I'd design a modern organic room. What do you think of this style?  

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!!

Decorating with Gold

Hi everyone! I'm sorry my blogging has become so sporadic lately. Thanks for bearing with me :)

Anyway, have you checked out the December issue of Canadian House & Home? I thought it was a wonderful issue, and was particularly inspired by an article where the editors made gold work so beautifully in a variety of spaces.

I love the idea of using gold as part of your Christmas decorations. In my own house, I like to use red and gold, but I am really liking the gold on its own against the green in the image above.

Those drapes look so rich! Loving the gold stool as well.

Now this is a fun idea: gold-leafing the interior of your drawers! It would be such an easy way to add personality to any chest of drawers. My only question is how durable this would be...hmm...

Are you inspired as I am to add a little more gold to your own home?

All images Canadian House & Home, scanned by me.

A Touch of Lavender

Hello! Things have been a little quiet around here this week, I know. Just a lot going on in different aspects of my life (nothing major, just busy!) I am going to take the rest of the week to get caught up with everything, but wanted to at least stop by to leave you with some inspiration.

I mentioned this before, but my favorite color is purple. Not just any shade of purple, though. My absolute favorite is a soft lavender, especially when used sparingly as seen in these beautiful images below:

via Decorista

Decor Pad

 

Via Decor Pad, Dress Design Decor

domino

Ditte Isager

via Decorista, Lucyina Moodie

via Plush Palate 

What do you think? Would you use this color in your home? I think my whole house would be decorated in this color if I lived on my own!

It's Friday!

So glad the weekend is finally here! I have a lot in store for this weekend, including buying a new television and a couch! The online picture of the couch is not great, and not of the color I'm getting, so I will keep you in suspense for eight weeks until it's finally delivered. I've never shown you pictures of my living room for a reason - our old TV and couch are a bit of an embarrassment! It's hard to believe we lived with it for nearly two years. My husband and I finally had enough and took the plunge, all at once (though we've prepared for this for a while...)
Anyway, I wanted to share this inspirational picture I recently came across. Now that I'm contemplating going from a cool blue to "boring" beige on my living room walls, I've started to think about maybe painting the ceiling for some contrast. We'll see if I actually go through with it, as I think painting ceilings are such a pain.

In this picture, the ceiling is actually wallpapered! Such a fun idea! Though it is probably even more of a pain to put up (not to mention remove...)

From House of Turquoise

What do you think, would you wallpaper your ceiling? Have a great weekend!