Blooms to brighten up your home

So tonights blog is about faux flowers! 

After a lovely evening chatting with a very good friend over nice food and a glass of wine, we spoke at length about faux flowers. Now faux/silk flowers have in the past had a very bad stigma or reputation, to be honest reminded me of old granny's, awful gaudy colours and dust gatherers dodgy B&B's........forgive me if I offend anyone. However, I feel that faux flowers are going to be coming back in a big way.....and why not? They can be very beautiful, everlasting and so much more cost effective than real cut flowers which only last a week! If you choose carefully and cleverly you can create some amazing displays which add fabulous dimension to your interior. Making it feel brighter and more homely!

I know I do yabber on about Abigail Ahern and apologies to those of you who are bored of hearing her name but she has launched an amazing range of single steams http://abigailahern.com/collections/flowers/single-stem and bouquets (created by her florist sister) http://abigailahern.com/collections/flowers/bouquets. See some examples for her flowers and berries below:

Or the other idea is to buy some lovely hydrangeas and then leave them to dry out and keep them dried- they last for ages and add a vintage feel with pale and faded colours. I have a couple in a vase in our bedroom and they just lift the space. 

Or some pussy willow....

But if you do not have the money to splash out on these posh bouquets get yourself down to Ikea as they have a great range of faux flowers.....I was so tempted to get some last time I was there but eventually decided to hold out for the more expensive ones when my friend and I visit Covent Garden flower market in a couple of weeks! Can't wait H (even with kids in tow)!

The flowers from Ikea that I thought were nice were the following:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70153650/-The dark pink and white were nice- £2 per stem

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80209265/ -All other these are nice - £3 per stem

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80234383/ - The blue and the white sweat peas are nice - £2.50 per stem

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40234375/ - All are nice but personally would stick to the whites - £2.50 per stem

Hope this has brighten up your day a little and inspired you to add a little bloom to your home and feel a bit trendy about it too.

xxx

(please note photos are not mine and either taken from pinterest or the internet)

Acid yellow

Well as the weather is so dull and miserable....I cannot believe we have snow at the end of March! Where is Spring? I have decided to write and post some photos which will hopefully brighten up your day.

Now I'm usually not a huge fan of acid yellow but for some reason (quite possibly the weather) I have been drawn to some punchy colour. I do always believe that every room has to have some pop of colour and most of the time something bright and unexpected to make the interior interesting.

As for this dress, I just love it especially against the contrast of the concrete steps. Would make a fabulous controversial wedding dress!

 Love the use of polished yellow floor with the dark walls, furniture and ceiling- this could be really cool in a child's bedroom or play room.

Okay this interior doesn't float my boat with regards to the furniture however I do love the artwork and the rooms architectural features. The artworks is graffiti inspired and would look amazing in any interior. 

Whilst this isn't my style either, all the colours in this photo are fabulous and the make up is beautiful. The contrast of her blue hair and the yellow spots are dazzling not many people could pull this look off! 

Happy Saturday night

xxx

Contrasts

Hello, apologies for lack of posts, I think it's been over a month since my last one! 

Here are some beautiful interiors. I'm really into monochrome at the moment in fashion and interiors! Love love love all of these rooms and wish it was my house.

Fabulous dark kitchen which doesn't look like a kitchen......clever. I also love the black ladder leaning against the black wall and the hint of colour from the traddy painting sitting on the floor. Great idea to use a angle-poise floor lamp as a task light for the kitchen, it shouldn't work but it does!

This interior is by Canadian architects gh3. Beautiful curved staircase in white with contrasting black timber stairs. The black moooi smoke chair is my chair ( I have one!) so could almost imagine it being my house! In my dreams! The only thing in this image I am not keen on is the dark brown sofa, the upholstery looks rather wrinkled and somehow the fabric looks a bit faded. A dark charcoal grey upholstery would look far nicer. You can check out more images of this house here http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/1053

Great bed design with the built in shelves which can be used as bedside tables, such a brilliant idea and adds dimension to the small sleeping area keeping it uncluttered without the need for any bedside tables. I like the mix of the industrial flume and traditional style beams. Again a floor lamp is being used out of context and instead of bedside lamps. The contrast between the dark sleeping space and the rest of the room in white distinguishes a difference in use of space, a very clever trick.

Although this bathroom is very simple I love it, especial the oversized portrait leaning against the wall  and the interesting mix of white contemporary bath with the more traditional style of black furniture. I would also like to add that I would never have thought of putting a small table and a chair in a bathroom however it works and you could use it as a dressing table. So beautifully simple that it just works!

Hope this has inspired you and got you thinking....

night night 

xxxx