Inspiration


Funky Fungi

Out of the dark and into the spotlight with their shapely curves and magical colors these funky mushroom designs have made their way onto pillows and cushions for your inspiration and amusement!

There is nothing that I love more than cushions, I live in a house covered in them hahah! Today’s cushion flavor is mushroom! not just any mushroom, not your typical red cap ala Mario Brothers mushie design, but  a more chic, sophisticated, vintage feel!

Ferm Living’s stylish Mushroom Soup cushion in offwhite/black. Elegant chic and designer.

mushroom cushion in black white

From www.scandiliving.com

Handmade round cushion featuring my “Eat Me” artwork.
Made in solid upholstery, the decorations are sewing machine-embroidered.

From Minasmoke

Vintage/retro mushroom themed cushion with a 60’s style:
This is a vintage fabric cushion cover I have made from a fab piece of original 1960’s barkcloth fabric. It features big-eyed girls holding hands with flowers, mushrooms, trees and birds, the fabric is called ‘Springtime” by Ann Stephenson. The colours are orange, brown and tan on an off-white background.

vintage mushroom cushion

From nicework

 

Gorgeous vintage mushroom and teapot print on a charming and elegant pillow.

cushion tea mushroom design

From bonjourmoncoussin

How about this happy trippy magic mushroom pillow in red, brown and cream.

mushroom pillow

from www.rockmysoul.ca

With a black background these charming little mushrooms are sure to pop!

black background mushroom design cushion

From envelop.eu

Black and white and chic!

From photographic

A Bit of Rustic Heart

Add a bit of love, heart and rustic charm to your home with small gorgeous decorative heart shaped pieces, here are a few sources of inspiration from Perfect Pieces.

Lets start with some wonderful heart shaped blackboards. These would be great for a home kitchen as a notice board or even for a child’s bedroom.
3 heart shaped blackboards
heart shaped blackboard

Some pretty homewares made of wicker and heart shaped.
heart shaped home decor

Chrome Christmas ornaments in heart, star and acorn shapes.

chrome christmas decorations

Glass and wire heart shaped home ornament.

glass heart hanging

Pretty ceramic heart shaped bowls.

pink and gray heart shaped bowls

Beautiful rustic heart shaped picture frame.

picture frame heart shaped

From Rustic Angels comes this gorgeous assortment of beautiful rustic heart shaped homewares!

Another variation of the heart shaped blackboard this time with a little cupboard and full of rustic charm.

cupboard heart blackboard

House and heart shaped rustic hooks.

heart house hook

Pretty little vintage trug box.

heart shaped trug

Gorgeous and feminine heart shaped garlands.

heart shaped garland

For your kitchen add some delight and inspiration with heart shaped spoons.

heart shaped spoon

Bathrooms in Pale Blue and White

Light blue and white is a very popular color scheme. It can be incorporated into any room in your house and helps create a wonderfully spacious, airy, serene and tranquil environments. It is an excellent color choice for your home bathroom, let’s take a look at some inspirational bathroom ideas in white and pale blue.

The following bathroom images all come courtesy of bhg.com. In italics is a quote from bhg with their description of the room.

 

Two vanities, each with a sink and a mirror, or one long vanity equipped with two sinks is a common design element for today’s master baths.

 

Above-counter basins and vessels are today’s hot choice for adding elegance to otherwise ordinary vanities. These sinks work equally well in master bathrooms with contemporary, traditional, Asian, or eclectic styles. Note that vessel sinks may require tall or wall-mount faucets.

 

The use of blue is kept to a minimum with just the walls painted in blue but the effect is wonderful with the walls reflecting off the mirrors which helps to open up the room adding another dimension to an otherwise pure white bathroom.
white blue sink bathroom design

Cottage Bath with Twice the Style – Matching pedestal sinks, clear-glass shelves, and mirrored medicine cabinets separated by a simple storage unit offer a symmetry that’s pleasing to the eye without taking up much space in this modest-size bathroom. The placement of the sconces on each side of the mirrors means they can do double duty, providing both task lighting and ambient lighting.

This gorgeous cottage bathroom is completely white except for a few well placed touched of Caribbean bay blue, a beautiful blue that makes an impact and never lets you forget it’s there! It is highly vibrant and automatically gives the room a beach and seaside atmosphere.
cottage style bathroom

Bathroom Bathed in Natural Light -White wainscoting and moulding form the basis for the structure of this cottage bath, but the placement of windows really enlivens the room. The combination of a skylight with a pair of windows above the vanity more than doubles the amount of natural light that enters the room through what otherwise would have been blank wall or ceiling space….
….Sky-Blue Bathroom – Sky-blue walls welcome the sun through skylights and windows in this top-of-the-house setting for a master bath. Crisp, white Craftsman trim and vintage-look wainscoting help recapture this bungalow’s historic charm. Marble countertops complement the simple color scheme, while period-appropriate faucets and hardware add character.

pale blue walls bathroom

 

 

Today’s bathtubs come in a multitude of styles, shapes, sizes, and materials and boast innovative features you’ll fancy. Here a claw-foot porcelain tub boasts vintage style and modern comfort, including soothing water jets. The tub’s graceful swan neck provides a high resting place for a weary back, neck, and head.

This beautiful claw foot bathtub is set in front of wonderful pale blue and white striped wallpaper white adds to the elegant, sophisticated and traditional feel of this room.

white bathtub

Bathroom Storage Solutions –

Though they can be more expensive than store-bought bathroom cabinets, built-ins offer custom storage options. In this room, a wall of built-ins, including a linen press-style cupboard, transform the space into a charming, functional bath without taking up much floor space.

 

 

blue white bathroom design

 

Sea-Inspired Bathroom –

Soft white cabinetry with beaded-board accents and a sea-inspired blue backdrop create cottage style in this master bath. Old-fashioned touches include a scalloped sink, clear-glass knobs, and a framed mirror. Rustic pine flooring adds a country feel.

 

 

sea blue bathroom

 

Traditional Italian Kitchens

Some kitchen inspiration for today, let’s take a look at some traditional Italian kitchen designs. Lots of space, plenty of storage, cabinets galore, a warm color scheme, a friendly inviting space for the entire family – The Italian Kitchen.

This Kitchen is spectacular with its arched ceilings and down-lights, gorgeous mural depicting a field, beautiful artistic woodwork. No one would want to ever leave a kitchen like this!

italian kitchen design

From Clive Christian

Provenzale Patinata: Traditional styling revisited carefully, with great attention to detail, in strong materials, the latest colors, endless modular combinations, and a vast range of accessories. The following two traditional Italian Kitchens come from www.europeancabinets.com.

cream kitchen design

How beautiful is this pastel blue kitchen?

 

blue kitchen

The next two Traditional Italian Kitchen Designs are from artistic-kitchen-designs.com. I really adore this next one with it’s gorgous reds and yellows, this is such a  spacious, warm and inviting kitchen.

italian kitchen design

And from the same manufacturer comes this more sophisticated approach to the Italian Kitchen:

Italian kitchen design

Another beautiful design, this time on the more rustic side.

rustic modern traditional italian kitchen

 

Retro Leaves Inspiration

Inspiration: Retro Leaf Patterns

Pattern: Leaf Motif

Style: Retro

Colors: Browns, yellows and greens

Looking at the theme of retro leaf patterns beginning with tea cups and coffee cups from pitea.shop-pro.jp

Upsala Ekeby- Gefle Karlskrona SWEDEN

Bersa- Gustavsberg

Blad- Upsala-Ekeby(Gefle) coffee

Bersa- Gustavsberg Tea

Retro leaf patterns in fabrics.

retro fabric with leaves

Scattered leaves retro style fabric from johnlewis.com

Retro leaf pattern fabric

From hartsfabric.com

leaves print fabric

From montgomery.co.uk

Retro wallpaper featuring leafy pattern.

wallpaper leaves retro

From fermlivingshop.com

This wonderful couch with fabric named: Delphi composed of a leaf trail, that was originally produced by Sanderson as prints in the 1970’s and have a retro feel reminiscent of that era.

green leaf motif retro couch

From sanderson-uk.com

You can even see this chic 1950’s retro leaf design on the High Street in the UK this next cushion a design from NEXT.
next cushion leaves