Armonia Decors

Stumbled across the beautiful work of Emily Ruddo this morning - I just love the combination of blues and pinks, the stunning patterns and beautiful bits & pieces that complete each room. Yummy!

www.armoniadecors.com

Moroccan Inspiration

I'm currently searching for accessories for a Moroccan inspired display home! Very excited!

All via google images

Country B&B?

A Country B&B? Nope! I'm at my Mum's Place!

How beautiful is this room?! And how clever is my Mum?! Over the last couple of weekends she has transformed the now guest room in her house from this....

To this...

It's just so pretty! Mum was after a country guest room and I think she got it! Previously it was a black, white and purple pearlescent suede disco room (talk about themes - I promise it was cool when we did it!). Here's the purple - Nice huh?!!!

Mum painted the main walls in Dulux Oyster Linen and then the timber panelling in Dulux Beige Royal. I think most people would be terrified to paint over timber but I think it makes the timber clad ceiling and the exposed beams much more of a feature...

Geoff moved the lights so that we had pendant lights over the bedsides. He also added a nice hole in the wall after falling off this ladder - oh dear! But he did get a nice new ladder to work with!

Mum painted her old bed and bedsides the same colour as the timber panelling

And a lovely new carpet was laid - we found a remnants piece at the local carpet shop so got it for a fabulous price!

The doona cover was on special at Spotlight - I think it was $40 including the fitted sheet. Bargain! We found this first and worked the whole room around it. The lights were already there for the Disco scheme but originally from Ikea.

Mum picked up the 2 frames from Hot Dollar and we framed 2 pieces of fabric - one is an old dress mum had, and the other is a teatowel from Target. The cream jug was in the bargain section at Ikea! The big mirror was as Ebay buy, the 3 frames Mum found around the house and painted white. The cushion is covered in the fabric from the old dress - the same as what's framed on the wall. New curtains from Ikea and curtain pole from Spotlight.

Mum has loads of old books which I just love!

And yes, we styled the room for the photos! We really are over the top. But we both love it!

Mum picked the flowers from her garden - so pretty!

So the big splurge for this room was the carpet, but from the photos you can see that it really needed replacing! Otherwise it was a couple of cans of paint, new curtains and a rod, a doona cover, a mirror from Ebay and a couple of frames. Oh and a new ladder for Geoff! All the furniture and accessories we pinched from other areas of the house, and painted or just used as is.

I hope you like it as much as we do!

Display Home Revamps - Part 1

Here's a few photos of a display home I revamped just before Christmas. These houses have been out for years - originally decorated by Bree at A Paddington Perspective, then again by Ang at Wicker And Stitch, it was now my turn to give these houses a new lease of life.

This first house is for "Empty Nesters" and is my favourite! A beautiful soft colour palette, classic furniture, floral cushions, blue & white stripes, Hydrangeas, Magnolias... All my favourite things!

Entry

Beautiful floral arrangement by Sarah - thanks for all your help!


Lounge



Love the ticking stripe chairs!


Master Bedroom

Study

Dining

Family

Guest Bedroom

Mon Premier Noel

Izzy is such a lucky girl! Her Noni came over today and had with her Izzy's Christmas Stocking and Christmas Dress...One very lucky baby and an one very clever Noni!

Beautiful pink and purple Christmas tree fabric, beautiful dusty pink ribbon and gorgeous little heart buttons! Oh it is SO pretty!

Purple and pink stocking, quilted and lined...Noni you are so talented!

A lot of time and SO much love has gone into these - I'm sure Izzy will treasure them forever.

Thank you Mum LYBTTS :)

(I can't wait for Izzy's First Christmas!)

Get That Look!

Hi Everyone!

I've started a new idea...

"Get That Look!"

Each week I'll grab an image - either something I love, or something YOU love (if you [Email Me]!) - Then I'll put together a board of ever affordable bits & pieces perfect for that look!

I hope you find it useful and are inspired :)

So today's look is "Pretty Blues"

Concept Image via [decorpad] Concept Board - Enjoy!

Aunty Em is coming to stay

Nest week my sister is coming down from northern NSW to visit her new niece Isabelle! So It's time to get the guest room back into some sort of order (It has become the junk room over the last few months!).

I have been putting off decorating this room until the bub arrived...this is going to be Isabelle's room when #2 comes along and our guest room/craft room until then. So I want to decorate it in a way that can be used for Izzy down the track.

What I want to do is indigo blues, pinks, reds and greens...the quilt in the last pic as my inspiration. A very girly, country feel. I doubt I'll be able to do much more than a tidy up before Aunty Em arrives next week but it's nice to have a master plan!