Home Styling | A Novel Weblog Serial
Friday, February 22, 2019
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I've finally felt similar I've made some progress this calendar week on both the piece of employment together with work/life front. Being our summertime holidays, the calendar month of Jan ever feels similar a fighting of a write-off inward damage of gaining some command inward these areas. While everyone is easing dorsum into work, the kids are even thence off schoolhouse thence I experience similar I'm muddling through, simply taking it ane solar daytime at a time. All the novel twelvemonth goals are on concur until they caput dorsum inward February, but this calendar month got off to a actually busy starting fourth dimension amongst locomote together with a magazine shoot. Now amongst March fast approaching, I realise it's taken me a few weeks to acquire dorsum into routine. I've started tackling some projects around home, I finally returned to Reformer Pilates classes today, together with I've had some fourth dimension to consolidate my thoughts around the weblog together with styling work, which leads me to today's post.
A photograph from before this year, sneaking inward some piece of employment fourth dimension on my laptop piece juggling schoolhouse holidays
Over the in conclusion yoke of years I experience similar my weblog has been moving inward a slightly dissimilar direction. When I started out it was a identify to part what I loved, but also my vision for the theatre nosotros were edifice at the time. As I carried out my ain personal enquiry around the interior design, putting together mood boards together with honing inward on my ain personal style, I was able to part the journey, offering plenty of inspiration together with ideas on the blog. Over the years our domicile together with my mode has continued to evolve, together with I receive got been real lucky to receive got worked on some peachy styling projects. I've learnt thence much along the way, together with I'd love to part to a greater extent than of what I've learnt. I even thence desire to decease along sharing interiors that I love - domicile tours, pattern news, etc - equally they volition ever last inspirational, but I'd also similar to provide to writing posts that assist amongst day-to-day styling around home.
I acquire a lot of people shout out for me if I tin bathroom assist amongst their residential projects, together with piece I did become downwardly this rails at ane point, I decided to focus on commercial styling together with working amongst like-minded brands. There simply weren't plenty hours inward the solar daytime to practise both! But I'm hoping I tin bathroom offering assist inward this expanse through the novel serial I'm kicking off today, Home Styling.
With each post service inward the serial I'll pick out a novel theme to write about, offering ideas together with inspiration for styling areas or elements of the home. While I won't last edifice a novel domicile whatever fourth dimension soon, I may at times imagine that this is something I'm working on, equally I uncovering having a vision helps me to convey my ideas together. Just similar when I'm creating a room setting for a magazine shoot, I'll envisage how I'd similar the room to await together with feel.
Laying the foundation for these posts volition last my ain Nordic-inspired interior mode which is pared-back together with elegant amongst a relaxed feel. I love neutral palettes, together with I'm a theatre believer that yous tin bathroom utilisation texture to 'colour' your home. I know many of yous volition last on the same page, but if not, that's okay too! The ideas I part tin bathroom last translated to a to a greater extent than colourful world, if that's what brings yous joy. Your domicile is your sanctuary, it's where yous come upwards domicile to, where yous live, relax together with recharge, thence it's of import that yous practise a infinite that works for yous together with your lifestyle.
On that note, I persuasion it would last prissy to starting fourth dimension today amongst 3 ideas that I uncovering integral to laying the foundation for creating a domicile infused amongst the Nordic mode together with means of life.
— Buy Once, Buy Well —
I'm mortified to acknowledge that many, many moons agone when funds were minimal I made some awful choices, buying inexpensive replica furniture. Having come upwards a real long means since then, I immediately wouldn't dream of it. It's been a tedious bathroom furnishing our domicile amongst pieces I love, fifty-fifty amongst a helping manus because of what I practise for a living, but it's been worth the wait. My menage unit of measurement together with I acquire thence much enjoyment from living amongst the beautiful slice of furniture together with lighting designs nosotros immediately receive got from iconic Scandinavian brands. And I know that I volition last passing these timeless pieces downwardly to my kids together with inward turn, the grandkids. The 'Buy Once, Buy Well' concept was firmly cemented for me when I visited Denmark. Visiting showrooms together with coming together designers whose great-grandparents had founded the company, the sense of tradition together with history was palpable. For many people inward NZ together with Australia, this is even thence a novel means of thinking. But when yous practise starting fourth dimension to shift your mindset, the results are life-changing. Rather than existence tendency driven, I purchase what I love. First together with foremost, I await for authentic pattern together with high lineament materials. I receive got discovered that in that location is elegance inward simplicity, together with that I don't demand to last surrounded past times besides many things. In fact, I am much happier inward uncluttered surroundings. I await for pieces amongst both beauty together with functionality - a combination that encapsulates the real heart of Scandinavian design, it's immediately what I alive together with breathe.
— Hygge —
While we may non experience the same levels of depression temperature together with darkness inward our lives, nosotros tin bathroom sure receive got hints from the Danes' term Hygge. Used to pull a feeling or moment, ane that is cosy, intimate together with special, it's a peachy notion for creating a domicile that has soul together with ane that brings happiness. For me, I mean value of slowing downwardly together with existence present. I mightiness low-cal a candle, construct a loving cup of java together with play some of my favourite music. Sitting downwardly to consume dinner equally a menage unit of measurement is some other Hygge minute for me - when the kids are behaving! And some other is that minute where everyone has rushed out the door inward the morning time together with I breathe a sigh of relief, comprehend the repose together with acquire on amongst my day. I love working from domicile for this argue together with I purposely created a workspace that has a calming effect. I chose a warm, muted palette together with I surround myself amongst things I love such equally postcards from travels together with quirky objects. In instance yous missed it, I simply shared my Workspace Update on the weblog yesterday.
My favourite identify to relax at domicile - a java together with magazine, fresh flowers, a scented stone oil burner or candle together with music are my favourite elements to practise 'hygge'
— Tone together with Texture —
I touched on my love of using texture earlier, together with it's something that is evident inward all the Scandinavian interiors I admire. Adding warmth together with softness to minimalist spaces is a truthful Nordic lineament that I receive got embraced inward my ain domicile together with styling. I love to accomplish this through the utilisation of natural materials amongst some of my favourite elements including warm forest flooring together with furniture, natural stone for piece of employment surfaces together with splash backs (marble together with travertine are electrical current loves) together with wool rugs underfoot. For bedding I can't become past times natural linen together with I also utilisation natural leafage to innovate farther texture. I alternate betwixt dried together with fresh flowers together with I also love using indoor plants to brighten a space.
When working amongst neutrals together with muted colours, tonality is actually of import inward creating harmony. I love playing around amongst dissimilar hues. For illustration inward my Workspace Update that I shared yesterday, I placed some dried flowers amongst rich beloved together with caramel tones against the soft griege walls to add together contrast. A theme I'm actually passionate about, I am going to become into to a greater extent than depth amongst this ane during the novel series.
A calm together with unproblematic haven, our chamber features textural elements including linen bedding together with a beautiful marble bedside tabular array top
If you're even thence here, cheers for reading till the terminate - it's been a long one! I'm excited most this serial together with I promise that I tin bathroom offering ongoing inspiration. Please experience complimentary to acquire out a comment below, together with if there's a specific theme you'd similar assist with, enquire away!