My home's renovation...

This is the season that every year I am in the mood of making some changes on my home's decoration... Especially this year, the desire for changes was more intense for me. 

So, I was planning some changes in the color of the walls, some addings in the furniture or rearranging the decoration of some spaces.

Firstly, I wanted so much to renovate my bedroom giving it a romantic accent and making it more cozy and hospitable... and then I felt that it was the right time to put some fresh air in my living room. The space where we spend many hours each day... 
I was really happy when I discovered Photowall Sweden, where I found out the perfect wallpapers for my home. 

I chose a romantic vintage floral wallpaper for the bedroom, which fits perfectly with the decoration of the room and a watercolor like wallpaper in green hues for the living room, which totally matched with the ethnic pendant lights and the rustic coffe table. 

I am so excited with the result!!! I had never put up a wallpaper before, but the video tutorial and the clear instructions helped me get the perfect result.
If you like it too and you are in the mood for some changes in your home's decoration, you can now take your own Photowall wallpapers with an  exclusive discount of 25% on their complete selection, using the code ideabygs2021, for a whole month, as much as you want!! 

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!!!

Hillside Apartment

Located in London, this wonderful apartment was designed by Turner Pocock. Inspired by the large garden in front of the property and the natural light which invades from the enormous windows, the design based on a natural scheme with layers of green throughout, using a mix of new and old, luxurious and industrial furniture and fixings, creating a fresh eclectic interior... 

Plan an escape in...

 

...Nisyros, where a special house cough my eye!!! You can't but fall in love with this house by the first sight, as it excuses a warm and elegant air from the past.

It's about a 1890's residence's restoration, where the architect and owner George Koukourakis showed a great respect for its history maintaining its main characteristics. These are the original 1890 cement tile flooring which is dominant in the majority of the house's spaces, the vivid palette of colors used on the walls, the traditional wooden ceiling panelling and the wooden openings.

As far as the house's decoration there is an adorable mix of past and future. Old pendant lights are present to every room, an old console welcomes the visitor in the entrance and some meters away they are standing an elaborate stove, an antique mirror and other excellent pieces of another era. All those decorative items and furniture combined perfectly with some vintage pieces or a set of modern tulip table and chairs.

My favorite room is the lemony painted kitchen with its custom made old style cupboards in my beloved color of mint!

Let it snow!!!

In the middle  of an idyllic landscape covered with a blanket of snow, this wooden house consists the perfect refuge during cold winter days... What I loved most about this house is the warmth that exudes as the main material of its construction is the wood. I like the wood paneled walls painted in dark colors, the open beamed ceilings and then the recycled flooring and the imposing open stone fireplace mentioning to another era! A modern contrast is created by the simple metallic construction for log storage by the fireplace, the leather couches, the cement countertop in the kitchen and the contemporary spot lightning. I really would like sitting by this amazing fireplace covered with  a warm blanket and enjoying the snowy landscape drinking a cup of tea with honey and cinnamon...

Mixing Styles

Mixing different styles is my best... and this is a really good example of what I mean!!! An industrial space constructed by red brick walls and cement floor is equiped with a vintage Papa Bear Chair and its ottoman (a classic piece designed by Hans Wegner in 1954) paired with a tribal side table and a deep red kelim rug which gives life to the room... The result is a unique space with strong "personality" where a lot of us could like to live!

Folder: Dining Room

A minimal dining area in total white seems so cozy with the addition of some classical pieces, as the mirror with the golden frame and the grandma's chandelier!

Image via  iadmagazine.com

Amazing Rural House

In French Dordogne, in the Aquitaine region, there is a wonderful rural housing that smells Spring, as its every single corner even the majority of furniture are painted in white.

In order to break the monochrome which is ruling and give some liveliness to the spaces, the owner has chosen to add some touches of extra vivid colors. He used bubblegum pink, blue and lime green to add a pop touch and some black combined with gold to give more elegance.

The "game" of mix and match of furniture (my loved one), pieces and materials of different styles and eras -industrial and avant-garde elements with some more classical lines- has an amazing and playful result. 

Red Brick House

In an old australian barn, Daniel and Glenny have organised a house with the spirit of recycling... For them, the mix of styles is a priority: a touch of industrial, some French pieces and some furniture dating from colonial Australia. Each element has its own history, and the aged appearance of objects contributes greatly to the spirit of the barn.

The construction took 3 years to be completed and Daniel has used a lot of recycled materials and has developed the construction's plans by himself. 

Some pieces, as the coffee table in the living room, which is a Tolix furniture dating from 40's and the clock which is originally a promotional item for a chocolate company came from Frace. Kitchen's tiles also were brought ten years ago, from a trip to a small village in northern Portugal.  

The owners didn't hesitate to add some industrial touch in the decoration, using six Tolix chairs in the kitchen, painted in blue gray. They found them in an industrial workshop in Melbourn.  

The barn's atmosphere becomes brighter with the use of white in the ceiling and in the walls and every room constitutes a white canvas where the wonderful eclectic furniture are highlighted!  

Living in an old little store

Delphine Pariente, jewelry designer, decided to settle down in a nice little shop in the Marais. Vintage furniture, antique curiosities, unique pieces repurposed as tables, large letters hanging on the wall, console style Eiffel found on e-bay, Asian lanterns, theater seating, ancient sculpture stairs and floors by old handmade ceramic tiles ....

All those elements create a really beautiful home with an artistic touch!

Winery Guest House

In the Hourglass vineyards in the Napa Valley, an old farmhouse oh the 1850's has been preserved by the owners in a very "gently" way. The interior of the house (both walls and floor) has been painted totally in white, helping it to be extremely bright. The decoration is as simple as a house in the countryside needs to be, mixing a lot of handcrafted pieces, with thrifty-shop finds and a lot of old furniture that was in the garage of the owners for ages!

I like the wood paneled walls of the living room and the dining (pictures 4 & 5), the stripped black & white rugs (pictures 4 & 5), the tolix chairs (picture 5), the bench in the master bedroom covered with the colorful strip rug (picture 6), the sheepskin throw and the rustic grainsack pillow which ornate the wrought-iron bed (picture 7) and finally the glass vases foul of hydrangeas in almost every room of the house.

Images via remodelista.com

Majorca Country House

For another time we are going in Majorca, a place of Mediterranean where summers are hot and winters are mild, to see a beautiful house. The villa you can see in the photos was designed by the interior designer Mestre Paco, who achieved to create a space of living in a natural and very comfortable environment. 

The bold stone walls in the exterior punctuated by the traditional wooden shutters and create a fairytale setting. In the interior, stone walls and arches, white plaster, white wooden beams in the roof and the pebbles made floor in the entrance and the living room dominate, so the designer choose to decorate the house mixing some industrial design, with contemporary and eclectic pieces creating a wonderful result.

Find another restored villa in Majorca here
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Images via freshome.com

Sit on the floor

A vivid space with touches of playful colors. 

I love so much to sit on the floor and those kilim floor cushions encourage me to do it.

You can see more orange here and there.

Images via  houzz.com

Colorful Apartment - part II

An apartment with a really cheerful mood, thanks to its homeowner who loves vivid colors, didn't afraid to combine different styles and added a lot of ethnic pieces that has bought traveling around the world.

         

If you want to see "Colorful Apartment - part I" click here

Images via pineconecamp.blogspot.ca

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Colorful Apartment

For another time, we see the combination of different styles. This time we have a colorful combination of two extremely different styles. Modern chair and side table with my big love, which is nothing other than a wonderful Chinese hand-painted cabinet. I really adore the coexistence of turquoise and fuchsia touches in total white background.

Keep in touch to see the whole apartment which is fabulous!!!

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