Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Why Not Read a Book! Get the Ingredients for a Plant Recipe!

Have you ever heard of a plant recipe?
I hadn't until I read the book called 'The Plant Recipe Book'


The idea is you make a living arrangement from plants in some sort of vessel or vase, or anything really can be used to make something amazing.

I couldnt wait so I headed to the Salvation Army and picked up a white casserole type dish thing (I'm sure it has a real name' and a white swan planter.....I know, some of you are probably screaming NOOOOOOO at the thought of a white swan planter, but it's cute, it's vintage and actually I don't really know if I really do love it but it looks cool with my plant recipe!

In the  first dish I added a few cute succulents...best to start with the ones that won't die on you surely!

Then to the swan planter I added some tiny ferns and nerve plant (at least I think that's what it is, the veiny type plant that I used to hate the look of but now I love it!)


And at least my swan planter isnt one of those big plastic ones in the front yard surrounded by gnomes! (no I don't have one but I could be convinced to get a cool gnome.....just one!)

Thanks for Reading :)




Sunday, 6 December 2015

Unique displays and vignettes in your home, anyone can do it!

Do you go to other people's houses and come away in awe at the way they arrange random things and it just seems to work?
I'm going to give you a little insight into arranging your prize posessions to make them pop in just a few steps.

1. Gather all your display items into the one place.

2. Start arranging them into groups, one group might have items with all the same colour, or items in the same category such as candles or art. Maybe you have a couple of things similar but add something of contrast to make it work. For example you might have two vintage black vases that look quite boring but when put together with that crazy green frog ornament your uncle gave you for your birthday (the one you know you can't get rid of)....... well, it works!

 Think about adding things of the same texture, or the same colour but in different textures, something shiny with something matt etc etc do you get my drift?

3. Now that you have your groups, you need to think about where you will place them. 
Play around with placement, you will know when you have it just right!

4. Lastly don't think you need to display all of your items at once. If you run out of spaces, you can store away the left over groups of objects (in their groups of course) and rotate them in say a months time. 
Changing things up will keep your spaces exciting and means you don't have to spend money on new display items unless of course you see something you love and must have it, then you have the fun job of fitting it into another exciting display!

Check out these examples below, all images are from my own displays.

The theme below is of course the colour black, it is repeated in the art, again in the deer, the little boy and the tiny figures.



Or here the little boy is used again. The theme flows with the use of rectangles in the photoframes with the rectangular mirror turned on it's side and the rectangle marble plate.




Here we have the same entryway  with the same chest of drawers . The height of the plant on the left is a contrast to the little plant on the right and the colours from the stack of books are repeated in the art.


Nature can be amazing, here autumn leaves and pods were collected and this was the result!




No need to take yourself too seriously either , this simple spot made for keys tells a bit more of a story.


Sometimes just a simple kokedama plant all by itself can make the biggest impact.


There is no right or wrong way to arange your space, just have fun, play around till it works for you, because after all, it is YOUR space.

Thanks for reading .






Friday, 4 December 2015

Exclusive Look at Art in My Home.


Part of my interior design course includes drawing one point perspectives of spaces. You know, the drawings where everything is in proportion and very 3D like?!
Well it turns out I LOVE doing them. In fact, I love art in general and most of the art in my home is created by myself. I have no idea how good it is but I like it and my husband doesn't protest against it so it's ok for us! 
So let's share, and if you have any art you've created yourself in your home, I'd love to see it!

This is a drawing of an old chair in my lounge, we've had the chair for years but it looks great with a few throw rugs!



This drawing is my dream industrial bedroom created on a break from study because I couldn't get enough!



I created this for my daughter, not my usual style but she adores it!




And this one to match!




Then there's this, I bought this from an etsy shop years ago, it reminds me of my husband when we first met! By the way, if you love the tiles as much as I do, they are handmade, you can buy them here

 

And finally, these were created by my second son , the first was based on a book he read at school, he seems to have the creative blood, he was seven when he made it and gave it to me for mothers day awwwww.


And this was based entirely on his imagination while he was watching me create some one point perspectives, I love it so much!


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Thursday, 3 December 2015

The Remarkable New Wallpaper Trends, My Favourites.

My husband and I bought our first home back in 2006, it was an 1830's hop farmers cottage in New Norfolk, Tasmania. Look at the cuteness of it!


 My eldest son was just five weeks old at the time and wow do I remember steaming and scrapping all the disgusting wallpaper off those walls, sadly I dont have a photo but the top layer was peachy pink with huge clusters of florals and some crazy belly band type contrasting band half way up. Then under that was another WORLD of about five layers of the stuff! 
Wallpaper was considered daggy and painting was the only way to go....but NOW...well NOW it is amazing, there is so much on offer and it's even TRENDY.... AND alot of them peel right off when you want to change it so no more scrapping and steaming required!
Here's a little link party to my favourites :

Metallics are in, think luxurious spaces , add a touch of fur for that finishing touch!

image sourced from Wall Candy Wallpaper

Then what about a bit of texture, most of these can be painted , but I love them just as they are: 


image sourced from Wall Candy Wallpaper

Oh me oh my, this one is screen printed by hand

image sourced from Hygge & West 

One of my favourite and very new releases are by Justina Blakeney


image sourced from Hygge & West

You can create your own garden party with this one...why not?!!





image sourced from Annandale Wallpapers


And my absolute favourite which features in my drawing:
                                                         Mountains Wallpaper in Red sun
                                                          image sourced from MissPrint