Understated vs. Overstated Rooms

I love the clean simplicity of a Swedish home, yet in my own home I tend to collect things from dishes to mercury glass that has filled every corner, table and floor space available. Though I love the look of an understated home I tend to the overstated....lots of stuff! I want to live with many things around me that make me happy and I just think in an understated home....what would I look at...what would I move around....what would I collect? Pretty impossible but my admiration for those people that can edit their home, to show off all the details of each carefully picked item, knows no bounds! Here are a few examples of under and overstated rooms. What do you like?

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Kitchens....

Living Room....

 

Dining Room...

Bedrooms... 

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

 

via: Via Jolie Marche, Dustjacket, domainehome.com

Victorian Modern

This Victorian home in London is all done up in tones of grey, white and taupe. Amazing mouldings and ceiling detail are what make this house so special but it's the mix with modern furnishings that really up the style factor.

Love the modern details in the kitchen with the lacquered white cabinets and the gorgeous antique windows. So pretty with the table in the eating nook and the modern lamp hanging from the ceiling.  

Hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day!

Photograph by James Merrell

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

 via house to home

Living Lightly

I have an abundance of stuff in my home and I can not seem to change this...I try...really I do..but I just love to collect things and style things and it just accumulates. I wish I could change as I really love the look of the homes I post with great architecture and clean, simple lines in the home. Like this one I am showing you below...so beautiful and each piece that is shown in the home is really perfect in its place and you really see it..you look at each piece. 

This is the home of photographer Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen who is also a designer and architect and clearly super talented! A wonderful eye and a lot of restraint in design with a perfect eye for detail. 

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: More photos of this wonderful space here on Interior Magasinet

Photos: Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen

Domino Magazine: Colour Issue

The latest issue of Domino Magazine is all about colour and boy is it gorgeous! Of course, where there is colour there needs to be lots of white because colour always looks best against the crispness of white walls and fabrics. I love the way colour is used in these rooms...great wall art, bright printed cushions and rich carpets.

Super stylish rooms and accessories are featured throughout the magazine...as you know it is one of my favourites...and even better now you can download the new app! Yes, you can download the app onto your ipad and browse the articles and shop away...yes you can buy so much of what you see in the mag..on the website..just search in Domino Magazine in iTunes.

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Domino Magazine

Naturally Modern

Another great spread in Vogue Living magazine featuring a converted 70's style home. Done with all natural materials the outdoors and indoors blend seamlessly with large open doors and windows. Lots of natural and stained woods are used in this stylish modern home, as well as concrete on the floors and stone in the bathroom. Don't you just love that bathroom sink!! Of course there is the amazing twig chandelier in the dining room...really so many fantastic elements in this house...

photos: SHANE BLUE

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Vogue Living

Romantic Paris Apartment

What is not to like in this gorgeous apartment near the Louvre in the heart of Paris? Of course the moldings are spectacular and the ceilings stretch to unheard of heights. On top of the beauty of the architecture the styling of the apaprtment is so well done. Modern mixed with antique it is put together exactly how it should be....and what about that amazing wood floor!! So much to love here....

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Coté Maison

Photo : Claude Weber

Stylish Open Plan Apartment

This wonderful open plan space has lots of great elements. The concrete floor has such a fantastic glossy finish, beautiful beams all around the apartment and white, white everywhere. What could be better! The owners of this apartment in Copenhagen are both in the fashion business and you can see their good taste throughout the space. They have used really perfect classic pieces that will stand the test of time matched with great modern design.

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Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Rumhemma

Photos: Peter Kragballe

Artful New York Penthouse

This stunning penthouse from Architectural Digest is an amazing home full of beautiful paintings for art lovers. Gorgeous color against a white backdrop, the paintings and scultptures create the feeling of being in an art gallery with the warmth of a modern home. In the entrance is a sculpture garden with an authentic japanese teahouse and an incredible bentwood sculpture. The living room features modern paintings and sculptural furniture while the kitchen is a work of art on its own with bright red laquer cabinets. I just love the lounge that features a Tresserra billiard table with wonderful photography and artwork...really such a perfect mix. This luxurious home really showcases the art within the home but I know that I can take lessons on how to feature the art in my own more humble surroundings to it's best.

I will post more pictures from the book "A Life Less Ordinary" tomorrow!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via: Architectural Digest

Photography by Anthony Cotsifas

White & Light

This is one of those amazing homes that feels so light and yet so cozy. It is modern with concrete floors, thin furniture and two toned white walls (which I think are so amazing!!) and wonderful touches of vintage here and there.  The pillows in the master bedroom are cute with the strings tied together...and the kids room is super fun as well. The owner of this home is a photographer and she says she often uses it for photo shoots..so it is a great family and work space. Really gorgeous details throughout!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

Inspiration in White: Black and White in Fashion and Home

Here are a few of my favourite Pins this week...So loving all the black and white I have been finding lately in fashion and in home decor. It must be the time of year because I am really wanting to add black to my all white home and add white into my all black wardrobe, even in winter. So fun to mix things up a bit don't you think?

I have been working super hard in the studio these days with ceramic orders and I have even been testing a bit of black on my white ceramics...just for a change. I will show you a few pieces when I feel they are where I want them to be. Take a look at some of these great ideas...

 

My daughter, Chloe Crane-Leroux, is a photographer and this is one of her photoshoots. Check out her website..

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via: Chloe Crane-Leroux Photography, paloma81.blogspot.com, twelvechairsboston.com, seaofgirasoles.blogspot.com.es,  weworewhat.com