Interiors: White Rooms

The gorgeous home (from the latest issue of Est Magazine) of architect and designer Eva van Dongen and Freek Tromp, was once inhabited by two notorious doyennes of the red light district in Amsterdam. No signs of its history is evident in these beautiful and spare rooms filled with light. White furnishings and walls contrast the wide planked dark floors to great effect. What a lovely peaceful space for this young family..

Enjoy!

Trudy

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 linking with: Sunny Simple Life, Mod Vintage Life

via: Est Magazine

Fashionable Home

This is the home of Swedish fashion designer Naja Munthe. Again, the simplicity of the furnishings and colour palette are perfect. Some things that really jump out at me as great ideas are the low hanging pendant lights over the coffee table as well as the glass panelled windows that create the entry into the dining room! Stunning...I also love the wall of books in the dining room. Very original home.

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Linking with : A Delightsome Life, French Country Cottage, The 36th Avenue, Shabby Art Boutique

Via:Mad and Bolig

Danish Style

This cool loft in Copenhagen really sums up the Danish style for me. Clean lines, natural materials, modern but still with a warmth that comes through the textures used throughout the loft. Really gorgeous..

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Linking with: Savvy Southern Style

via: The Guardian 

Inspiration in White: Olive Trees & Myrtles

I am not a person that has a lot of house plants in my home but I do love the look of olive trees and myrtles in decor. I am always finding photos that inspire me and they often have one of these plants in among the vintage decor. I do have a couple of myrtles in my home and since I find them so beautiful I thought I would share a few....

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Linking with: Mod Vintage Life, Rose Chintz Cottage, Cozy Little House, Savvy Southern Style, Timewashed, A Delightsome Life, From My Front Porch to Yours, French Country Cottage, 36th Avenue, Shabby Art Boutique, The Charm of Home, Jennifer Rizzo, Common Ground-Do, Rooted in Thyme, Redoux

I was featured at The Dedicated House! Go and check out her sweet blog!

via: Tone on Tone (gorgeous blog! go take a look), vibekedesign.blogspot.co.uk, heltenkelthosmig.blogspot.com, cucariera.blogspot.fr, suziebeezie.tumblr.com, hannashantverk.blogspot.it

Brown and Black Decor

Love the colouring in this brown, black and white home. The colour flows from one room to the other creating an environment that is easy on the eyes and makes a great statement. It features wonderful accessories with great cushions, artwork, and cool lamps. Very comfortable and livable..

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Via: Skonahem

Linking with: From My Front Porch To Yours, No Minimalist Here, French Country Cottage, Shabby Art Boutique, My Romantic Home

White Home Decor: Modern Meets Rustic

This is one of those fabulous houses that has so many great elements I don't know where to start. How about the wall of white ironstone and glass! I love that so many pieces are oversized and command attention in the room. The mix of rustic with modern is well blended with the very rough coffee table in the living room and very clean lined closets in the dining room. Beautifully decorated....

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, Timewashed, From My Front Porch To Yours, No Minimalsit Here, French Country Cottage, Jennifer Rizzo, Common Ground-Do, Redoux, Shabby Art Boutique, My Romantic Home

Via:Greige

Interiors: White on White

Simple and chic white on white decorating in this home in England. All of my favorite elements including pops of colour with a mix of vintage, barn and Swedish style. Take a look at the child like art throughout the home that adds a really whimsical element and a touch of humour to each room. When I see a home like this I remember the importance of layering different white and cream colours into the space to ensure you have depth and don't forget about different textures as well.

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Linking with: No Minimalist Here, A Delightsome Life (Hey I was featured here. Hop on over to take a look!), The 36th Avenue, French Country Cottage, The Charm of Home, Common Ground-Do, Rooted in Thyme, My Romantic Home, Sunny Simple Life

Via: 1st option

My 2012 Top Posts

It was only 6 months ago that I began my website and blog. Wow did that go quickly! Why did I start it? Well I wanted to share my love of home decor (and of course of all things white)! A passion I have had for many years and that I fulfilled one other time in my life when I had my own home decor boutique. I was lucky enough to help my clients decorate their homes with the treasures I had found and I am so pleased to be able to do that again as I move back into the design field.

My biggest surprise this year came from how much I love blogging and the reason is really because of you! I am amazed at the incredible support from everyone and love and read every comment that I receive.

Thank you for making the past 6 months so wonderful and I will continue to try to surprise and delight you through 2013. Let me know how I am doing!

Here are some of my Top posts of 2012!

My favourite post of the year was the Paris Home of Patrick Gilles and Dorothée Boissier .

Greek Island Beauty with Paola Navone

This Creamy Cottage was a much loved post by me and you!

This lovely Gingerbread House...

And of course we all love Nina Hartmann's home and her books Vintage by Nina!

No year would be complete without a post on Shabby Chic!

And finally the most viewed and loved post was this beautiful Edwardian Cottage..

Wishing you the best for 2013! Health, success and happiness to all of you....

Trudy

xx

 Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, No Minimalsit Here, The 36th Avenue, A Delightsome Life, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

Copper and Light Loft

I simply love this apartment of Tanja Vibe, the owner of a graphic design studio called All the Way to Paris. The simplicity of the loft all in white and the gorgeous pops of colour throughout really speaks to me.....and what about all of the lamps. These copper pendants are amazing and add such great reflection to the room! Perfect...

 

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style 

via: French by Design ( A really cute blog) 

Vintage Industrial Mix

This former country store was transformed into a very interesting home for this lovely Swedish family since 2008. They loved the fact that it was large, unusual and quirky and I have to agree! So quirky and certainly charming as well. I would say it is still a work in progress but is full of so much potential. They have a wonderful mix of industrial and vintage styles with a lot of Swedish style thrown in which we all know I love!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Lovely Life

Linking with: Redoux Interiors, Sunny Simple Life