Barefoot in the Barn

This gorgeous barn is that of... the one and only Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Don't you love her recipes! She makes everything look so easy....It has an amazing kitchen, a wonderful dining space and cozy bedrooms. This is a really great place to entertain, where guests can linger in front of the fire or out on the amazing covered terrace and if they are lucky, perhaps stay the night in this guest space and short walk from the main house. Wonderful neutral tones throughout the barn give it an earthy feel and what about those fantastic ceilings...

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

Enjoy!

Trudy

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 Via: House Beautiful

Photos: Simon Upton

Domino Magazine Archives

I was going through the Domino Magazine archives on line today and found some of my favourite photos that influenced my decision to change my decor from pale pastel and white to all white. I used to buy every Domino magazine and pour through each page. I am so happy they decided to bring it back into print! I remember seeing the photo below of Tom Delevan's home and fell in love! It was a small picture and I went back to it many times. So simple but beautiful. I find all of the rooms have really stood the test of time and continue to look great today....filled with well chosen pieces, all it takes is small changes to update them.

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Trudy

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via: Domino

Designer Home: Kali Cavanagh

This wonderful restored cottage is the home of designer Kali Cavanagh. A mix of new and old, designer and vintage it has so many fun elements throughout. I love the bathroom just off the master bedroom with the big iron tub in the room just outside the bathroom where barn doors make a fun entrance. Super lights hanging from the ceiling in the all white bedroom with vintage linens and wood slat ceilings. The kitchen has the most amazing stove in a wonderful pale blue and a wall of subway tiles (a look I keep seeing in photos all over the internet). Dark walls in the living room mixed with leather create a super cool lounge vibe and just outside the antique doors is a terrace with a place for two to enjoy a little breakfast. Love this home!

Have a great weekend!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: Homelife

Photography: ARMELLE HABIB

Simply White

This house appeals to me so much as it has all the elements of what makes Swedish style so beautiful. Clean simple lines, pretty accessories, natural wood mixed with white and wonderful creativity. Of course any house with a Mora clock instantly has a place in my heart! Lovely kitchen with concrete island and sliding barn doors for the pantry. What about that great cover for the bed! It looks to me like oil cloth bags sewn together..but let me know if you have an idea of how it is made. To top it off the large windows let in a wonderful light and provide a beautiful view.

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: Hus and Hem Photos: Lina Ostling

Fantastic Real Estate

I really like these Swedish websites that feature real estate in a new way. The homes are styled to the max and look so appealing and fresh. You feel like you could just move in and everything is ready to go. The two real estate sites I really love are Fantastic Frank and Stadshem.  This great apartment is from Fantastic Frank and is pretty typical of what you would see on the site. Lots of white decor with some wonderful, mid-century or industrial and often vintage touches. Very often the kitchens have wonderful finishes and they always feel super modern and hip. Remember they are for sale so...any takers?

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: Fantastic Frank

Add a Touch of Warmth with Fur

Nothing adds instant warmth to a room like a fur throw on a chair, on the couch or on the floor! So beautiful, and of course if you don't want to put a real fur there are so many great fake furs. Ikea has really good ones that look real, but are fake and not expensive as well. I have a couple in my place and they work super well. I especially love seeing them on dining room chairs....it makes staying around the dinner table that much more fun and comfortable. 

Have a great weekend!

Enjoy!

Trudy

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vai: Pinterest

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

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via: Coté Maison

Photo : Claude Weber

Interiors: White and Wood

Such an incredible home from The Lettered Cottage I just had to share. The store and house (Check out the on-line store Atchison Home) are situated in one building and I am sure the furniture moves from one to the other rather often. All decorated in white rustic French style, it is really so amazing! Wonderful painted furniture, some left in the original wood color which makes a great contrast. Great tiled floors that provide a nice dark base for all the white and really anchors the entire space. My favourite spot though is the garden room with the metal sink. Love it!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: The Lettered Cottage

Photos by:shootflyshoot.com

Country Home with Sarah Richardson

I used to watch Sarah Richardson on HGTV all the time and I always loved the homes she redid. They all had something similar about them that is so easy to live in and yet so beautifully done. She loves to put a lot of seating into her homes and she makes them comfortable, cozy and ready for guests. I really like this open plan space with the kitchen and living room together with all of these wonderful pale sea tones....but the rooms I like best of Sarah are the bathrooms. She does the best bathrooms, always in grey marble and chandeliers and lots of bright chrome and mirrors. Just what I want!!

Enjoy!

Trudy

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Via:sarahrichardsondesign.com

Photography by Stacey Brandford

Manhattan Chic in Blue and White

Metallic finishes add wonderful reflection to this glamorous, modern space in Manhattan. So well done in shades of blue and white with silver and chrome touches throughout. An amazing kitchen with mirrored doors does double duty as the entry into the apartment. This has been disguised with two large closets on either side that look so elegant and not expected for a kitchen which is always fun! Just beside the kitchen is the jewel of a powder room....actually the entire apartment is pretty much like a jewel! Pretty blue wall paper in the bedroom is so beautiful against the white bedding and the satiny headboard. What a chic little space!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: House Beautiful

photos: PETER MURDOCK