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This is the home of the wonderful Swedish stylist and blogger Lotta Agaton. She clearly has the most amazing personal style and her home reflects that completely. It is incredibly simple but each piece is so interesting within the space...black and white and a mix of textures and materials. Love it!
Go and see her new website by the way. So inspiring!!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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via: Residence Mag
I love this style of decor and show it fairly often on the blog. So beautiful with the grain sack chair, the slip covered chairs in the dining room and the canopy over the bed. All gorgeous touches that make this home really special. It is so easy to add a few of these elements into a home and really change the look. Of course having a Mora clock in the entry and the gorgeous layered console table are also great ways to get the French Country look!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with:Mod Vintage Life, The Dedicated House
This home is floor to ceiling white and I just cannot get enough of it! Most of the rooms in this home are painted white and even the stairway is all white with no contrasting wood at all. There are small touches of colour found here and there in the furniture and on the walls in the upstairs bedrooms. Love the white/grey washed wood wall, floor and cupboards in the kitchen. Even this seems like a big contrast against the entry and living room. Simple and beautiful!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, Timewashed
via: Light Locations
So much to love about red and white linens. They feel typically French and many of the grain sack pillows, hand towels and table runners we are seeing are made with these incredibly durable linen and hemp materials from France, Belgium and Germany. I especially love the linens that have initials embroidered onto the piece. Some of these linens are up to a 100 years old so it makes you wonder about the original family that took the time to stitch their grain sacks.
I am starting a collection of antique linens that I think could be a bit dangerous as once you buy a few pieces you can not resist looking for more. I have added the cushions below to my shop and have also added a wonderful table runner in red and an oatmeal colour. Also have a gorgeous vintage chair upholstered in a red and white hemp grain sack. Just beautiful!
Cushions available in my shop made from Antique French Grain sack.
Love this bag made from linen..
Pretty embroidered frabric on this settee.
Vintage chair covered in red and white grain sack. This one is in the shop!
This is such a great idea from Dreamy Whites! What a nice way to bring a gift of a bottle of wine to your hostess.
This is the table runner and Grain Sack cushion available in the shop! Love how it looks against the white settee!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with: Mod Vintage Life, Sunny Simple Life, The Dedicated House, Savvy Southern Style, Timewashed, French Country Cottage, Shabby Art Boutique, Common Ground-Do, A Delightsome Life, Redoux Interiors, Jennifer Rizzo, Rooted in Thyme, My Romantic Home
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I really like Rue Magazine and the latest issue has got some great homes and ideas.
This months feature is on designer Caitlin Flemming. The home that she decorated below is actually the home of her mother and their collaboration was obviously a labour of love..and great taste. So simple... but the pieces! The gorgeous mirror in the living room, the armoire in the dining room and of course the amazing antique bed (I am afraid I would have to paint that bed white. I featured a really similar bed on Facebook in white and it is to die for!).
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with: Mod Vintage Life, Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home
You all know my love of Swedish style.. the simple way the rooms are arranged, the white palette and the delicate design of the furniture.
I have a particular obsession with Mora Clocks and have been searching for one for many years. Mora clocks were traditionally made in the town of Mora in Sweden and began production in the late 18th century and continued to be made right through the 19th century. They are essentially a grandfather clock and have wonderful varied colours and shapes. Some even have a kind of crown or ornament on the top of the clock.
There are really none to be found in Quebec or at least it is very rare but I hold out hope that I will one day have one in my home, in fact I have just the spot!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with: Sunny Simple Life , The Dedicated House, Shabby Art Boutique, A Delightsome Life, The 36th Avenue, Redoux, Jennifer Rizzo, Rooted in Thyme, My Romantic Home
via:housetohome.co.uk,zsazsabellagio.blogspot.com, inredningsvis.se, theessenceofthegoodlife.blogspot.com,
swedishbluedoor.co.uk, DreamyWhites, vintagemorrhar.blogspot.com
This small cottage is short on space but big in style. The all white house is really punched up with bright colours in yellow and blue with hits of brown and grey. You can feel the light flowing through this space and the mix of bright patterned fabrics really works well to pull the rooms together. I love the wallpaper in the kitchen and the bentwood bench in the dining room. Such great ideas and of course there is always the soapstone sinks for gardening projects...how I would love a little space like this! Really a lovely fresh home don't you think?
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with: My Romantic Home
In honour of Valentine's Day tomorrow a romantic bedroom and master bath decorated in shades of red, white and cream. A very pretty space made even more beautiful with lovely red roses, candlelight and a bubble bath.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Llinking with: French Country Cottage, A Delightsome Life, The 36th Avenue, The Charm of Home, Common Ground-Do, Rooted in Thyme, Redoux, My Romantic Home
via: Pufikhomes
This incredible house in Iceland is so cool with the icy white against the grey. I think if I was ever to get rid of my white walls, this is the colour I would do....as you know I love grey and I find the white pops so well against this colour. There are so many ornate touches with the carved mirrors, the crest on the fireplace and the gold on the bed. The mix is so well done, barn, French, Scandinavian..but it all works. The kitchen is simply sublime with the small settee, large mirror and the two side tables..LOVE it!
Enjoy!
Trudy
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Linking with : Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, A Delightsome Life, From My Front Porch to Yours, The 36th Avenue, The Charm of Home, Common Ground Do, Rooted in Thyme, Redoux, Shabby Art Boutique, My Romantic Home
via: zsazsabellagio
I love candles and have many glowing around the house daily. I prefer floral fragrances but in winter I tend to go with a more woody scent. I love mercury glass containers but what I am really looking for is simplicity in the look of the candle. Here are a few ideas for you to buy as gifts (these are so cool because you can personalize them or find one for Valentine's Day that is just around the corner) or for setting a mood at home...
These are Tina K candles....so pretty.
Have you seen these gorgeous Izola candles?
Superb Tom Dixon candles in brass, silver and copper .
Tea candles from Martha Stewart that you can make yourself.
And of course lovely Mercury Glass candles from lookslikewhite shop. These smell so good!
Love Tocca Candles. Very feminine in look and in the fragrance.
Enjoy!
Trudy
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