Ahhh le look boho-chic! Au top de tendances mode de la saison, on risque de voir plusieurs  chics bohémiennes déambuler au centre-ville ou faire bronzette dans les festivals!

Pour arriver à obtenir le look parfait, tout est dans l’agencement des matières, mais aussi des motifs. Il faut penser fluidité, légèreté, transparence et garder en tête une touche d’inspiration 70′s.  Les jupes et robes longues sont des items à ajouter dès maintenant à votre garde-robe, tout près des imprimés ethniques et d’une ceinture de cuir vintage qui saura affiner la silhouette façon gitane urbaine.

Côté maquillage, on range nos paillettes et on sort nos poudres minérales. Le look se doit d’être le plus naturel possible, mais parfaitement rayonnant. N’oubliez pas le mascara, ainsi qu’un fard à joues qui vous donnera un air “J’ai joué dehors toute la journée”.

Vas-tu tenter le look boho-chic cet été Vanessa? En tout cas, tu m’as donné envie de revoir la déco de mon appartement…

Lisez ma réplique déco sur le blogue d’Elle M la Mode

A blank canvas

Yesterday I spent the day at the hospital prior to a benign surgery. A hundred years old building, with endless corridors and bland decors, a place full of births and deaths, illnesses and miracles. As I sit here in the belly of the beast, I cannot help but to do some soul searching.

I thought about the chaotic speed of my daily life, the seemingly countless hours I spend chatting with people who I have never met online in lengths of 140 characters. I think also of my chosen profession as a décor and web entrepreneur and at the way I am in no way saving lives. Is this all frivolous and superficial I ask?

After all isn’t the need to house oneself part of the primary needs of the “Maslow Hierarchy of Needs”? On the same quantitative scale, isn’t the need to accomplish oneself professionally and socially a mandatory milestone in attaining self actualization? And yet…I am not saving lives.

As I sat there sipping a cup of warm tea I looked around and saw the miracle of life happening under my eyes. A group of weary doctors in scrubs talking about their latest surgery and the techniques they used to probably save this person’s life, a young mother speechlessly gazing at her newborn son (undeniably a son dressed from beanie to slippers in nautical blue), a man sitting beside me giving his grown son life lessons…maybe his last ones.

And as I reflect, I cannot help but to think that although I do not save lives I hope to certainly help make some better on a daily basis. Whether it is the artisans, creators, and retailers to whom I give visibility through my online directory, or the people that read my blog posts and attend the conferences I spend countless hours preparing, or even the design community with whom I enjoy exchanging on the social media platforms…I hope that I somehow make a difference.

Because at the end of the day…and as long as we have health… isn’t it that what’s most important to make a positive difference in someone’s life?

photo source: DigDigs

Nhow Hotel Berlin: Junior suite

“Cosmopolitan business travellers, international jet-setters, party animals and the hottest bands – what unites them all is a love of music.  That’s why we have our own nhow music manager and a number of Nhow staff members from music colleges. There’s also our integrated high-end recording studio with panoramic views of Berlin – in cooperation with the legendary Berlin Hansa-Studios. Let’s rock it.” – Nhow Hotel Concept

Sprawled along the Spree river, where stood the now ancient line between East and West Berlin, is the Nhow Hotel designed by Karim Rashid and his team. Modern and colourful only begin to describe this feat of architectural magnitude and magnificence.

“My vision engages technology, visuals, textures, color, as well as all the needs that are intrinsic
to living in a simpler less cluttered but more sensual environment. design touches us on every level,
and design can continue to define and shape our dimensional interior environments and create
new progressive human behaviors and new languages. I always question whether the physical world
is as experiential, as seductive, as connective, as inspiring, as personalizable, and customizable
as the digital world. that is what I tried to achieve with nhow hotel berlin by making a space that
coexists with the data-driven digital infostethic world.” – Karim Rashid

Suite living room

The style demonstrated here is eponymous of the American designer who is known for his fluid shapes, glossy high-tech textures, and neon colours.

Nhow Hotel Reception

Hotel restaurant

the Breakfast area

In the recent years we have seen, in popular magazines and websites,  a wave of quiet conformity, neutral shades and plush fabrics. Such a conformity could not be further from Rashid’s designs and for that exact reason I believe that his creations stand the test of time and be passed on to future generations of design lovers.

Nhow Hotel Berlin: Meeting lounge

Opened in November 2010, this hotel has already gotten a hefty amount of press and visitors… all of whom share this love of music and good functional design.

The Seven star gallery

Nhow Hotel Berlin

Stralauer Allee 3
10245 Berlin
Phone: +49-(0) 30-290 299 0

Photo source: Nhow Hotel

Oh Audrey...intemporelle et pop art!

Qui dit appartement en location dit décor insipide et sans saveur? FAUX! Sans peinture et avec quelques artifices, un appart “tout de qu’il y a de plus standard” prend du galbe et se rend invitant.

Un petit espace utilisé à son plein potentiel

Les unités murales préfabriquées ont un look peuvent aisément avoir un look sur mesure et fait pour l’espace. Quelques moulures et le tour est joué.

Une tête de lit vitaminée et quelques accessoires colorés pour habiller cette chambre imaculée

Le propriétaire est ferme sur son désir de récupérer son appartement avec ses couleurs (lire ici “blanc du contracteur”) d’origines? Et bien quelques accessoires feront office de toile de fond. De toute façon tout est toujours plus joli sur du blanc non?

Ces quelques images m’ont refait renouer d’amitié avec la marqueterie. Longtemps vue comme l’enfant pauvre du plancher de bos franc, elle est charmante et inusité…surtout dans ce motif que j’appelle “coquille d’escargot”!

Le problème avec les petits appartements en location montréalais (et je suis sûre que le syndrome est mondial) c’est le manque de rangement! Et bien pourquoi essayer de tout cacher. Bien organisé un système de rangement à la vue de tous peut avoir beaucoup de charme. Une approche Boho-chic dont vous me savez amante!

Somme toute, ce petit nid est douillet à souhait, lumineux, et très “stylish”. Je lui donne un A+ bien mérité, vous ne pensez-pas?

source photos: MiCasa