À la fois nautique, classique… et terriblement chic le mélange du marine et du jaune est peut-être inusité mais toujours très réussi. Voici 4 raisons pourquoi j’aime cette entrée.

1) la porte:Peinte en marine elle offre la première impression de la maison.

2) le papier peint: En jaune et blanc il prend de l’espace visuel contre la porte et le plafond blanc. Mais c’est son motif de “chinoiserie” qui vient vraiment toucher une de mes cordes sensibles.

3) l’imprimé animal: Le “gros bon sens” voudrait qu’on ajoute une carpette de sisal de couleur naturelle à cette entrée déjà bien chargée. Au contraire! L’imprimé de léopard en gris, beige, et crème vient ajouter une touche contemporaine et éclectique à cette pièce de transition.

4) Le “Ginger Jar”: Ces urnes en céramique bleue et blanche sont pour moi un coup de coeur inconditionnel. Seules ou regroupées elles viennent ajouter de la hauteur à une console d’entrée et créent un rappel du bleu présent seulement dans la couleur de la porte.

source: Suellen Gregory Interiors

Woopidoo le mois de décembre est arrivé!!! Comme l’an dernier j’ai l’intention de vous offrir ma version d’un calendrier de l’avent avec 16  billets en 24 jours. Des décors festifs, des listes shopping et des découvertes de boutiques déco, juste à temps pour vous assister dans vos tâches de petits lutins.

J’ai adoré les décorations de Noël de cette maison qui ont respectées le thème en marine et blanc du décor. Nautique et élégante à la fois, cette maison pourrait aussi bien se situer sur la côte est américaine qu’ici au Québec, vous ne trouvez pas?

source: Style at Home

I don’t know if it is because I have 3 little munchkins running around my humble abode, but children room design always get me! (OK, I also get misty watching How to Train Your Dragon… but that’s another story!)

There is something quite whimsical about a child’s room. They do not see their decor as we do. Their comfortable bed with matching bedding is for them either a castle or a drifting raft where hungry sharks swim below. Their little colouring desk becomes, in a flash, an English Tea Room where dolls and stuffed animals attend with great ceremony.

As I look at the glossy pages of magazines and the beautifully curated rooms they present, I marvel at how far chilren room design has come. Long gone are the days or Winnie the Pooh (no offence Winnie, your books and movies rock!) wallpaper and marching bedding.

Colour schemes are vivacious and adult like, the textures are soft and curly but also sophisticated and rich. Themes have been left aside to leave the whole floor for ambiances with streamlined or moody decors. I could not be happier!!

And when all is said and done, and we, as parents, have gotten our design fix, I can only marvel once more at the fact that my children still think their eclectic, bohemian vintage inspired bedroom, still makes for a great space ship or camping tent! Let them keep that child heart as long as possible for spying on their “pretend games” is one of my most profound source of happiness!!

sources: 1. Two Ellie 2. Nuevo Estilo 3. Ikea Family Live 4. Krispix 5. Me Oh My! photograph by Ashlee Raubach 6. The Style Files 7. Scrubs & Pearls

dress by Christian Dior

I am a collector by nature for reasons that I don’t understand, but that I shamelessly blame on my mother, who’s a lovely and controlled hoarder herself (Hi Mom, Love you too!!)!

My latest addiction are blue & white Ginger Jars. I was curious to know their origin and here is a little blip of what I found:

“Ginger jars originated in China ; it is not known in exactly what century (other sources say they date back as far as 5,000 years ago), but it is known that the popular covered ginger jar that we see most now gained its popularity in the Quin Dynasty. You can still find century-old ginger jars in antique stores, but because of their use, it is not often that you will find one with its original lid intact (Hence the collectable factor!!)” – E-How

Why is it called a Ginger Jar you ask? Excellent question indeed! *wink*

“A ginger jar is a Chinese porcelain jar with a wide mouth, a domed lid and a bulging, spherical body. Although the Chinese traditionally used the jars to store a variety of goods, the jars acquired the name “ginger jars” because they often contained ginger when they were exported to the West.” E-How

Classic & Mod design collide in this dining room by Grant K. Gibson

I personally love them for their large proportions and various heights which make them ideal to create vignettes whether grouped together or alone amongst other decorative items. Plus I think the fact of hunting them down makes it all the more exciting for me when I can finally get my hands on one that is intact, with its lid, and that I was able to afford at my bargain hunter rate!

Anyone else share my Ginger Jars passion? What do you use them for?

sources: 1. Marcus Design (Hi Nancy!), 2 & 3 Lonny Mag, 4. Grant K. Gibson, 5. Style Me Pretty