On a bohemian canvas lies a home rich with artefacts of the artful and animal nature.

source: Elle Espana

De toutes les pièces de la maison, c’est dans la chambre d’enfant que l’on peut se laisser aller du plus de créativité. Après tout, n’est-ce pas le moment de leur vie de les faire rêver? Et bien cette chambre  à saveur bohémienne est venu chercher en moi toute cette candeur de l’enfance à la fois magique et ludique.

Parsemée d’éléments à faire soi-même, de meubles vintage et d’éléments achetés neufs, cette chambre d’enfant est pourtant crée sur fond blanc. Ici ce n’est pas la peinture des murs qui volent la vedette mais plutôt les appliqués de papier peint et de ruban adhésif qui lui donne toute sa couleur.

Ça me donne (presque) envie d’avoir un autre bébé (rappelons-nous que j’en ai déjà 3!!) pour lui faire une petite chambre aussi mignonne. Mais bon… je vous laisse plutôt ces quelques idées pour vos petits mousses à venir.

xox

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source: Micasa

Colour, in all its forms, is a major trend this year and what better home than this Marcus Hay design to illustrate my point. In Pink, Black & White, it is both feminine and Oh so lovely!

I love how the rooms are well furnished without seeming crowded, how the different patterns used mingle seamlessly as they are all related by their colour palette.

source: Marcus Hay

Combining old and new furniture has a way to make us feel at home and to give our home a warm atmosphere.

I don’t know about you but I am ready to leave 2012 behind and jump into 2013! Not that 2012 was all that bad, but let’s say that it was a pretty challenging year (to say the least). There must have been something funny with the stars or in the tap water because I noticed to not be alone to be anxious to turn the page on 2012.

A new year comes with the promise of a new beginning, a fresh start. We make resolutions, we start with grand ideas of what we wish to accomplish in the coming months, we vow to quit one (or many) of our socially accepted (little) vices, and to increase our water, vitamin, exercise, and fresh veggies intake!

Although the concept is great, I am a nostalgic at heart and I cannot possibly phantom leaving everything behind to start fresh again. So for me it is more about a compromise… something old, something new. I’ll get more exercise but I’ll still enjoy my lazy Sunday mornings in my jammies with the kids and a good movie. There are just some things that cannot change.

I feel the same way about decor. I am always excited to get something new for my home, but it can never give the boot to things that were there before. A decor pecking order of some kind if you’d like.

A home outfitted from top to bottom in new purchases has a certain sterile feel to it, a bit like a classy hotel-boutique where everything matches, is functional and impersonal at the same time. At home, we have the luxury of history, that is the benefit of having pieces that have a story to tell and that are dear to our hearts. Let’s embrace that!

So as the countdown to 2013 has started with less than a week to go, I am scanning my home (and my life) and I am figuring out what will have to go in order to let in the new and what shall stay. Let’s see where that will lead shall we?

xoxo

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source: Flodeau