I think someone from above is possibly not on my side, on deadline with craziest two weeks of my working life ever with 4 am starts , crawled into bed a little over 90 minutes ago when a stray old basset hound started barking down the street. He has been at it since then, the police won’t do anything, the RSPCA have passed the buck and now we are waiting for the council. I tried to bring him in here to comfort him, (that didn’t work), tried sitting beside him (that didn’t work made him even more crazy) took Mung’s out to calm him down (that didn’t work) so here we all are, 12am awake and working with our two going nuts at the sound of him. Happy days.
Lets talk pattern since we might as well get down to business, am sure someone somewhere in the world is awake to follow my thread. People are a little scared of pattern I find, I know I certainly used to be. Once you take the plunge however your confidence levels build up and then its like discovering great coffee, or a great wine, your like why or why didn’t we become buddies sooner. I’ve said it a thousand times over so forgive me for saying it again but rugs are a great way of introducing pattern to a space. Check out the image below, can you imagine how dull that space would look without that rug and those cool cushions? Yep so can I. Pattern wakes up a room, it gives it a whole dimension a new lease of life so I cannot sing its praises enough. Without the pattern of the cushions below and the rug this room would suffer from bland room syndrome – not something a room needs I here its rather contagious!
Photography Petra Bindel
Number one top top top top tip if you restrict the colour palette you can actually mix more patterns than you think, see how this palette below when broken down is literally just a few hues predominately plumy tones and yellows.
Start small if a rug is too scary opt for cushions , or a fab painting or wallpaper a nook in some zany pattern or put stripes in the loo, or paint something abstract on back of the door. Am I sounding nuts, lack of sleep better stop before I make even less sense.
Happy Wednesday (NOT)! Going back out there, poor dog its horrible not being able to help
Abigail…I’m awake!!!! but that probably doesn’t count because I’m on the opposite side of the world in Australia! I applaud you for trying to nurture and console the basset. It is hard as dog/animal lover to sit and be idle. A million thanks for your blog….it is a favorite part of my day. Shirl. Xx PS. Hope you get some sleep.
Thank you, and yes I did manage thank goodness
Couldn’t follow your blog in the last 5 weeks
)
as my baby son was born as life turned upside down. However finally tuning in again and reading about patterns in this wee hour makes me realize I have a lot of catching up to do!
Congratulations x
Restrict color//more pattern. Now, that’s a mantra!The second picture is really a good example of it! But I still need to figure out a way to cover my stripy green cream love seat which refuses to blend in with my red persian rug…. Sigh….
By the way, Abigail, I have figured out a way to watch your Channel 4 show “Get Your House in Order” legitimately even though I am across the pond from you: I get a paid web proxy service that allows me to get a UK-based IP address. This lets me watch the show! (I learned this trick when I wanted to watch the Olympics without bowing to NBC, and I got to see everything via BBC live!). I use hidemyass.com. (I don’t mean to advertise, but simply to help others to go straight to it). I guess you can use other services.
I am only 5 minutes into the first episode. Oh… the anticipation!!!!
Katzies.
Good plan that might work when I want to see US shows, thanks for the tip
I feel sad for the dog. Could you adopt? It’s the sort of crazy thing you would do! Xx
I thought the very same thing, a neighbour managed to get him inside not sure where he is now, hoping the owner will materialize