It’s like Siberia out there, the wind is whirling and buffeting and whacking the house at full throttle, temperatures have dropped and we’ve gone from feeling that spring is here to being propelled back into the depths of winter, Horrible.
On the weekend we did a bit of sorting out, the junk room which you literally couldn’t walk through the door of now feels a little more orderly, no way sorted but at least not migraine inducing. There was a reason for undertaking such a task, we are launching a sale section on the new website and each Thursday it will be updated. So as well as discounts on store products there will also be things from my pad; vintage chesterfield, coffee table, lamps that sort of thing. Goes live this Thursday at 11am which is exciting.
The thing about decorating is as much as I can bang on about do this do that it really is down to you because our homes are a reflection of things we love. Of course you can learn design principles or unlearn them I say (they tend to restrict us) but ultimately it’s all down to choice and personal preference. All I am trying to do is to make you think a little differently.
For instance if you love colour but are scared of it introduce it in small ways like a door or doorway. Not only does this elevate your space to a whole other level it adds immediate happiness. The trick as I say a zillion times is to select colours a little off radar and non predictable it ups the anty so to speak.
Double up on pattern, ideally to tantalise the eye we kind of need more than one pattern going on in a space. Take my studio I have a zebra rug and a tweed chair, or in this image below – cool rug, cool table.
Bottom line we are trying as odd as it sounds to confuse the eye so it literally doesn’t know what to look. Then wham bam our senses are more engaged and whether we realise it or not our spaces feels more intriguing, more exciting and way cooler.
Am off to an early Pilates session which I shouldn’t be going to as last week in class I did something to my knee and its now puffed up in size and looks odd, plus it’s a tad painful. And yes I know I should rest it and not put pressure on it but it’s been like this since Thursday (AGES) and my patience is running out. Enough already, am over it.
Hi Abi, Love the geometric rug. I’ve been thinking (blogging) about why we crave order at times of chaos and whether the financial crisis/ freak weather is what’s driving the current trend for geometrics. Is this something you could do a post on? Not sure what the trends are in London but here in Edinburgh you can’t move for honeycomb motifs and chicken wire print cushions. Is order something you crave in your home when you feel your life is out of control (in a good or bad way)?
WOW! What lovely images and colours to wake up to! So simple yet so effective. Hope the knee gets better
Thank you
Bonjour j’adore tout se que vous faites ! Malheureusement je ne parle pas un mot d’anglais !!! Je voudrais savoir si il existe un moyen de traduire en français vos textes ! Merci
Véronique de l’île de la Réunion !
Hi Abi, I just got vintage wooden coffee table, and I was thinking about painting it bright color, red or orange.. Do you think it would go well with my pail lilac-greyish sofa? Not sure how should incorporate such bright colors with other colors in room. I am also going for dark grey wall color in room, the idea is to make the table pop.
I have also noticed that shipping to Montenegro from online store is not possible?
Regards, Jelena
Hi Jelena either would work, if it were me I could go for a lovely burnt orange beautiful combo with lilac grey sofa but red would work just as easily. Also we do ship all over, international rates are not up yet, so if there is anything in particular you wanted just email Sharona at admin@atelierbypost.com and she will tell you shipping rates according to the weight/size etc of the product
Hi.. U make it all sound so easy.. I hv been stuck on my room for ages.. N I hv had budget restraints.. N it has been soooooo damn frustrating.. But it makes reading ur posts so much fun.. Sounds like I will get there someday too