tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53739365119287935352024-03-14T00:09:25.037-07:00Matilda Rose Interiorsmatildaroseinteriors.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573929072351386137noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373936511928793535.post-62125397410542756542015-05-27T16:33:00.001-07:002015-05-27T16:33:12.802-07:00Let there be light!<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's been a long time since I've managed to write a post. Working, juggling the demands of a young family, having a partner who is often interstate & trying to renovate your house will do that to you!</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have managed to make some much needed alterations to our home and I'm happy to report it's feeling much lighter & brighter and more like "us".</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Below are a couple of photos showing the difference white paint & injection of colour can make. 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I love coming here, it's so different from where we live in Australia. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Today we visited a stately home in West Yorkshire called Harewood House. It's an amazing home to walk through. The rooms are so opulent & the level of detail in the woodwork is extraordinary. It's incredible to think it's so old & the family still live there today. I love the thought of each generation living in the same place their family members before them did.</div><div><br></div><div>Below are some photos that I took as we made our way through.</div><div><br></div><div>The youngest son is getting married at the house tomorrow so you'll see the beautiful flower arrangements in the middle of the dining table for a dinner being held there tonight!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hVGB6EQ_m6M/U9u4jFQeufI/AAAAAAAABUA/aCUhsng4vm8/s640/blogger-image-1124262324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hVGB6EQ_m6M/U9u4jFQeufI/AAAAAAAABUA/aCUhsng4vm8/s640/blogger-image-1124262324.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TxiTM5Wskfs/U9u46_IFZhI/AAAAAAAABVI/YkV_ZYmUJ-Y/s640/blogger-image-175362635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have mentioned here before how much I love Caitlin Wilson Textiles. Caitlin is an interior designer based in the Northern Hemisphere and I admire her use of colour in her interiors. A number of years back she branched out into designing her own range of textiles and her business has continued to grow from strength to strength.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Below is a bedroom mini-scheme I've put together using some of Caitlin's cushions, one of my favourite Dash and Albert rugs and some other lovely pieces. Scroll down to see each item individually. The wall colour is Dulux Tranquil Retreat, it's a proper grey that doesn't throw different colours when painted on walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I hope you all have a great weekend whether you plan to relax or have a super productive one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a new trend emerging in Australia for tiles and it's a trend I'm very happy to welcome. Colour is definitely back in fashion, we are seeing it everywhere from our fashion to home accessories. Now everything that was old is new again with antique and Moroccan style tiles gaining popularity once more. Internationally recognised interior designer <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a> recently designed a tile line for <a href="http://www.annsacks.com/onlinecatalog/designers/designer.jsp?progid=3418104" target="_blank">Ann Sacks</a>. His line is vibrant and highly patterned and I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's been a VERY long time since my last post. 2013 ended up being quite a hectic year for myself and my family but ended fantastically as we were able to buy our dream home (even if it did take 17 long months of on and off negotiations)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When people found out we were moving the most common response was "why on earth would you move from your current house to another house that requires a full renovation?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That response was completely fair. We'd just finished renovating our last home and loved it, so of course it would seem crazy to other people that we'd go through the arduous renovation process again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The fact is though that I adore designing interiors and enjoy the renovation process, but most importantly I just LOVE this house. When I say I love this house, I don't mean that in the same way that I say I love jellybeans or a glass of wine, I mean I REALLY love it!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I was younger I used to come on holiday to visit my Aunt, Uncle & cousins who lived in a house not too far from here. We would occasionally drive past this house and even as a young teenager I remember looking out the window as we drove by adoring it. I wondered who lived there and I imagined what it would be like to live there myself. I saw it come on the market a number of years after that and I trawled through the images daydreaming of the changes I'd make to it. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would actually end up living here one day, getting to make the changes I'd daydreamed about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have slowly started making those changes, but aren't in a rush. There is something fantastic about having a project timeline with no set end date. I can imagine I'll be tinkering away here until I'm an old lady (well that's the plan).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll continue to post update photos as our renovations are carried out, but here are some photos of the house as looked when we took possession of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was reading one of my favourite blogs, <a href="http://www.houseofturquoise.com/" target="_blank">House of Turquoise</a> and came across a beautiful fabric that had been used by a designer on some kitchen bar stools. I fell in love with the P Kaufmann fabric as soon as I saw it and went out of my way to track some down. You never know how much fabric is in stock and/or when it will be discontinued, so if you love a fabric you are best to move quickly to secure it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the fabric below. I knew it was beautiful, but needed to be used in moderation in a bedroom. I decided it would make amazing cushions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I then set about finding a complimentary fabric for use in a headboard. I decided on a lovely Warwick fabric called Ella in Peacock, it was the perfect colour and added some much needed texture to the space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sourcing art for my clients is always a fun but sometimes challenging thing to do because art is so subjective. Some people prefer abstract, whilst others prefer the more fine, complex and traditional art and then there are others who prefer to surround themselves with photography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thankfully most of my clients are appreciative of unique and in many cases brightly coloured art, which also happens to be my favourite! With that in mind I thought I would include a few examples of some art I've recently specified.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first artist is Kathy Panton who is based in Brisbane, QLD. I love her bright, colourful artwork especially for children. Kathy's store can be found <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KathyPanton" target="_blank">here</a></span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next artist's work I stumbled on whilst trawling through eBay. This art is a great mix of contemporary pictures printed directly onto the pages of old books. It gives it a very unique and quite playful feel. The store can be found <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/pixel-art-prints" target="_blank">here</a></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We drink a lot of coffee in this house...I mean A LOT! Which leaves us with lots of empty coffee jars. What better way to repurpose them than to paint them and turn them into vases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. Take various sized coffee jars, or any other type of jar you have lying around</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. Choose some acrylic paint in a colour you like. For my jars I chose blue & green. If you don't have any paint laying around sample pots would provide enough paint for this project</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Most of the clients I work with either have young children, grandchildren or pets. Anyone who has or who knows anyone with kids and/or pets knows first hand that these little delights normally come equipped with grubby hands, feet or paws. They also tend to have an outstanding ability to make mess on the hardest surface or object to clean in a house, normally the carpet or rugs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I am designing a space for clients of course I always want it to look beautiful, but it also has to be functional and most importantly <u>practical</u>. Rugs were previously a difficult thing to have in a house with children or pets because they were often quite an investment and if they got dirty you'd need to have a professional come in and clean them for you. Often they would never look the same as they did new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then came the invention of polypropylene and voila we now have the indoor/outdoor rug! My favourite indoor/outdoor rugs are by <a href="http://www.dashandalbert.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5373936511928793535" target="_blank">Dash and Albert</a>. They come in a fantastic range of colours and patterns, but the best part is that when they need cleaning you take them outside, hang them up and hose them down! Yes, you did read that correctly, YOU CAN HOSE THEM! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I always like to try products before recommending them to clients and I can confirm that you can hose your Dash and Albert indoor/outdoor rug with complete success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One important point to mention is that they are not a plush rug, but let's be honest plush rugs tend to hide food scraps and anyone who has trained a puppy will remember that the puppy finds a plush rug to be much the same as they do grass....no further information required there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Below are some examples of the range of colours & patterns available. If you wish to see the whole collection click <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.dashandalbert.com/indoor-outdoor-rugs" target="_blank">here</a></span><a href="http://./">.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to up-cycle and refinish old pieces of furniture and give them a whole new lease on life! It's truly amazing what a difference a splash of paint can make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to this love of hers, we decided it was probably time that she had her own little desk and chair in her bedroom. Of course I could have gone out and bought her a new desk and chair but that would have been too easy and not creative enough for me! So instead, I decided we'd find something old that no-one wanted and breathe new life into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When driving along in our local area some time ago I found an old 1920's dresser on the side of the road. I pulled over so I could ask the lady how much she wanted for it. To my surprise it was in very good condition and she was giving it away for FREE! My poor long suffering husband then had to help me get it in the back of our car & it sat in our garage for a number of months, annoying him I'm sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward to two weeks ago and I was again driving along and saw our local op shop had several different little chairs out the front. I pulled over and discovered a poor little old chair that was in good condition, but had it's ugly on in a big way! It had great bones though and was only $20...bargain! I then set to work on creating a pretty little set for my daughter's room. Pictures below...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good news is that because I had the primer, paint & the fabric from another job this whole thing only cost me $20 for the chair and a few dollars for some sand paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here in Australia we have been struggling through an insane heatwave over the last week. Today is set to top 43 degrees in Sydney which has only ever happened 3 times in the last 150 years! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The heat is incredible and we are all hiding in our homes, curtains drawn and air-conditioner running constantly. I really feel for anyone who doesn't have air-conditioning on days like today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I keep my eye on the fire alerts for our area I thought I'd post a couple of images of lovely cool pools and interiors decorated in cool blue hues.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thank you for taking the time to read my blog this year (when I've been able to post).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This year has been a great year and I'm looking forward to 2013 with absolute enthusiasm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Bill & Giuliana have recently welcomed a new little boy into their family and decided a new home was in order too. I love their new home it has such a beautiful classic style. I also love how little Duke's nursery has been designed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have always loved this time of year, the build up to Christmas is always a fun and exciting time, now intensified for my husband and I by the fact that we have two little girls!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of course there are downsides to this festive time of year. I don't like the build up of traffic that can be found around every major shopping centre in Australia. I also don't like the fact that some people seem to go out of their way to be rude and obnoxious around Christmas time, which I assume is where the term "silly season" may have stemmed from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love experiencing Christmas all over again through my children. Watching their faces beam each time they catch a glimpse of one of 'Santa's Helpers' and of course watching them light up when it's time to decorate the Christmas tree. And let's be honest, it's pretty handy having Santa's Naughty List to use as a negotiation tool with them too - yes I'm one of those parents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each year I'm tempted to decorate and put the tree up earlier and earlier, but I promised a friend of mine this year that I would wait until 1 December. She is absolutely right of course, a month to a young child is a VERY long time and with the stores getting their Christmas stock in from early October in some cases, the long wait can start to take away some of the magic of Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The show airs on Lifestyle Home at 7:30pm each Sunday night on Foxtel, you'll want to Series Link it!</span></div>
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I love to keep up to date with what other designers are doing around the world. In Australia we definitely have our own style. This is obvious through our architecture and interiors, but more often than not, you can see our style has evolved from a base normally found in the Northern Hemisphere. Some of the most stunning interiors in the world were being created before our little land down under had even been discovered! So of course we are going to take cues from their designs and try to replicate it here. </div>
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Linda McDougald is a designer based in the USA and I could sit and look at her portfolio for hours, I just love everything she creates. The house featured below is located in Palmetto Bluff and would have to be my favourite. If you'd like to see more of Linda's portfolio you can go to her website: <a href="http://www.postcardfromparis.com/">www.postcardfromparis.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I thought for this particular post I would show some of the recent images I loved on Pinterest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The above mirror is from Pottery Barn. For those who follow the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matilda-Rose-Interiors/238117839561326?ref=hl" style="color: #6fa8dc;" target="_blank">Matilda Rose Interiors Facebook page</a></span>, <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you'll have seen our announcement about Williams-Sonoma Inc. opening a store in Bondi Junction which is so exciting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love the proportions of this room, the bright white finish with pop of purple and of course the pendants hanging above providing a beautiful contrast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This beautiful kitchen won the House Beautiful award for Kitchen of the Year 2012 and it's easy to see why!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My love affair with grey marble bathrooms continues, this is just stunning. I love the vanity and who can go past a claw foot bath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have always loved the idea of a conservatory, but living in Australia they would not be practical in Summer as you would melt into a large puddle on the floor! This room has a conservatory feel to it without the glass roof</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This particular living room was designed by <a href="http://changoandco.com/" style="color: #6fa8dc;" target="_blank">Chango & Co.</a> in East Hampton. I have fallen for this house, it's everything I love about Hampton's design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you have a spare $56m clogging up your bank account? If so, you may be interested in buying Australia's most expensive home (currently on the market).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Not surprisingly, this home is located on Wunulla Road in Point Piper. The interior was designed by Thomas Hamel. It has 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and some gorgeous guest accommodation. It really is a spectacular home with stunning views right back to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ah, imagine the decisions to make if you owned this home....cocktails on the lawn, by the pool or on the roof terrace!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">First up is this AMAZING glass tile. This is one of the most beautiful tiles I have ever seen, it shimmers and throws a silvery aqua colour depending on the light. We are using this as a feature tile in one of my clients bathrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I remember a few years ago someone close to me asking me what I'll do with all our furniture and decor once I get sick of it. I remember at the time thinking "what on earth are you talking about, this IS who I am and what I like, why would I want to change it". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The older I get, the more I realise that we have core beliefs and we have a core style. The other bits and pieces can change as we get older and change. For me, my preferred core style is classic-contemporary, it always has been and I'm quite sure it always will be. I guess the 'contemporary' part of that equation means that I can change things to keep our home decor feeling up to date (whatever that means at the time). Another massive change I've noticed in myself is my LOVE of colour. I can't quite explain how much I want to immerse myself in all the colour and pattern possible and when I say colour I'm not talking pretty pastels, I'm talking major, bold, vivid pops of colour! I'm thinking bold turquoise or fuchsia couches and heavily patterned accent chairs. I find it energising and invigorating and a perfect reflection of my little family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love it when I get some free time to browse the various design blogs and sites out there and see what beautiful products are being created all around the world. Here are a couple of the stunning products I've recently come across.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Most people who know me, know that two of my favourite things in interiors are watercolours and wallpaper. So it was of absolutely no surprise whatsoever that when I stumbled across this watercolour wallpaper designed by <a href="http://www.blackcrowstudios.com/" target="_blank">Black Crow Studios,</a> I was instantly in love! The vibrant colour and fluid form are just beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">KAS are Australian designers and manufacturers of some of the most beautiful and fashionable soft furnishings on the market. Stop by their website and have a look, you may pick yourself up a great bargain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now that our house is on the market, I've been getting some ideas together for what our new interior may end up looking like. My <a href="http://www.matildaroseinteriors.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/putting-our-house-on-market.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> included images of certain features I like, but now I'm thinking about colour, or more appropriately lack thereof!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">When we renovated our current home I was heavily pregnant. We moved into our home in the April and I had our youngest daughter in the first week of July. I'm not sure if pregnancy affects everyone in the same way it affected me, but I could NOT make a decision to save my life! Thankfully my Mum was around to <strike>force</strike> help me make the decisions I needed to when they needed to be made. The strangest thing that happened to me over that time though was that I wanted everything in warm tones. Now I'm not and never have been, a warm tone person and even with my Mum bringing that fact to my attention time and again I was adamant that my tastes had changed and I wanted everything warm. I have been happy with the colour scheme in our home, but now I'm starting to dream of crisp whites with blue/green accents for Summer and grey accents for Winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I just love how fresh and bright cool white interiors are. I realise some people may find them a little chilly feeling on a gloomy Winter day, but a lovely roaring fire is the perfect remedy for that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Florence Broadhurst was born in Queensland, Australia in 1899. By the time of her death in 1977 she had lived in Australia, Asia and England, performed professionally on stage, been befriended by royalty, exhibited her paintings and started an internationally successful wallpaper company based on her own designs. She was considered to be years ahead of her time, complex, eccentric and talented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Decades later the Florence Broadhurst designs are taking the US by storm! The designs are being featured through <a href="http://www.katespade.com/florence-broadhurst-d%C3%A9cor-shop/home-florence-broadhurst-d%c3%a9cor-shop,default,sc.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kate Spade New York</span></a>. In Australia, <a href="http://www.signatureprints.com.au/florence-broadhurst/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Signature Prints</span></a> owns the rights to the Florence Broadhurst designs and they produce everything from her famous wallpapers to fabrics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't think anyone can deny Florence Broadhurst was light years ahead of her time. If you are in Australia and love these designs, pop over to <a href="http://www.signatureprints.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Signature Prints</span></a> to pick up the fabrics or wallpaper of your choice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you are in the US you can purchase Florence Broadhurst designs on everything from playing cards and post cards, to a new dress, hat or dinnerset! Simply search the <a href="http://www.katespade.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kate Spade website</span></a> for Florence Broadhurst.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My husband and I have made the monumental decision to put our house on the market. I say monumental because we are yet to secure the property we really want to buy. We have decided that we'll be proactive and try to get ours sold, so we are in a better position to negotiate. There is the chance that this may all go pear shaped and leave us homeless! I'm just being a little dramatic there, as we can always rent somewhere until something else comes up, but we REALLY want this new house and are just praying that it all works out in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Anyway, my anxiety levels are rising as I think about the photographer coming on Monday to take photos, then there are the Open For Inspections that we'll be having in June. I've never gone through this process while still actually living in a house and it's a little odd to think about strangers walking through our house, looking at all of our things, while we aren't there! We trust our agent of course, but it's still a strange process to go through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So whilst I'm busy getting our house looking as good as possible, I'm also have little daydreams about what we'd do with the new house (who can resist the daydreams?) so I thought I'd post a few photos of the rooms I'd love to use as inspiration for our (hopefully) new home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I absolutely love EVERYTHING about the above property. The crisp white interior with the wooden beams, neutral palette and hints of seafoam green are my idea of perfection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm sure I have posted the above photograph before, but I just love this room. We have thrown around the idea of putting our girls into one room for a while and I think that if we do make a move then we will definitely do it. I think it's nice for siblings, especially sisters, to share a room when they are little. I'm sure as time passes and they become teenagers they'll want their own space, but it would be lovely while it lasted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The simplicity of this bathroom really appeals to me. I've mentioned before that I like white bathrooms, white kitchens and white bed linen, as I like being able to see that they are clean. But I also like white in a bathroom because it's not too fussy and allows you to relax in the bath without being visually bombarded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wherever possible I think it is a great idea to have built-in bench seating or banquettes. I remember <a href="http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Richardson</a> once saying on her show that she had fond memories of her mothers room because it had a sofa in it. She loved that she had a place to sit or sneak in and sleep in her parents room. Our girls also love to be in our bedroom and seating like this would be great for chatting away or giving them a sneaky place to creep into at night (although who am I kidding, our eldest always ends up in our bed!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Have you ever done anything crazy like selling your beloved family home in the hope of securing your dream property? As much as it will pain me to sell this place and still not end up with the other house, I think I'd be more disappointed if we just let the possibility pass us by without REALLY trying to get it. Wish us luck, we may just need it!</span></div>
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