Monthly Archives: February 2014

“Vintage with a modern twist” - I’ve decided this is what I’m going to call my decorating style.  I like things old with a sense of history (oh how I love to meander around an auction house!) but I also like things new and contemporary.  So you can imagine I was quite pleased to read on the web this week that “blending modern and vintage décor can be sophisticated chic”.   

Lately, we are seeing a lot more freedom and expression in homes with less restrictions on fitting into a certain “style”.  It’s all about mixing it up – patterns, textures, colours, metals and woods, periods of furniture, high-end, low-end.  No more matchy-matchy and stuck in the one era (hooray!).  I think the best way to sum it up though is it’s really about injecting all the things you love into a room and making it feel yours.  Below are some pics that show a whole

I suspect that my thumb is beginning to turn a little green….judging by the amount of indoor plants that are starting to populate my house.  From what’s buzzing around the web lately, like them or loathe them, there is no denying that indoor plants are back – and thriving.

I’ll admit, not so long ago the thought of an “indoor plant” brought  flashbacks of the 70s and 80s (having suffered a serious overdose of maidenhair fern).  Now I LOVE how house plants make me feel.  They can breathe new life into a room adding touches of green and texture, but mostly they can really personalise a space (and you know how much we like to make a space feel our own).  Oh, and if you’re wondering, I’ve fallen back in love with the maidenhair fern (in fact, I’ve got a rather magnificent one growing in my dining room).  To help you on your way into the

A new year brings new trends and judging by what the team at BedNest HQ are reading on the web and in magazines, the colour spectrum for 2014 will be heavily dominated by turquoise. This has certainly got us all a little excited….

What’s not to love about turquoise? It’s wonderfully versatile – it has both warm and cold undertones which means that that it pretty much works with any colour (yes, even yellows and oranges).  When teamed with white, it can bring to a room a calm beach vibe (think Mediterranean) or it can be incredibly glamorous – especially (and this is when I really do get excited) in bolder hues set against metallic and/or black (or, if you are feeling brave, animal print).

This is an image the team spotted on elledecor.com