One of the best ways to bring life to a design is by contrasting materials. A great example can be seen here in Phoebe Howard’s rustic bedroom design:
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Crisp white, clean soft bedding..
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..in a rustic loft bedroom. The bedpost and window is a perfect match in shape.
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A small side table with a bar-tray.
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Perfect lamp! A modern classic.
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Bedroom doors are exchanged for white flowing curtains!
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Click the pics to view them in full size on Phoebe Howard’s site!
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Remember this post? Well, here is another excellent example of how to do the nautical style in a subtle way:
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Cream and navy blue living room. One detail that makes a great difference in adding a nautical feel is wood paneling half or one fourth of the way up to the ceiling. Keeping the Background light and accessorizing with navy blue does the trick.
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A perfect mix of clean color surfaces and pattern is key. Stripes and plaid are both great for the nautical theme. When mixing pattern, be sure to pick very different patterns to go together, not two different striped patterns, but rather one striped and one checkered.
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White and navy blue kitchen.
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This blue and white nautical kids bedroom is just perfect! Double bunk beds. Check out the bed-lights.
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These gorgeous designs are all created by Sherrill Canet, you can visit her site here!
Remember this post on the gorgeous design by Sarah Richardson? Well, now it’s time for more!
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This is the laundry room of laundry rooms! Grey, silver and brushed steel theme, with frosted glass cabinet doors and glass jars for soap powder.
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Now this is a posh stairway! Grey and white, with a gorgeous classic bench.
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Grey dining room with shiny pearl wallpaper and a lucite chandelier. By replacing the inner row of chairs with a bench seat you get the restaurant look, lol.
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Cozy built-in home office. White and gray. So many lovely details!
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Another entry, grey “accessorized” with yellow rain boots, lol.
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View more pretty room designs on Sarah’s site!
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Now lets have a look at some soft living rooms with lots of natural daylight:
Nice natural fiber wallpaper. Peach, white and wood. I would change the table (don’t think the circle and the square go well together) and the picture in the frame (the frame itself is great!).
Another light bright room. Soft green carpets, beige wall and white furniture. This classic room might benefit from a more shapely lamp, but i see they are going for the straight lines around the sofa. On a different note, those sofa legs remind me of thighs with fat rolls on them, LOL..
Similar color palette, but green on the walls and beige carpet. Cute pillow-choice, with two of them matching the curtains. Simple lines and lots of soft pillows!
Mustard, white and beige. Again with pillow-curtain matching.
If you want more details about these rooms, go visit House to Home!
Jill Crawford is an American interior designer and graphic artist. Let’s take a look into Jill’s spectacular home!
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Living Room:
Elephant, horse, owl, dog, turtle, peacock.. oh, and a black raven. The girl likes her animals!
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Love the yellow details on those cabinet doors, not to mention the ox-nose-ring door knobs!
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Soft and lovely.
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Bathroom:
Those tiles are so incredibly fantastic! (I know, but I am very excited about this, okay? lol)
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Kitchen:
Sam color palette, and lookie what we’ve found.. a butterfly and a parrot and (the shadow of) a bird!
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Bedroom:
Love the lamps! Oh, is that two more birdies I see? lol
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I am speechless. If you crave more pics of Jill’s extraordinary home, make sure you visit Designsponge here and here, you may also view more work by Jill Crawford on her own site!
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Looks like a big trend in rug design is imitating nature. Here are some great rugs:
This is Pebbles:
Sand:
Lava:
Anemone:
Pebbles and Sand are designed by Norwegian designer Ksenia Movafagh at 2 Form Design. She has also designed a rug called Tundra, you should definitely take a look at it! Lava and Anemone (those are not official names by the way) are designed by Belgian designer Laure Kaisers.
These pictures are from the HGTV Green Home 2009, and I must admit I REALLY LOVE IT!
I love the Mediterranean feeling throughout the house. The use of a neutral palette of greys and beige, spiced up with fresh, but not too bright colour in the detail.
