All of these images and more are available as stationary, wall prints, cards, and much more! Tell them I said hi if you pay them a visit!
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Showing posts with label walls. Show all posts
September 2, 2009
Raven & Lamb
I received an email today from Maz & Kata over at Raven & Lamb. I've never heard of them before, so you can image my surprise when I saw these.....
All of these images and more are available as stationary, wall prints, cards, and much more! Tell them I said hi if you pay them a visit!
all images from Raven & Lamb
All of these images and more are available as stationary, wall prints, cards, and much more! Tell them I said hi if you pay them a visit!
all images from Raven & Lamb
December 15, 2008
Etsy Love: Plaksels
Dutch Love = Plaksels
snowflake winter vinyl wall decal, 26.50
branch vinyl wall decal, 39.50
three birds vinyl wall decal, $9.95
December 2, 2008
I'm Back!!! NEW Surface Collective
I'm officially back from Colorado! What a great state in the grand US of A!!! Although the altitude unexpectedly bothered me, overall it was a great trip! Fresh air, beautiful rocky mountains, not to mention fabulous shopping! I have a few pictures I'll share with you later in the week.
I spent most of yesterday going through a gazillion emails, making this weeks to-do list, not to mention catching up on laundry, I'm so sorry for the wait everybody! While I was gone, a whole whack load of new exciting things filled up my inbox, the most exciting for me being Surface Collective, remember I talked about them here a few months ago? Well they've just released some new wall decal designs, and they are better than ever! Kudos to my fellow Canadians!
I spent most of yesterday going through a gazillion emails, making this weeks to-do list, not to mention catching up on laundry, I'm so sorry for the wait everybody! While I was gone, a whole whack load of new exciting things filled up my inbox, the most exciting for me being Surface Collective, remember I talked about them here a few months ago? Well they've just released some new wall decal designs, and they are better than ever! Kudos to my fellow Canadians!
clockwise from top left, sunlight is gold, weekend in Miami, undermine, & incognito
Surface Collective has also reduced their prices on their most popular designs, they've introduced 4 new designers, and will be releasing laptop skins! Yay Surface Collective!
clockwise from top left, damask, flo, lost lenore, & bamboo
Has anyone tried out these wall decals? I'm seriously considering some for our new apartment that we're moving into next month. Wow. We're only a month away from our move already. Here are a few that I'm considering for our combined living/dining room.
top - bye bye blackbird, bottom - woodcut
What do you think?
November 11, 2008
Trend Tuesday: Greige
Yay! We've found our new apartment. Well, it's a condo actually. Much larger than where we are currently, and BONUS, our new landlord is going to paint for us as well.
For the master-bedroom, we are going with my new favorite neutral, GREIGE!!! Love it!!! Yes, you've got it right, it's a combination of gray and beige, but it's got such an urban feel to it.
We've gone with Behr Paints, Gentle Rain. It's perfect! The Behr ColourSmart site doesn't do it justice compared to the actual sample. It's my new favorite!
image from another shade of grey
image from apartment therapy
image from apartment therapy
image from domino magazine
For the master-bedroom, we are going with my new favorite neutral, GREIGE!!! Love it!!! Yes, you've got it right, it's a combination of gray and beige, but it's got such an urban feel to it.
We've gone with Behr Paints, Gentle Rain. It's perfect! The Behr ColourSmart site doesn't do it justice compared to the actual sample. It's my new favorite!
image from another shade of grey
image from apartment therapy
image from apartment therapy
image from domino magazine
November 4, 2008
Trend Tuesday: Tick Tock {clocks}
I'm noticing clock motif's on fabric and jewellery, and I don't mean on a traditional watch. Necklaces, tapestry's, sheet's, and of course in the traditional manner, a functioning clock. Here are some of my favorites.
Talin Wall Clock, Crate & Barrel
.....unique contemporary design, you may be watching this clock longer than any other
Numbers Wall Clock, Crate & Barrel
cutout tumbling numbers form the face of this contemporary clock.
A great conversation piece!
Gomitolo Knit Clock, The Conran Shop
...has a soft ecru knit cotton cover..comfy! bonus feature,
the cover may be removed for washing.
Around The Clock, White, The Conran Shop
...works by the numbers rotating clockwise behind a static right arm...neat!
Talin Wall Clock, Crate & Barrel.....unique contemporary design, you may be watching this clock longer than any other
Numbers Wall Clock, Crate & Barrelcutout tumbling numbers form the face of this contemporary clock.
A great conversation piece!
Gomitolo Knit Clock, The Conran Shop...has a soft ecru knit cotton cover..comfy! bonus feature,
the cover may be removed for washing.
Around The Clock, White, The Conran Shop...works by the numbers rotating clockwise behind a static right arm...neat!
October 29, 2008
New Releases from The Poster List
It seem's like forever since the last release of The Poster List, with their ever popular Keep Calm and Rock On print.
Here are the last 3 prints, just released this week, and available for purchase here.
Here are the last 3 prints, just released this week, and available for purchase here.
Walloper Wall Decals: Toronto Transit series
October 19, 2008
Color 101, why you eat the large fries instead of the small
I have been holding on to a Pier 1 gift card for a few months, as the past few times I've been in the store, nothing in particular jumped out at me saying "buy me!". Today, was a different story as I walked out with 3 new throw pillow's for our living room; navy, hunter green, and ivory with a blue coral pattern. Now I have too many throw pillows (8 in total), but that's for another post for another day :-)
I started to think about why and how we're drawn to certain colors, and it took me back to my first day in design school during our color theory 101 class. Ever color carries with it a tendency, feeling, it's own personality. A certain color you wear can actually change your core body temperature. Yes, I know it's hard to believe but its true.
For example, for about the past year or so, I've been decorating our main floor, living/dining room in a combination of blue, green, and even dark purple accents. I've chosen the blue and green simply because both provide a calm, relaxed, clean feeling, in any room. The purple is found only on a candle I have, mixed in with some other neutrals, but it's just enough for the space.
Every color provides a feeling, and even a purpose. Here's a short list of the more popular colors, have a look, and maybe you are choosing that fuchsia slipper chair for a reason.
Cool Colors: blue, green, turquoise, silver
All of these colors have a very calm, and relaxed feeling to them, and are often used in that applications, such as in bedrooms, ocean-side hotels, and outdoors on front porches and patios.
These same colors can provide the opposite feeling as well, cold and impersonal, sometimes blue, or "feeling blue" is associated with depression. No, I'm not saying that if you paint your house blue you'll become depressed, but for a persona that has a very busy and hectic lifestyle, painting a room the right shade of blue, or the right combination of cool colors can provide that person with the space they need to unwind, and relax.
I think I started to use blue's and green's to calm down our own home. My husband and I have very busy lifestyles and our home is where we relax and wind down. Just the right shade of blue helps us do that.
Warm Colors: red, pink, yellow, gold, orange
Warm colors are exciting, bright, and happy. If you were to wear a red sweater, or t-shirt, your core body temperature would actually increase. Red instills confidence, power, and boldness. My mother always told me to put a red sweater on if I was down in the dumps to help to lift my spirits, the scary part, is that it usually works.
Orange is known as a stimulant..it motivates emotions and even your appetite. Ever wonder why the Harvey's fast food chain in Canada had orange decor for so many years? Do you wonder how the small fries you wanted initially turned into a large? With gravy? That's right, orange makes you hungry.
Mixed Cool/Warm Colors: Purple, lavender, green, turquoise
This color group can be used in almost any space, as it will go almost anywhere holding both cool and warm color attributes. These colour both warm and excite the senses.
Turquoise makes me think of the Caribbean sea, but also the warm sun the Caribbean provides.
Neutral Colours: black, brown, gray, white, beige, ivory
These colors, I will admit are ones that I am most comfortable with, but in what I wear, and in my own personal home.
All of our furniture is neutral; khaki sofa, dark brown coffee table, dark brown dining set, etc. These colours to me are very natural, and remind me of the outdoors.
Neutrals help us to focus on other colors in a space, and to even tone down colors that may be overpowering on their own. For example, you may have a large piece of artwork you would like as your focal point in a room, the artwork using a very bold colors such blood red, and burnt orange. If you pair that painting with a red sofa, the red in the painting will blend with the sofa, creating a softer impact than if you paired that artwork with a neutral colored sofa. The neutral sofa, in a neutral room would make that piece of artwork your focal point.
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There are countless textbooks written on the theory of color, too many to count. All I can suggest, is when choosing a color, go with your gut, and go with what makes you happy. It's your home, and it should look & feel exactly the way YOU want it too.
all images above from Domino Magazine
I started to think about why and how we're drawn to certain colors, and it took me back to my first day in design school during our color theory 101 class. Ever color carries with it a tendency, feeling, it's own personality. A certain color you wear can actually change your core body temperature. Yes, I know it's hard to believe but its true.
For example, for about the past year or so, I've been decorating our main floor, living/dining room in a combination of blue, green, and even dark purple accents. I've chosen the blue and green simply because both provide a calm, relaxed, clean feeling, in any room. The purple is found only on a candle I have, mixed in with some other neutrals, but it's just enough for the space.
Every color provides a feeling, and even a purpose. Here's a short list of the more popular colors, have a look, and maybe you are choosing that fuchsia slipper chair for a reason.
Cool Colors: blue, green, turquoise, silver
All of these colors have a very calm, and relaxed feeling to them, and are often used in that applications, such as in bedrooms, ocean-side hotels, and outdoors on front porches and patios.
These same colors can provide the opposite feeling as well, cold and impersonal, sometimes blue, or "feeling blue" is associated with depression. No, I'm not saying that if you paint your house blue you'll become depressed, but for a persona that has a very busy and hectic lifestyle, painting a room the right shade of blue, or the right combination of cool colors can provide that person with the space they need to unwind, and relax.
I think I started to use blue's and green's to calm down our own home. My husband and I have very busy lifestyles and our home is where we relax and wind down. Just the right shade of blue helps us do that.
Warm Colors: red, pink, yellow, gold, orange
Warm colors are exciting, bright, and happy. If you were to wear a red sweater, or t-shirt, your core body temperature would actually increase. Red instills confidence, power, and boldness. My mother always told me to put a red sweater on if I was down in the dumps to help to lift my spirits, the scary part, is that it usually works.
Orange is known as a stimulant..it motivates emotions and even your appetite. Ever wonder why the Harvey's fast food chain in Canada had orange decor for so many years? Do you wonder how the small fries you wanted initially turned into a large? With gravy? That's right, orange makes you hungry.
Mixed Cool/Warm Colors: Purple, lavender, green, turquoise
This color group can be used in almost any space, as it will go almost anywhere holding both cool and warm color attributes. These colour both warm and excite the senses.
Turquoise makes me think of the Caribbean sea, but also the warm sun the Caribbean provides.
Neutral Colours: black, brown, gray, white, beige, ivory
These colors, I will admit are ones that I am most comfortable with, but in what I wear, and in my own personal home.
All of our furniture is neutral; khaki sofa, dark brown coffee table, dark brown dining set, etc. These colours to me are very natural, and remind me of the outdoors.
Neutrals help us to focus on other colors in a space, and to even tone down colors that may be overpowering on their own. For example, you may have a large piece of artwork you would like as your focal point in a room, the artwork using a very bold colors such blood red, and burnt orange. If you pair that painting with a red sofa, the red in the painting will blend with the sofa, creating a softer impact than if you paired that artwork with a neutral colored sofa. The neutral sofa, in a neutral room would make that piece of artwork your focal point.
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There are countless textbooks written on the theory of color, too many to count. All I can suggest, is when choosing a color, go with your gut, and go with what makes you happy. It's your home, and it should look & feel exactly the way YOU want it too.
all images above from Domino Magazine
September 22, 2008
Wallpapering everything but your walls
If they could only come up with a simple way to remove it, I’d be on it like glue (no pun intended). I am absolutely LOVING the new patterns coming out this fall, and spring ’09. Although I don’t think I could personally commit to putting it on a wall, I would most definitely consider using it in other applications such as in a frame, on on a piece of furniture. What? Wallpaper furniture? Yes, my friends, it can be done.
Here are a couple example’s of some DIY wallpaper project’s that don’t include a wall.
• Book covers
• Drawer liner
• Back of a shelf or bookcase
• Cover the outside of a dresser
• In a frame
I found some examples on over Apartment Therapy illustrating these examples of framed wallpaper, both new pieces and vintage:
images from Apartment Therapy
There is a great DIY project on Design*Sponge with instructions on how to properly line dresser drawer’s:
images from design*sponge
On the left, this gorgeous bookshelf is on Apartment Therapy, love the boldness of this pattern! On the right, these Ikea storage boxes covered in pretty wallpaper are shown in a house tour of fellow Canadian Claire Louise Milne over at decor8.
images from Apartment Therapy and decor8
Here are some beautiful patterns I found from Farrow & Ball that I absolutely this would be beautiful in any of the applications noted above. F&B’s patterns are subtle elegance at it’s best.
images from Farrow & Ball
Ferm Living, a Danish design company specializing in “graphic lifestyle” products; includes not only wallpaper, but wall stickers and fabrics as well. Their design’s are simple, yet timeless and fun. A few of my favorites are below, and the best part about them is that they do ship to Canada!
images from Ferm Living, clockwise from top left, fairy flower, wilderness, berry black, tree bomb
There are hundred's of applications for wallpaper, besides the wall, and I encourage you to try them all. I did a google search and found hundred's upon hundred's of online resources, so don't limit yourself to the big box stores. There is so much more out there to choose from!
Here are a couple example’s of some DIY wallpaper project’s that don’t include a wall.
• Book covers
• Drawer liner
• Back of a shelf or bookcase
• Cover the outside of a dresser
• In a frame
I found some examples on over Apartment Therapy illustrating these examples of framed wallpaper, both new pieces and vintage:
images from Apartment TherapyThere is a great DIY project on Design*Sponge with instructions on how to properly line dresser drawer’s:
images from design*spongeOn the left, this gorgeous bookshelf is on Apartment Therapy, love the boldness of this pattern! On the right, these Ikea storage boxes covered in pretty wallpaper are shown in a house tour of fellow Canadian Claire Louise Milne over at decor8.
images from Apartment Therapy and decor8Here are some beautiful patterns I found from Farrow & Ball that I absolutely this would be beautiful in any of the applications noted above. F&B’s patterns are subtle elegance at it’s best.
images from Farrow & BallFerm Living, a Danish design company specializing in “graphic lifestyle” products; includes not only wallpaper, but wall stickers and fabrics as well. Their design’s are simple, yet timeless and fun. A few of my favorites are below, and the best part about them is that they do ship to Canada!
images from Ferm Living, clockwise from top left, fairy flower, wilderness, berry black, tree bombThere are hundred's of applications for wallpaper, besides the wall, and I encourage you to try them all. I did a google search and found hundred's upon hundred's of online resources, so don't limit yourself to the big box stores. There is so much more out there to choose from!
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