One Interior Design trend I simply can’t get enough of is leopard print. There are certain conditions or rules though…
1. Less is more – Leopard overload is a one way ticket from tasteful to tacky.
2. Subtle tone – a garish print or the wrong shade is a NO. My favourites tend to be muted and skewed towards brown and neutral tones (not orange and certainly not any brightly coloured variations)
3. Furry? – If your going for the faux fur look it has to be high quality, cheap faux fur is just wrong
I L.O.V.E TIE DYE. These are my top picks…
Clockwise from Top Right – 1.Rockettstgeorge Linen Smoke Cushion £50, 2.Idyll Home Tie Dye Cushion £30, 3.Furbish Fuchsia Ikat Silk Pillow $45, 4. Anthropologie Fushion Cushion £168, 5. Rigby & Mac Tie Dye Linen Cushion £55
I’ve only just got back from the Novar estate in the scottish Highlands, and I’m already planning my next trip. The week included riding, hiking, shooting, spa treatments, and some serious 4×4 off roading – heaven. I got to use my new christmas present – a Fujifilm X100- to take some photographs of the beautiful scenery, and thought I’d post a few on here…
My Christmas wrapping & a few festive snippets of my home
Wishing Everyone a Wonderful Christmas,
Tatty Lace
Running dangerously late in my present buying quest and trying to keep down costs, I’ve come up with this idea, A two sided frame for my family to put on their desks. I’m going to customise them with a photograph of something dear to them and a calendar colour scheme to suit their personality or perhaps to correspond with the colour scheme in their office/ bedroom ect.
What you need
1 x two sided frame from Ikea £1
1 X free 2013 Calendar download
1 X photograph / image / sketch/ inspirational message?
Step 1. Making the Calendar, you can personalise it anyway you like! I used pixelmator to make mine …
2. Choose an Image! I am making this one for my dad so have decided to put a picture of his true love in the frame (his car!) I took this with out him knowing and edited on my phone using Instagram.
3. Make both components the appropriate size, 10cm x 15cm… And put them in the frame! I am Ill in bed at the moment so I haven’t gone out and bought the frame but below I’ve ‘simulated’ what the real deal will look like!
I think this will look great on his desk, and will be useful for the coming year. Below are a few more combination ideas for other friends and family.. and I think for £1 and a bit of imagination – you can’t get much better!
Tatty Lace
With the rise of incredible online platforms for artists via sites such as society6, Etsy,Nelly Duff, Redbubble and the Keep Calm Gallery – the message is clear – Posters are something to be taken seriously. They are a means of adding interest and excitement to the home without breaking the bank, and can be changed and updated which is ideal for those of us (myself included) that are perhaps a tad indecisive.
Below is a collection of interiors using posters to inspire, along with some of my favourite images..
Enjoy!
Tatty Lace
My latest Fixation has got to be copper home accessories. I Also have a new found cause of sorrow- my bedroom ceiling is too low for one of Tom Dixon’s beautiful spherical copper light fixtures.
Here are some of my favourite pinterest pics, along with a selection of copper products I wish I could afford.
Bonne Chance!
Tatty Lace
1. Chair, Anthropologie £178 2. Frama Kit Cable and Lamp Socket, Madeindesign £32 3. Innermost Octo Pendant, Madeindesign £1701 4.Copper Tray, Ferm Living £37.70 5.CopperPaperclips .. google it! 6.Pan set, Anthropologie £698 7. Hex Cooper Champagne Bucket, Selfridges £175 8. Copper Sink, The French House 9. Deer Coat Hook, DutchbyDesign £25
My Home design picks from november, clockwise from the top 1. Reindeer skin, Ham interiors 2. Faux box leaf topiary pyramid, OKA 3.Victorian wooden faux bamboo painted coat hooks, 4. Vintage framed strand poster, 5. Victorian taxidermy game hen in glazed wooden case, all available at The Vintage Wall 6. Glitzy Gold Garden Stool, Furbish 7.Aesthetic movement faux earthenware pot, The Vintage Wall 8. You Rock My Boat Cushion, Graham & Green.
Apologies for the delay in posting, I’ve been busy celebrating my 22nd birthday & writing assignments for my final year at Cardiff Business school in Wales. Todays post has been inspired by the dire aesthetic surroundings I find myself in and is thanks to another days dreaming about moving to my own home and escaping the ghastly student lifestyle I have become accustomed to.
All the Best, TATTY LACE
Tatty Lace 