Pink… a color that signifies sweetness, the color for young girls, and yes it can also be a color of love…not as intense as red but more soft, silent and charming. For most of us ladies, pink is the color we love when we were still little girls, the color our mothers favor for our dresses, ribbons, school things and other girly items. As we matured, some of us moved on to favor other colors than the girly old pink but still once in a while we get to see pink items that melt our hearts and deep inside us we once again feel how good it is to see one familiar color from our yesteryears that is so dear to us that reminds us of happy girly days and playful times. A touch of pink in our homes can be a good thing, it may even brighten a dull day and add a little whimsy to our home life.
Would you take this Tudor Style Mansion?
It is celebrity home tour today… and it is Mel Gibson’s multi-million dollar mansion we are going to check out. This luxurious 16,000 sq ft Tudor-style mansion in
photos: DailyMail
Feeling Beachy
There are moments when you just want to have a quiet and relaxing vacation somewhere idyllic and laidback (preferably on an island hideaway but a quiet uncrowded beach would do too) but just can’t because of some job or responsibilities you have to face and focus on at the moment. And this day is one of those for me … I’d love to go somewhere but can’t for the moment, and when I feel this way I always opt to do the next best thing … browse some beachy images. Photos and images that depict relaxation, calmness, sun, and water never fails to lift up my mood and make me smile inside. Beachy images makes me feel the rush of the waves on my legs, the sensation on my feet which I get from walking in the sand, and the breeze of fresh air on my face. Ahhh…it is good to feel beachy once in a while.
Fab Floors
What floor coverings we have in our home spaces directly affects the aesthetic, feel, and atmosphere of our home. Our floor is our walking surface and we use and see it everyday. Because of modern technology, we now have a wide variety of floor coverings we may choose for our home spaces like carpets, rugs, laminates, bamboo, wood, ceramic, tile, stone, linoleum, and rubber among others. Organic and eco-friendly floor coverings are popular these days and they usually add a nice texture to your floors. Carpets and rugs are among the most common floor coverings we see around, actually it is a floor covering above another floor covering which is your main flooring. Carpets and rugs beautify rooms and spaces, no doubt about that, but there are also so many interiors that are without a carpet nor a rug but are also lovely and oh so fabulous. Don’t get me wrong, I love carpets and rugs on the floor but sometimes it is just so refreshing to have your floors bare of such elements and just feel the raw flooring on your feet and give emphasis to the beauty of your main floor covering.
Home Spaces made more beautiful by Flowers
Flowers make a room look more vibrant, fresh, and homey. It does not really matter in what part of your house you want to put some flowers, these days you can put them practically anywhere… in your entryway, living room, dining room, kitchen, and even in your bathrooms. Flowers inside your home need not be too many, big, or placed in the center of the room to create an impact, flowers just never fails to brighten up a space. Flowers are sure to make any part of your house more vibrant, fresh and homey and if your flowers have fragrance then you get to enjoy its lovely smell too.
These rooms may be aesthetically fabulous already but they are made more beautiful by the addition of lovely flowers in them.
Country Style Spaces that makes you go Awwww….
These are country style spaces that makes you go Awww…because they are so lovely, nice, and oh so charming. You just gotta love the fabrics, the choice of furniture in each room, the use of colors and flowers, and the unmistakable warmth and homey feel of each of these beautifully designed country style spaces. These are from the portfolio of Diamond Baratta Design, a partnership of William Diamond and Anthony Baratta. Diamond founded his interior design firm in 1974, and Baratta joined Diamond 25 years ago. The focus of the firm is Architectural Interior Design and Decoration. Together, they are heralded as “Decorating's Dynamic Duo” by critically acclaimed House Beautiful magazine.
photos: Diamond Baratta Design
Amazing Kids’ Bedrooms
Vallone Design is known as the premiere golf clubhouse designers. They have many wonderful and brilliant luxury residential interiors and hospitality projects under their belt. I am especially fond of their kids’ bedrooms which are really amazing… always fun, lively, colorful, safe, and functional. The kind of bedroom that would inspire kids and make them proud of their own private place, a place they would remember for the rest of their lives.
photos: Vallone Design