wallpaper designs

I am crazy about this room I first saw via The Pink Pagoda. When I researched it thinking it was very expensively done, I was very pleasantly surprised. The chairs are from Ikea. I suspect they are the Harry at $49.99 that they slipcovered in a blue and white stripe. One could also use Henriksdal for $89.99 that you can get with a long white slipcover. The really big surprise is that the slipcovers...

I finally managed to make some pictures over the weekend of some quick and easy changes I made to the living the other week. I love my low cabinets with the self made wooden top on it. {see them here: My home in Decorate Workshop} but felt like changing things a bit. I took off the wooden planks and the black and white frames and made a collage of pictures on some canvas frames... What do...

 It is my wonderful daughter Kate's birthday today. Wow does time fly when you are having f...

Chinoiserie and black are an ideal combination of elegance and sophistication. Black may be in the form of black painted walls, Chinoiserie wallpaper, a piece of black and gold lacquered furniture, a black and white toile fabric, a Chinese screen, or perhaps Chinese Chippendale chairs. Even if you adore color, an element of black in a room is a great way to ground the space and add contrast. Check...

How do you fancy this easy DIY idea where a Swing is used as a bedside table? I think it is pretty cool. Although I love the natural look of it I can see it in all black already next to my bed!&nb...

Embellishments Design StudioSo perfect for a girl's bedroom - Lilly Pulitzer dragon curtains in hot pink, Chinoiserie walls in mint green, and an emerald green pagoda print from The Pink Pagoda - preppy, girly Chinoiserie. I love this color combo - I even have a Pinterest board on pink and gre...

A look I am seeing more and more is window frames painted black, either left bare or dressed very simply as in the Ellen O'Neill apartment just below. Although one can find many examples of this trend, I especially like black windows juxtaposed against Chinoiserie as here - with blue and white Chinese porcelain above, Chinese toile fabric just below (Cowtan and Tout's Siam), and Chinoiserie wallpaper...

'Fashionable living' is written by Copenhagen based Naja Munth, fashion designer and cofounder of Munthe & Simonsen. In the book you'll find pictures of her company, fashion and living. These pictures are from her own home in Denmark and photographed by Morten Koldby. In 2010 she designed a collection of Home accessories called 'Casa de Luxe'. Many of the products can be found in her own...