Color and Paint


Zen White Loft

This is the beautiful other wordly home of designer Johanne Riis. A perfect blend of zen white with splashes of bright red inspired by Japanese Zen with simple lines and spaces filled with light.

Now this one is going to be image heavy so bare with me, it is totally worth it!

A great work of art this exquisite painting by artist Paul Trajman.

The contrast between the stark white of the walls and this bright blood red painting is mesmerizing.

The modern kitchen with the best high end appliances.

The ever present white, in the chairs, orchids, floors, walls and table.

White stained timber floors and the presence of orchids.

The white washed dining room.

Stunning high ceilings.

white lounge and dining

Beautiful big windows drench the room in light.

white open windows

A white grand piano in the lounge room.

grans piano white

white living room

white lounge

The master bedroom in the attic space. Painted a pure white making the few bold pieces of art in other colors stand out.

The elements of surprise are never ending, every time I go through these pictures I find something new!

Images courtesy of elle.es

Botanicals in Monochrome

An absolutely striking combination for your home is to add cushions with a botanical motif in a black and white monochrome scheme.

Let’s jump right into some wonderful examples of this idea.

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black white cushion

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botanical cushion

black and white pillow

from miliboo.co.uk

The next four gorgeous cushions are from Coast Style and Living
black white cushion

leaves cushion

tree black white cushion

cushion

The following two cushions are from Olive and Joy.

Japanese cushion

Mellow Yellow

Now I’m talking about yellow, yellow as the main inspiration behind everything. Could you possibly ever feel even a hint of depression in a house made up exclusively of yellow sunshine inspiration. Why don’t you be the judge! Could you live in a house like this? Do you love it or is it a tad too much?

It is definitely inspired by …mellow (or not so mellow) yellow!

living room in yellow

clock side table

book case

This room was designed by the www.jeffersdesigngroup.com

Well Placed Damask

Really love this bedroom with it’s muted colors and elegance.

I like the clever way the damask pattern is matched to the wallpaper and the fabric of the throw pillows and curtains while the headboard and other elements are kept neutral, it gives the room a polished look.

pink damask bedroom

damask bedroom

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Lemons in a Bowl

I recently went to a bridal shower where I saw this cute and quirky decorative idea that just blew me away, it’s pretty simple: Lemons in a Bowl! Really it’s a lemon centrepiece, so easy to do and so stunning to look at!

The first awesomely pretty example comes from Sitting in a Tree.

lemons-bowls

Next we have lemon filled vases with yellow flowers, so gorgeous. In this version cut up lemons floating in water.

yellow lemon and flowers vases

A few floating lemons in very tall vases.

Beautiful lemon inspired centre pieces perfect for a wedding from getmarried.com

and another from http://www.mostellermansion.com

lemon centrepiece

lemon lime center pieces

You get the idea! and you can substitute the lemons for limes, oranges or any citrus really or even create a combination – there are no limits to what gorgeousness you can come up with!