Green and Blue

Clearly its no secret my passion for blue....mix it up with green and you have the most striking and stand out colour scheme just the way nature intended, the green mountains against the deep blue sea, birds, flowers, the skyline, architecture, or fill a vintage blue ginger jar with palm leaves! the more I look around this colour combo makes perfect sense to me.

Image sources: refer my pinterest page Verandah House

Just Because

Just because.....it feels very me! 

This week at Verandah House we are off to the Sydney gift fair, its always an exciting time as we get to catch up with friends, buy lots of great new products and feel totally renewed and inspired, okay I may be getting carried away here, its not New York, India or Paris which is on our agenda, but all the same I often find some great new finds!

We are also on the look out for our new studio, I was super excited to find the perfect location, just what I was looking for only to find out in the recent floods it was completely covered in water to the roof, okay not such a great location after all...dont you hate when you get super excited about an idea and then bang its over!! I then found a fabulous old church and thought this could be amazing but then again it just felt too weird. I did hit the brakes of my car and had a near car accident when finding the most stunning old white building only to find the rent was in keeping with the exterior, way out of budget, the next attraction a stunning warehouse with old timber floors, timber beams and absolutely no car spaces or parking, do we need to park our cars? cant I take a cab? okay Im not thinknig clearly we do need clients to visit! 

I am discovering this exciting mission is not as easy as I hoped the ugly facades of commercial buildings are a mass compared to the unique character I would love to find, clearly I need a reality check or a big fat cheque book, anyway happy hunting we go!

Have a great week x

Greige

Is greige such a word? Its beige and grey combined so it sounds right! I did go through a stage when linen and french reproduction furniture was starting to be so mass produced that I took a run for it, when you start to go to trade events in Australia and see endless rows of the same thing its so easy as a designer to swear away from it for life but I must say its now been re-invented (Im not talking the same french style) in a more classic organic and rustic way, personally I love a man in a grey suit, hand painted grey and white tiles, silver finishes, grey walls with lots of white contrast and I'm absolutely obsessed at the moment with grey aged linens with tints of powder blues washed out to give texture and and an almost serene feel. To me colour is all about expression, its how you put a look together to create an ambience of stylish looks, timeless interiors and well travelled pieces.

Indigo Blues

Whether its tiles from Morocco  hand dyed fabrics from India stamped in beautiful designs, hand made pottery or the colours of nature, no other colour inspires and influences my design more than the colour blue!

Colour my life

Just thought I would do a quick post on some fun colour and whats inspiring me today, have a lovely day!

Shimmering Gold

The shimmering metallic colour has recently made a stunning resurgence, appearing not only in decorative objects and picture frames, but also in large scale furnishings and wall treatments. It can be as gleaming as chrome and silver, but gold has the distinct advantage thats its sunny in character and is infinitely warmer. I personally love using gold but I try to keep it more limited to a one off piece, accessories and frames. 

White Canvas

I love the colour white as its complete and pure, the colour of perfection. The meaning of white is purity, innocence, wholeness and completion. In psychology white is the colour of new beginnings, wiping the slate clean, so to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written upon. While white isn't stimulating to the senses, it opens the way for creation of anything the mind can conceive.

I thought my post on White was symbolic to new beginnings....my office is organised and spotlessly clean, files sorted and new stationary ordered all ready for a New Year!

I have also made a few changes to my Verandah House facebook page, rather than posting lots of individual inspirations pictures, I am now linking each post to my blog, I think its more interesting and fun that way! I am now on Instagram wow is that addictive and of course I can always be found pinning away on pinterest!

Have a great weekend see you Monday x