Sharing inspiration for small and cozy Main bedrooms. Not everyone has a large master bedroom – especially if living in an older house. But having a smaller space doesn’t mean it has to lack style!
Charming Farmhouse style bedroom!
A French or Alpine style bedroom.
Now, just because the room may be small, it does not mean canopy beds or bed crowns are out!
Okay, so this is not a main bedroom… but it’s cozy and super charming!
I love this French inspired house in the South, as featured in Atlanta Homes Magazine. Interiors were designed by C. Weaks Interiors . Photos by Erica George Dines.
I love this front porch! It has many of my favorite things: bricks, working shutters, and lanterns!
The ceiling here is beautiful in the living room. Of course I have my eye on the armoire.
A few more select photos from the house. Love the Mora clock and all of the armoires! Head to here for the full article and more pictures!
Confession: my guilty pleasure is watching the Kardashians. When I saw Kris Jenner’s new home which contained a dish room, I drooled! First at the room, then at the dishes!!
Her collection is drool worthy!
Dish rooms are nothing new. For instance, here is a dish room with Sevres from Marie Antoinette’s apartments.
Perhaps you are familiar with the White House’s China room?
Here, another example of an antique dish room in a palace in Austria.
Bunny Williams has a thing for dish rooms. She has several of them in various estates.
I like this modern one – tucked into what looks like a coat closet. The lighting elevates the look.
Dish rooms do not have to be fancy a la the White House. Here is a simpler design but filled with stacked dishes!
I like the plate racks on this one below to store plates with 3D decorations. Here it looks like simple shelving was placed into a room. Something that can easily be done in your own home!
Beautiful room filled with colorful dishes! I like how the one below is organized by color.
Do YOU have a dish room? I am thinking I might need one by the time I’m done collecting…
Hot of the presses… Travertine is coming back! But, did it ever really leave? Travertine is classic, in my opinion, and never really went out of style. It has been used for centuries starting with Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. During the most recent travertine trend, the stone was cut in a “tumbled” fashion. I suspect as it makes it way back around this time, it will have sharp lines/edges, fluted, or large slabs. As when most materials come back, they come back in a new way. (example – 1980s polished brass hardware with the 2020s unpolished brass hardware).
When I saw this kitchen below, I knew I had to write this article!
Diego Delgado-Elias created an all travertine island, countertops, light fixture and range hood to compliment the original travertine floors in a French farmhouse, as seen in Architectural Digest. Notice the original floors are tumbled cut, the new travertine island has sharp clean lines.
Travertine is a classic and I’m glad we are seeing more of it! Here is a villa in France with original travertine floors and staircase.
Remember when I wrote that the grey trend is over and making way for warmer colors? Well, travertine is a perfect compliment to warmer, creamier colors.
Here we have a travertine bath tub and flooring. Notice the floor tiles are 12×24 with sharp cut edges.
A bathroom with a travertine counter with a waterfall edge. It feels very modern. I would love to see a big antique oil painting juxtaposed with the clean lines!
This bathroom has onyx tile with creamy travertine floors.
A bathroom with brushed brass, travertine and white subway tile.
I actually think we will see a lot more of fluted travertine used as backsplashes, like the one below.
Travertine is also making a comeback in the form of furniture. Here are two examples of travertine tables.
Below, travertine is styled in multiple ways – flooring, walls, table, and fluted fireplace detail! It is a little modern for my own preferences, but is an interesting example of what I believe is coming next!
Excited to see more travertine used, as I am a big fan of the natural stone. I have used it in my own home too. So glad it’s back, but… did it ever really leave??
Some of my favorite and prettiest French country chandeliers and sconces are on sale, 20% off! Sales goes through this Memorial Day weekend! Shop all of my finds below!
A newly remodeled farmhouse located in Luberon, France. A decade ago, Alexander Lafourcade updated the house. Then another facelift occurred by Diego Delgado-Elias. The house was featured in Architectural Digest, which you can read all of the details and full article here.
The kitchen was done in travertine to compliment the home’s original travertine floors.
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This French blue dining room by Kim Armstrong Interior Design is very interesting because of the stained blue wood ceiling! It is an interesting way to add a pop of color to the room.
It’s been a few years since I’ve shared one of my favorite things: French Bistro Shelves! My original post is here, and today I’ve rounded up new inspiration for you! I’ve also found a few sources for shelving for your own kitchen!
Here is a modern version of French bistro shelves by Becki Owens
I’ve linked some French Bistro Shelves for you below
Ever since Brooke and Steve Gianetti shared this house in their newest book, Patina Homes, I have loved this house! But now you can see it featured in this month’s Veranda Magazine! Photos by Lisa Romerein.
Look at this beautiful living room! I love it all! Come style my house.
The house exterior is lovely! The shutters are Farrow and Ball French Grey. I love the landscaping!
Their living room is right ”on trend” with their color schemes. Remember that I wrote cognac and cinnamon browns were coming in with greens? Well, voila! However, these are really quite timeless looks. I love the antique tapestry! Swoon!!
A look at the living room from another direction. I love the indoor/outdoor living space that California is famous for. I love how the beams are on the inside and outside.
This kitchen is so light and airy! I love the windows right behind the range. I have never seen that before. I love the lantern pendants too.
I love this formal dining room. The cabinet built ins remind me of something you would see in a chateau. Mahogany furniture lovers rejoice! Do you see the table and chairs? I love that chandelier too. The drapery is kept light and simple – and at perfect length and proportion.
The breakfast room is just beautiful! I love the beams and built in cabinets with a window seat! If you have an arched window or door, take note of how they installed drapery over this one.
The grand staircase. I love how they put a tree in it!
The pool and pool house. I love the overall feeling – a Mediterranean spa vibe here! They kept the same color trends in the pool house as the rest of teh house too.
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I recently posted a video on Instagram and Tiktok that the grey design trend is over. Before you get upset about this statement and @ me, this is not me who decided this. Just search the internet and you will see tons of articles about this. Trends naturally evolve. And that’s just that, they are trends. I mean, the industry has to have something new to constantly sell us. Let’s just review a few design trends through the decades:
1980s – glass block squares, mauve
1990s – white kitchens, forest green, polished brass
2000s- Tuscan browns and yellows, home offices with cabinetry galore, roosters
2010s- grey trend, farmhouse, shiplap
2020s- black and white, cognac colors, small square tiles
So does that mean the color grey is over?! No! Grey is a great neutral color and goes well with so many things. The grey color is never going away (and I will show you, has been around forever). In fact, I’m having some grey cabinets installed. But why am I have grey cabinets installed if I just said grey is over? BECAUSE I LIKE GREY! What is on the “outs” though is the grey monochromatic look – where literally every single thing in the room is grey with all surfaces grey. But if you like that, that is totally fine and totally okay to decorate in that style!
And that’s the whole point of this post. You should decorate your house with what you love!
But first, look! A room that is grey, way before our current trend.
Remember Pierre Deux? All of trends of the 2000s right here. And guess what? I like it a lot! But good luck finding fabrics. I WISH I stocked up on their toile before they went out of business. It is so hard to find good toile these days – they come in two color ways and its the same pattern.
I like to read the design magazines, follow Pinterest, read other blogs and social media accounts to be aware of the trends. I like watching how things evolve. It can be great inspiration; maybe you’ll see some things you like. But we all can’t go redoing our kitchens every 5 years to keep up with the trends. So it is very important, especially in big purchases, to make sure you really love it before investing a lot of money. If you are aware that you like the item because it is trendy, then perhaps choose a less costly way of incorporating the trend into your house. An example would be to use throw pillows to introduce the trendy color.
As you know, I love French country. It recently had it’s moment, and it’s ”over”. Remember Restoration Hardware had their big Entablature mirror? Oh how I loved this piece. It eventually went on clearance, and now it is gone. RIP RH Louis XIV and neoclassical inspired pieces. But does that fact that many popular box stores don’t carry that much French country anymore keep me from liking French country aesthetic? No!! I can find it online still (well, except Pierre Deux toile fabric)! Brown French antiques are cheaper right now since they are not popular, FYI.
Also, this is picture has a lot of grey everything that is ”over”, I like it a lot, except the light. I have liked it for at least a decade. I would add a pop of color somewhere… why? Because that’s what I like!
So I don’t decorate ”to keep up with the trends”. The reason is because I would not be decorating my house for myself. I’m the one that lives here after all, so I am the one that needs to like it. Home is where the heart is. So put your heart into your decorating and decorate with what you love. So if that means I’m keeping my furniture brown and riding through the paint-your-furniture trend, then so be it! My antique French armoire has been brown for 200 years and will be for another (200?) more.
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I love this modern Frecnh farmhouse kitchen by Nate and Jeremiah. The cabinets and countertops are classic, and never go out of style. I adore the French antique pendants. Beautiful kitchen!
When I saw my first Maison Bagues light it was instantly love at first sight! Originating in Paris in the 1860s, Maison Bagues is known for its beautiful bronze and rock crystal sconces and chandeliers, often with whimsical motifs. It is most well known motif is the bird, which appeared in its designs in the 1920s and has not left.
Aren’t they just beautiful? What makes these unique is that they are made from rock crystal, a type of quartz. This is different from traditional crystal which is glass.
I love this birdcage chandelier! oh my!
They also did many floral and vine motif sconces.
I love this big chandelier!
There’s something interesting about pairing a fancy sconce next to a weathered mirror.
They also designer other whimsical shapes. Such as this ship pendant chandelier which is in Kirsten Dunst’s home as seen in Architectural Digest.
I love these unusual sconces with the arrows and wreath.
Below are a pair of unusual candelabras sold at a Sotheby’s auction
Are you drooling yet?! Well, I linked a few for you… in case you have a few $$$ you want me to help you spend…
Inside Gwyneth Paltrow’s home, as featured in Architectural Digest. By Mayer Rus photography by Yoshihiro Makino Styled by Colin King. I am sharing my favorite parts of the house!
I love the entryway and the mixture of modern and classic. The fireplace is Chateau Domingue. I love the black and white checkered floor. She states she wanted it to feel like the old houses in Europe. The bones of the house are classically decorated, and then the furnishings are modern.
The dining room is beautiful. While modern furnishings are not personally my thing, I do love the handpainted wallpaper, the molding, and the fireplace! I think the herringbone floor is interesting too.
I have to stay, I love the plate rack installed. The natural light with the stainless steel doors is wonderful too.
Let’s talk about her SPA! yes, she has a spa in her home! Faucets are waterworks.
Her pool is ery simple. I love all of the olive trees.
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I have always loved the bedroom nook look and am sharing cozy bedroom nook inspiration. Wouldn’t it be nice to snuggle into bed under dim light reading a good book?
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I am sharing pink bathroom inspiration as Valentine’s Day is around the corner. I also have a feeling that the pink bathrooms of yesteryear will be making a return to design but with a modern twist.
First though, I had to start with this very glamorous pink bathroom!
Modern tile in a blush pink shade… this is the sort of modern twist I think we will be seeing in the next two pictures below.
Simple squares in a classic retro pink
Pink and black retro bathroom
retro pink chevron tile
If I were to do a pink bathroom in my house though, it would be more something like this (granted I know it is more green than pink)
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