Bright, Fresh, Inspiring ~ Home!

Freshome seems to have me pretty well tagged. 


Begin with a clean, fresh, bright backdrop and then have fun with color. Change the look at your whim. Change the colors with the season ... or *against* the season.

The 'KISS' philosophy works in decorating, too. Or, at least, it works for me.

Yes: I could live here. It wouldn’t look nice, neat (and white) like this for very long, but I’d have fun decorating and I love love love the space and light!

And, if truth be told, there is only one thing I would immediately change: those woven straw circle rugs outside and in the bedroom have gotta go. They may look pretty (which they do), but I'm a sock-wearing klutz and I'd be slipping flat on my keyster every time.

This playpen was designed by Jordi Vayred via Inspiring Interiors. Freshome can be found here.

Forward My Mail ... Looks Like I'm Moving. Again

Bright and Spacious Apartment in Sweden

From the wonderful site, Freshome.com, here is my next home. 

The commute from Sweden will be tough and the language barrier will probably be more than just a little bit difficult but ... for this view and for this space? Totally worth it.

Bright.

Sunny.

Open.

Fresh.

Yeah. I'm moving. Okay. I'm probably not. But wow! I do love this space!♥


xo Karen

You can find Freshome here.

Paper or Plastic? 10 08 05

HUGE wall decals seem to be all the rage right now ... For me, I think I'm going to stay away from them.


Now, I am a great wall paperererer. *Really* great. Sincerely. And I've tackled just about every type of wall papering project possible.


Cathedral ceilings and walls curving into ceilings. Stretchy vinyl (yuk) and the good you-put-on-the-paste papers. The easy pre-pasted and the paper you have to trim first. I've papered curved walls and postage stamp powder rooms. And doll houses with real pain in the butt tissue thin paper-paper. Paper with stripes, with 3 foot repeats, with 3 inch offsets. I've papered ceilings by themselves.


There is no papering project that frightens me or that I wouldn't tackle. As long as I have the right equipment and the proper ladders ... and as long as I am doing the project by myself.


That last part is very important. If you are able to wall paper even one little cracker box room with perfect walls only, and with the one you love ... and *continue* in love after the papering project has ended (successfully or not) ... you are a far better person than am I.


Painting, you ask? ugh. I hate painting, I'm not sure if I hate it because I'm a terrible painter (which I openly admit) or if I'm a terrible painter because I hate painting ... but, there it is: I don't like painting.


Now comes: Room decals. They are everywhere. Large palm trees, cherry trees, kids on swings, peacocks, chickens (ok, those *did* catch my eye).  But, no no no: I will not be tempted. No. I have the definite feeling that, one way or another, should I decide to try a wall decal (which is unlikely), I'd end up with a huge ball of tangled plastic for my $$ and effort.


Yep, a complete waste of money for me. I have no doubt.


But now *these* decals! How cute are *these*??! These are cute. And do-able. Small room, geeky decor, kid-room friendly, Karen-project friendly ... yeah, I think these are as cute as can be. These playful stickers were created by illustrator Ziemowit Maj and, once again, I found via the wonderful peeps at Freshome.com ~ just a wonderfully clean, bright, innovative site.


Enjoy!
xo Karen

7 Playful Stickers for Creative Light Switches

You'll find Freshome.com here.

The Suitcase Hang Up 10 07 26

Rapidly becoming a fave for me ~ Fresh Home Interior Design and Architecture has presented another show-stopper ... this time for storage. 

I'm not sure if it is the wonderful styling, the *look* that I'm liking (which I do) or if I truly believe this could be something that would actually work in my home.

Sadly, I think the idea would turn out to be something that is dogs/kids/the Man-friendly in my imagination only.

...:::sighs:::...

But ... I surely do love the styling.

The idea comes by way of Lotty Lindeman, a young Dutch designer with great flair and wonderful ideas. Find her site here.

Fresh Home is here.

Home, Sweet Little Swedish Home 10 07 22

I don't usually do this, but when I saw this beautiful (and wee !) home feature in Fresh Home Interior Design and Architecture, I had to save it .... and show you!


A dream home for me ~ it has a pink couch :)


The little home (actually an apartment)  is very small: 650 square feet. But with so many windows, the boundaries disappear and, with that, the smallness is disguised.


So: Small (think: little cleaning), bright and airy (think: photography), cheerful (think: dead of February). And, in Sweden (think: not New Jersey).


Okay, that last wasn't fair. I like it here on the Jersey Shore. But Sweden? c'mon. Sweden! And the terrace view? wow. I do love this little jewel!


So ... Enjoy the view :)

via Alvhem

Fresh Home is here