Spring is a time of new growth, warm weather and colours to lift your spirits. One of my favourite colours for this is yellow. I thought I’d jot down a few tips for using yellow in decorating. Warm yellow is one of my favourite colours, always giving me positive energy and feeling optimistic and happy…
Kitchen makeover
My husband and I worked on a renovation project recently – it was a major structural renovation, modifying the internal layout, removing internal double brick walls, creating new rooms and cutting openings for windows. Everything internally was either demolished or removed. This is the before and after photos of the kitchen. …
Decorating – how much colour is too much?
Have you every toyed with the idea of redecorating your home and felt confused? Wondered what colours to use and how much? Should you paint a feature wall? Is that colour too dark or too light?
Colour therapy colouring books
You’ve all seen the latest craze – colour therapy colouring books – hard to miss as they are literally everywhere. And I have to say they are amazing in a multitude of themes for adults and kids. I did buy one at my local supermarket and I have done some colouring, not completely hooked yet. Have…
Field of Flowers – my new artwork
It’s such a beautiful warm autumn, I felt inspired to create some artwork. The collection is called “Field of Flowers” and is available at my store on Zazzle. The colours are bright and I’ve chosen them for a specific reasons as all colours have an effect on how we feel. Voilet is balancing, relaxing and…
Colours for a Supergirl inspired 5th birthday party
Turning 5 is a big event for a child – finishing preschool or daycare, ready to start primary school – a coming of age! I was so excited when my daughter was coming up to 5. We do small parties with a few friends at home, the challenge of a January birthday in the heat.
Relaxing soft green and grey bedroom colour scheme
I was given a brief to create a colour scheme for a bedroom for a husband and wife. The scope was to use colours for a soothing and harmonious room, to create a feeling of being in nature, quiet colours to relax after a day at work. There were no real likes or dislikes of…
Autumn pieces for decorating
Following on from my last post, I’ve come across some great decorating pieces to bring the warmth of autumn into your home. This Rapee Destination Cushion from Temple & Webster has different tones of orange and texture to add interest. Would look fabulous on a dark chocolate lounge. And this Glass brick vase, also from Temple &…
Bring autumn colour to your home
It’s been a long hot summer in Sydney and now we can feel the, early morning chill in the air – autumn is coming! Autumn has long been my favourite season being a huge fan of the beautiful tones as leaves begin to change colour. I was in a lovely café in Dubbo on…
Commercial colours that grab your attention
Marketing companies spend big bucks on getting colours right to sell their product service by changing the way you feel, be it in a big way or a small way. There’s an interesting case near me that I wanted to share, a simple use of colour to change the way a building feels. We knew…
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