A little note from a corner of our house…

Apart from the fact that I obviously fancy drink trolleys - they add so much to the atmosphere! – and I really like this turquoise industrial one, there’s two other favourites in this pic. (Or 3 with the cockatoo, 4, 5… I like all my things! :p). Mainly though, I cherish the old pendulum clock which my late Grandpa Sven got when he quit his job as a private chauffeur in the 50s, and – a newly discovered beauty: the pantop lamp from VerPan designed by Verner Panton. I love its finish, the bell-like shape & the textile cable. Happy wknd!

We are just moving into a new home decor season – the lovely fall of 2011 – so what suit better in this downtime of news than to (again) summarize some ongoing trendiness. Without claiming to be complete, of course. Now to start, the allover trend is of course UNDECORATE! Coined by DwellStudio’s Christiane Lemieux, the no-rules/non-decorating approach to interior design is gaining ground steadily. A close friend to, and sometimes inseparable from, the good ol’ (awesome!) eclectic style. Laid-back, funny and personal.

All the oddities. Of any kind. Busts, psychology heads or any other fairly quirky & odd object. The science trend also shows a lot of anatomy posters, bell jars, eye tests and well, you name it. And we’re into retro, retro, retro! Retro might be the strongest trend of the 2010′s, so far and I wouldn’t be surprised if totally (I mean we have yet to see the full swing of 80s and 90s.). Moving on, home decor smacks of creativity. It’s the #1 feature of the undecorator. Personal collections in a variety of ways, e.g. mood boards, are typical (and functional) interest-adders to a room.

And the letters and numbers of course (companioned with vintage signs and messages). Oh, and the hotter than hot drinks trolley. Crazy popular.

Wallpapers are as popular as dark or mildly painted walls (or white walls, but I wouldn’t admit that, you know how I feel about white :p) Preferably Granny’s old wallpapers. And we’ve seen loads and loads of world maps and globes:

Riding us into the globetrotter-trend. With kilim (or kelim), ikat and other ethnic inspired fabrics and patterns. And to close for today, all the wild & creative frame groupings. To display art, pant hangers are useful or well, just ordinary clothes hangers can also do.

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This trend is by no means brand new, but the drinks trolley is surely appearing more and more often. Here’s Victoria Smith’s and here’s some other nice ones. And speaking of trends, the pic below is a display of trendiness.

The sofa, the tiny tables, the anatomy/biology posters – everything!
And the drink trolley, it can have innumerable looks. Retro, industrial, elegant…

..or arty. It’s a cool, beautiful and actually very useful piece of decor.

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..is how Victoria Smith of fantastic blog sfgirlbybay describes her interior design style. In an interview at the newly launched online magazine Rue (check it out, it’s a good read!), Victoria shared images of her new house along with decorating tips. When talking about the decor style of her new home, here some of what she said,

“I like the rooms to have a sense of humor to them, to be comfortable and cozy, but I wanted a more mature look…I like surrounding myself with bits of the past…Everything in my home is evolving, a constant work in progress”.

And doesn’t her home look great as a result! I really like the relaxed yet sophisticated look and the mix of influences in her style. In the eclectic dining room below, the Knoll chairs + rustic farmhouse table + 50′s style side cabinet + chalkboard black walls is a killer combo!

And isn’t the bedroom below beautiful? Normally I’d find the all-white approach a bit boring, but here the warm and shiny wooden floor and all the gorgeous furniture and accessories more than make up for it. I particularly like the bedding and the turquoise details – so pretty and very much on trend!

All images via Rue.

The drinks trolley, tea trolley or serving cart – its uses are endless -  has in recent times emerged as an interesting interior design item. Be it the 50′s vibe or 60′s return or the 70′s dinner parties making itself felt, this is a piece of character. In modern, traditional, retro, Scandinavian, eclectic or chic – it always finds its place. And right on spot in the ‘display your things’-trend.

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50′s interior design style is burning hot right now! It has crept up slowly with just the odd 50s design classic here and there, like the string bookshelves and the Eames rocker for example, but now the interior design world appears to have fully embraced this decade as a source of inspiration. Here at Trendey we see more and more room designs with strong influences from the 50s (such as the pic above). 50s style is characterised by clean simple lines, rounded edges and a celebration of form as the focus of design. Some of my favourite 50s style items would be a simple teak drinks trolley with smooth curves, a cuddly radio set (so retro cool it hurts) and above all the super chic PH lamp (if only these ph-antastic lamps were cheaper! :))