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2012 Colours: Deep Blue & Industrial Yellow

Mia — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:55:23 +0000

Checking back on the year past, I found that the most read post during 2011 is Different Shades of Blue. It’s a post from ’09, all about the colour blue. It’s obvious that blue (with its 74 post tagged) has been a pretty stabile theme here since Trendey first went online in 2009. So how about 2012′s blue?

Trend reports say it’s time for blues with underwater depth. Bright midnighty blue. Like inky night skies. In general, International colour trends 2012 by Akzo Nobel says this year’s colours are full-bodied with lots of charachter and meaning, but also tender hushed pastels, chic neutrals and edgy brights. The industrial style is still vivid.

The 2012 blue is particularly well paired with industrial yellow.

Just like the Swedish flag! Hurray to us ;) It’s a great colour combo and I’m actually planning on doing something exciting – though small-scale – with F&B’s Drawing Room Blue and the interesting yellow Babouche. I might paint some frames or other stuff for the bedroom wall. And maybe, just maybe (if work load allows) the light airy blue in my home office/our guest room will go midnighty blue. Stay tuned for the results.

| click pics for source |

Happy January!

Beautiful Blues

Mia — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:34:21 +0000

| via sf girl by bay / marcus hay |

There’s some new blues in town this season – like the very fashionable cobolt blue – and overall many variations of strong blues. I like the strong blue vibe yet I fancy the blue-greens too. Here’s a bunch of interesting blueish styles.

| one of those lovely, lovely pics from Tricia Guild’s home |

| a room at the zetter townhouse |

Gorgeous Bathroom

Mia — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:27:25 +0000

I love bathrooms like these! With a vibe. I’ve said it thousands of times and I say it again: Swedish bathrooms are the most boring in the world. More often than not they look like a surgery room; all tiled, all clean and desinfected. All white or some other boring colour. Rarely decorated at all…Not sure what it is exactly with this bathroom, but I guess it’s the wonderful sunny wall and the relaxed look of things that makes it. The stoney thing next to the shower. Oh and I just adore the colourful toilet paper :)

| via 1 kind design |

Smashing Oriental Colours

Mia — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:21:47 +0000

| ideat |

| sea-sex-sun |

And yes, I still work like a horse. These gorgeous pics cheered me up, hope they do the same for you :)

Something green…

Mia — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:34:41 +0000

…inspires me today.

| pics via country living uk, marieclairemaison & vtwonen |

Update: If you like the nature inspired orangey prints above – I’ve got a tips for you! Have a look in this Etsy-shop; I especially like this print with a bird and the E is for Entomology – lovely insects in watercolour!

SS 2011 Trend Colour: Yellow

Mia — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:14:34 +0000

It is spring approaching summer and we see COLOURS. Striking bright and vibrant colours from All The Rainbow. Especially irresistible are the yellows – from the fresh sunshiny shade to the most poppy citrus hues.

| images: vtwonen & russh magazine (top) and style.com & vtwonen (bottom) |

Beige Love

Mia — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:09:21 +0000

This spring I’m in love with beige. The New White. So sad it has such a ‘beige’ name, because with this colour in home decor, things aren’t automaticly weak and dull – quite the opposite: beige actually has more spirit than white (what colour hasn’t?!), it’s earthy and pleasant; it’s the ideal backdrop to many many styles. Just look at these pics and tell me beige aint beautiful…Our bedroom walls are now painted and ready and we are so happy with the results! (We used Farrow & Ball’s Matchstick, an amazing hue, will get back with pics soon) Also, it seems we’ll go for beige dining chairs! Enough love bombing on beige now, here’s two more lovlies.

| images via marie claire maison & three potato four blog |

Ooo I Like It

Mia — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:07:01 +0000

This home is featured in Danish Bolig Magasinet headed “Luxury home on a budget”; through a thorough search for 2nd hand stuff you can surround yourself with great things in spite of a relatively modest budget. Danes, Danes, Danes….they are so creative and fun! A style that is very much Scandinavian, but far far from rigid white, bright fresh and sterile.

The residents themselves say it like this:

It’s all about mixing styles, to buy a few things of good quality, to know your local charity shop and plow through ‘Den Blå Avis’ [the Danish equivalent to Craigslist/Blocket] In addition, online auctions such as Lauritz.com and Qxl.dk are great places to make good purchases. There’s really no reason to buy everything new.