a lovely lovely bathroom w grannyesque / faded glamour vibe

faded walls & full simplicity, just on the edge to look like a prison cell…

and an effortless, whiteish but homey kids room

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I hope you’ve all had a wonderful start of 2011! If not, It can only get better :)

You will see some changes in Trendey this new year and one of those is I’ll post less often. Sad but true, need to finish some work. And that’s why this post is looooong! Can’t stop you know. Last year Trendey saw a huge rise in visitors and it has been great researching the field of interior decorating giving you the trendiest of trends right on spot. The two people me and Henen have inspired most the year passed is……tada, Mia and Henen! Nevertheless, we are sincerely thankful and very happy for all the comments, all lovely words, all advices and ideas you, trendey.com-readers, has given us along the way. You rock.

Now here’s a roundup of major style trends happening right now. First of all, the Dark Painted Walls and the Boho-charm. Two longlasting favourites.

Moving on, we of course have the retro styles. The 50s came very strong in 2010, but we have a hot 70s on and also a 80s vibe surely even 90s waiting around the corner. Retro is the word, design pieces are key. Orange and caramel are two smokin’hot colours.

And let’s not forget the 40s and the decades behind. Personal favourite. Within this lies what I refer to as Faded Glamour, the granny-esque vibe and the Granny and Grandpa-style. Also a retro style, but one with war times, family, nostalgia and memories written all over it. It’s feminine, rough romance and/or Grandpa-ish.:)

Lastly, as we’re speaking of more lasting trends, not mayflies (there are a lot of those, look out for recent themes in the Decor Trends & Tricks section), we have on the one hand the recent ethnic-eclectic very globetrotter-inspired theme, and on the other  -  the trendy countryside: countryish and simple spiced with something. For example: art.

| pics: photographer lucas allen, photographer mark roper, stylist leesa o’reilly, leva & bo and house beautiful UK, feb 2011 |

Discuss!

An excellent n’ easy DIY example! And I am not primarily thinking of the gorgeously granny-esqish lace-pimped speaker – or the lovely wall colour -  but the rice lamp with flowers. Just take a cheap boring rice lamp, glue and anything you fancy. Go slaughter a bunch of old plastic flowers (like in this case) or some beautiful gift wrap you saved, or this that and even those, yes!….and tada! Your own design is the very best design.

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Global folklore, handicrafts, knitted decor – they are all part of one major interior trend this season. I think these images, from Country Home & Interiors (Nov 2010), have a fresh folksy feel. An inspiring merger. Stylewise it’s like a hybrid of country and folklore with a touch of light bohemian. Added a slight granny-wibe.

Rough and delicate at the same time, these gorgeous Nomad lamps have rock-chic boudoir written all over them! I’ve clicked home two which arrived today – yay!! -and I’ll be using them as bedside lamps in the guest bedroom in our new house I think. At the moment though one is serving as a desk light hanging above my desk in the flat and the other has perched itself on the window sill, the naughty little bugger.

[Nomad lamps from Rockett St George]

| Photographer: Graham Atkins Hughes |

…at Atelier Abigail Ahern – where else..! Abigail Ahern is one of our, maybe our, favourite interior designer here at Trendey, and her Atelier always has the most exciting decor pieces. Just look at the pics above, it’s a sneak peak from their new lighting and art collection…Poodles, bulldogs and pelicans are wearing the coolest granny-esque lamp shades! And to the right, the softest yet boldest paintings. How quirky, how amazingly whimsy crazy…

And look that wall colour! Ok, enough said. I just came back to Stockholm tonight from a loovely weekend in London visiting my dearest sis Henen :) Trendey-sisters gathering. We made loads of plans, but as far as this particular topic is concerned, we of course included the Islington store in our shopping spree. This time I bought some more of the beautiful flowers and some small bits and pieces (minding the bagage rules for my flight). Now how is this place (below) for inspiration? Incomparable. So much beautifulness and trendiness.