Gr e y is certainly one of the hottest wall colours now that white is increasingly set aside in favor of more interesting options. As grey often is a bit cold, I love when it’s combined with warm purples, reds and pinks. And brown leather & woods. Here’s some great examples! Oh and I like the frame hanging to the left – a fun alternative to the gallery style.

There’s some exciting things going on at the Trendey headquarters right now! A stylist just vistited and tomorrow photo shoots will take place in my little abode. Stay tuned :)

| pic 1 & 3 via  living etc, feb 2012 issue / pic 2 via hus & hem |

And some info: We get quite a few questions on how to decorate a specific room. It’s nice to hear from you and our answers are found here. Now, we have been using our imagination on the basis of your descriptions, but in order for us to deliver advices and ideas that’s at least fairly appropriate, please attach a photo of the room in question (it is now possible via the contact form too) if you want us to think & feedback. Happy week!

 

In spring 2012′s colour scheme, faded pastels, beiges & greys are the main ingredients. Dark graphite grey provide the contrast. Add wood (preferably blonde) and glass or transparents. So says the trend oracles. Typically springish & nice! Above pic is a shoot of our dining area; pics below via sköna hem & skeppsholmen.

Love this composition! This is actually the same home as in this post (taken nearly 4 yrs ago; it’s quite cool to compare two gorgeous versions of the same room, and see how tastes & trends evolve).

Faded & beautiful. Top-trendy for spring 2012 and a slightly granny-esque or Faded Glamour vibe.

Lastly, I think the grey wall in this kitchen below is awesome.

Today I came across Alcro‘s brand new paint collection and Graham & Green‘s Autumn 2011 Catalogue. The themes were so similar it must be honored a post: Greys & beiges! These are pics from Alcro’s ad.natur paint collection. It’s inspired by something that makes us humans feel good: nature. Claiming that neither whites nor bright colours can give the calmness and harmony of beiges and greys.

I tend to agree. Last winter we painted our Stockholm-White bedroom beige (F&B’s Matchstick) and I still love it. It enlivened the room and make the perfect backdrop. One thing to keep in mind speaking of nature colours though, is that nature is also the dark blue sea beyond the beach, the field of flowers next to the industrial building and the drab green and rusty brown trees and hues in the forest. Nature has been endowed with the most amazing colour splashes and schemes. So could the decor :)

Moving on to the G&G Catalouge, it again strikes me how well beiges and greys – or  grey plus sand/beige/blonde wood – go together. I think it’s a really cozy vibe going on here. And there’s room for even more flower meadows and lush plantations…

The perfect guest room design. So calm & quiet, enchanting & downright pretty.

Trendey is now wearing a new costume and well, hope you like it! Some fixes remains though and if you see something odd (other than the usual trendey-odd) please tell. Trendey still sorts stuff in what is supposed to be useful categories – so browse around!

Today – or rather two weeks ago,… I just updated this outdated old post about trendey’s now former navigation system – I’m loving (still loving!) this framed collection of orphaned gloves, and the mushroom & lamp-display.

oh, and two more pics from the same lovely, lovely house:

| photos by Trevor Tondro for The New York Times |

I’m not sure why it is I like the composition of this room so much… It might be the eclectic completion! Or the fact that those peculiar wall-busts (don’t know their proper name, if they have one.) are wearing hats/or a wig? Could also be the interesting ‘dancing’ sign, together with the style-mixed chandelier and table, the painting in the back of the room and the big green vase…

| pic found via abigail ahern blog |