A BUNCH OF TWIGS

I was visiting The Lennoxx the other day and Linda had a great post on a bedroom done by Thom Filicia.  He had the perfect little night table in this room:

I love tables with branch and twig bases and I thought I’d look around and see all the different ones I could find. 

Elte Sherwood Accent table

via Houzz modern family room design by new york architect Dufner Heighes Inc

via Houzz contemporary living room design by san francisco interior designer Michael Merrill Design Studio, Inc

contemporary living room design by san francisco interior designer Michael Merrill Design Studio, Inc

 There’s even a DIY to make this table at The Style Files. 

Jayson twig table via HarmonyandHomeblog

Here’s a metal version

viaStylehive

Another one using twigs and LED lights.

via West Elm

  viaRoomRemix

viatheHouzz

viaDecorPad

Did I mention that they are everywhere?  They are tiny and versatile and bring a little of the outdoors in…I know what I’ll be looking for…

I believe that every space can be comfortable, warm, elegant and beautiful. I would love to help you achieve your beautiful space!

Email me at lisa@lisagouletdesign.com or if in the Ottawa area call me at 613-762-0818.

Lisa

THEY CALL ME MELLOW YELLOW!

Love that song!! 

“Colour is but a sensation and has no existence outside the nervous system of living beings.” Nicholas Ogden Rood

Okay, I have been very delinquent about my colour posts. 

So I am back at it with

YELLOW!!!

Most people have strong feelings about Yellow – they either love it or hate it!  I used to hate it but there is one thing about studying colour and design – you really do learn to love all the colours – as you find out all about them and how they all have their place in the rainbow!

Colour psychology tells us that extroverts like warm colours and introverts like cool colours.  Yellow then is a colour for extroverts.  If you like yellow you’ll find it cheerful, radiant and expansive.  If you hate yellow it’ll make you nervous, anxious and irritable. 

Physically yellow can annoy and agitate us but it also sharpens our memory (think yellow post it notes) and stimulates us intellectually.  It can make you cautious – as in yellow street lights or very talkative. 

Yellow doesn’t seem to stay put – it seems to float into the air like sunshine.  It falls between the extremes of red and violet – it is closest to visual light and is perceived as sunlight’s natural colour.  It appears to illuminate and so it advances towards us. 

Now for some interiors.  Yellow can be glamorous and classy as shown in the following photos.

 Isn’t this a breathtaking bathroom?  It’s so glamorous!

Here’s a transitional living room with a pale yellow wall that works beautifully with the stone wall and the navy couch.

A modern, feminine space where the turquoise background wall and even the exterior blue light compliments the hits of yellow. 

What a handsome vignette!  Showcasing how beautiful yellow and gray can be.

Or it can look fun, playful

and flirty as in the

following rooms.

This room has yellow and it’s compliment purple to showcase both the colours. It is fun and young at heart.

A fun children’s room highlighting again how well gray and yellow works together.  Cute monkey!

It can even have a welcoming and classic country feel…see these below.

 COME ON IN!!

A warm entryway that has classic tones with the marble tile floor and the urn on the console – not to mention that beautiful wooden door and transom window feature.  Painting it yellow makes it less formal and more casual.  Did you notice the cute painted scene on the console table?

Navy and yellow is such a timeless combo and works its magic in this room. 

The dining room in the same home – can’t you just smell the apple pie?

And last but not least striped yellow & white fabric used in a modern way on the headboard. 

Hope you enjoyed this trip

through the colour yellow!

 I believe that every space can be comfortable, warm, elegant and beautiful. I would love to help you achieve your beautiful space!

Email me at lisa@lisagouletdesign.com or if in the Ottawa area call me at 613-762-0818.

Lisa

 

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BASKETS, VASES, PAILS, BOXES

Okay, I have to admit that one of my secret, well maybe not so secret obsessions is organization and storage.  I have a small addiction problem collecting containers of all types, shapes and sizes.  I love baskets, vases, pails, boxes, apothecary jars any type of container that can hold things….  I have quite the assortment in my home and cottage and I can’t stop buying them.  I move them around from room to room, home to cottage, cottage to home and change what I store in them almost constantly. I love to find a different use for containers that I hadn’t thought of before.  Here’s some that I have and some that I covet.

traditional bedroom design by seattle architect Bosworth Hoedemaker via Houzz

Such a beautiful armoire…I love armoires and the baskets on top just add to the love.

eclectic kitchen design by new york architect Dufner Heighes Inc via Houzz

What a great unfitted kitchen!  This table/island is spectacular!  Look at those legs!

traditional kitchen design via Houzz

I love seeing baskets in the kitchen.

traditional kitchen design by philadelphia architect Felhandler/ Steeneken Architects via Houzz

More baskets in the kitchen…..

traditional home design via Houzz

I love the woven stool – but I really love the wooden box!

This is an old sap bucket that was left at our cottage so I’m now using it as a vase….

These cute little galvanized pails (from Pottery Barn) are adorable for holding little necessities and they remind me of my sap pail.

This is one of my favourite container to use as a vase, it’s actually an old metal coffee/tea jug.  But I think it is perfect as a flower holder….

I have some of these in my kitchen as well also holding lemons and limes, faux pears and wine corks and some in my bathroom holding cotton balls and Q-tips. These canisters can be used everywhere and for everything.  The pail in the back is pretty cool too!

I love this retro mint green tin container which is in my laundry room filled with detergent. 

Here’s some great glass boxes (also Pottery Barn) that you can use to store or display lots of things…imagine some sand in the bottom with your special seashells from your last beach vacation…..

And of course Ikea’s Emu boxes – I have these everywhere….

One of my favourite things from Ikea - their Antonius basket insert but my daughters and I use them for makeup storage.  Two of them fit perfectly in my long shallow bathroom drawer for keeping eye shadow and lipstick sorted and tidy.

I am loving these Winston baskets from Pottery Barn – they would be great for magazines, too…

Even my pets find new ways to use my storage items.  Here’s how Pixie and Milo like to use my new Pottery Barn basket, which is on top of the bookcase!

Do you have any unique containers that you use in interesting ways? 

Desk Participation

Many thanks to Emily A. Clark who posted photos of readers' desk on her blog this week. This is the photo of mine that appears there. Check out the rest of the beautiful offices for some inspiration at http://emilyaclark.blogspot.com/2010/04/reader-participation-time-your-desks.html .

I believe that every space can be comfortable, warm, elegant and beautiful. I would love to help you achieve your beautiful space – email me at lisa@lisagouletdesign.com or if in the Ottawa area call me at 613-762-0818.