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have a good weekend x

Happy Valentines

For this evening, make it lovely, take your little ones to bed with you, read them stories, bring a glass of red wine to bed with your lover, put pink sheets on the bed and enjoy Valentines Day.

All images via Pinterest.

Visual Essay

A visual essay on shape, color, light, entrances, concrete, paint, of images I have collected on Pinterest. It is an invaluable tool. I meet many designers who are using this site developing concepts for projects and with clients. It is so useful.

Contemporary Pink

Pink is a color usually associated with the feminine. But it is remarkably fresh in clean and contemporary lines and placed next to black and gray it is striking.

I have noticed over the last few weeks, this light and  fresh version of pink is showing up in several products, chairs, storage, lighting and ceramics. A few of these items in your home will bring Spring early.

Cabinet by Montana

Ceramics by Tine K Home

Lolita Pendant by Mooi

Gray, Black and Soft Pink

A black, white and gray color scheme and all the variations and nuances of these amazing neutral colors are very prevalent in all collections of furnishings, fabrics and paints today. Sofas are covered in graphite, mercury, steel, silver, ash, charcoal and slate. They are colors out of the earth, colors of industry, colors of stormy weather and yet they are remarkably calm and elegant.

I have often heard it is a non-color, grays are so often associated with a dullness, being bland and corporate but mix it with pink it becomes sophisticated and fashionable and so pretty.

Fabrics from the top left are from: striped silk from Henry Bertrand, Storm, Andrew Martin, Pale Rose, Designer's Guild, center: Steel, William Yeoward, Starling herringbone, Sofa.com, Silver, Sahco.

Pink and Blue

I was lured into the website of Carma a company of lovely wallpapers, each more lovely than the next. But the pink and blue, so pretty... it will be sunny and warm in London today, have a good weekend.

Shades of Grey

50 Shades of Grey is the book and topic of the moment with the publication of the trilogy this Spring. The erotic novel is exciting imaginations, I haven't read it yet but what stimulated my imagination was the mix of erotica and the color grey.

The color grey is everywhere today from shoes, handbags and scarves to wonderful selections of paints and fabrics for interiors. Grey in the bedroom was usually left for a discerning gentleman's room but a quick look through magazines and blogs show grey is used with mystery and a sense of eroticism with the addition of  some gold or a romantic chandelier. Pink is always an excellent compliment with grey, and a flattering color.

With white, grey textures of cashmere or flannel adds a seductive touch. A color we should reconsider.

Pink and Gray

With the cherry blossoms all over London and today with cloudy skies, the city is all pink and gray, the roast lamb with wine was delicious yesterday, hope you all had a happy Easter.

Tulips

Here in London it is Mothers Day, my dearest and oldest friend has brought me tulips. For all mothers everywhere I wish you a happy mother's day.

Hearts

 Happy Valentines Day  

Swatches from : Designer's Guild,  Etamine, Sheila Coombes, Harlequin.

Pink and Fucshia

Pink and fucshia is a sharp and sophisticated look. A deepened hue of pink and edgy modern lines make a room suitable for men and women. A simple coffee table, an armless chair or geometric patterns, it is the balance of feminine color and masculine lines that give this look an edge and makes it romantic.

Tables and armless chair from Muralto , fabrics from Romo and Manuel Canovas, pink rug from the Rug Company

Pink Interiors

Matisse

William Waldron

Robert Adam

1956 Better Homes and Gardens, American Standard Bathroom

Source: eclecticrevisited.wordpress.com via Kelly on Pinterest

A new season of fashions are out and I saw lots of pink, pretty pink, a color I find so pleasing and has inspired many through the ages. Uplifting for January.