Colorful Beach House

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This is the perfect Mommy swim tunic and I cannot find it anywhere.  I don't even know who makes it.

I have decided to make my own, I would probably save $150 in doing so any way.  This tunic inspired me to cyber decorate an entire beach house.  I hope you like it.  Enjoy, Heidi

No source, but if you know where this came from please let me know.

I am thinking it is last years Kate Spade?

                                                       House Beautiful



                        RSH Catalog


 
                         No Source


                 Apartment Therapy


                              Style At Home


                              My Home Ideas


              Young House Love


            Better Homes and Gardens


            Samantha Pynn


             Better Homes and Gardens


              Found Here


              Apartment Therapy


                  Desire to Inspire

Black and White with Color.

Black and white is so balanced, so simple, so sophisticated, but add small accents of color melodies and you create a clean, playful, energetic setting.  Here are some great images that capture this perfectly.  Some have the black and white and could use more color accents, you'll see what I mean.  This would be a great beach house, by the way.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                                                     Unknown Source

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Walnut Wallpaper

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Get your Green On.

Today is all about the Green, since it is St. Patrick's Day.  If you are not wearing green today, guess what?  You get a pinch.  Enjoy, Heidi

Kate Spade's guest bath.  Found Here

                                                                        Found here

Found Here

The Best of Heidi Claire 2010.

As I flip through my pics that have been posted throughout the year I am astonished with the beauty that was created by so many talented people.  What a year.  Enjoy, Heidi

Favorite pool

                   House Beautiful                               Post title-Peace out.

Favorite Bed Room

Bella Casa Design                            Post title-Sweet dreams Guareteed

Favorite Bathroom

                                                     Image unknown   post title-Bathroom Bliss

Favorite Living Room


                                       Southern Accents             Post title- Beaming with Joy.

                                 Favorite Garden

                                           Southern Accents  post title Life is but a dream

Favorite Post
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                                               Chateau Domingue    Post title-Castle Decorating
Favorite outdoor room

        House Beautiful                  Post title-Out door Romance

Blogger's Favorite Wall paper and my favorite table

Canadian House and Home                Post Title-The Trestle Table

Favorite House

Atlanta Homes and Life styles                             Post title-My heart going Boom Boom Boom.

Favorite Kitchen

Tommy Smythe              Post title- Tommy Smythe

Wallpaper and Curtains in the Kitchen

I am seeing more color and pattern being introduced into the white pristine kitchens lately and I'm telling you, I kinda really like it.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                                  Found on Dress Design and Decor   

                                  Found on Kelly Green

                                  

                                               Tobi Fairley


                               Traditional Home


                      found on Desire to Inspire


                             House Beautiful

Wallpaper by Otto

I adore this wallpaper created by 8 year old Otto. What a clever boy! Click HERE for details.

KW in Australian Vogue Living

Loved the KW spread in this month's Australian Vogue Living. I am particularly taken by the amazing wallpaper she designed {middle image & bottom image} and the joyous use of colour she has employed throughout the house!!

Bright & Colourful

I love these two bright and colourful vignettes....perfect inspiration for Spring!

Top image from British Homes & Gardens and bottom image from Notebook magazine.

Also, I would like to send a huge thanks to Vera Klein for her mention of Absolutely Beautiful Things in this month's Notebook Magazine!! xx Anna

Looking Through the Windows

Some of you asked to see some more images of our new display at Black & Spiro. Well here they are. If you look closely you can see that we wallpapered the ceiling of the entry to the shop in a contrasting paper to our front wall. Sorry about the terrible photos...I haven't mastered the art of taking photos through glass yet even though some of my lovely readers have tried to offer me advice on how to do it!!

Cupboard Makeover

I have an old cupboard at home just like this one however, at the moment mine certainly isn't looking as chic as this one.

At the shop I have lots of bits of left over wallpaper from displays we have done. I'm thinking I might use some of these bits to paper the back of my cupboard door.

My little cupboard is in a hallway near our kitchen and currently it is bursting at the seams with sheets and towels. I think I should move the sheets and towels into my larger laundry cupboard and fill this little one with some of my special pieces of china.

This pretty image has inspired me.

Image - Vogue Living

Geraniums

My mother has always had lots of large pots of geraniums growing on her verandah. No family dinner or lunch is complete without some sort of flower arrangement on my mothers dining table and geraniums have often filled the void when other options aren't flowering in her garden. I thought I'd post a couple of her little geranium arrangements. You won't believe it when I tell you the last image is actually in her old bedroom at my grandmother's house. The black and white ticking wallpaper which you can see in the background has been on those walls for around 40 years! Mum chose the wallpaper for her room when she was a teenager. Now doesn't that spell timeless....