Posts tagged as "home"
Here comes the season change. Aaand, bless you.
With winter jackets, comes a pocket stuffed with tissues. For some, allergies get you stared down by passers-by… But for others, they have to stop themselves from handing, a victim of allergies, a tissue when you see them all bright nosed and bushy eyed, if you will… So, how to avoid being that victim and [...]
The three R’s
Reuse, reduce and recycle. Since we’re in the shadow of yesterday’s Earth Day – we thought to ascribe today’s post to matters concerning the mother of our world. Home recycling – while it may require a trivial amount of time upfront – it certainly offers substantial benefits to the homeowner not to mention to mother [...]
Dream Living, Sort of
Every now and then something triggers memories of dreams I had when I was young and bright-eyed. Be it a photograph or a song on the radio while I’m driving to the shops and I remember that when I was 13 I truly believed I would never drive. That as soon as I was free [...]
Sold on the idea of a wine cellar
Today, a very pressing matter: wine. Or rather, the lack of it. My so-called wine cellar is depressingly empty – and depressing, full stop. The blame for the empty part can probably be apportioned directly to me. The depressing part is the sheer dreariness and make-do-ness of the empty space. traditional wine cellar design by [...]
It takes two to tango
Yes, yes, yes, I raved about the Tangerine Tango colour trend in December but orange can be kinda hard to live with so I’ve done some research on how to blend it into existing décor schemes. Believe it or not – I was surprised too – cool pale blue seems to be this vibrant hue’s [...]
Dabble with splashes of red
Happy new year! And no, I’m not three weeks late in the realisation of this auspicious occasion. I’ve been reading up on Chinese culture and today, 23 January, heralds the Year of the Dragon. Chinese dragons, unlike their European counterparts, are benevolent and empathetic, seeking to aid the less fortunate with their immense powers. These [...]
Through the looking glass
Glass is good for windows, right? Well, yes. And no – because this amazing material has 101 other uses as well. While my home sweet home relies rather heavily on coloured glass goodies for visual appeal, when I win Powerball and commission Kate Otten to design my home dream home, there’s going to be a [...]
Sleek, smart and sophisticated … appliances, that is
As far as appliances go, this Trend Stalker is a Smeg girl through and through. That retro styling, those out-there colours … a sunshine-yellow fridge takes pride of place on my dream board. (Alas, unless I’m able to churn out, oh, about 200 additional blog posts every month, it’s going to stay there forever.)
Vampires, meadows and moustaches … a very odd mix
modern landscape design by san diego landscape architect debora carl landscape design All manner of tasteless ’taches aside, Movember has been a good month. Not a single pot plant has died on me! In fact, all the greenery flourishing inside the flat has inspired me so much that the corridor outside the front door is [...]
Guest loos for dummies
“Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you [...]
