Is this your veranda?!

Can you imagine this being your veranda? The driftwood grey of the ceiling, and the sunlight streaming in makes it an easy journey in my imagination.

 In my head, it's over-looking the most divine Modern Country garden, tumbling roses, and smartly clipped topiary.

I'm having a moment for taupe-y grey gingham. mall touches here and there give me a big Cheshire cat kind of smile. 

WEDDING INSPIRATION BOARD

HOTEL PORTUGAL by Cristina Santos Silva

Aberto no início de 2014, o Hotel Portugal é um dos mais recente trabalhos da premiada arquitecta de interiores Cristina Santos Silva.

Com 53 quartos de inspiração lusa, onde predomina o ouro, o azul e o branco.
"Neste projecto, para além do programa funcional fornecido pelo cliente, havia a intenção de particularizar este espaço como português, como inserido na cidade de Lisboa, que transmitisse a luz da cidade, a alma Lisboeta. Para mim a cidade é o azul do céu, do branco das calçadas, do dourado do sol a refletir no rio…O azul dos azulejos...Acho que se a alma de Lisboa tivesse cores eram estas", diz a decoradora.

Parabéns pelo seu trabalho!

House Tour: Georgian Home..With Pops Of Colour!

If you've been looking for a house tour with pops of colour then THIS one is for you! Welcome to the Georgian home of BBC's Gabrielle Blackman; a cool neutral and grey palette provides the backdrop to accent colours of deep turquoise and splashes of yellow.

For similar kitchen colours, try units in Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray and walls in Strong White 

The living room is a case in point...look at those colours!

I love the deep tones of the cabinet. Try Farrow and Ball Off-Black for a similar smoky softness.

Is this as messy as their storage gets, I wonder?!

And now upstairs to the bedrooms...

And here, in their daughter Cece's bedroom, is where all colour breaks loose!

And outside...just look at that beautiful wisteria!

The calming tones of the grey bring those brighter hues alive.

And, now, a question for the weekend:

{How do you use colour in your home?}

Images via Living Inside

WEDDING INSPIRATION BOARD: Peach & mint

House Tour: Urban Glamour In A Manhattan Townhouse

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"Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country" by Hammertown Barn's Joan Osofsky: Book Review

A book review with a difference! Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country is the first American book that I've reviewed on here. 

It's written by Abby Adams and Joan Osofsky, who owns the perfectly Modern Country home and garden shops, Hammertown Barn, in New York and Massachusetts. The stunning photos are by John Gruen.

Love Where You Live is all about making your own home a place that truly reflects you. Joan says, "I've learned that the best homes - the ones that are beautiful comfortable and that weather the years - are those that truly reflect their owners' passions" 

This is a chic, updated version of American Country style. Gone are the garishly bold colours and chintzy fabrics. Throughout the eighteen homes that are featured muted palettes dominate...

...along with soft industrial touches, such as bare brick walls...

...and stripped-back interiors.

But that's where the coolness ends. These homes, despite their deliciously modish style, imbue warm, relaxed, country living.

And the exteriors are as breath-takingly inspiring as the interiors....

Love Where You Live is America at its Modern Country best! 

{Click on the links for Amazonian temptation!!}