Home Sweet Home

Well things have been quiet on the blog for a month or so.. as we finally own our first home together!

Having lived with MR D previously for 3 years or so, no bad habits came as a surprise. What we weren't expecting was how well our interior design tastes complemented each other. Minimalistic, modern, feminine, with a hint of rustic is how I would struggle to define our tastes. We like clean lines and natural colour palettes, accessorizing with accent colours, plants,and  accessories. 

One of our biggest design struggles was finding artwork for the living room we liked. They were either too boring, too small, or just not quite right. Hours of searching in-stores and online brought no results. Mr D summarised well when he said he wanted it to look as if my ten year old brother had painted it. The issue was, we still couldn't define what "that" was. We decided I was going to do it myself. We wanted abstract, texture, and colours that would pick up the accents of our living room room; pastel greens, yellows, whites, and creams.

 Here is the result:

One thing I don't like is a room that looks too styled with a certain "colour"; themes I like, but a generic colour, however bright it is, can tire quickly. We wanted to accessorise our living room to make it feel homely, modern, and "us". We had to balance MR D's masculine input with my love for feminine chic. Luckily lots of candles, a few plants, and abstract items tend to fit the brief for both of us. (Although he still thinks I have too many candles!) Our living room is painted white and grey, with black finishings. The pastel colours previously mentioned soften the room but we needed to maintain a balance with the monochrome palette. The strong vertical lines of the unusual feature radiator on our wall is balanced with rounder items and contrasting lines.

As a result, our living room has ended up being a mixture of modern and monochrome, colour and contemporary, and it works well for us. The wide range of materials and textures adds depth to the room, wood particularly adding warmth.

We moved in one month ago today, so what a great opportunity to sit back and take it all in. Thank you to all of our supportive friends and family for helping us move in and enjoying it with us! In the end, it is not the space that counts but the life you live in it.