Charlotte Love

I love styling! I love coming up with ideas, sourcing props and seeing an image come alive. There's such an art to it, and I'm definitely learning all the time, but I think if you have a keen eye and a good sense of balance and layout, you will learn quickly. Someone who I admire greatly is London based interior stylist and set designer, Charlotte Love. She has such a fun and quirky style, she's very clever! Check out some of her amazing work...

A Home with History

I've just been flicking through the latest Rue Magazine, and came across this home, which I love. It belongs to mother-of-two, and owner of fashion label 'We Are Kindred', Lizzie Renkert. You can tell from the entrance that it's going to be a fabulous home, and what I love about it is it's sense of history. Lizzie has mixed new pieces with items that once belonged to her parents and grandparents, and much-loved furniture bought on her travels (my favourite is the antique dresser in the bathroom).

Adding pieces into your house that have a sense of history helps to create a soulful and interesting home, especially if they have meaning to you. Make sure you mix old and new wherever possible. To see and read more about this beautiful home, and lots of other fabulous inspiration, check out this issue of Rue.

California Style

I featured the beautiful nursery pic (below) on my Facebook page this week and got a great response. I love the simplicity of it, and the layers of pattern and texture that add warmth and depth. The little wolf pup photo is divine! I've feature the work of The Animal Print Shop before, they're the perfect piece for a nursery.

I thought I recognised the style used in this room and wasn't surprised to learn that it's the work of one of my favourite interior designers, Amber Lewis - I've featured her home twice on the blog, here and here. Like me, Amber likes to work with crisp white walls and neutral larger furniture pieces. It helps with a sense of calm, and then allows you to layer colour and pattern on top in rugs and soft furnishings.

Amber was hired by a young couple to update the master bedroom and bathroom in their Californian home. They were so thrilled with her work that they got her to continue throughout the house adding built-ins to the office, a banquette to the kitchen/dining area, and a nursery for their little baby that was on the way.

The finished home is so beautiful with a lovely flow created by a consistent colour palette of blue, white and brown. If you love this home as much as I do, pop over to Domaine to see and read more.

Photography by Tessa Neustadt