Red

Last night, my boyfriend surprised me with Taylor Swift's new cd 'Red'.
It's the little things like this that remind me how blessed I am to have him in my life!
In honour of the album's title, I thought I would explore a color I'm actually terrified of...red. Not red per se, but red in interior spaces. I'm not sure from where this fear stems..but I may have found the cure...

Enter Jenny Komenda of Little Green Notebook, one decorator who knows how to use red in an interior flawlessly.
I've seen her advocate in more than one post about using a little bit of red in every room.

via LGN

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 I think her trick is the type of red she chooses : tomato-y

When I was a little girl I always said my dining room would be red one day.

Was I fearless or what? Time to get back a bit of that edge.

Also, today I'm over at Brittany's blog Classically B sharing some of my favourites of the moment.
She's pretty amazing and has a textile line coming soon.

Check out my guest post HERE!

Happy Monday sweet loves! xo

D.I.Whizzle

I have a DIY for y'all! 

I rarely get a damn second to do a damn thing around my house...but I decided to take 5 and make some cuteness for G

Here is what I did

Step 1:

take a crappy store bought table kit

STEP 2:

Flip your table

Take the fabric you wanna use and cut out a circle of it for the top. 

*Make sure you make the circle 4-5 inches larger than the table top.

staple that shiz..

STEP 3:

Take your fabric and make a nice clean fold at the top so it meets up cleanly with the newly stapled on top. 

GLUE GUN it girl.

STEP 4:

I made a little pleat in it to add some volume and detail. 

This was simple, I just folded about a half inch over then glue gunned the shiz outta it!

rinse, repeat

*do this all the way around your little table and BAM....a cute little table..

Total Price: 

table $7.99

glass top $9.99

Fabric $?? don't remember but it was cheapish

Stay tuned as I debut G's Big Girl room tomorrow...

Happy Monday!

Antiek Amber

 

As a reader of Belgian Pearls, you will have noticed that I always try to be helpful at your search for specific Belgian products or companies. As your demand for Belgian adresses of antiques dealers is always returning, I would love to introduce you today to the Belgian house of antiques and interior design AMBER ANTIQUES.

 

Antiek Amber was founded in 1972 by Paul Wagemans. He started out searching for antique furniture on the French, English and German countryside. Soon he got the demand from clients to also search for architectural antiques.

This combination was a success and the projects grew in size.

During this period the same clients started asking for new timberwork with an old patina.

Paul met this demand by using the wood from old oak beams for the construction of stairs, doors, panelling and even complete kitchens.

" We concentrate on craftsmanship and traditional measure work: quality work that is getting very rare in our age of industrialisation and uniformity. Quality that you can also find in many old objects and often go together with an almost natural beauty. A timeless appearance which is not only, but mainly accomplished by the love for the craft.", tells Paul Wagemans.

Today the family company has grown to a reputed house for architectural antiques and interior architecture.

Visiting the Antiek Amber website, you will also find - besides the antiques and architectural antiques collection - their custom made range of furniture.

Antiek Amber showroom impression.

 

Rare objects and curiosities.

 

Amber Antiek

 

For more information, please visit the website of Amber Antiek : http://www.antiekamber.be.

http://www.antiekamber.be

Antwerpsesteenweg 238
2350 Vosselaar – Belgium

Tel : +32 14 61 23 33

info@antiekamber.be

 

I hope you found that particular piece of antique, you were looking for !

I wish you all a great start of this new week!

xx

Greet

 

All pictures : website Antiek Amber

 

Global Eclectic

I love the richly saturated colors of Moroccan interiors and was inspired to put together a little mood board of some ideas to incorporate a little global mix into your own home!

A simple palette of navy blue, fuschia and orange instantly evokes a bohemian vibe. Why not make your home feel like a 24 hour vacation!?

xo
chandelier / mirror / orange pillow (similar) / fuschia pillow / garden stool / settee (similar) / pouf / rug

Phone Tales

What a week

It was actually really fun filled and cray cray, however my phone tales are kinda sad

anyways, this is my week in a nut shell according to my iPhone

..........

The Cabinetry I designed was installed in client PMP (pretty much perfects) Dining Room and is currently getting the finish of a lifetime 

G dressed up as Tinkerbell, and she nailed the part!

My fingers are crossed Client LFP goes for this wallpaper in their powder room...maybe you could help me convince them..

then we decided that this is the drapery combo in LFP dining room....I die!

and here is the big picture

I bought these shoes, and the jury is still out on them. Floral Rose Gold studs....hmmm?

I also bought THESE SHOES and the verdict is that they are AWESOME!

and

 I will never remove them from my feet

happy weekend lovers 

Be safe

Golden Quirk

They say that laughter is golden.
Well, I happen to think that the following gold details add just a dash of humor to these spaces, and I love that! Design is fun, not stuffy and boring, people.

via Rue Mag

 Fell in love with Cassandra Lavalle's 'holla' sign back in the May issue of Rue.
It's available at Oh Dier for only $42!

via the glitter guide

Adored Catherine Sheppard's little golden dinos (and the story behind them). Such a fun, unexpected element to her gorgeously girly space.

via luella & june

This little piggy bank makes me giggle every time!

via Sadie and Stella

Update: Can't believe I forgot to include these adorably funny golden balloon animals from Holly of Glamourmash's lovely little lot! They are so cute. She purchased these from Urban Outfitters for $3 and spray painted them gold!


And of course my own little gold skull! He keeps my room for being too serious. (DIY here)

Do you have any quirky elements in your home that make you smile?
On another note, Halloween is done so I can officially start playing Christmas music!
Who's with me?!
xox

Happy Halloween!! &Top Gun Costume

Last week I posted about my favourite Halloween costume ever, Audrey Hepburn, so today I'll post a close second.
My boyfriend gave me the idea for this costume and I really loved it!
Top gun boys and girls. Third year university.

Costumes are so expensive these days, but I put this one together for around $25 dollars. I went to a local army surplus store and found a basic green coverall. They only had really large sizes so I got my mom to take it in quite a bit. I glue gunned on some of my old girl guide badges, bought a pilot pin at the costume shop for a dollar, and the sunnies I already owned. Voila!

Happy Halloween Everyone <3

ps. I miss my cat. I think I need to do a post solely in his honour next week.