A gorgeous home tour to brighten up your Monday

I'm not always a fan of florals but I just had to share this one with you. The floral pattern used throughout this house is so beautiful.



I love the color coded book look but my books are never colorful enough.

Love the turquoise console

I would never think to put a brown quilt with these florals but I really like the look.


What do you think?

images via Adore Home magazine

Colour baths

Well, I'm recouping from Alaska and have for you one last (but not least), guest post. This one is super fun and comes to you from Trudi of The Deco Detective - who really helped me out and supported me by spreading the word about my fund raising and marathon training. Thanks Trudi! And I'm with you - I would've loved the turquoise bathroom!

Hi, I'm Trudi aka The Deco Detective! I'm here today to help Ashley out while she's away running the marathon to cure lymphoma. I'm so honoured to be asked to do a guest post at Decorology, but most of all, I'm very impressed with Ashley. I think she's really brave to sign up for a marathon!

After running marathons, I can imagine that a beautiful, luxurious bathroom will feel like heaven to sore feet and beaten muscles. To relieve things a little for her, I've picked seven bathrooms for Ashley to choose between when she's finished running. There's one bathroom for each colour of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, indigo and violet:

I hope you find (at least) one bathroom you like, Ashley. I'm curious to know which one you'll choose! And Decorology readers: which one would you pick after running a marathon? I think I'd prefer the turquoise one to cool myself off - although me running a marathon would be a purely hypothetical situation...





Ashley - good luck with your running! We'll all cheer you on from the sidelines, even if we're not there in person.

Orange, yellow and green bathroom found at My Home Ideas

Turquoise bathroom found at House of Turquoise

Red, blue, indigo and violet bathroom found at Living Etc

My favorite inspiring interiors from my favorite blogs

It was other design blogs that inspired me to start a blog, but I've found that it keeps me so busy that I rarely have the time to visit the people who inspired me to do this in the first place. So, I hope to make these "favorite inspiring interiors from my favorite blogs," a monthly or weekly post to see what my friends are up to, and to share them with you guys!




images from Style Files


images from {this is glamorous}





images from Made By Girl


images from Everything Turquoise



images from Creature Comforts

Stay tuned! I'll be showing you favs from more blogs soon!

Bright and Beautiful - Stacey Brandford Interiors

So I discovered photographer Stacey Brandford while I was looking through the credits of Canadian House and Home. His work is consistently bright and beautiful. What really drew me in were the cheery colors!

















via Stacey Brandford