Fourteen “Sexy” Bedrooms for Friday!

Sexy bedrooms today. I was reading a blog about online  marketing, and apparently anything with sex or sexy in the title is sure to get your attention. Did it? I know my audience is surely not that easy to seduce with tacky titles! It’s a bit below the belt, forgive the pun, but this did get me thinking about what components create a romantic or sexy bedroom environment.  The following images do it for me, in differnet ways.  What do you think?

Dark textural, sensual.  Via Paris Fry.

I like the idea of secretively closing the bed off from the rest of the room. Creates an atmosphere of anticipation. Via elledecor.com.

I find this headboard sexy and masculine.  Via the glossiernerd.tumblr.com.

Imperial Russian country house comes to mind, all very Anna Karenina. Good use of colour and pattern.  Via kekelulu.tumblr.com.

Modern, fresh and sexy, especially with the mirror behind the bed!  Via Bloglorin.com.

Dark and inviting.  Via livingho.me.

Romantic.  Via buildingscheme.com.

Modern, minimal, masculine yet sexy.  Via edytaandco.com

Inviting and beautifully put together.  By Liliana Andreano.

A Playboy bedroom. Via aprilwiens.tumblr.com.

This reminds me of an afternoon assignation having just the bare essentials in the room. Via gravity-gravity on tumblr.

Classy. By Christian Liagre. Via Veranda.

I just love Lee Ledbetter. This is not so much sexy, just a beautifully put together bedroom.  Via Architectural Digest.

Gorgeous and romantic. Architectural elements, texture and the light colour palette create this fabulous space.  Via Pinterest.

None of these images are mine.  They are all sourced via Pinterest.

Fourteen Favourites for Friday – Kitchen

Hi.  I’m posting about kitchens today. I’ve selected some images that I really rather like.  It’s intersting to see how diverse my tastes are, but also how my eye is drawn to similar elements, such as a certain colour, normally blue,  a texture, normally brick and a mix of both modern and decorative forms. As a designer you learn to create what your clients want and also guide them in the right direction. So whatever style it is, you create a space that’s best in it’s class.

To me, this is almost perfect.  Clean, simple, elegant, soft colors. Subway tiles as a back splash is popular at the moment and a classic look. Via mail.aol.com

13th Avenue Loft. By Jessics Helgerson. Great texture and interest here.  Loving the pendant. A comfortable kitchen.

Black and white combo is stunning. No wall cabinets, a sprinkling of stuff on the counter tops makes it inviting and user friendly. The Fornasetti plates are a favourite of mine and in my kitchen at home. Via admagazine.ru

In love with this space.  The minimal white cabinets contrast brilliantly with the thick plank tree island top. Via thekitch.com

Brass accents with white traditonal door fronts, wood counter top, open shelves that are well curated, balance this tiny sapce beautifully. Via apartmenttherapy.com

This might take you back to the early part of the 20th century. Eclectic, with oodles of character. Via placesinthehome.com

Fabulous and controlled mix of materials. Handsome and sexy. One of my favourites. Via tumblr.com

This is sophisticatingly industrial.  Brick walls, dark wood, they need the light floor as a contrast to the dark units otherwise there would be no definition between timbers.  Via tumblr.com

Crisp and clean.  The horizontal blue band of colour in the units, breaks it up nicely. Via ianclaridge.co.uk

Subway tiles, again.  Tiger print creates a strong focal point.  Via elledecor.com

Subway tiles- again, stainless steel front units, open shelving creates a perfect balance. Via Pinterest.

Rustic, lived in, relaxed, tons of natural light and a great space to start with. Via adoreyourplace.com

In the Napa Valley, this kitchen has stunning architecture to start with.  It is well done-not-too-rustic. Via georgianadesign.tumblr.com

Beautiful. They have done a good job at book matching the pattern of the marble behind the cook top. White Carrera marble is lovely to look at, but it’s porous and soft.  The mainteneace of this material will drive you crazy. Try a composite stone that can work just as well. Via thedesignchaser.com

All images via Pinterest unless otherwise stated.

It’s not Duck Egg Blue……

Lupita Nyong’o is a beautiful, talented young lady who never thought of herself as black until she came to the United States. What does that say about our society! The daughter of a politician in Nairobi, she had a relatively privileged upbringing and wanted to persue a career as an actress rather than a doctor or politician and came to study here at Yale School of Drama. For anyone that saw 12 Years a Slave, she very much deserved her Oscar.

So, it is tongue-in-cheek that I created this post. What with the social unrest around the world, poverty, 35,000 elephants being slaughtered every year, (terrible) global warming and cooling, I just had to lighten the tone a tad and comment on the controversy of the color of her Oscar dress: NairobiBlue.  A mis-informed presenter on E! news said it was Duck Egg Blue, it is not.

Lupita looking like a goddess in her Prada ‘Baby Blue’ dress. The blue reminding her of Nairobi. Image via cocosteaparty.com

This is Duck Egg Blue people.  This is a room I created for the House & Garden Show in London, UK. Duck Egg Blue has more green in it. The paint color I used was Farrow and Ball, Blue Green.  This is my favorite color – ever, it reminds me of oceans and is calming and elegant. Image: Susan Van Meter Interiors.

Laura Ashley Duck Egg Blue paint. I thought was a good representation of the color.

I rest my case. Actual duck eggs.

Images via google search, unless otherwise stated.