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Style your home with...frames

There are many things I'm looking forward to when owning our own place and of of them is being able to hang up pictures. 

Pictures have so much power to transform a space, to add character and personality.

I especially like using mismatched frames and an eclectic mix of pictures and photos like below. 

Image: Enjoy Home

Image: Apartment Therapy

Image: decoratualma

Image: Poppy talk

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Beat the Monday Blues No3

How has your weekend been?

We started house hunting this weekend and although I know that you shouldn't expect too much when seeing the first few houses, I was quite disappointed. Small spaces, rough areas... not really what we were hoping for.

But it's only early days and we will hopefully see many more properties over the next few months and I'm sure we'll find the right place in the end.

Until then I will dream of my dream home which looks roughly like this:

Image: sfgirlofbay

Image: The Style Files

Image: The Style Files

Image: The Style Files

Image: Favim

 One has to have dreams, right?

Happy decorating
Nadine

I'm feeling polka dot today...

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you had a good week and a nice weekend ahead.

Thanks so much to everybody that has voted for me on the Brigitte website. If you haven't done so already please had over here and click on the heart.

This weekend we will be checking out new areas that we could possibly move to and I will look into buying a new sander so I can start working on my Regency chest of drawers.

Image: What Do I Wear

Happy decorating
Nadine

Enough about me...

As you might know, I went to Berlin to attend Holly Becker's book launch and blogger party back in November last year.
It was an amazing experience and so exciting to meet all these other bloggers and creative people there but one thing really stood out for me which was the realisation that there really are people reading my blog.

I know, you think, well you should have realised that from the number of followers on the right hand side but I tell you, it's a completely different story when you meet someone you have never seen before and they recognise you! It gave me an amazing boost and I decided to put more effort into my blog and my posts.

I also realised that I'd like to know more about my readers and the stories behind the small profile pictures to my right.
Therefore, I'm asking you for a big favour: Please send me an email answering following questions:

My name is:
My blog is:
If I could I would:
I read the The Design Notebook because:
People should visit my blog (that would be your blog!) because:

This will be a good start for me to get to know you lot better and I will then combine your answers in a post so you can all get to know each other.

Deadline is the 25th February. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Creative-Blog-Award 2012

I have some exciting news! Germany's biggest lifestyle magazine, Brigitte, are running a competition this year to find the most inspiring DIY enthusiast in the blogosphere and I have decided to take part. Well, I was running out of excuses to not take part so I decided to face my fear and sign up! Arrgghh...


So, starting in February the jury (including Holly Becker from decor8) will nominate three blogs each month, which will then have to submit a new DIY idea to all readers. You can follow this online and although the blogs are in German, the photos will speak for themselves.

I can't wait to see all the DIY ideas, it will be so much fun and best of all, at the end of 2012 the winner gets the chance to style a major DIY story with the editorial staff for the BRIGITTE print edition. How exciting is that?

So in order to make sure I get nominated, please please please vote for me by clicking here and then click on the heart. I will promise you lots of new DIY ideas and pics!!!

To see all participating blogs just click on this link.

Thanks so much and fingers crossed.

Nadine

Inspiration by Joanna Thornhill

When reading about the work of most professional designers, they always seem to have hardly any limitations to the space they design. This can sometimes be frustrating when, like me, you're still living in rented accommodation and even putting pictures up on the wall requires the approval of your landlord.

I was therefore impressed and utterly inspired when I came across stylist, Joanna Thornhill, through HeartHome, an online mag you should definitely check out.
Joanna lives in a rented flat but has managed to do it up so beautifully that it's hard to believe that she's only renting the place.

If you are looking for some ideas on how to style your home head over to her website and blog for inspiration.

Images: Joanna Thornhill