Heritage Lace – PiP Studio

Heritage Lace
Heritage Lace


Today I thought I would share with you some fun pink accents we added to our home this summer from Heritage Lace. They sent us several items from their PiP Studio line which my girls loved. In their minds everything should be pink. Ha!


We loved these cereal bowls.




I think my favorite part about both these little cups and the bowls is the fact that the print continues on the inside! It’s such a fun and unexpected little touch.

The girls have hit the age where they love having tea parties so they loved the little server and tea set.

And these boxes are such a fun addition to their playroom.

This pillow has such a fun design stitched onto it.








"Compared To The Sports Brands, Everybody Is Old Fashioned When It Comes To Technology"

Nike Vapor Laser Talon 3D-printed football boots

Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas are the only companies pushing “technological innovation” in the fashion industry, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview).

“Fashion is actually running behind with the use of technology if you compare it with architecture and product design,” Koolhaas told Dezeen. “It’s stuck in its way and with the seasonal calendars and therefore it’s limited in time for development.”

“That’s perhaps also the reason why outsiders from the world of fashion have helped and are still helping to stir things up and push boundaries. The fashion industry itself often prefers to run in circles.”


Related story: “Technology adds an incredible advantage to fashion design”


However, Koolhaas thinks that brands like Adidas and Nike are setting the bar for the fashion industry by using technologies for practical applications – creating specialist sportswear like 3D-printed studs and digitally knitted materials for football boots, for example.

“A lot of technological innovation that’s actually useful is done for performance purposes by the sports brands,” he said.

United Nude's Float shoes are created on a desktop 3D printerUnited Nude’s Float shoes are created on a desktop 3D printer. Main image: Nike Vapor Laser Talon 3D-printed football boot studs

“The problem with many of the most advanced technologies is that only the big companies can get their hands on them through big budgets and mass production. Compared to some of the sports brands, everybody else is old fashioned when it comes to technology.”

Koolhaas launched his footwear brand 11 years ago with the Möbius shoe, which he first designed in 1999 while studying architecture in the Netherlands.

United Nude’s latest release is a shoe that can be 3D-printed at home on a compact desktop machine, and the company has frequently collaborated with 3D-printed Haute Couture pioneer Iris van Herpen to print the footwear for her catwalk shows.

Koolhaas admitted he is “just a small experimentalist” compared to the sportswear giants, but that the leaps made by Nike and Adidas are now paving the way for others to follow suit.

3D printed shoes by Iris van Herpen and Rem D Koolhaas3D-printed shoes by Iris van Herpen and Rem D Koolhaas

“The good thing is that the door is now open and that the fashion industry has finally woken up,” Koolhaas said, stating that young fashion designers who are being taught to use, and experiment with, digital technology will be the ones to step up to the challenge.

“Some of the best fashion schools are now really promoting technology, which I think is a very positive development. Not everything that will be tried will work, but there’s only one way to find out.”

Read on for an edited version of the interview with Rem D Koolhaas:


Dan Howarth: What has the fashion industry gained from digital technology?

Rem D Koolhaas: Fashion is actually running behind with the use of technology if you compare it with architecture and product design. It’s stuck in its way and with the seasonal calendars and therefore it’s limited in time for development. That’s perhaps also the reason why outsiders from the world of fashion have helped and are still helping to stir things up and push boundaries. The fashion industry itself often prefers to run in circles.

Dan Howarth: What new materials and processes have already been successfully integrated into fashion?

Rem D Koolhaas: 2D printing of fabrics, 3D printing, injection moulding and 3D weaving like for socks and shoes. A lot of technological innovation that’s actually useful is done for performance purposes by the sports brands. When a dress or a shoe is 3D printed it’s still more experimental than functional.

United Nude and Iris van Herpen design sculptural shoes for her Biopiracy fashion collectionUnited Nude and Iris van Herpen design sculptural shoes for her Biopiracy fashion collection

Dan Howarth: What are the most important digital technologies currently used in fashion?

Rem D Koolhaas: 3D printing might soon be as there’s a huge potential. For the moment 3D weaving is pretty big too, but this also depends on how you define fashion.

Dan Howarth: How can 3D printing be developed to improve its suitability for fashion?

Rem D Koolhaas: I sometimes think that the ultimate method of 3D printing is not yet invented, or not yet available. This method will be cheaper, faster and more flexible in choice of materials. So perhaps not current technologies as you say, but a new form. For now laser sintering comes closest as it’s the most advanced, but it’s slow and costly.

Dan Howarth: How will digital technology benefit the fashion industry in the near future?

Rem D Koolhaas: Somebody from Nike should answer this question, I’m just a small experimentalist compared to them. The good thing is that the door is now open and that the fashion industry has finally woken up.

Dan Howarth: What about biological materials and processes? How are they influencing the way we design clothes?

Rem D Koolhaas: 3D growing used with 3D printing is a beautiful sustainable way forward, with silk-spinning insects living in new 3D bio printers… I will discuss this in my next meeting with [technology company] 3D Systems. For now recycling in fashion is already a huge challenge and for designers to design good fashion with a certain timelessness.

Rem D Koolhaas Rem D Koolhaas

Dan Howarth: How will clothes and accessories become better integrated with the body?

Rem D Koolhaas: Through design evolution. The problem with many of the most advanced technologies is that only the big companies can get their hands on them through big budgets and mass production. Compared to some of the sports brands, everybody else is old fashioned when it comes to technology. When they collaborate more with really clever designers instead of the more popular ones they could make bigger steps.

Dan Howarth: What developments are you currently working on that bridge technology and fashion?

Rem D Koolhaas: We are doing more 3D-printing projects than ever before, but not necessarily as a functional exercise, but more as a play on form and shape. A lot of our experimenting with technology we do for fun and to push boundaries rather than to re-invent the wheel.

Dan Howarth: Has the fashion industry accepted technology yet?

Rem D Koolhaas: Not the old guard. You can see that in their horrible interpretations of the fashion forecasts. You can see that most clearly, for instance, with some sneaker design by the big luxury fashion br
ands. But you see a lot more experimentation by young brands and young designers these days. Some of the best fashion schools are now really promoting technology, which I think is a very positive development. Not everything that will be tried will work, but there’s only one way to find out.

Dezeen

O'Donnell + Tuomey To Receive Royal Gold Medal For Architecture

News: Irish architects Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects .

Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, whose Dublin firm O’Donnell + Tuomey designed the Lyric Theatre in Belfast and the London School of Economics student centre, will become the third and fourth Irish architects to receive the accolade, granted annually by the RIBA to recognise a significant contribution to the profession.

Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey

O’Donnell and Tuomey founded their studio in 1988 and have been nominated for the Stirling Prize a record five times – although they have never won – for projects such as the An Gaeláras Irish Language and Cultural Centre in Derry and the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork.

The husband-and-wife team have described the award as an “unexpected honour”.

“We’re humbled to find ourselves in such a company of heroes, architects whose work we have studied and from whose example we continue to learn. We believe in the social value and the poetic purpose of architecture and the gold medal encourages us to prevail in this most privileged and complicated career,” they said.

An Gaeláras Irish Language Arts and Cultural Centre by O'Donnell and Tuomey An Gaeláras Irish Language Arts and Cultural Centre

Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, who received the medal last year, and fellow Irish architect Niall McLaughlin recommended O’Donnell and Tuomey for the award.

“They are vitally concerned with building in the public realm, something so neglected today, and that is perhaps their greatest strength,” said Rykwert.

“They have at no point rested on their laurels – nor are they likely to do so. I therefore look forward to many buildings of equally, even ever greater challenging excellence.”

Lewis Glucksman Gallery by O'Donnell and Tuomey Lewis Glucksman Gallery

McLaughlin commended the pair for their “restless invention” and “desire to develop beyond what they know”.

“Sheila’s mind always returns to Terragni and the underlying order; John’s mercurial heart goes with Stirling, to mannerisms, paradoxes, collisions and irresolvable positions. We see in their best work a playing out between the desire for harmony and the pleasures of dissonance,” he said.

London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre by O'Donnell and TuomeyLondon School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre

The 2015 Royal Gold Medal will be presented to O’Donnell and Tuomey at a ceremony at the RIBA headquarters in London on 3 February 2015. They will be the third husband and wife to be recognised with the award, following Charles and Ray Eames in 1979, and Michael and Patricia Hopkins in 1994.

“O’Donnell + Tuomey’s work is always inventive – striking yet so well considered, particular to its place and brief, beautifully crafted – and ever developing,” said RIBA president Stephen Hodder.

“It is an absolute joy and inspiration to hear them describe their work, and always a delight to experience one of their buildings. Sheila and John are at the vanguard of contemporary Irish architecture and I am delighted they are to receive this lifetime honour.”

Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School by O'Donnell and Tuomey Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School

Other recent recipients of the award include Peter Zumthor, Herman Hertzberger and David Chipperfield.

Read on for the citation from Joseph Rykwert:


“In presenting the Royal Gold Medal to Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, I am conscious that they are among the youngest recipients of the Medal, and moreover that it is forty years since it had been awarded to an Irish practice. In the meanwhile Irish architecture has flourished – particularly in their generation – with a commitment to the art and the craft of building which is the envy of our more populous island.

“What marks Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey’s achievement is that very commitment. They are, of course builders first of all: but they are writers and teachers as well as professionals, active through the Architectural Association of Ireland in whose recent revival they were instrumental, so that their presence on the Irish scene is a powerful one, and their influence as teachers and writers has been extremely important.

Lyric Theatre by O'Donnell and ToumeyLyric Theatre. Photograph by Dennis Gilbert/VIEW

“Their connection to London and the London scene began when they worked for Stirling and Wilford and then for Colquhoun and Miller; but their first contribution in their own right was the modest but brilliant Photographers’ Gallery in Soho, and it was later asserted much more visibly by the – now celebrated – Saw Swee Hock Student Centre for the London School of Economics, a work of unique architectural distinction for that august institution, and a commission which they won against very stiff competition.

“The LSE Student House is visible from Kingsway and Lincoln’s Inn Fields – which makes it a very public building indeed. Its formal brilliance is enhanced by the skilful use of brick which sets up a dialogue between the calm, almost reassuring surface and the exhilarating dynamic of the volume that it encloses. Despite this formal brilliance, the architects’ commitment to ecological parsimony remains a constant of all their work. In shortlisting the building for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize the judges said, ‘In the midst of a complex mediaeval London street pattern O’Donnell and Tuomey have woven a little of their magic. This remarkable project is an object lesson in mobilising the limitations of a site into a startlingly original building which makes a massive contribution to its townscape.’

The Photographers’ Gallery

“Brilliance marks their Lyric Theatre in Belfast as well; again the almost commonplace brick surface links it to its surroundings, and is in dialogue with the inviting intricacy of a complex but easily accessible public building, elegantly sited to form an angle with the embankment of the Lagan river.

“I have chosen to mention these buildings partly because they are of all their works the most familiar to m
e, but also because they represent the range of their activity as well as its character and show an inspired response to a complex brief. The practice began, as is usual with a miscellany of work: the Dublin film and photography commissions, a golf course in County Down and a private house in Navan. More houses followed, in Howth and Killiney, but soon John and Sheila were working on schools (the Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School and Cherry Orchard School, both in Dublin) public housing (Galbally village extension and Timberyard Social Housing, Dublin), and community buildings (the Sean O’Casey Community Centre, Dublin – both these latter two shortlisted for the RIBA Lubetkin Prize) and An Gaeláras Irish Language and Cultural Centre in Derry.

Vessel at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012Vessel at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

“They are vitally concerned with building in the public realm, something so neglected today, and that is perhaps their greatest strength. The other important element seems to me just as crucial, and it is seen in the dialogic character of their activities. The conversation is first of all between the two of them, but it asserts itself equally in their work from the outset, so that the interpretation of their clients’ needs becomes the dominant, the directing motif of the design, and remains characteristic of the much more complex recent buildings, where – as in the very intricate LSE centre – the visitor’s path turns into a magnificent reading of the functional variations.

They have at no point rested on their laurels – nor are they likely to do so. I therefore look forward to many buildings of equally, even ever greater challenging excellence.”

Dezeen

Homes With Heart: Quirky And Collected Home

Hello everyone! It’s Holly Marder back this month with another gorgeous home for you to peek inside. This month, feast your eyes on the quirky and collected home of Marlous Snijder, the blogger behind Planet Fur and founder of Oh Marie! magazine. Filled with thrifted treasures and bold bursts of colour, this home tour is sure to leave you with a smile and have you heading for your nearest thrift shop, guaranteed!

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Marlous and her husband Pim were looking to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and escape to the country when they first laid eyes on a semi-attached 150m2 house, built in the 80s, and all plans fell by the wayside. “We fell in love instantly, though it desperately needed to be modernized. The kitchen was brown, the brick walls in the living room were still brick coloured. There were outdated brown tiles on the hallway floor, but boy, it was love at first sight,” Marlous admits. The bright, spacious and promising space became theirs and renovations began swiftly, lasting 3 months. With the help of friends and family, the kitchen and floors were replaced, the walls were freshly painted, and huge amounts of outdated wallpaper were removed. 

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“Located at the edge of our city, on one of its oldest roads that leads to the countryside, we now have best of both worlds: the advantages of the city, but the calm and quiet of the countryside too,” Marlous says. “I can’t exactly point out why, but this house gives us the ultimate feeling of being home. We love, love it. It’s got some kind of x-factor.”

With an eye for unique vintage finds and a penchant for creating a happy yet calming space, Marlous regards decorating her home as a way of life.  “Designing the interior isn’t just the thing I do to pass time with. It’s much, much more than that. Creating a still life that looks good and balanced is like oxygen to me,” she explains. “My home is my happy place, my safe zone. I look at my surroundings like a photographer that is about to take a picture: everything needs to be in place, the image needs to be right. I have a need to see the beauty in things, no matter how small. I suppose it’s a way of shielding myself against the ugliness in this world. Picking out ‘gestures of beauty’, no matter how small, makes me a happy person. So, interior design is more a way of life than just a hobby or a job.”

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In her home, Marlous is drawn to decorating with vintage finds and bright colours, mixing styles and hues to her heart’s content until she finds balance and harmony. “My style is pretty eclectic and it’s always a challenge to make a beautiful blend of all those different items from different eras together. It’s a nice and very rewarding challenge though. I love the whole concept of recycling and that one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure.” And though her style has evolved and shaped over time, Marlous wasn’t always so sure about her own aesthetic.

“It took a while for me to realize that this odd-bod bunch of styles really is my style. I really felt my style was all over the place and not very ‘recognizable’ for an outsider,” she admits.

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“Over the years, I have come to accept the fact that my style is best described as an odd mix of different styles, ‘eclectic’ would best describe it,” she says. “It’s why I can fall for a watermelon coloured 80s vase and a retro blue-and-white jug on one second-hand shopping day. I’ve always followed my heart when it came to decorating though: no matter how many ‘rules of styling’ (if there is such a thing) I was breaking. If something makes my heart leap for joy, I take it home and integrate it into my interior.” 

Her regular second-hand shopping sprees, the thrill of finding something unique and integrating it into her eclectic interior is what brings Marlous the most joy in designing her home’s interior.

“Since thrift finds are generally pretty unique, I can create my own, unique and personal interior blend with items that have a past life and have a kind of spirit,” she says. “My second-hand finds also inspire me for little easy DIY projects, such as block stamping a vintage tablecloth, or making cushion covers out of old bed sheets.” 

Marlous’ trick to finding balance in her eclectic interior is combining her colourful, thrifted finds with clean, contemporary lines. “Because my home accessories are brightly coloured, sometimes a bit kitsch and slightly whimsical, I have kept the home’s base (floors/walls) white or neutral like a white canvas. And though she loves to display all of her treasures, she prefers to keep clutter at bay. “This is why I combine vintage with contemporary.” she explains. “For example, the Moldavian kilim is paired with our invisible Kartell side table. The table is modern and sleek and because of its ‘invisibility’ it doesn’t outshine the kilim it stands on. In my opinion an eclectic mix of accessories works best on a neutral or modest base.”

Though spontaneous in nature, Marlous has learned to be patient when it comes to designing her interior, being elective and bringing home the right pieces. “I’m a very impatient person, so it took some years and mistakes to learn, but there’s nothing more satisfactory than the search of that perfect piece and the thrill of finding it.” 

The rug in the couple’s living room was the result of patience and persistence. “I have been craving for a Moldavian kilim since I don’t know when, so when we bought the house, the first thing we did was purchase the rug in the living room,” she says. “In fact, when we found it, we were heartbroken to learn that someone had already reserved it because we instantly fell in love with this particular pattern. Eventually it turned out to be too big for their home and it was returned. I guess it was meant to be!” 

Other favourite pieces in the couple’s living room include a vintage Panthella semi-circular shade lamp by Verner Panton and the vintage zebra rocker. “Years ago I fell for this super-cute looking rocking zebra. There was something in his expression that I really liked. Like he appealed to my inner child or something. Now that I think about it: my favourite items are often animal-shaped.” 

“I have always had a love for the quirky, playful, colourful and eclectic. Items that immediately catch my eye often have a toy-like appearance, they often even come from the children’s department of a thrift shop. I’m not sure why I like those so much. Perhaps I never
let go of my inner child.” 

The couple’s bright yellow cabinet is an absolute favourite. “It was already yellow when I found it. I was looking for a cabinet like it when I stumbled upon this one in a second hand store. The guy at the store couldn’t believe his ears when I told him it would stay yellow!”

Some of Marlous’ favourite thrift shop finds are the various artworks adorning her walls. “I have a love for old, thrifted prints and posters, we mounted my most favourite ones above the dinner table.” Other favourite pieces of art are the rare vintage Dick Bruna posters Marlous thrifted recently. “I found five of them, stashed in a corner of a thrift shop for €0.20 each. I had to pinch myself when I saw Dick Bruna’s signature on the corner of each poster. I walk on sunshine for days when I find something like that.”

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The couple’s dining room combines delicate vintage finds with wooden dining chairs by the well known Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek and contemporary white drum pendant lights overhead. In the kitchen, a baby blue Smeg fridge inspired a kitchen overhaul. “We actually designed our kitchen around our baby-blue Smeg. We bought it when we moved into a temporary home and so we had to think of a way of integrating it into our new kitchen plan.”

Though much of her home is comprised of inexpensive pieces from second hand shops and vintage markets, Marlous appreciates a splurge is sometimes necessary for the right piece. The couple decided to invest in a good quality designer bed for their new baby, the ‘Kili’ bed by Sebra, while the rest of the room decor comes from second hand shops, Etsy or Marktplaats (the Dutch version of Craigslist).  “I love the way the room worked out and I like the fact that, after much debate, we went for the Kili bed there. We don’t often spend money on something so expensive, but I’m glad we did this time!”

The couple’s baby daughter Jet’s bedroom mixes both bright and pastel hues against a calming white backdrop. The antique rag rug was an Etsy find from Vintage Home Stories.

One of Marlous’ favourite baby room features the ‘ABC of birds’ print from Etsy seller Geninne. “She sold it years ago in her shop. When I found out she didn’t sell it anymore, I realized how much I wanted to have it. When she announced on Instagram that it was back in her shop again, I literally didn’t wait a second and purchased it right away.”

In their own bedroom next door, the couple prefer a neutral palette, offset by Scrapwood Wallpaper by Studio Ditte, which they brought along from their previous home. 

On the same floor, the couple enjoy a cheerful home office, though it wasn’t always that way. “The sloping ceilings we have at the first floor were a real design challenge. They cast a shadow over everything and, during winter especially our workroom was pretty gloomy and not a nice spot to work. In the end, we replaced the previous black worktable with a white one and moved it in front of the window. We also papered the wall underneath the sloping part with a brighter pattern.”

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Marlous finds her inspiration in blogs, magazines and interior books. “My blogger friends are very inspiring people because they ‘feed’ my creative flow. They make me feel home in the creative community and feeling good is the best way for ideas to flow,” she says.  “One of the first interior books I bought featured the home of Emily Chalmers and I think her great sense of style and the way she blends all kinds of different styles together planted the seed for my current interior style.”

Marlous enjoys nothing more than filling her home with rescued items and creating an ever-evolving, though always inviting home for her growing family. “Our interior will always be changing.” she says. “It’s so very different from the 2010 version. Or the February 2014 version! As I’m currently on maternity leave, I have finally time to work on DIY projects again and to spend my days blogging, photographing, writing and making exiting new creative plans for the future.”

So what’s Marlous’ secret to decorating? “I don’t think one is ever too old to put playful, colourful things into their home, and I also don’t think that there are exact rules that need to be followed when decorating. It’s more important to just follow your heart and surround yourself with things you like to look at. I don’t select items especially on their appearance to make it easy to ‘merge’ them. The only thing the items in our home have in common is that they stole my heart.”

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I hope you guys enjoyed touring Marlous’ home! I’ll be back next month with another inspiring home. But before I sign off, tell me: what do you love about Marlous’ home? Love her mix and match style, or too quirky and colourful for you? I’d love to read your thoughts, and if you spot anything you love, feel free to ask Marlous directly in the comments section below.

Holly


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Stylish Bedroom Designs With Beautiful Creative Details

Everyone wants to feel like their bedroom is beautiful. It should be a place you feel comfortable, safe, and inspired. These bedrooms take this feeling to another level with creative elements from artwork to design features to light fixtures. Each one is unique and inviting.

The first bedroom in this collection is a distinctively urban design from visualizer Hai Peng. Reflective surfaces from walls to ceiling to shelving let the twinkling city lights below mingle with the soft indoor lighting scheme. The result is bright and modern room with a lively vibe.
The first bedroom in this collection is a distinctively urban design from visualizer Hai Peng. Reflective surfaces from walls to ceiling to shelving let the twinkling city lights below mingle with the soft indoor lighting scheme. The result is bright and modern room with a lively vibe.

Of course, style needn't be relegated to high rises in the city. This suburban style groundfloor bedroom, with a garden just outside, still offers stylish comforts from  luxurious linens to custom headboard and shelving unit.
Of course, style needn’t be relegated to high rises in the city. This suburban style groundfloor bedroom, with a garden just outside, still offers stylish comforts from luxurious linens to custom headboard and shelving unit.

This rustic bedroom proves that a cabin in the woods can come in many styles. With warm industrial concrete walls and natural wood furnishings, this creative bedroom marries the idea of city and solitude perfectly.
This rustic bedroom proves that a cabin in the woods can come in many styles. With warm industrial concrete walls and natural wood furnishings, this creative bedroom marries the idea of city and solitude perfectly.

The worst part about this cozy nest of a bed in a futuristically round room is how difficult it would be to extract yourself from its clutches each morning. But there are worse problems to have.
The worst part about this cozy nest of a bed in a futuristically round room is how difficult it would be to extract yourself from its clutches each morning. But there are worse problems to have.

Every bedroom needs to have a touch of romance. The simplicity of this room, from its clean platform bed to its modern answer to the classic wingback, is welcoming and warm without too much decadence. The perfect place to spend a quiet evening.
Every bedroom needs to have a touch of romance. The simplicity of this room, from its clean platform bed to its modern answer to the classic wingback, is welcoming and warm without too much decadence. The perfect place to spend a quiet evening.

The bedroom takes a few of the same cues and keeps things simple, but here visualizer Quang Đạt has add some sultry art choices and deeper colors, giving it a bit more of an edge.
The bedroom takes a few of the same cues and keeps things simple, but here visualizer Quang Đạt has add some sultry art choices and deeper colors, giving it a bit more of an edge.

The turquoise and gray color combination smacks of modern trends. A private desk in one corner and comfy chair in the other makes this a room divided between pleasure and obligation.
The turquoise and gray color combination smacks of modern trends. A private desk in one corner and comfy chair in the other makes this a room divided between pleasure and obligation.

As an alternative to the weekend in the cold, snowy, and treacherous mountains, spend a night beneath a glorious picture of them while staying warm and dry.
As an alternative to the weekend in the cold, snowy, and treacherous mountains, spend a night beneath a glorious picture of them while staying warm and dry.

The asymmetrical headboard in this overwhelming wood paneled bedroom gives an otherwise rustic country room a deeply urban feel. A zebra striped rug adds a surprising splash of safari.
The asymmetrical headboard in this overwhelming wood paneled bedroom gives an otherwise rustic country room a deeply urban feel. A zebra striped rug adds a surprising splash of safari.

When a bedroom includes multiple textures, it becomes more welcoming. With soft rugs and blankets, paired with smooth walls and wiry light fixtures this artistic bedroom begs to be touched.
When a bedroom includes multiple textures, it becomes more welcoming. With soft rugs and blankets, paired with smooth walls and wiry light fixtures this artistic bedroom begs to be touched.

What creative spirit hasn't dreamed of retreating to a private attic and channeling her own Virginia Woolf? This top floor bedroom has all the comforts of modern life with the closed in privacy of a forgotten spinster.
What creative spirit hasn’t dreamed of retreating to a private attic and channeling her own Virginia Woolf? This top floor bedroom has all the comforts of modern life with the closed in privacy of a forgotten spinster.

The burgundy accents in this artsy bedroom from ImageBox Studio are feminine without dipping too far into the girly.
The burgundy accents in this artsy bedroom from ImageBox Studio are feminine without dipping too far into the girly.

Of course, the truth is that not all creative people are quite as fastidious as our inner designers would like to believe. In this messy interpretation of a creative life we see a glimpse of something that might be closer to reality for many artists (especially the teenage variety).
Of course, the truth is that not all creative people are quite as fastidious as our inner designers would like to believe. In this messy interpretation of a creative life we see a glimpse of something that might be closer to reality for many artists (especially the teenage variety).

When everything is in its place, one room is all you need. This bedroom-cum-living-room is a clean and simple indication of that fact.
When everything is in its place, one room is all you need. This bedroom-cum-living-room is a clean and simple indication of that fact.

The artistic imagery in this particular bedroom leans much farther toward realism and artistic appreciation than it does towards Playboy pinup. Coupled with the modern design elements, like the massive floor lamp and mid-century chair, we get a modern bachelor pad th
at's in no way embarrassing.
The artistic imagery in this particular bedroom leans much farther toward realism and artistic appreciation than it does towards Playboy pinup. Coupled with the modern design elements, like the massive floor lamp and mid-century chair, we get a modern bachelor pad that’s in no way embarrassing.

The massive portrait of modern antihero Walter White certainly sets the tone for this bedroom, that is really more television producer than meth producer.
The massive portrait of modern antihero Walter White certainly sets the tone for this bedroom, that is really more television producer than meth producer.

This lovely bedroom has elements of indulgence - including a touchably textured duvet and barefoot-friendly rug - but still manages an overall feeling of zen.
This lovely bedroom has elements of indulgence – including a touchably textured duvet and barefoot-friendly rug – but still manages an overall feeling of zen.

An overhead light fixture that plays off the idea of a growing, sprouting branch reflects the paisley inspiration in the area rug below. Both contrast with the otherwise pervasive right angles throughout.
An overhead light fixture that plays off the idea of a growing, sprouting branch reflects the paisley inspiration in the area rug below. Both contrast with the otherwise pervasive right angles throughout.

Using gray as a color palette can put a room in danger of feeling dingy, but instead the cool tones here are warm, natural, and inviting.
Using gray as a color palette can put a room in danger of feeling dingy, but instead the cool tones here are warm, natural, and inviting.

As soon as you challenge the notion that a bed must be square, you open yourself up to a world of artistic possibilities, like we find in this pretty bedroom.
As soon as you challenge the notion that a bed must be square, you open yourself up to a world of artistic possibilities, like we find in this pretty bedroom.

For those of us that have trouble keeping houseplants alive, there are always blossoming branches, and of course artwork, that we can bring in for a touch of the living.
For those of us that have trouble keeping houseplants alive, there are always blossoming branches, and of course artwork, that we can bring in for a touch of the living.

An otherwise less than notable design becomes much more intriguing when picture rails climb up one wall for a personal, and easily updated, design touch.
An otherwise less than notable design becomes much more intriguing when picture rails climb up one wall for a personal, and easily updated, design touch.

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