a french inspired boudoir {hello spring}

This lovely French style boudoir caught my eye and I thought how it was fitting for the first post of the new season.  Spring is my absolute favourite time of the year, with all of the fresh blooms, sunshine and longer days to look forward to.

It was a brilliant end to the week, albiet a busy one, with finding our new home, signing the lease and picking up the keys!

We have found a gorgeous 2 bedroom semi detached house with a cute little garden. I'm excited as this will be the first time I have lived in an actual house since living with my family; always having lived in an apartment.

So much to do now to start packing up our apartment and organising the move!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Rachel xo

Credit: House & Leisure; discovered via House of Turquoise

10 Rooms to love in 2010 {bathrooms}

 

{one} Kate and Andy Spade's guest bathroom via The Lovelist

{two} via The Bubb Report

{three} House & Home

{four} Designed by Cath Kidston, Lonny

{five} Designed by Betsy Burnham

{six} New England Home, via House of Turquoise

{seven} Designed by Kate Simpson, Lonny

{eight} via Desire to Inspire

{nine} Designed by Jenna Lyons, Lonny

{ten} Decor8

The last post of the 2010 Favourites series is dedicated to glorious bathrooms.

I hope you have enjoyed re-living all of the brilliant rooms in 2010 as much as I have!

 
Thank you for all of your lovely comments and friendships this year; I will back with lots of goodies for you in 2011.

Until then, have a wonderful time celebrating the new year my dears! 

Bathroom Love

How lovely are these bathrooms? I don't know about you, but I am enamored by the vintage-chic style they both radiate. I adore the matching shower curtain, towels, rubbish bin in the last image, it looks extremely elegant.

I hope your week has been off to a good start my dears!

Images via: Elle Decor, Decorpad

....And I'm Back

Hello loves!

Well it has been a few weeks now, apologies for my long hiatus, but things have been extraordinarily crazy with moving into our new place, some initial renovations and DIY projects, plus my day job has been keeping me insanely busy. But, I'm back on deck and oh how I have missed blogging! 

I will be spending the weekend visiting all of your beautiful blogs and catching up on what I have missed out on!

What inspired me to write this post and propelled me back into blogging tonight was the fab new Lonny issue. Specifically though, one of the lovely homes it featured in the issue has helped me look at my own interiors challenge in a completely new light.

The bathroom in our new apartment has a most bizarre layout which means the logical place for the hand basin doesn't allow for a mirror or vanity directly above. Without serious bathroom renovations, this would be impossible to change. 

Husband and I have been dreading how much our impending renovation would cost! But when I saw how fresh and sophisticated Ethan & Ari's bathroom renovation turned out on their West Village apartment, where they faced similar space and design challenges, I began to feel a whole lot better.

I love how they have cleverly (and practically) integrated the vintage mirror above the hand basin, yet have also installed a beautiful walnut above their towel rack as a feature. And a hidden medicine cabinet? Genius! 

On a side note, I have some sneak peaks of our new bedroom to share with you shortly. It's not finished yet, but its well on its way. Oh and we went with the grey in the end and SO glad we were game enough to try it - it looks amazing!!

Don't forget to check out the new issue of Lonny Mag here.

Its great to be back!

Images via Lonny Mag