The Doily Lamp Shade - DIY.

Over at DosFamily they have made this amazing Doily Lamp Shade.

These are all their photos...

Thinking you might try it now, no?

:-)

If you do, send us some of your creations - lily-green@live.com.au.

Happy DIY-ing.

The Chronic Face.

This was one of those things you run across that both instantly makes your day and causes you to laugh so hard you not only snort but continue to laugh so long it deteriorates into that wheezy, shaking, silent laugh where tears are streaming down your face and you start to believe you’ll honestly never stop laughing again. First off, I LOVE that feeling, don’t you?

And secondly, “chronic bitchface”? I so have that. And mine looks exactly like the chick on the right, down to the bun and glasses, although my bun is brunette. Krisatomic is my hero for making this, I am definitely buying myself a Chronic Bitchface print to frame! If you don’t have need of this print, check out the rest of her work, one is truly better than the next, I wish I could have every single one.

 

 

By the way, note to strangers: if you encounter someone with the bitchface and you want them to smile, say nothing and simply smile at them. 99% of the time they will smile back and feel good, your mission therefore accomplished. Because telling sufferers to “smile” or “cheer up” will just cause their mood to start matching the face. Seriously. 



The Fashionable Cleaner.

Lately I’ve noticed - after moving out of home within the last 12 months - that I clean A LOT!

(I can hear my dear mothers voice in my head everytime I say the words "Pick up after yourself!" or "Today's a good clothes drying day!")

And I don’t think I’m alone with that.

Why not make it fun? Dress up for the occasion! Splurge on the cute stuff!

Here’s some stuff the get you up and ready…



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These Rubber Gloves give everyday chores a saucy face-lift!

 
 

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Just place the ever-so-dainty toe of this playful pump under the crack of your very own door and it will be held open in style.



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This vintage-inspired hostess kitchen and cooking apron to flatter every woman's figure.





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 The Ostrich Brush is a beautiful and functional cleaning tool. Made of a pear wood handle and natural, harvestable ostrich feathers, you will fall in love with the quality of this duster.



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This matching dust pan and broom will help your clean in style.



So, what are you waiting for?



The Interior Design Trends - Spring/Summer 2011.

Spring and summer 2011 interior design style will voyage through time and remoteness according to designers and department heads. They know precisely where the horizons will be.

Trend Number 1. Folkloric Movement

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This Folkloric trend is not fixed to any definite tradition or legacy, but uses conventional craft and hand drawn imagery throughout all countries.

There’s a mix of African, Russian, Scandinavian and Indian influences across fabrics, metal work and ceramics.

This takes in well crafted pieces of furniture, while accumulating embroidered or patterned fabrics for low key warmth. Tables should be fully clad in hot summer colours – oranges, reds and pinks.

Trend Number 2. So Fresh Drift

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Spring comes in the abode with flowers, fabrics and home wares. They are established in this style in an expansive variety of yellows and soft greens of khaki, moss and olive shades. Next to white polish pieces and white ceramics, these looks convey vividness and clarity to the home. Also they are nicely complemented with wicker garden furnishings and natural timber furniture.

These next three are all rivers to the same ocean.

Trend Number 3. 50′s Interior Trend

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The main colours for this trend are washed out red, emerald green and gold. Retro prints and mid – 20th Century furnishing figures and manners are a high-flying theme.

Trend Number 4. Granny Chic Trend



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Granny Chic takes an unmarked path this spring with modern-day graphics, update on florals, crochet, fine china and all things characteristically British and homespun.

The main idea is of flowers on tableware, cushions in teal, maroon and subdued gold and a real mix of wistful flowery wallpapers.

Trend Number 5. Chalky Pastels Trend



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 This key look persists this year. Pastels of dusty pink, mint green and pale blue grow to be a key palette for spring/summer 2011. Delicate suggestions of colour are added to tableware and trimmings. This colour palette is collective with matt finishes.