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My favorite picks – guilty pleasures

1. colourB4. I’ve dyed my hair for four years. From brown to orange, purple, screaming red and harsh black. I tried colourB4 last night {I’m sick of touching up my blond roots} and I am amazed at how it lifted all that dye. 
2. Martha Stewart Weddings. This is a huge guilty pleasure. It’s full of projects I can’t wait to get my hands on. 
3. LA Ink. Keeping me sane through the mind numbing hours of AutoCAD. 
4. Next Home. Having never been, I wandered in to have a look. I was met with an entire section dedicated to hydrangeas. I’ll be back. 

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Tasty temptation

I’ve been bad. I told myself I wouldn’t look at any wedding blogs or websites until I finished college, but that lasted all of 4 minutes.

A center piece idea I’m really into right now is tea inspired. Found on Little Miss Wedding, Belita and Rich’s Edinburgh wedding had amazing center pieces displayed in old teapots which the couple collected in flea markets. What a simple and cute idea. Coupled by this picture below from Love My Dress, I’m pretty much sold.

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That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

Inspired by a recent Facebook post from an ex-coworker of mine who has an equally obsessive fascination with The Big Lebowski, I was influenced to write a little post about what rugs can bring to a room.  

“Alex, please promise me you will, at some stage in your design career, be sure to tell someone they must have a particular rug because it really ties the room together …” 

Thus, this post came about. 

Monochrome | I’m really into big bold black and white prints. I hope to have a big striped rug in my living room one day. What a way to add a contemporary twist to an otherwise traditional design. Images | Your Decorating Hotline and Javabali. 

Pretty in pink | Over sized stamp rug by Stamp Rugs. Coupled with a quaint bathroom with a punch of pink and red in the rug. Images | Prickly Thorn Sweetly Worn and Downlo. 
More mono | I couldn’t help adding these two pictures. More black and white loveliness. Images | Modern Homes Interior and E+ST+Laurent. Please note I very much prefer replicated animal print in stead of actual animal print. 

Relief rug | Not your run-of-the-mill rugs – amazing cut Stella Rug by Michelle Mason as well as the amazing and homely little black rug and Make yourself at home rugs by John Pour Home.