Feminine shabby chic home in London

In the heart of London, the stylist Jo Willer and her husband turned an old house into a beautiful family apartment. The feminine décor mixes Scandinavian and British style. Indeed, the walls, floors, doors, fireplaces and a large number of furniture are white combined with recycled and vintage accessories, antique and rustic furniture and gorgeous textile with flowers patterns. Jo, a real bargain hunter, passionate with recycling has found real treasures in the flea markets of London, which has integrated into her beautiful home.

KOOK restaurant & pizzeria

It was hard to realise that this place is not a beautifully modern/vintage designed apartment but a unique restaurant! The KOOK Restaurant & Pizzeria is located in Rome, Italy and is designed by the design studio Noses Architects. Glass, iron and concrete are the main materials, that were used, creating an industrial environment.

White living in the woods

This house is absolutely a m a z i n g ! I mean, it's not just that it has the total-white interior style that I love but its location is magical, surrounded by trees and all this wonderful nature. I have to admit that bloggers have the most stylish homes and one of the many examples is this one, which belongs to interior stylist Mary from Mary made this. Bright and white with big windows, celebrating the beautiful garden, white-washed interiors, vintage details and several flowers and pots with plants are some of the things that make me say that I would love to live there and drink my morning coffee, sitting on the cute wooden bench in the garden!

White + Pastels in a loft

French designer Caroline Gomez created her personal space into an old workshop for jukeboxes and pinball, built in the 1930s. As Caroline decorating her new apartment, she thought of it as a white canvas where everything was possible. In the end, the large white surfaces combined with sweet pastel shades make the house bright and light.

A Viennese home

Today, our inspirational home is in Vienna and belongs to Verena Stummer, Art Director at Screenagers and owner of the small cooking brand "Schön und gut", in Vienna, Austria. I was really impressed by this apartment because, after so many homes I've seen, this one seems so beautifully neat and freshly designed with plenty of its owner's personal style.

The decoration is inspired by flowers, vintage finds and food, as Verena mentions in her mini interview at decor8 blog. I was thrilled with the splash of neon-watermelon-red that separates the living room and the hallway. I also like the quote on the wall, among the hanging frames and plates.
"the problem with doing everything is that you have no time for doing nothing."
Genius! I's seriously thinking of writing this on my wall too cause it describes my life now! Have fun!

| via decor8 |

White and light Grey

Another great white house just added to the Hommie's inspirational collection! I've said it before and I will always say that white is bright, is fresh, is calm, is just perfect for a relaxing family house like this one! The wooden floor and the brick wall add warmth while pastel and colour accents mix perfectly with the general white and light grey decor! Modern furniture, like Mies Van Der Rohe's Barcelona chair, are combined with vintage pieces, having of course white as common element.

Finnish style

Here I go again posting another cool scandinavian apartment! Lots of white, bit of black and grey, some yellow on the one side, some orange on the other, little bit of purple in a corner and a couple of vintage furniture are stylishly combined in Laura's apartment, blogger from Helsinki. I find the whole apartment lovely but I really like the diamond-shape mobile in the living room and the poster from a Warhol's exhibition in Sweden (don't ask me why, I just like framed posters from exhibitions, concerts and events in general)!

Scandinavian house with rustic touch

I've already mentioned it before and I can't hide that I cannot resist to the pure white of Scandinavian style! This house is a very inspirational example. During the renovation, the details of this 1910's house (wooden floor, doors, classic tiles, decorative wall covering) remained and became part of the new house having a white-washed 'treatment'. Interior is beautifully bright and feels very clean plus the vintage furniture giving it nice rustic touch warming the place a bit. 

Photo of the day

For all of us loving shabby chic style and vintage treasures here's a DIY reuse of an old window.

The window, old and faded, turns into a rustic cupboard. Just install selves and dividers to align with the window muntins. Add also a wooden back which can be painted in the same or different colour as the original window or can be covered with wallpaper!

| spotted on Better Homes and Gardens |

Rural Shabby Chic

Since February says goodbye in a while and Spring is almost here, I guess you will start the short gateways to your cottages and countryside. And in order your stay there have some style I found this wonderful house in Provence, of Southern France, to show you and get some inspiration!

Minimal Industrial Chic

Swedish decoration style will never disappoint me! This is how I came upon this, as the title mentions, minimal industrial chic house in Falun, Sweden, owned by Susanne Gillerås and her family. The decoration is 'a mix of different eras, different styles, minimalism, straightness, simplicity and plenty of black and white', as Susanne describes in Residence magazine.

Inspiration from South Africa

Everything in the art of decoration is about combinations! And when you combine successfully   white floors and walls, vintage and rustic furniture with simple decorative accessories, then you should have in mind this lovely house in South Africa. Everything seems so clean and bright! The natural sunlight enters through the white curtains lighting up the interior and making the raw-wooden furnishing standing out!