Colour on a raining summer's Sunday

" Bold, blingy, and fabulous: nothing changes the personality of a space like colour. It seduces, thrills and surprises, and adds high-voltage energy to any room. Overdose it I say" Interior Designer Abigail Ahern.

And I agree. Colour used in a home should be one that you love, and creates emotion for the inhabitant that is unsurpassed.
However, what i Love to do, when a Client isn't feeling too adventurous with colour- is to use accent colours through accessories ie. rugs, lampshades, vases, flowers, cushions and throw rugs. This injects the colour and life into the room, whilst not being too overbearing.

Below is a collection of items that will bring colour and life, to a Sunday enjoying the indoors.

Happy Sunday.

xErica

Nursery Design reveal

Happy Wednesday! I cant believe how overcast and merky Sydney is today, after we've had an incredibly hot few days; however i thought today would be the perfect to reveal the E-decorating Nursery design for a Beautiful Client, who i blogged about in an early post.
This was an extremely fun E-decorating project, and the brief was quite a creative one to fullfill.
The Nursery was designed for a Baby girl, with a playful, romantic and feminine style in mind. I wanted to introduce a subtle drama in the colour scheme, through the use of contrasting fabric & wall colours. The elements of playfullness are evident in the use of horizontal striped wallpaper in shades of lilac, the martha Stewart pompoms as a mobile display, and the 'Snow white' style mirror.

For all of you who arent aware of E-Decorating -

'E-decorating is an affordable online interior decorating and consultation service that gives you the opportunity to use the extensive knowledge and skills of an experienced interior designer, without the common restrictions of location and budget. E-decorating offers a more timely and cost-effective service and provides DIY clients with valuable insights, ideas and industry tips on how to achieve their dream interior. This service best suits people on a budget, or those who want to create the space themselves, but could just use a little bit of guidance from an expert.

E-decorating also offers the opportunity to tap into industry insights like tips and tricks on where to buy furniture and decorator pieces (including those usually only available to the trade) and advice on how to style them. E-decorating is tailored to each client’s brief, and will not only inspire you, but save you time and money and result in a better final product at a lower than expected cost (from $220 per room).'

You can check it out further at www.ericafanninginteriorstyling.com

So the design....

Nursery mood board

Nursery Floor plan

Hope you have enjoyed previewing the Nursery E-decorating design. Should you have any questions about where to purchase any of the items used, please dont hesitate to contact me @ erica@ericafanninginteriorstyling.com

xErica

Home Offices

I feel that great satisfaction is gained from creating the perfect nook for your scissors, and knowing they will be in that same posi every time you need them, or designing a filing system that is colour coded using your favourite colours and in an order that suits You; Or perhaps its adding that touch of glam to your home office,  so it makes your 'working' experience slightly more picturesque then the harsh glow of fluorescent lighting.

For me, a home office should be the ultimate expression of your working style ( organisation) and personal style ( tastes in fashion and home decor). This can be done on any budget, whether you purchase your antique inspired pieces from lamaison, or browse the gumtree pages looking for a DIY exercise. The most important thing is, to create a space that inspires you and encourages you to work productively and happily, for whilst ever we have to be working!

My Home office ( a small one at that), displays some of my favourite items - an over sized antique champagne mirror, my favourite designer 'best of' books, Nautilus shells, fresh flowers of course  and framed photos of the fun times I've had with fantastic people.

Kris Jenner home office

Khloe Kardashian home office

Kardashian Headquaters

Just plain Glamorous

Nate Berkus designed Office for Oprah's Executive Producer

 Comfortable & orderly 

x Erica

4 Great post Christmas online Homewares sales

This is the first iPhone blog post whilst I'm out & about. Let's see how we go!!

I just quickly wanted to share with anyone, who may be looking for good quality, post the Christmas present overload, Homewares for their 2013 Interior styling.
These online stores are all definitely worth a visit.

Table tonic.com.au
Zanui.com.au
Urban outfitters.com
&
Aurahome.com.au

Nursery design

Happy New year to you all!! I hope the first day into 2013 has been fantastic & you are, thus far, upholding your all important new years resolutions. 

I cant think of a better way to bring in the new year then to share with you my current E-decorating design project, of which i am very excited to be working on and with such lovely Client's. The E-decorating brief is a Nursery design for a gorgeous couple expecting their first born in the coming months. E-decorating for a nursery is such a fantastic way to demonstrate the many styles you can take the room, whether it be gender specific, themed or reinventing using what you already own; all  without the hassal of you tirelessly searching for ideas to create a unique scheme, and then having to find the stores that sell what you envisaged using.
E-decorating provides the Client with a design layout and shopping list of where to find all the suggested items; however, leaves the fun part of bringing the room together, and of course the shopping, in the Client's hands.

In my Nursery research, i stumbled across one very Beautiful nautical inspired Celebrity Nursery designed by Lonni Paul Designs, in the picturesque suburb of Brentwood, CA. The celebrity couple, E! News personality Giuliana & Bill Rancic.

(image courtesy of latimes.com)

(image courtesy of celebdigs.com)

Isn't it beautiful. It wouldn't be hard to spend many hours in this room with your new baby, or even the entire Family.


So, i thought i would share with you an E-decorating board I created to demonstrate how you can recreate this stunning Nursery design, through resources that are available here in Australia, and of course on a more reasonable budget.

I look fwd to sharing with you the completed E-decorating Nursery design in the coming weeks. 

If you would like any information on where to purchase any of the E-decorating items, don't hesitate to contact me at www.ericafanninginteriorstyling.com

x Erica