Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Make a moodboard!!!

Mydeco is a decorating website aimed at helping you make your home more... you! Whether your style is Laura Ashley chintz romantic or Karim Rashid ultra-pop colorful, they are all about bringing you everything you need to make your home the best it can be. They trawled the High Street searching for the perfect sofa, tried to visualise statement walls from a one inch paint swatch, and wondered; Why isn’t there a place on-line where one can find everything one needs, and try it before buying it? So they created one. Mydeco brings together the widest possible range of products from high street stores to niche retailers, thousands of inspiring looks to fit your budget, expert designers on hand for advice, and simple 3D tools to help you plan your room before you even open a tin of paint. You can also join the community to share ideas, swap decorating tips and show off your designs.


One of the most interesting tools you will find in Mydeco is a moodboard tool: you can create one using this, using every product available in the website: from flooring and wallpapers, to color swatches and furniture, lighting fixtures and even perfumes and accessories - the sky is the limit - and your imagination. I created the moodboard you can see above this paragraph in less then ten minutes - easy and fun! Just try it. You can also design your room in 3D and check out how various items and materials go together - such a useful thing when trying to make up your mind about changing something in your home. I will definitely be using these tools many times in the future!

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Easter eggs inspiration: Franc Grom

Catholic Easter is long gone but the Orthodox is now, so some inspiration for this year's eggs comes from Slovenia: Franc Grom patiently drills the egg shells with an electric boring tool, making them more beautiful than any Fabergé egg out there.


Usually he needs 2,500 to 3,000 holes to create one egg but once he pierced 17,000 holes in one! He is inspired by traditional Slovenian designs.


Making eggs look like lace is his speciality, they look so delicate and fragile one is afraid of touching them. His intricate work has been published in National Geographic and many internet websites.


I cannot imagine his frustration if an egg breaks while he is working on it...


So, anyone care to try this at home?


Via momeld.

Happy Orthodox Easter to all my friends!