Home Style Guide

Welcome

Make a seasonal change to your front door entry way. Treating the outside of the entrance with the same attention as the inside is a great way to add style to your home. Add some of these ideas to elevate the look of your home. ♥

• Lantern or porch light
• Letter box
• Welcome mat
• Pot plants
• Chair or bench
• Wreath 

Beach Fun

This one you will enjoy with the kids, collecting beach pebbles. Try this simple D.I.Y. candle in a jar for a luxury look and feel to your home. You can even make one as a gift to a friend. ♥

• Scented Candle
• Beach Pebbles
• Glass Vase

 The Artist 

When it comes to art, oversized pieces will always make a big statement. Art brings an attractive conversational piece into your home. Your guests will be inspired by your artistic flair. ♥

• For a personal touch add a self made art work. 
• Drawing, Painting or Photograph 
• Photo Frame 

Seasonal Refresh   

A  new look that gives your home a decorative play with comfort. Scatter cushions and throws can be changed seasonally. Colour, style or theme should flow throughout your home.  Display the colour and style in your home perfectly with fluffy scatter cushions and cosy throws to suite the season. ♥

• Cushion covers (interchangeable seasonally)
• Large featherdown Cushions add a portion of luxury.
• Warm cosy throws like faux fur or chunky knit give a warm  textured feel to your home.

 Botanical Garden

A few leafy stems or branches will bring a pinch of Nature indoors.  Foliage in the garden is a great place to look. Field flowers grow naturally wild ready for the picking. Long lasting botanicals are ideal Making hand-tied bouquets out of homegrown or found foliage makes a warm and inviting flower arrangement for your table. ♥

• Proteas
• Pincushions
• Aloes
• Cactus
• Eucalyptus leaves 
• Bulrushes
• Lilies

Ambiance

Allow the natural light into your home by day and enhance the mood in your home by night. Natural light from the fire place as well as candles add to the ambiance of the room.  Create  well lit up areas in the home using lamps, lanterns, wall sconces and chandeliers. The use of mirrors help to reflect light, together, they become a stronger design element as a whole than they would be individually.  ♥

• Draw the curtains back allowing Natural light into your home. Replace block out curtains with a lightweight fabric or try a lighter shade.
• Warm light from the Fire place and candles add ambiance.
• Hang a large mirror to reflect the light into the room.
• Add lamps and a feature light to complete the look.

Refurbish

Make use of second hand furniture and refurbish it to modernise your kitchen on a budget. This d.i.y. project is thrifty and creative, have fun with this and get inspired to add a specific style to your kitchen that flows throughout your living space and will tie in with the rest of your home. 

Re-cycle or Up-cycle 

Collect and Re-use glass bottles and jars. Remove the labels and ensure the glass is cleaned. Fill your bottles with Liquid Hand soap ,Dish soap or Lotion. Replace labels with homemade ones. Use jars as vases for flowers or add candy , peppermints or biscuits for bigger jars.

Labels & Bins

Adding more shelving, pull-out shelves, dividers, or drawers for storage space is a must. Clear canisters add to the overall visual appearance and they also make it easy to find what you are looking for. Baskets and bins help to keep larger items stored whilst still keeping the appeal. Label all your clear canisters and bins to organise your pantry. 

Sugar & Spice

To make your pantry as functional as possible, organise your food containers and spices. It’s a good idea to see if there’s any way you can save space and keep your pantry tidier for longer. 

Chop-chop

A vignette, or styling arrangement, is a way of adding serious style to your kitchen. If you have bench space or open shelves, you could rest cutting boards in different shapes, sizes and materials, and place some vessels or salt and pepper grinders in front. Use a mix of cutting boards and glass oil vessels, a marble canister with wooden spoons and a fruit bowl.

Introducing natural materials, such as a woven basket or even a cotton tea towel draped over the sink, are great ways of softening the hard edges and materials in your kitchen. 

Grocery List

A chalk board wall in your kitchen is perfect for a To-do-list,  grocery list or a Menu board for planning out the weeks meals. The kids can join in with this one as they will love writing on the wall! 

Re-arrange

 A fresh perspective can totally change how you look at a room. Experiment with different furniture arrangements to transform the space without swapping out any of its elements. Try flipping the living room sofa to face the other direction, pulling furniture away from the wall, or rotating chairs around the room until you land on the ideal placement. If you don't like the final layout, you can always move the pieces back. 

Book-Nook

Create a Book-nook with your favourite novels. Books are good for more than reading. Bring hardcover books off the shelf to create an interesting tablescape or mantel arrangement. Removing the outer cover of the book can reveal a beautiful cover with eye-catching colours or designs. display on your coffee table.

Light it up

A fire place is both practical and pleasing in creating a warming atmosphere in your home. Simple styling for your fireplace, when not in use,  is to display some firewood and maybe a forged screen, this way you’ll imitate a working fireplace and will add cosiness. A fireplace that is repurposed into a book storage space with firewood or cushions in the basket adds an exquisite feel. Decorate with various elements that are special to you.

Dinning

Ensuring your dinning table is large enough to accommodate all your guests, with comfortable seating and adequate amount of space is essential.  After all when you are at a dinner party you could be sitting in that chair for most of the night!

Refresh

Organise your shelf display unit by incorporating objects from around the house. Whether it's a serving platter you love but never use or horse figurine you found in the attic, anything with an interesting shape or design can be a candidate. Look for objects with the similar colour pallet, such as white finishes, to create a more unified display. And resist the urge to add "just one more" item. If you have a large collection, rotate objects in and out from time to time, rather than displaying everything all at once, to prevent the vignette from looking cluttered. 

 Dress up

Add a table runner to your table with simple décor you already own. If your dining table is too small for a lot of accents, add just a little elegance with a table runner. Use a pretty patterned fabric scrap, retired window treatment panel, or an oversize scarf. You can get creative with this d.i.y. 

 Pretty Up

Add interest to a plain or outdated headboard by giving it a fresh lick of paint or draping a panel of pretty fabric over it. Cut to size and tuck the ends under the mattress to help it stay in place. Alternatively you can hang a Persian rug up onto the wall for a more Bohemian or Moroccan look and feel.

 Tie-backs 

Add style to your window treatments and grant you the flexibility to let in more light as needed. Tame unruly curtains with scarves, belts, or ribbon. Choose an item in a contrasting hue to add colour and interest to your window treatments or go natural with light and dark shades. 

 Puff & Fluff

A quick bed making trick: fold your duvet in half and then pull the top part back into thirds so you can show off all your pillows and layers. Puff & Fluff out your pillows, Create a V-shaped indent on top of your pillow by chopping it in the middle with your hand. 

Quilts and throws add a luxury feel to your bed, add layers to your bed with different colours and textures depending on the seasons. During the warmer seasons use light weight fabrics like linen, cotton, rayon, linen, silk , polyester, and nylon. During cold wintery months use faux fur throws, chunky knits, chenille, mink or mohair blankets, warm quilts and comforters.

 Double Up

To create a fluffy and full looking Duvet you need to place two duvet inners into your duvet cover. The other option is to place two separate duvets on top of each other. Ideally one featherdown duvet and the other hollow fibre thus giving the look of 

" Grandma's feather bed"

Opt for neutrals and cosy textures, or play with patterns and colours to create some depth and contrast. Place a light cotton coverlet or quilt on top of the sheets followed by your duvet. A quick bed making trick: fold your duvet in half and then pull the top part back into thirds so you can show off all your pillows and layers. 

Percale Cotton

Percale cotton is a fine, lightweight blend with thread counts around 180 to 200. Percale has a soft lightness that it like muslin. It is durable and lasts for years. Additionally, it can be washed weekly for convenience. Covering a down comforter with a percale cotton duvet allows your body heat to transfer from the duvet back to you.

Pima, Supima and Egyptian Cotton

Pima cotton, Supima cotton and Egyptian cotton all have high thread counts between 200 and 300, making them super soft and cosy. These three blends are all long cotton staples, meaning they are made of extra-long fibres for added softness and durability. Supima cotton is stronger and ideal for sleepers who toss and turn a lot at night, adding extra wear to their cover.

Organic Cotton

Organic cotton  have the benefit of containing fewer allergens and chemical odours. Those with sensitive skin may find a breathable organic cotton immediately comforting after a single wash. 100% Organic cotton  should not be mixed with synthetic fibres.

Flannel

On a cold winter night, a flannel duvet cover will keep you warm and toasty. Flannel is a mix of wool and cotton, both soft and durable to last for years to come. It's wrinkle-free and machine washable.

Blends

Choosing a mix of cotton and rayon or cotton and polyester is an inexpensive option, blends can be more wrinkle-resistant and durable. Picking a blend will save money and may allow you to choose more than one cover to suit your changing décor. 

Classic 

When it comes to sheets, the pros usually choose white  because it’s classic, of course, but also because it provides a place where your eye can rest once you start layering on colour, prints, and patterns. Make sure to put the flat sheet in reverse (the finished side down) so that the softness envelops you when you get into bed. 

Get in Sink

  Update that part of your home for a bit of unexpected character!  Its a moderately small demo with big impact on your bathroom aesthetic. You can be thrifty and creative, making it a d.i.y. project. Refurbish and modernise your finds. Select unique pieces for your sink to compliment your style.

 Try a tray

Combine your favourite bath and body products with a few easy tricks, you can turn your hand soap and tooth brushes into a stylish arrangement. Firstly, add a tray! Using a base of a tray or trivet will instantly make items feel as though they belong. Incorporate some natural elements, such as a bristle brush, piece of coral, small plant or flowers, and play with the height and scale of items using some taller pieces with shorter. 

Freshly Folded

Display your towels on a Towel rack or ladder for a unique look. Bamboo cotton towels are super soft and luxurious for your bathroom. Your guests will love them and you can choose from a variety of different colours to suite your palette.  Keeping your towels freshly folded and neat will make an impression, and keep your bathroom organised.

Clean and Fresh

Your Laundry room needs just as much TLC as the rest of the home. Keeping things organised helps maintain a structured daily routine in our busy lives. Open shelving helps for easy to reach access to laundry detergents. Laundry Bin for clothes to be stored until it's ready to be washed. Drying rack and a hanging rail for clothes to be hung after being ironed. These small things that will make a big difference!

Rub-a-dub-dub

Choosing your storage containers makes all the difference. There are loads to choose from, from colour to glass tin or melamine. Containers small and large, think about your style and budget.

 Bathroom Bliss

Colourful leaves become artful arrangements when placed inside vases. Also consider decorating with leafy tree branches, ferns, driftwood branches, twigs or grasses in vases, or bowls of rocks and shells.  

Basket and Bins

A lovely way to hide the ugly is to keep your knick-knack's all hidden away in a wicker basket. Clean and neatly packed is the way to go, making it easy and accessible for you to do Laundry or grab a fresh towel.