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Kate Foley, White Dress, Red Fur Coat, Opening Ceremony

Kate Foley: Girl Meets World

October 8, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Last week I was going to do a post on Kate Foley, the British buyer for Opening Ceremony, based in New York. (Although it has recently opened in Covent Garden). I had absolutely no idea who Kate was until I saw this great image of her on Pinterest, in this fabulous coat. After some digging I also found out she has a love for vintage white dresses – which, as you know, so do I. I was about to embark on […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, British Vogue, celebrities, culture, design, Fashion, Garance Dore, Inspiration, Interiors, Kate Foley, lifestyle, Opening Ceremony, photography, Refinery 29, shopping, style, travel, vintage, vogue, white vintage dresses

Salvage Inspired Best Buys

October 3, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Hands up, who loves salvage style products but doesn’t have the time to scour the globe? I think I might be in good company! Well, this season I’ve been blown away by some of the collections from online and highstreet retailers. They have seriously upped their game and there are some great bargains out there. Ok, so they don’t have the coolness of something you just happened to pick up in a flea market in New York or India but […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, Bodie & Fou, Cox & Cox, craft, culture, design, diy, drawer storage, H&M, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, Next, photography, plumo, Salvage collection, salvage style, shopping, style, vintage, wall storage, wooden stool

Cleo Charuet, Jean francois Jaussaud. Elle Decoration

Furry Friends & Flea Market Finds

September 27, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Cleo Charuet lives in Paris with her cat and several other furry friends – Francois, the Zebra and Brodovitch, the rabbit, to name but a few, only they’re stuffed! Yes, taxidermy is the new art. Framed in her incredible Napoleonic apartment they really don’t look out of place. “Some are shocked by my animal collection but other people collect camembert boxes and no-one asks questions!” I’m not sure it’s a trend I’ll be going down though – might frighten the […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, cats, Cleo Charuet, craft, culture, design, diy, Elle Decoration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, taxidermy, vintage

Quirky & Kid Friendly

September 12, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I had a dilemma over the summer holidays. I promised Sammie, my youngest son, I would decorate his room. The poor little rascal has had a pink bedroom for a year and it really was time to address the matter. The thing is I hate hero/character wallpaper. We had already been through the whole dark blue Ben 10 wallpaper before and I really didn’t want to go there again. So I started to look for wallpapers that could be used […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, bodie and fou, Children, Children's bedrooms, craft, culture, design, diy, fashion illustration, Ferm Living, Inspiration, Interiors, Kids, lifestyle, photography, pinterest, shopping, style, vintage

Random Display, Wall hangings, home decor, feature walls

Random Display – Hanging Pictures

September 4, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

As promised, part 2 of Random Displays, this time it’s all about how you hang it: You may remember the second to last image as the home of designer, Anita Calero in the post Spot The Difference. Her bedroom wall display looks like something out of a museum – not sure I’d want to sleep beneath them – unique all the same. I think my favourite is the last – I like the idea of using objects as well as […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, craft, culture, dance, design, diy, Fashion, fashion illustration, home decor, illustration, Inspiration, lifestyle, photography, style, travel, vintage, wall hangings

art of display, still life, decorating, collections

Random Displays – Still Life

August 31, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Sometimes it’s not what you’ve got, it’s how you put it together. Displaying your treasured items can be quite tricky, it takes quite a bit of imagination. I suppose it’s similar to what Draga was saying in “Italian Upcycling” you need to look at your treasures in a totally different way. Personally I love the idea of creating a “still life” on shelves or tables, or a collection of images and objects hanging on walls. I’ve collected a few favourite […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, beauty, craft, culture, curating, decorating, design, diy, history, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, travel, vintage

Draga Obradovic, Aurel Basedow, Anthropologie, Baxter, Upcycling

Italian Upcycling

August 27, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I always feel like I’m cheating if I blog about something that I’ve read in this month’s magazine – it just doesn’t really feel like a discovery. Today I don’t care! October Elle Decoration came through the letter box this weekend and there’s a studio which needs to be shared. Owned by Draga Obradovic and her husband Aurel Basedow, the studio is a reflection of what the couple do best – “upcycling”. (Transforming tattered, timeworn pieces into unique items that […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: Anthropologie, art, Baxter, beauty, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Interiors, lifestyle, obradovic, photography, shopping, style, upcycling, vintage

Birgitte Raben Olrik, Rabens Saloner, Copehagen style, Elle Decoration

A Life Story in Design – Copenhagen to Bali

August 20, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

If ever there were an example of global style it’s the homes of Birgitte Raben Olrik, designer of the Danish brand Rabens Saloner. Six months of the year Birgitte lives in Copenhagen, in an apartment spread over three floors in the fashionable district of Vesterbro. For the other half she decamps to her island home in Bali, on the south west coast. Boy, does she have the right idea! The styles of both homes feature Balinese fabrics, furniture and ornaments, […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Bali, beauty, Birgitte Raben Olrik, Copenhagen, craft, culture, design, diy, Fashion, global style, Inspiration, Interiors, jewelery, lifestyle, photography, Rabens Saloner, shopping, style, travel, vintage

Warehouse, pink, industrial interior, Gary Hume

Industrial Pink Kitsch

August 18, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Still loving this 1998 industrial style living with a pink kitsch twist, courtesy of artists, Gary Hume & Georgie Hopton: Photos: James Merrell for Elle Decoration What do you think?

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1990s, art, arts, craft, culture, design, diy, Elle Decoration, Gary Hume, Georgie Hopton, industrial style, Interiors, kitsch, lifestyle, shopping, style, vintage