Vancouver, BC
Realistic Chic is a budding author - who has had her short-fiction published - and an amateur clothing designer. This blog is started in an effort to chronicle the decorating and renovating of my first condo as well as to share my creative passions and blab about fashion (including the occasional period reproduction), photography, online shopping, art, vintage paraphernalia, DIY, and life. Thanks so much for visiting and feel free to share a comment!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Living Room Inspirations
So our new home is 13 years old and has never been updated since it was built. As such, although we'd love to tear out the whole thing (especially those carpets!) and put in everything we love, we simply can't afford it. So we are starting with the cheap face-lift: painting. In coming up with a colour palate, I collected images of my favourite rooms and elements that inspire me.

I love the dark hardwood floors contrasting with the light, airy feel of the white and blue on the walls and ceiling.

The rattan blinds against the soft blue walls make it a slightly tropical feel and contrast nicely against the black regal furniture.

I'd switch the dark blue of the walls with the light blue of the sofa...but you get the idea.

This matches almost perfectly with what I'm going for; the orange throw, the light blue walls, the palm, the beige furniture and espresso touches....

and this is one of my all-time favourite living rooms. Cozy, comfy, soft, and colourful.
So....

What do you think?

I love the dark hardwood floors contrasting with the light, airy feel of the white and blue on the walls and ceiling.

The rattan blinds against the soft blue walls make it a slightly tropical feel and contrast nicely against the black regal furniture.

I'd switch the dark blue of the walls with the light blue of the sofa...but you get the idea.

This matches almost perfectly with what I'm going for; the orange throw, the light blue walls, the palm, the beige furniture and espresso touches....

and this is one of my all-time favourite living rooms. Cozy, comfy, soft, and colourful.
So....

What do you think?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Vintage Chic
-
►
2010
(112)
-
►
July
(19)
- Fashion Friday
- It's a Mad (Men's) World
- Filling in the Blanks
- Fashion Friday
- Loving...
- An Ikea wedding?
- A Realistic Chic Design
- Citrus Love
- 101 in 1001 (goals for a better life)
- Eureka!
- Tu me Manques, France
- Fashion Friday
- Loving...
- What's on Wednesday
- House Tour Forward: Mike and Maddie
- Fan Me Please
- Blogging Blunder
- Fashion Friday
- Happy Canada Day!!!
-
►
May
(18)
- Nesting for Newbies Issue 3!
- Loving...
- What's on Wednesday
- One Man's Trash Is...Sometimes Just Trash
- What's on Wednesday
- Curbside finds: part deux!
- A Perfect Place to Read
- Curbside finds!
- Fashion Friday
- Mini-trip: Anthropologie photos
- Mini-trip: Seattle photos
- Blog Forward: COCOCOZY blog and Jayson Home giveaw...
- Fornasetti Face Plate Fun
- Fashion Friday
- loving...
- A fashion first
- Time to share
- Road Trip!
-
►
July
(19)
Chic Shots
www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from Realistic Chic. Make your own badge here.
Chic Tags
101 in 1001
affordable
Anthropologie
antique
Apartment Therapy
art deco
artist
bar
baroque
bathroom
beauty
bedroom
books
Canadian
chairs
chic
china ware
closet
clothing
coastal
colour palate
decor
DIY
Domino
Douglas Coupland
Ebay
eclectic
Etsy
fabric
fashion
Fashion Friday
feminine
flapper
Fornasetti
freecycle
french
goal completed
green
grey
hallway
hectic life
History
humour
IKEA
ingenius
inspiration
interior design
jewellery
Jonathan Adler
lighting
living room
Lonny
loving
masculine
me
mid-century
mirror
miscellanious
ModCloth
mood board
Morroccan
music
my fashion designs
my first-home
neutral
office
online shopping
painting
Paris
patio
Penguin Classics
photography
project runway
rain
renaissance
roccoco
roccoco/rococo
romantic
Seattle
Selby
stupid keep calm poster craze
summer
travel
Urban Outfitters
Vancouver
Victorian
vintage
wanted
wedding
what's on
winter
Zooey Deschanel
Chic Shopping
- Anthropologie
- Ballard Designs
- CB2
- Crate and Barrel
- CS Post
- Free Floor Planner (essential for me)
- Full House Consignment
- Garnet Hill
- Ikea (of course)
- Jonathan Adler (can't afford him, love him anyways)
- Look In The Attic
- Mermaid Hut
- Mod Walls
- Modern Dose
- Moma
- Pottery Barn
- Room and Board
- Room Service Home
- The Great Indoors
- Urban Barn
- Urban Outfitters
- West Elm
- Williams-Sonoma
- Wisteria
0 Chic Comments:
Post a Comment