Shabby Chic Interiors

 It's Sunday, and although the weather is gloomy, the Spring is in the air. You can see it on the streets, on how people dress-up, in the window displays of the shops, in the flower shops and on people faces. And because I have to come-up with a new Spring window display at a cupcake shop,I had to dedicate this morning to this project. So,  I had to surf trough internet for some ideas. It took me few minutes to find this amazing images ... and now, here I am getting excited about this lovely interior and dreaming with my eyes open for hours..................
 Feminine, romantic, light and full of life, shabby chic style is more and more found in the latest trends and home products shops, in Romania. At the moment, I do not share my flat with someone, so I can "shabby-chic it"  as much as I want. I have to say that this style it's hard to be adapted to a couple, as it is way to feminine for a man. Therefore, get wild single ladies; until a man will come into your life and leave their socks on the floor, their gadgets all over and ask to get rid of your "needless"decorations.

Have to leave you now, but I wish you a sunny Sunday and a good week ahead.

With love,
Mihaela    

 

Copper accents in interior design

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 I'm not up-to-date with this year trends in interior design, but I'm pretty sure that copper color or textures is one of them. I'm more and more in love of this metal, no matter how is used, as: jewelery, interior design objects, fashion etc. I like a lot  the light shades and vases, which gives a glitter to your atmosphere but not over doing it. It's just the right amount which makes  your place look richer. But what I like the most is that feeling of industrial touch. I'm petty sure that it's not easy to maintain it clean all the time, but it worth buying few objects. Don't you think? 

Pip Studio - Wallpaper

I do not know how many of you know about  Pip Studio , but I'm sure that lots of Romanians haven't heard about it. Since I discovered it in a wallpaper shop in Cluj ( my city) it was love at first sight. I was looking on internet for wallpapers models, but non of them was this complex and graphic. The studio has to offer not just wallpaper, but other amazing products.

Pip Studio is based in Amsterdam and it has such a funny story behind it:

"PIP was born in a small village by the sea as the youngest child of the family. She has three older brothers and a Love bird, or to be more specific, a small African parrot from the genus Agapornis. The Love bird is called Tjommy and it can say its name. Tjommy always sits on her head or shoulder and goes everywhere with her. PIP’s real name is Catharina, but everyone knows her by her nickname. PIP was the first word that she ever spoke and her brothers just started calling her that. The rest of the family soon followed and these days no one knows any different.
After PIP graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, she bought a dilapidated old Victorian house on the outskirts of town. There was no longer any paint on the house and the garden was a wilderness, but PIP fell in love with it the moment she saw it. The house’s most unique feature, to her mind, was the intense northerly light that lit it up when the sun shone and that reminded her of the village where she was born.
PIP created a studio in the attic of her house and dubbed it the PIP studio..."

Love the story, love the products and the wallpapers...love it all. 

Colorful Houses Inspiration

 To keep the same topic as the previews article, I want to show you my latest finds. This amazing rooms are a mixture of different styles : Asian, Indian , Turkish, Moroccan, African ... and the list could continue, in a such a tasteful way. Materials with complicated patterns, wallpapers full of colors and illustrations, crazy rugs and curtains ... it's a lot, but it still looks great. There are exotic interiors and probably, as soon as you get through  their doors you will have the sensation you are on an ireland. At least this is how I will feel.. as if every day I will live in a holiday home. 

Now, I'm dreaming with my eyes opened !!! Oh, how lovely it will be to have a house like this ! 

Retail Detail

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 Every morning I wake-up around 7:30 and while I enjoy my tea till 9:30 I have time to get lost on Pinterest and different blogs and websites. And because my main focus is my Shop, I had to dedicate another post about shop interiors and share some of my findings. As you can see they are totally different style, but each in its own way, brings something original.

The first one it's a beautiful chaos; as I'll say: a organized mess. It's complex and full of life.Love the black and white diamond shape of the floor, and the see-through pink chest.

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 The second one ( the above image ) it's very neat, simple and almost monochrome. What I like a lot is the walls and floor textures and the light. Very original.

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 The third it's a classic one. A calm atmosphere with some graphic insertions. Very cute and perfect for a baby products shop. 

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And the last, which it's probably the most original, it's very colorful. Very economic , if you think how much furniture they've saved. :D ...

As a conclusion, as a retail designer you will have to find something original, but in harmony with the merchandise. It doesn't have to be crowded, but has to fit a lot of products; and it has to relate with the shop target .  The big challenge will be to fit lots of products in 23 square meters and to make it look great.
Challenge accepted !!!       

A N T H R O P O L O G I E - shop design

 Hello hello , after more than 3 month! It's been a while since I posted my last article. I have to admit: I haven't been in the mood to wright and I was indeed busy. But, here I am, back on track, looking forward to get back into blogging. For those who already are familiar with my blog, they should know by now how many times I have changed the concept of this blog... too many time. Sorry, this is me: making lots of things and undecided all the time.

It's time to change this too :D ... what I will do? I will come back to the main reason of starting this blog in the first place: DESIGN. For those interested in this area, I hope you will find my blog a constant inspiration.

It's 2013 and for me this year it started pretty crazy. Overwhelmed by how many things happened already, but joyfull that, beside many health problems in my family, I have lots of new projects on the run. The biggest:

Re-opening my STORE !!!!!!!! Heyyyyyyyyy... very happy. And not just the opening, but it will be in the same space, which I like a lot and it's intact. I'm still afraid if it will last longer this time, or if I will able to make some money out of it, but the point is that, this time I will do things differently, I will focus more and make it happen. I have so many design projects on my sketchbook, which I will bring them alive this time.

And here I am, awake at 7:00 am, browsing the internet, trying to find some cheap and clever ideas of how should I organize much better my little space. I'm so glad that internet and Pinterest exists ( huge fan of this page) so I can find so easily everything that I'm intereted in. This is how I came across this amazing shop:

ANTHROPOLOGIE . I know about it as a cloths and accessories shop, but I never had the chance to visit one and to see how their stores look like. I'm like: wow !!!!!! I can easily say that it's one of my favorite stores.

Well, what do you think of how original they are. I'm crazy about wood objects and the combination of vintage with new. I'm sure I will have the chance to see one live. 

Till the next post: improve your life, improve yourself !

ZGallerie

 I spent a lot of time lately trying to find products I could bring into my store. And ZGallerie is one of those companies I wish I could afford to have. Probably in the future, at least I hope so.  They are so perfect and they can definitely change the look of your home. They are simple and in the same time sophisticated. The first one is my favorite and it could look so chic in my hallway on my white mini bookshelves and cream painted wall. I have prepared a beautiful surprise soon ( not yet sure when) for those who will visit my wonderful Boutique. I hope I made you interested. Have a nice Tuesday. xoxoxox