Wonderful wallpaper: perfect or past it?

Wonderful wallpaper! I feared I might never be able to forget the pebble dash effect, thick as a duvet, painted blue wall covering on the bedroom I shared with my brother but it seems wallpaper is making a huge comeback and not the early 90's monstrosities that I remember; hurrah!

If these don't tickle your interior design taste buds then nothing will! A heavy dose of Scandi with a cherished childhood memory to begin with (perfect for a potential nursery)...

Osbourne and Little Wallpaper, Quentin Blake design From £37 - £39

Sandberg - Charles from £65

Sandberg - Metropolis II From £65

Mini Moderns Whitby Wallpaper, Lido 

Grey geometric print <3

Do you live in a town wallpaper from £45

Harlequin Grasses wallpaper from £50

Whether a feature wall or a bold, entirely wallpapered room these modern takes on mid century design bring colour and interest to a large white canvas and against teak furniture would look beautiful in my humble opinion.

Would you consider wallpaper over paint? Do you favour bold or subtle patterns?

"Dec" the halls - Wilkinson's Super Scandi budget Christmas tree decorations

You'd be forgiven for not thinking of Wilkinson's as your first port of call for Christmas decorations. It wasn't the first place I had thought of and immediately headed to Next to gasp in horror at the prices of felt decs that I remember crafting at School. As our first Christmas in our first home approaches we're both bursting with excitement whilst our piggy bank is bursting with dust so this year will be Christmas on a budget.

We have been on the hunt for some (mainly) cool toned Christmas tree decorations for a little while now and were delighted to discover that not only did Wilkinson's have a nice little selection but they EVEN HAD GREY DECORATIONS which is exactly what we had been looking for.

Below are a few of the Scandi gems we bought today but I'm certain we'll be back as they have a fantastic "build your own wreath" display which is a lovely mix of berries, cinnamon sticks, foliage and mistletoe. All coming in under £4 means our frosted winter tree is starting to come together with some change to spare.

Clockwise: Grey wooden Robin, Red Tin Heart £2, Red Knitted Star £2, Foil Bauble £1.50

Clockwise: Snowflake Garland £4, Wooden Tree £1, Grey Wooden Tree £1, Knitted Candy Strip Bauble £1, Knitted Grey Heart £1.50

Clockwise: Knitted Heart £1, Grey Wooden Lovebirds £1.50, Teal Knitted Star £2, Bark Star £1

Grey Wooden Hearts Garland £4

The hunt continues for some more traditional Scandi decorations including the essentials such as a wreath for our red front door and the stockings for the fireplace. 

Where is your favourite place to shop for Christmas decorations and do you go all out to decorate your home during the festive season or keep things minimal?

Our next post will be all about trees and fingers crossed we find one before 1st December!

DIY: Our first mood board takes shape

Theme: Modern, minimally eclectic, Scandinavian

Colour Scheme: White walls, skirting and architrave, ice blue, grey, teal and very minimal use of yellow. Fittings and fixtures mostly stainless steel and furniture kept to their natural wood finish.

Inspiration: Below are a few photos we printed and stuck to the wall to begin our mood board but they have remained at the very centre of most of the choices we've made since.

Ferm Living catalogue 2012 - photo from Dustjacket

Silje Aune Eriksen photographed by trine thorsen via bodie & fou
Dustjacket

Contemporary Home Office by Other Metro Architect a+b kasha designs

Blog inspriations:

http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/

http://www.lovevintagefurniture.com/

http://www.dustjacketattic.blogspot.co.uk/


Shopping: There were a few pieces we knew we wanted to get our hands on straight away including a light fixture from Ikea, an original Ercol chair (with cushion ideally), a faux sheepskin throw and a coffee table to go with our teal, dark wooden footed sofa.

Ottavia Lamp; Ikea £32 and is actually huge so perfect as a feature in a large room. We've purchased some vintage brown cable to add to the look and it's low hanging over our dining table (pics to follow when the boxes are finally gone!)

From: chairsmith.blogspot.com - Original Ercol chairs are on Ebay and Gumtree for approx £80 + but you really need to check the condition and request the matching cushion as they seem to be like gold-dust! 

Coffee table from the Stockholm collection; Ikea - we found a 1950's Danish coffee table at the Bluewater Vintage Fair for £30 which was an absolute steal!

We also purchased some white brick textured wallpaper from Ebay which was approx £13 per roll and is brilliant quality so hopefully will bring some interest to our attic rooms once we've decided on which is to be my home office and which will be the "Man room".