tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12425747802900661852024-03-14T02:47:39.228-07:00The Design Postnicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-78014291917881676212010-12-01T08:43:00.000-08:002010-12-01T08:43:04.276-08:00WIRES!!As much as i enjoy myflat being filled with technology thier is one unsightly disadvantage....WIRES!I hate nothing more than a tangled web of ugly wires behind my television or a single wire running up my wall to my beautiful table lamp. While i would love to be able to get rid of them completely i think i might just be happy to settle for these clevely cute <a href="http://www.mocha.uk.com/shop/index.cgi?command=moreinfo&search=MB04"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">Wire Blooms</span></a> from Mocha. These little cable clips will definatley turn my unsightly wires into a pretty addition.<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hrmmm now all I have to do is choose........this may take a while!</span></span></div>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-41543597962422776762010-10-13T12:22:00.000-07:002010-10-13T12:22:04.127-07:00TIP OF THE HAT TO YOU<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Today has been a day for online window shopping. While perusing the Heal's website I stumbled upon these eccentric lights. They look particularly Alice in Wonderland and would look fantastic grouped together or by themselves. These playful, eclectic lights have a mysterious quality about them and remind me of Rene Margritte's famous painting 'The Son of Man'.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Personally i am in love with the Teal/Red colourway which i am desperate to use somewhere in my home.......bedroom curtains? blind? scatter cushions?!</span>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-34493429233940276012010-10-08T10:33:00.000-07:002010-10-08T10:33:23.597-07:00IN THE SPOTLIGHTMy favourite designer of the moment <a href="http://www.atelierabigailahern.com/">Abigail Ahern</a> creates truly enchanting interiors. She is a stylist, interior designer and author who has an amazing eye for mixing the old with the new. What is most impressive about her spaces is that they effortlessly exude glamour without looking forced or contrived.<div><br />
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</div><div>The dramatic pink of the coffee table juxtaposed against the moody grey creates a surprising and interesting space.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>One of my favourite rooms of hers- combination of soft greys and lilacs anchored with crisp white is fresh and luxurious. I especially love the fun ostrich lamp table which gives the room a humours and relaxed edge.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Click the link and check out more of Abigail's unique interiors.</div>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-74752717778112404952010-10-07T13:48:00.000-07:002010-10-07T13:48:37.881-07:00HAVING A GO.......at some upholstery.<br />
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I have recently joined an upholstery class with the hopes of turning this Parker Knoll Froxfield Chair which currently looks like a nursing home chair into something more spectacular. The shape of the chair is great, very elegant and lady like, however the nasty, dusty, salmon pink fabric must go...pronto!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its a 10 week course...and if tonight's class was anything to go by the first half will be spent removing millions of staples. However it's so interesting to take apart something and really get into the guts of it and understand how it was put together. By learning how to upholster and understanding the process that furniture goes though I hope to be able to give clients the best knowledge and advise that I can on fabrics, designs for soft furnishings...</div><br />
....and hopefully along the way I might get a stunning chair for my living room!!nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-10175513432766493192010-10-07T13:29:00.000-07:002010-10-09T01:38:11.741-07:00MEASURING TAPES AT THE READY<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Since I posted about my curtain making I thought that I would also give a little how to on measuring your windows for curtains and also for fabric quantities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When measuring your window for curtains always measure the curtain track or pole and not the window width. Ideally your pole should sit approximately 15cm either side of your window. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Curtains can fall either to the sill or to the floor. Personally I feel to the sill is a very dated look and that the overall look is very skimpy. I vote to the floor every time. Ideally your curtain should fall 1cm above the floor. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Your curtain drop will depend upon the type of curtain heading that you use. In my case I used a wave heading. (this would be the same if I were using the more common pencil pleat heading). Measure from the underside of the curtain pole ring to where you want the curtain to finish.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Like me if you decide make your curtains yourself you will need to calculate how much fabric you need. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First you need the following information.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Heading type- Wave</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pole Length-220cm</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Finished Length-300cm</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You will also need to know the pattern repeat of your chosen fabric (if any).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First you need to calculate the number of widths of fabric you need.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Width of curtain pole: 240cm</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Multiply by 2(this is the fullness required)for wave: 480cm</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Divide by fabric width of 137cm: 3.503<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Round up to the nearest whole number: 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So in this case 4 widths of fabric is required. Different types of headings require different fullness of fabric, the most common are pencil pleat which is a double fullness or an eyelet which is a 1.5 fullness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Next you need to calculate the length of fabric required.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Finish length of curtains: 300cm</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Add hem allowance of 10cm to the top and 10cm the bottom:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">300cm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Add pattern repeat of 37cm: 337cm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">·</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Multiply the finished length of 337cm by the number of widths which is 4: 13.48m<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now you know how much fabric you need your ready to create some beautiful curtains.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-52856447135011470392010-09-29T14:09:00.000-07:002010-09-29T14:41:17.238-07:00PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER<div class="MsoNormal">For my graduation I got a very generous present, a brand spanking new sewing machine. For my first ever sewing project I naively decided to make curtains for my two living room windows. Unknown to me this was a much harder job than I first anticipated....</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I live in an old Victorian property and my windows are 3m in height but unfortunately the width of my living room is not much bigger. Overall I needed 15m of fabric plus 15m of lining and trying to lay this amount of fabric out flat to cut straight was a nightmare. On top of this I chose to make them from 100% silk by James Brindley which was an eye watering ££ a meter meaning I broke out in a nervous sweat with every cut of my scissors. Once the stress of cutting the fabric was out of the way I moved on to arguing with my stupidly fancy machine ( if only i had read the manual before starting). Rookie mistake!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Aside for the volume of fabric I was dealing with in such a small space and bullishly thinking I didn't need to read the instructions for my sewing machine the curtain making continued with only a few minor hiccups.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>I really am chuffed with them now that they are finished and hung although I don't think I will be rushing to make another pair for a while.<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Keeping it zingy and fresh with a lime and white colour scheme. Introducing black in the window dressings, appliances and utensils to anchor and add depth to the room.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is a confident and crisp look; brilliant white walls, bed linen, and furniture with a dramatic splash of scarlet panache. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dove grey walls, navy and moss soft furnishings create a modern space inspired by Abigial Ahern's innovative interiors. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I hope you have enjoyed my first post! </span></div>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242574780290066185.post-13970304119223138492010-09-27T01:34:00.000-07:002010-09-27T01:35:12.500-07:00A SMALL INTRODUCTION<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Usually talking is not a struggle for me, however writing my first post has proved somewhat challenging. I have so much I want to talk about and choosing where to start is almost as tricky as having nothing to say at all. With so many fantastic interior and design blogs out there (which have often distracted me from work) I thought I might also have something interesting to say..... and I hope that at least a few of you agree as I indulge in my passion for the arts and interiors. </span></span></div>nicolajaneinteriorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941283348523277068noreply@blogger.com1