Vintage Home in Australia

Trudy Crane July 22, 2014

This is an amazing home in Queensland with gorgeous upcycled vintage pieces. Many of the favourite finds of these homeowners came from auctions and were then repainted, reupholstered or resurfaced. Pretty turquoise shutters with a rattan basket and sisal carpets creating wonderful texture in the living room.....of course the blue and white ginger jars are perfect as well. I also love the green on the base of the kitchen table and the pretty map in the bedroom....

PHOTOGRAPHY JARED FOWLER STYLING MARGOT BRADDON

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, A Delightsome Life, The Dedicated House, The Charm of Home

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Trudy

via: Homelife

French Country Lodge

Trudy Crane March 25, 2014

This beautiful country house, built in 1652, in Normandy France was once a hunting lodge. Owned by a local farmer for years, the home had not been renovated and that was just perfect for designer Charles Spada. he took this jewel and turned it into a gorgeous castle! It had almost all of the original features intact and all he had to do was fill it with antiques . Check the amazing chandeliers, amazing prints and fabulous plates on the dining room wall. Love....but really the best piece is the leopard settee...oh I want that...So Good! Really a country house in France is my dream...maybe some day...

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

via: Weranda

Photos: Andreas von Einsiedel

Designer Home: Kali Cavanagh

Trudy Crane February 28, 2014

This wonderful restored cottage is the home of designer Kali Cavanagh. A mix of new and old, designer and vintage it has so many fun elements throughout. I love the bathroom just off the master bedroom with the big iron tub in the room just outside the bathroom where barn doors make a fun entrance. Super lights hanging from the ceiling in the all white bedroom with vintage linens and wood slat ceilings. The kitchen has the most amazing stove in a wonderful pale blue and a wall of subway tiles (a look I keep seeing in photos all over the internet). Dark walls in the living room mixed with leather create a super cool lounge vibe and just outside the antique doors is a terrace with a place for two to enjoy a little breakfast. Love this home!

Have a great weekend!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

via: Homelife

Photography: ARMELLE HABIB

Romantic Paris Apartment

Trudy Crane February 20, 2014

What is not to like in this gorgeous apartment near the Louvre in the heart of Paris? Of course the moldings are spectacular and the ceilings stretch to unheard of heights. On top of the beauty of the architecture the styling of the apaprtment is so well done. Modern mixed with antique it is put together exactly how it should be....and what about that amazing wood floor!! So much to love here....

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Trudy

via: Coté Maison

Photo : Claude Weber

Stone Cottage

Trudy Crane January 10, 2014

This 19th century stone cottage in Southern Australia has really lovely details inside and outside the home. I just love the covered porch outside and of course all of the architectural details on the inside. Wonderful ceilings and moldings throughout the space make each room really special! The kitchen is also really fun with the blue dishes and the monogram on the door...I have never seen that before but what a cute idea!

Hope you have a great weekend planned!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

Enjoy!

Trudy

PHOTOGRAPHY MARK ROPER

via: Homelife

California Ranch Style Home

Trudy Crane January 8, 2014

This fixer upper was just what designer Kelley Motschenbacher was looking for when she and her husband began looking for a country home. They created a beautiful and comfortable space filled with white furniture and colourful accents. Gorgeous white sofas slip-covered with vintage French linens make the upkeep easy even with a big golden lab! I really love the desk area with the wonderful shelving and the amazing lamp and the bedroom wall lamps are also really great. There are so many perfect vintage pieces in this space that add wonderful texture like the rattan coffee table and the wooden basket she uses as a table in the bedroom. Add a few rag and sisal rugs and you have the perfect place to relax and unwind on the weekends!

Linking with French Country Cottage, Common Ground Do, My Romantic Home

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Trudy

via: Country Living

Photos: Victoria Pearson

100 Year Old Farmhouse Goes Modern

Trudy Crane January 6, 2014

This 100 year old farmhouse owned by designer Tobi Tobin has been redone into a modern, beautiful home. Full of mirrors in every room mimicking Mondrian paintings of rectangles and squares. There is also a wonderful mix of modern furniture in pale tones beside antiques in darker shades and you see the mix of black and whites in the bedrooms as well...and what about the wallpaper! Really gorgeous! The use of glossy black in the kitchen and on the doors really grounds the rooms and the wonderful chandeliers keeps it all bright and sophisticated....

Linking with Savvy southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

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Trudy

Hey I was featured over at Savvy Southern Style! Check it out here!

via: House Beautiful

Photos: KARYN R. MILLET

Paris Chic Antique

Trudy Crane December 27, 2013

A refurbished loft space in Paris is the setting for these fun ideas and interesting vintage and antique finds. Exposed surfaces include brick and stone left with a rough edge giving it a kind of industrial feeling. Love the butterfly wallpaper and the vintage cars in the kids room. So inventive the way they are featured on the wall....I love creative ways of showing things to make them stand out!

Enjoy!

Trudy

vai: Milk Magazine

Photos : Louise Desrosiers.

Good Book: A Life Less Ordinary

Trudy Crane December 18, 2013

This week my daughter came home with a book that she bought at Anthropologie called A Life Less Ordinary. She is a photographer in her last year of college and bought the book for inspiration for some photos she is doing next semester. Well, I took one look at this book and settled on the couch with a cup of tea and took some serious dream time for myself. WOW.....I came away so inspired to move furniture, take pictures and think creatively. The two authors and best friends, Zoe Ellison and Alex Legendre, are the owners of I gigi General Store in East Sussex, England. The book is a history of their lives and friendship and of the inspiration for their homes and for the store. Every page is a delight and their story is really lovely. Take a look at just a few of the photos of the store and tomorrow I will show you pictures of their homes...See Part 2 and the owners homes HERE !!

Linking with: French Country Cottage

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Trudy

Images via: Anthropologie, hello lovely

Shabby Beds

Trudy Crane October 23, 2013

It is funny how when I am looking for homes to share with you I seem to come across certain things over and over...like a certain type of carpet or a lamp that shows up in various homes over and over. It is not just things that I know are on trend...I think it is just like I am seeing something old as if it were new again. Well I have been seeing this certain antique of bed in all different styles of homes and they are such shabby goodness I had to show you! They look amazing in a bohemian setting or super sophisticated...I love them in white but they look gorgeous in colour or in wood as well. My favourite is the first photo..oh so gorgeous don't you think.