Soft Pale Blue and Crisp White

I love this combination. It brings back feelings of relaxation, calm, holidays and happy times. It sounds cliched but when I was pregnant and if I had a boy, I was so excited about decorating with pale blue and crisp white with an injection of red. I didn't have a boy yet I still have a page in my Inspiration File filled with magazine cuttings that is dedicted to a boys scheme.  I've never decorated with this shade of blue in my home but if I had a holiday house by the sea then I would instantly go towards this combination - it screams of summer sunshine.

It's used in such an elegant manner in the above image. The wallpaper is gorgeous and I love how the curtains are in the same pattern so that they blend into the background.

As I mentioned earlier...pale blue and boys rooms...it just works.

What a stunning door- so intricate and ornate - can you imagine the room it leads into?

I've seen these pom poms used like this before in other colours and I am always drawn to it. It's such a fun quirky thing to do ... I'll take note for one of the girls' room in our future house!

So much is brilliant in this room - the steps up, same level bed height, drawers in the base and the same blue painted on the bed and the ceiling beams..love it!

Do you like this combination or is it not your taste?

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Oh So Pretty!

Are there some styles that you absolutely love...but couldn't live with?

For me this is one of them.

Looking at an image like this instantly makes me want to put on the prettiest dress and heels that I own and sit at that dressing table to apply my make up and brush my hair.

Of course it's all in my fantasy world as in reality it is just a little too girlie and ornate for my taste.

Putting my personal preferences aside this is a picture perfect, stunning room that I can truly appreciate ... from afar.

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Dreaming of Sleep

With two such little ones, a full nights sleep has been an elusive dream for nearly three years now. Just when one is sleeping well right through the night, the other one starts niggling away...and then vice versa...it goes on and on. I know they will settle down as they grow up - half the problem is their rooms are right next to eachother and they are always waking eachother up.

In the meantime I will look at this beautiful bedroom and escape to a fantasy of sleeping ten hours straight with my two cats snuggled up beside me. Are you lucky enough to be getting your required beauty sleep?

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