The Nook, November Edition: Feeling Festive, Wild Upholstery & Interior Inspiration
Hello interior style seeker! Welcome to the November edit of The Nook. Every month we scour the web to serve you up the very best interior design goodness you can enjoy for less than you'd expect. Don't forget to bookmark us and share your own favourite shoestring styles with our readers below!
This month: get inspired by more than 50 different festive mantelpiece displays,reimagine your upholstery – gone wild, PLUS delve into two of our favourite online sources of style inspiration: Project Décor & yellowtrace.
How to: Create the perfect festive mantel
We may only be midway through November, but our television screens are already full of festive cheer and there are just a handful of shopping days left until you're in the midst of Christmas! With that it mind, we thought it was high time to give you a head start on your Christmas decorations.
If you'd like to create a warm, Christmassy centrepiece for your home, this distinctly cosy blog over at Traditional Home will make you feel all festive in no time. Full of inspiration, this post features more than 50 gorgeous ideas to make your home feel welcoming and lovely come 25 th December.
Go wild with innovative upholstery
“These aren't your mother's fabrics” says Gail of Change Magic, interviewed in this fabulous article from Nashville House & Home & Garden. Exploring the current insatiable trend for upcycled, updated and revamped upholstery, this article is chock-a-block with great ideas if you're thinking about giving your lounge set an update.
With homeowners now chasing a mix-and-match, eclectic look and turning to increasingly innovative, durable fabrics, the fusty old upholstery you may be picturing is well and truly a thing of the past.
- How will you update yours? Share your favourite armchair with our readers below!
Meet the Stylemakers
From Amy Lau (above) to Kiki Van Eijk, the Stylemakers section of the fabulous Project Décor website is positively popping with great ideas you can incorporate into your own interiors.
From the sort of bright and bold upholstery we were talking about earlier, to fresh new design inspiration for everything from feature walls to centrepieces, there's so much to take from this website which promises “home decorating for real people” . A great motto, if ever we saw one!
Become a yellowtracer
...And while your hunt for interior inspiration continues – why not take a look at yellowtrace, an Aussie offering, putting out to die for interior design goodness which will blow you away? From commercial design and set design to curating beautiful residential looks, yellowtrace is a great place to fuel your interior design creativity for a revamp or renovation.
We're especially in love with this great piece on an effortlessly chic Auckland beach house . It's given us a serious case of home envy. What's your favourite yellowtrace profiled space?
Where do you go to get your interior inspiration online? Have you got any plans for your festive decoration this year? We always love to hear from you! Tell us all about your ideas and opinions below!