STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- YELLOW

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- YELLOW

Yellow Wednesday – Energize Your Day!

Smile and be your own sunshine! It is the middle of the week, you need to be recharged by energize your day. Yellow is the bright sunshine color that will elevate your mood. So today, let’s style your desk with daily color mood – yellow!

It always start with the basic rule of 10-30-60 that I have explain in my two previous post of black Monday and blue Tuesday. The 60% dominant color is grey looking (the wall), the 30% secondary color is white (table, wall shelve and everything) and the 10% accent is yellow (some yellow decorations and stationery).

If you have a neutral color or pattern for the 60% dominant color, it would be easy to incorporate it with another color or pattern. Neutral color can be white, ivory, grey, black, soft cream, very light yellow, etc. For pattern, a light color pattern with not much variation, like my wallpaper, also pattern without color that is more to texture, and so on.

I used more like monochrome color for both my dominant and secondary color, so it is easy for me to give an accent to another color that I want to be pop up. Look for yellow things in your home that can be used as an accent. It can be yellow photo frame, yellow wall organizer, yellow journal, any other yellow things you have. Then style it into your desk.

Style your desk with daily color mood – yellow! And get energized! I’m sure you will get more energy to start or finish your work with this yellow stylish desk.

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Energize your creativity!

See you tomorrow!

Mel

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STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- BLUE

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- BLUE

Blue Tuesday – Be Positive!

After a tiring Monday full of seriously hard work, today is to be positive! Positive of what you will achieve in the end of the week, thanks to your good start on Monday. So today, let’s style your desk with daily color mood – blue!

It’s started with the basic rule of 10-30-60 that I have explain in my yesterday post of black Monday. The 60% dominant color is grey looking (the wall), the 30% secondary color is white (table, wall shelve and everything) and the 10% accent is blue (some blue decorations and stationery).

Different color will definitely brings different mood. Not much need to be changed, just look for blue things in your home that can be used to accentuate your desk into blue atmosphere. It can be blue flowers, blue paintings, blue desk clock, anything else that is blue. Then incorporate it into your desk with style.

So, are you agree with me to be positive today? If yes, go style your desk with daily color mood – blue! Of course with the touch of your own personality.

Have a positively creative day!

See you on Wednesday!

Mel

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- BLACK

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- BLACK

Black Monday – it’s time to get serious!

For me, in order to do something, I need enough space and a mood. Since my activity is more to crafting, drawing, writing, so I need a descent table that big enough for my working area. And to bring up the mood, I need a good atmosphere to work. That can be achieved with the easiest way by styling your desk.

I love white color, looking clean and expensive, very sophisticated. Also, it goes with any color. So, I have this working white desk. It’s like a blank canvas. You can style it in any color. Since today it’s Monday, im going to style it with the color black. it looks serious and Monday is the first day of the week. It will determine the rest of the week. So, get serious. Let’s style your desk with daily color mood – black.

Basically I have some things that I love and need very much that I want it to be in my desk all the time. That things are my white laptop, my inspiring words decoration, my lovely white roses, my pencils, etc. So all of that will stay while the rest will be the element of decoration, it can come and go, just like the mood.

To make something pop up, use the 30-60-10 Rule (from HGTV tips), 60% of a dominant color, 30% of a secondary color, 10% of an accent color. 60% of a more neutral color, you need a blank canvas actually. 10% accent for the pop up thing or color that you want. 30% of complimentary color which would not overshadow the accent, yet not too neutral and become the 60%.

See, on my setting, the 60% dominant color is grey looking (the wall), the 30% secondary color is white (table, wall shelve and everything) and the 10% accent is black (here and there, black things).

It does not have to be masculine with black. But black can be powerful feminine. Give some elements that will soften the color black. The white roses, polka dots round bag, surely soften the color black.

So, do you like the style? Now, it’s your time to try style your desk with daily color mood – black. It’s time to get serious, gals!

Creative black Monday!

See you on Tuesday!

Mel

DECOR WITH DIY INSPIRING WORDS

DECOR WITH DIY INSPIRING WORDS

Decor with inspiring words at home is one of the cheapest thing . You can do it yourself by using cheap materials and the only tool is only your hand. Of course you need a good hand writing skill, but you can exercise it on papers before you write it for the decoration.

In order to create the writing quotes decoration, you can use blackboard, canvas, wooden board, photo frame, or any other media. Find an inspiring words online or create it to inspire yourself or your family. Write it down first on a piece of paper, before you do the real deal. To decor with diy inspiring words, try to combine:

1. Different types of font

2. Different sizes of wording

3. Find the best composition

4. And at last, give some accent decoration, but don’t do it too much, just enough to flatter the wordings.

• Types of font usually accentuate the category of the quotes or the meaning of the words. Like for example, I wrote a quote about work, so I use more formal and strong fonts on the “Great work…” and mixed it with softer and less formal fonts on the “…comes from a passion”.

• The size of the words will emphasize the word itself. So, bigger size will emphasize the word more. That’s what we called “proportion“.

• The composition will be the structure of the entire quotes writings. It divides or unites the words. My quote writing below is using 1:3 composition. Great work : comes from a : passion. So the entire writings was divided into 3, because what I want to emphasize are the words “great work” and “passion”.

• Accent decoration I used was only dots and free-hand lines. It flattered the word’s composition and emphasize the word.

Now, it’s time for you to try it! To decor with diy inspiring words and inspires yourself everyday!

Be creatively inspired!

See you soon!

Mel

DIY ELEGANT GIFT BOX WITH FLOWERS ORNAMENTS

DIY ELEGANT GIFT BOX WITH FLOWERS ORNAMENTS

When you got yourself a plain black or white or other plain color gift box, you may need more ornaments to make it more personal. Or, when you wanted to make some diy gift box to someone special, you don’t need to make it from scratch. Just have yourself a plain gift box and then decorated yourself. It would be appeared as a handmade gift box that is personalised, surely would bring more meaning to it.

I gave you these 2 gift boxes I made from plain black box that I bought on sale. I wanted an elegant look, so i choose laces and ribbon roses (that i made myself) as a main ornaments. And for additional ornaments, I used some small buttons, organza ribbon, satin ribbon, gift wrap paper and some artificial leaves. To get more elegant look, I used pastel color scheme and ivory as the dominant color. So, it is not that difficult to make DIY elegant gift box with flower ornaments.

 

Make your own arrangement as you like and choose the color scheme you desired. Don’t forget to equipped yourself with some adhesive, scissors and glue gun. I hope my DIY elegant gift box with flower ornaments would inspire you to come out with more beautiful gift box decorations.

Have a creative diy!

See you!

Mel

START YOUR BREAKFAST WITH STYLE

START YOUR BREAKFAST WITH STYLE

Good morning! Cheer up! it’s a new day.

Start your day with a stylish but simple breakfast will surely bring up your mood to face the rest of the day.

This morning I made chicken pot pie, easy and yummy breakfast. Since it’s a yellowish looking breakfast, I tie it all with dominant yellow color. A yellow and blue plate, yellow and orange gerbera and blue hydrangea on a little vase, with a yellow mug for my chocolate milk. Then add some green grapes, nice looking and good for you. All are vibrant colors that will charge your mood. Simple but stylish, right?

Aren’t you happy having a breakfast at home but with a little style? Start your breakfast with style. Just do a little mix and match with a certain dominant color tone, then you will get it all tied together and looking great. Don’t forget to enjoy your breakfast in your favorite spot! Mine is by the window.

Start your breakfast with style and creativity !

See you!

Mel

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.3 – Home Interior

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.3 – Home Interior

This is my third post about creating a home office in a tiny awkward space in a house.  If you haven’t read the 2 first posts, then you need to take a look at it, you may get inspired! In that 2 each posts I have shown a sketch of a common setting of an awkward and tiny space we usually find inside a house and have been changed into a small home office.

First, was by the wall railing to the staircase downstairs, second was a space under the staircase and this last space was in a corner. Yup, a corner!

A corner somewhere in your house maybe have a very good potential to become a cozy little home office and you just don’t realize it. Now you may need to carefully seek for that corner space. Because once you find it, you can easily change the space to be more functional and meaningful than before, by creating a home office. Sometimes you need a little bit interior works to do or sometimes you just pull in a little table and a little chair, decor it a bit and then you got yourself a brand new space, a home office!

For that I gave you 2 illustrations, each one is a corner somewhere in a house that sometimes it’s only used as a space for a decoration purposes, like maybe a space for a big decorated vase, a decorated end table, a feature wall just to make the corner felt less awkward, and so on.

1. A corner in a large room

Usually a big room have one or more corners that you need to fill in with something that tie in with the rest of the room to make it less awkward. For that purpose, more often people just put a big nice chair, a standing lamp or a statement decoration. Or the worse is sometimes you just left it empty! And that what makes a room or a corner felt cold.

So, below I gave sketch of a little but cozy home office in a corner somewhere. Just need a small table and a chain, then you just create your own home office in a tiny awkward space inside your house

2. A corner in a transition room.

This corner usually left with decorating purposes only too. While actually has a potential space for an emergency home office. And maybe if you feel cozy enough, you may want to make it as a fixed home office.

Take a narrow but a tall practical table and chair and a standing lamp, set it in a stylish way. You won’t believe the result. Look at my sketch! You will feel like you are sitting in some industrial cafe somewhere in the town.

I hope my 3 posts on how to create your own home office in a tiny awkward space inside your house will inspire you all. I do really wish that you can make one based on my guidance from my posts.

So, if you like one or more of my posts, please don’t hasitate to follow my blog, I still have more and more ideas that will inspire and help you to create one for your own.

Make it creative!

See you!

Mel

 

5 THINGS TO PREPARE FOR HER VALENTINE’S DAY / PINK GOLD VALENTINE’S THEME

It’s almost valentine’s day! So i couldn’t help it to squeeze in this post before i post the home office vol.3 as i have promised.

Now i wanted to share 5 Things To Prepare For Her Valentine’s Day in a Pink Gold Valentine’s Theme.

When you prepare a gift, you need something to present it. The gift and the presentation! The presentation should be able to compliment the gift. So enough with the chit chat, i will show you what i meant below.

Let’s begin with the first item:

1. A Box of Chocolate

A romantic sweet treats would never gets old! Give some delicious truffles inside a fancy chocolate box would certainly blushing your loved one. This heart-shaped pink gold box surely show a simple sweet but elegance gesture.

Source : https://www.johnlewis.com/charbonnel-et-walker-mini-pink-heart-champagne-truffles-34g/p158222

2. Flowers 

Say it with flowers! Well, it always works for me. So, unlike roses, give something non-traditional like exotic orchid that last longer and even a hundred years if you give the plant. Pick a pinkish orchid plant and a pink gold pot just like in the picture below. All together with that great arrangement it’s surely mind blowing. But again, it’s still look simple but gorgeous.

Source : https://www.proflowers.com/product/Pink-Mini-Orchid-30171227

• Valentine’s Card

Beautiful words. Of course it would not be completed without a handmade valentine’s card that telling all your loving thoughts. This card below may give you inspiration to make one or just simply buy it. This pink gold handmade card looks sophisticated but still simple.

Source : https://www.etsy.com/listing/526999933/homemade-pink-gold-and-white-embellished?

• A Table Setting

A romantic dinner for 2 is a must. This setting idea below that i captured from www.onekingslane.com is very elegant because of the gold touch, but simple and sweet at the same time.

Source : https://www.onekingslane.com/live-love-home/valentines-day-table-setting-ideas/

• jewelry Gift Box

The last thing you want to pamper her with, is a piece of fine jewelry. And the vintage look jewerly gift box i found here on Etsy will compliment the special jewerly that you will give your partner.

Source : https://www.etsy.com/listing/549501938/christmas-gift-jewelry-box-handmade-box?

Five wonderful gifts, each in such a marvelous presentation would give the impression of a well planned and deeply thoughtful valentine.

To me, these 5 things are a must have “love” that you should get from your spouse. And i choose pink gold to represent sweet lasting valentine. Well, if you have other color theme that you or your partner prefers, you can try it. Just make sure all the presentations have the shade of the color theme. And again, the presentation must compliment the gifts.

Now, have you been inspired? 5 Things To Prepare For Her Valentine’s Day in a Pink Gold Valentine’s Theme. I hope so. I’m sure if your loved one receive those 5 fine things, she would trade it with her heart.

Stay creative!

Mel

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.2 – Home Interior

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.2 – Home Interior

On my last post, i gave a setting of the awkward and tiny space we usually find inside a house and change it into a small home office space. So on this post i showed you another example to create your own home office in a tiny akward space inside your house .

This is the little space commonly found under a staircase. And the first thing that people does is just simply close it all the way up as a storage cabinet. Well, you can install a little cabinet on one side but then squeeze in a table or a wood panel on the other side and you will got yourself a little home office. See the sketch i made below, it’s simple but very functional.

With this arrangement, you can do your work and have plenty of storage for your office supply. Before that, it’s only an empty space under the staircase or a storage cabinet, but once you put in a table and a chair, it’s suddenly changed it’s function to be more useful and alive.

At last, you can style your home office in a way you like and inspiring. But always remember to find a way to relate it to the rest of the rooms in your home. Maybe from the color tone or the pattern.

So, next post I still got some more idea of how to create your own home office in a tiny akward space inside your house. I will get into it once i finished my sketches.

See you soon!

Think creative!

Mel

 

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.1 – Home Interior

CREATE YOUR OWN HOME OFFICE IN A TINY AWKWARD SPACE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE VOL.1 – Home Interior

Do you need a home office? Well, no need a grand office table, just at least a decent table and a chair where you can read and write or open your laptop.

And do you have an awkward space inside your house that is quite tiny that you don’t know what to do with it?

I have some solutions for two of your problems above. You can make use of the awkward space into a nice sanctuary of yours and the tiny space into a functional space. Both problems become two advantages.

Since i dont know what kind of awkward and tiny space you got in your house, so i made some common settings that we ussually find.

First setting is the little space we find by the staircase on the second floor.

Usually people only put a big vase of plant or just leave it empty. But actually it’s a potential space for mini office. And the good thing is when you work at second floor, you still aware of what happening downstair through the void.

Here’s what you can do to create your own home office in a tiny awkward space inside your house. You can add a simple hanging wood panel to serve as a table. The panel can be built into the railing wall. On top of the wall you can add smaller wood panel to hold all your books. Then find a confy chair to complete your home office. You can also hang a  wall organizer or a board to suite your working needs. Below sketch may described more for this first setting.

There you can see that it takes only a tiny space where you can squeeze in your home office and change the awkward space becomes meaningful for you.

I still have several settings in my mind to create your own home office in a tiny awkward space inside your house, but i haven’t prepare the sketches. So, i will show it to you on my next post.

See you very soon!

Always be creative!

 

Mel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DARK AND OLD INTO BRIGHT AND NEW – Home Styling

Sometimes you find your existing furniture becomes irritating to your eyes but you don’t want to spend more money or just unable to change it because it goes with you rented house/apartment.

No need sore eyes, no need much money, no need hard work. I’m going to share my trick to solve it. Just put on something nice on to the furniture (home styling) and it will look better and suit you more.

For example, this was my old table and chairs, its bulky, dark and boring old. So i try to find something bright and more updated decoration for the table and the chairs. But first thing i had to do was to determine the bright color scheme that i prefered. Here i used white as the dominant color scheme so it would look bright and modern.

On the table, i have a white lacy tablecloth with a white picture frame and a little glass vase with vintage roses. Then for the chairs, i made two ivory sitting bases and put two grey flowers pattern pillows.

There, easy home styling! My furniture really have a new look! You don’t have to change anything to the furniture, just style it a little bit.

Well, you can have other color scheme that you favor, just choose a bright color as the main color scheme and then add some other bright color that compliment the main color scheme. You can also style more by incoporating pattern with solid color. Remember to be consistent to the color scheme you have chosen.

I hope my today’s tips on home styling can help you brighten your space and your day. Be creative! See you!

Mel