Shabby Farmhouse Style Of Organized At Home – Work Station

Shabby Farmhouse Style Of Organized At Home – Work Station

 

I love to sketch some interior of one area, or one room or simply one function. This a small functional area at home that I had in mind. A work station, yes, an area that often neglected in term of home decor or styling. Actually, work station at home is a very significant place for us to gain our creativity, inspiration, and mood. For me, a work station should be:

1. Organized and in-order

So it would not be difficult to work; like finding things we need, finding un-clutter space to work,  bring some peaceful mind to work. So here’s what to do:

• Tidy up your working station, organized your stuff and keep it in wall organizer, drawer, boxes, etc.
• Organized your activity every day, like making a to-do list, reminders and organized it on wall boards.
• Always leave enough empty space in your desk, do not stack all your stuff on your desk, leave some room for your creativity to take the stage.

2. Beautiful and stylish

This is the most important ingredient in mood and inspiration recipe. Great looking work station and personal favorite touch will boost your creativity; well at least I do. so, style your work station with your favorite things, colors, patterns, style. in the end, your very personal touch will shown on your at home – work station.

In my design of this mini at home-work station, I choose to finish it with blue shabby farmhouse style. It is calm and sweet with the shabby touch and have strong character from the rustic look of farmhouse style.

The drawing is using drawing pen that I finished with watercolor pencil. It is a drawing that you can add anything later to expand the design of the room. Well, maybe I will do that someday 🙂

Well, I hope you enjoy my design of this small area of organized at home – work station with shabby farmhouse style.

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See you!

Let your creativity loose!

Mel

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Style Your Desk With White

Style Your Desk With White

White – Be purely sophisticated

I know I have posted so many colors as an accent to style your desk in daily color mood, from black, blue, yellow, green, red, purple to pink. But I couldn’t help myself to style my desk with another color, which is white.

As on all my previous post on style your desk, I keep reminding you to use 60-30-10 rule. And for this white color styling, I use 60% dominant color of grey (the wall), the 30% secondary color of white (table, wall shelve, all decorations, etc) and the 10% accent of black (the blackboard). Since the grey wall is not solid but combination of white and black washed, so basically 90% of dominant and secondary color became white and the accent color became black (mainly the blackboard).

I still did not change any main items like all other color styling, but the look now have changed because of the color proportion. I ode this to white as the most natural and easiest color to work with. And the best thing from white is that it looks sophisticated, pure up scale and shows that the owner must be a clean person! Salute to white!

So, I have shown you 8 different colors accent that even though only takes a view small items to make it stand out, the accent color really give each color-style a different personality, don’t you think? Now, it is your turn to style your desk according to your color mood.

Well, if you are going to style your desk with your color picked, which one is your favorite color or which one do you think is the best color style? Please share your thoughts on below comments.

Got to go… see you!

Live to be creative!

Mel

 

Style Your Desk With Daily Color Mood – Purple

Style Your Desk With Daily Color Mood – Purple

Decor your working space, mainly your desk is very essential to boost your working mood.Well, at least I do. Styling your desk everyday will give you different atmosphere each day. That will make you feel brand new and your desk even look brand new everyday. you don’t have to change everything in your desk, just couple of decorations or even your stationary to give a different touch to your desk. The smartest way is to change only the accent and leave the rest as it is. For that, I can give you the easiest accent for decorating your desk, which is… color! yes, just change your accent color to style your desk according to your daily mood.

I have post continuously on different color accent to style your desk according to daily mood. From posts : Style Your Desk With Black, Blue, Yellow, Green, Red; until today, Purple Saturday. Saturday night is time for dating, mingle, sociable… so, let’s do it gracefully like a purple color. someone you take home may want to see your desk, then show him your grace and soft but sporty side. I always consider purple as in-between color, between blue and pink (actually it’s red but see it as 2 genders, blue for masculinity and pink for feminine). That’s why I like purple!

As always, start with the 60-30-10 rule, 60% of primary color, 30% of secondary color and 10% for accent color. No need to buy new decorations, unless you really have to, just use whatever you have in the color you want. I’m sure you will have things in your favorite color. Use whatever you got and just be creative.

Now that you have style your desk in purple or any of your favorite color, it is time for you to face this excited long Saturday.

Have a graceful creative Saturday!

See you on Sunday

Mel

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- GREEN

STYLE YOUR DESK WITH DAILY COLOR MOOD- GREEN

Green Thursday – Have an earthy day!

It is Thursday, many days you have faced through a week, it is time to be humble after all you have achieved from Monday to Wednesday. The best way to express your humble or down to earth mood is to be earthy. And one of the closest color to describe the earthy feeling is green. So, let’s style your desk with daily color mood – green.

According to 60-30-10 rule that I mentioned on my earlier post (yellow Wednesday); the 60% dominant color is grey looking (the wall), the 30% secondary color is white (table, wall shelve, etc) and the 10% accent is green (nice green decorations and stationery).

I keep explaining the 60-30-10 rule because it is very important to have a balanced color and pattern mixed. Unless you wanted a monochrome color only, but isn’t boring? Plain boring indeed. Of course we have to mixed color and pattern in order to achieve higher level of design. And the 60-30-10 rule will keep you in a right order, not too much but just right.

So, whatever color you choose, always be creative in choosing the right elements, especially the one that will accentuate the entire design. For example, among the green elements where green is the accent color; one very stand out green element is the green plant I have on my book shelve above the table. The way its green leaves dangling from the white shelve gracefully, really stole the show. And the earthy feelings suddenly surrounds you.

Well, enough for dramatization, just get yourself to style your desk with daily color mood – green; and experience the green Thursday of earthy feeling.

 

See you on Friday

Back to your creative root!

Mel

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

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

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

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