Colour ME Happy!!!

{me & maria}

We got a visit from Maria Killam of Colour Me Happy this week!!!  Maria flew down to DC (really Virginia) from NYC this week and we had such a great time!  Maria is everything she seems on her blog and more: super-stylish, quick-witted, thoughtful, frank and so much fun.   She's continually looking to grow & learn and is a natural teacher.  This may sound cheesy, but she's a very wise, self-aware person.  . 

 I got to go on a Colour Me Happy color consultation to see her in action and (of couse!) she's so good.  I have no doubt her client will be thrilled with the results.  She also picked out some colors for me at our house for when we get to those rooms!!  yayyyy

{the perfect little turquoise vase she brought me}

Maria also filled me in on the latest color trends and one of my favorite descriptions was "Pretty Ugly."  Click here to read more about it.   I also learned that I'm totally in the stoneage as far as technology goes and have a lot of things to learn like twitter, snaggit and windows live writer.  Maria is so generous with info and I have a mental checklist of all the things I need to get on like a Pure Style Home facebook page, etc.  Anyway, it was awesome to meet another amazing blogfriend and we can't wait to see her again!!  She's amazing!!

xoxo,

lauren

Home Interior Design With Wood

Home interior design with wood materials. Minimalist design in the house

Luxury Scandinavian Kitchen Design

We know we have been featuring a lot of kitchens of late at Home-Designing. But nice designs like these just keep hitting us.

These scandinavian kitchens from Swedish maker Marbodal make use of the typical pale and cool color palettes that you normally associate with kitchens from this part of Europe. Most kitchens are predominantly white, with the surfaces sporting a matte and soft finish. The company has compiled its features in three different ranges namely Family for people with kids, Style for people who like to display their taste and Gourmet for the ones who love to cook and serve. Also, some of them have a few surprises thrown in. Take a look:

Spherical Luxury Kitchen Furniture

These Sheer Spherical Kitchens are a very handful and handy piece of kitchen furniture. It neatly packs into it a table top, gas burners, a washing basin and utensil holder. When not in use it covers up easily and make the kitchen look neat and tidy. These spherical kitchen also come in remote controlled features. When the lid is closed it glows with soft intimate light which surely gives your kitchen a look that it befits.
You can also check out more kitchen designs at Design Arcade which has collections of great ideas.

Spherical Kitchen Furniture

Spherical Kitchen Furniture Design

Modern Spherical Kitchen Furniture Design

Stylish Spherical Kitchen Furniture Design

Great Modern and Luxury Furniture Design for Stylish Living Room by Hülsta

This is a modern furniture for your beautiful Living Room has presented by Hülsta, Mento is one of them and is created to bring the clarity and simplicity to any modern living room. The combination of white lacquered cabinets and areas of different shades of natural wood creates a visual impact and look very harmonic. You will find much wit and eye catching solutions with spacious TV units, shelving systems and other elements necessary to provide residents of these products range.

Hollywood Celebrities Luxury Homes Design Worth Drooling Over

Celebrity homes are the most viewed homes and why not they surely make you stare at the gigantic farmhouses and villas with an open mouth. The Hollywood celebrities really know how to live in style and most of them have houses that are stretches over acres of land. One another common factor in most of their houses is a huge open swimming pools either in the backyard or on their terrace. These castle shaped homes shown below are of the top brands of Hollywood.

The first image shown below is the mansion of the late Michael Jackson. Its a huge place with around 12 luxurious bedrooms.

Michael Jackson House Celebrity Homes

The image shown below is the house of Ben Affleck.
Ben Affleck House Celebrity Homes

Johny Depp House Celebrity Homes

This beautiful house belongs to John Travolta. He surely knows how to live in style.
John Travolta House Celebrity Homes

Nicholas Cage House Celebrity Homes

Sylvester Stallone House Celebrity Homes

The Spellings Home Celebrity Homes

CELEBRITY LUXURY HOMES‏ DESIGN

Sylvester Stallone

Oprah
John Travolta
J-Lo and Mark Anthony
Halle Barry
Eddie Murphy
Billy Joel
Arnold & Marie Schwarzenegerr
Tiger Wood