Terrazzo is Back!

I have been trolling the designer's internet to see what are the 2018 design trends. I have found quite a few but I am only here for this one: Terrazzo. The 70s are back, apparently. I love it for bathrooms, patios, kitchens and I love it for furniture. I am particularly into Dzekdzekdzek.com and their creations.

Re-Purposing Furniture

Do you remember this painting in the gilt frame? And me saying I was going to take the old painting out and re-purpose the gilt frame? Well, I did. When I went to the framer (Paveisklų rėminimas-- a little framing shop owned by an artist situated in the old town in Vilnius), the owner was very sceptical about the idea of using an old gilt frame for a modern piece.
 

By the time I returned to get the work, he was sold on the idea. It turned out very well. The art work is an original by a German artist.  I love it.

I also love the view from my bed. This is my vanity/dressing table in my bedroom. This used to be my desk which was in one of the reception rooms back at our house in Brussels. It actually makes for a nicer vanity than a desk, I think. I am certainly having fun re-purposing my furniture.

It's basically the week before Christmas and I am still in the midst of unpacking f urniture and unloading boxes. I am extremely lucky to not have to travel for work again until next month. Although I'll write law all this week, I hope to have some time to finish most of the rooms. It will all have to come together this week because next week I am having my usual Christmas party and I have friends, family and neighbours coming. It would not do to have people tripping over boxes and being stuck by stray nails, screws and pieces of broken glass. Seriously!

I fully intended to decorate one of the pine/Christmas trees in my garden last weekend ( I figure why buy a  Christmas tree when there are a bunch of them rooted in my back yard..) but instead I skipped out on that and spent a lovely weekend with in-laws. So I have a long "to do" list. I didn't even get to the part about the Christmas party menu as yet...can I even find all the ingredients in Vilnius to cook a Jamaican Christmas dinner...?

Inspiration

 I'll do three clocks in my office so I can know what time it is in Lithuania, Belgium and the country for which I may be doing a law-related project.

In my office I'll also stack some framed pictures on top of a tall-boy secretary.

 I may copy this painting/cutting board arrangement in the kitchen. In any case the cutting board will be on the wall.

I like this kind of shelving and am using it for the kicthen. I have taken out the old cupboards that were hanging on the wall.

 I collect paint brushes and chinoiserie. I like paintimg furniture. I have a lot of blue and whirte chinioserie porcelain plant pots and vessels. For full effect,  I like to group them together.

 Shelving! I will have my glasses and tableware on full display in my kitchen . Also, since my bookcases will now be in the dining room, I will also have serving bowls and serverware on the bookshelves alongside my books and other collectibles.

 I like the towel, painting and flowervase vignette. Thinking about using it in the watercloset.

 I like the painting above the mirror. I also like that they've put the symmetrical arrangement of the towel bars.

 I will use this vignette of vessels, framed pircture, books and basket in my bathroom. And also in my daughter's bedroom.

 I have no idea where to find a round mirror. May have to order one online. I like this for my stairway or bedroom.

 I like this layered vignette. Lamp in front of mirror and picture above mirror.

 Bathroom tray.

 I have lots of magazines. I never throw the ones I buy away. So I usually use my belts to hold magazines and loose pages. ( As above).

 Painted table. Love it! I recently spray-painted a table using car paint. Very shiny finish. Will post it this week.

 I will go to the hardware store and get a very large cutting board done like the one above.

 Simply framed art. Ikea would come in handy here.

 This is  the new colour of the kitchen. Very dranatic. Will post once the kicthen is complete.

 When I come home in the evenings the first thing I want to do is take off my heavy necklaces and bangles. So a hanging rack will come in handy in the foyer.

 For my little daughter's room. Hazel has been bringing home her artwork. For now it's all a mass of random lines but I like this hanger trick because I  can keep changing the pictures on display.

 I do not have  a lot of kicthen drawer space so lots of cutlery will be in baskets and boxes like the above.

 In my living room I will mount a 2 meter long shelf and display some German art I acquired above it. I will frame the art in a giant gilt frame. I'll keep the shelf vignette simple.

 Living room vignette.

 I may do the guest room in this colour. I love it.

 I like this furniture layout for my office.

 Framed art! Oversized and matted. I love it.

 In my kitchen, I always need a writing surface. It's where I pay the bills.

African art on the all and also hung up in my book shelf.

Today's post is a look at all the pictures that are inspiring the decor of my Lithuanian home. From kitchen, to bedrooms to bathrooms and living room.

Hideous Furniture

I went looking for a new bed last week. I went to some furniture stores in Vilnius. I knew from the get-go that I did not want to shop for furniture in Lithuania. I'd never been to a home here and admired anyone's furniture. Truth. So when I was coming from Brussels and wanted two new sofas I actually shopped for them in Brussels and shipped them with most of my other furniture. I also brought a few antiques pieces I got from Brussels. But I thought that I'd be able to find a modern bed here. Surely they can't get modern wrong. Clean lines, no fussy details, etc. I am dead wrong. The furniture here in Vilnius is all kinds of hideous.

Space age, fake leather, odd colour. Hideous!