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Design & Decor inspiration for your home by Fiona Rossiter from Inspired Living. Home decor inspiration and decorating tips, as well as great storage ideas and DIY projects.
A gentle reminder to enter my table runner giveaway, from the inspiring Black Puppy Design company. You still have a great chance of winning so please click here to enter….
Good luck and thank you to all of you that have already entered! So for the rest don’t waste time enter now!
For more information on these and their other fabulous products contact Michelle at Black PuppyDesign on email [email protected]
Exciting news – we are having our first ever Super Mom Giveaway! The lucky winner will receive a funky Table Runner from the inspiring Black Puppy Design company! These table runners are made from a uniquely South African printed fabric, they are 3000 x 400mm, they are available in the following colour ways: blue, green, brown, and burnt orange. The winner will be able to choose one to suit their taste.
The value of this awesome prize is R200.00.
To enter this amazing giveaway you will need to Follow Super Mom publically on GFC (Google Friend Connect) and answer this product related question about these funky table runners – What is the name of the uniquely South African fabric that these funky Table Runners are made from?
Once you have your answer, which you will find on Black Puppy Design’s website, please leave a comment, below this post. Along with your comment please let us know who you are and your contact email address.
I love these products, they are uniquely South African – I have ordered a set of the beautiful place mats for myself! Please click on this link to Black Puppy Design and have a look at the other amazing products that they sell.
So just to make sure you know what to do:
This will entitle you to one entry. Please ensure that you leave a comment stating that you have followed Super Mom, with your answer and contact email to validate your entry!
For Extra Entries:
Please leave an extra comment for each extra entry, with your name and contact details.
The winner will be randomly selected on the 24th October 2011 and announced on this blog, the winner will also be notified by email that they have won.
Good luck and thank you for entering!
Our kitchen is the heart of our home and one of my favourite places. As I have said before, good design and layout are essential but the culinary gadgets you collect over time are equally important. These are the 4 things that make my kitchen perfect: [Read more…]
My favourite place in my home is definitely the kitchen – “the heart of the Home”. As a family, we all love cooking, and my girls often help out in the kitchen, unless they have too much homework to do, that is. We try and eat together most nights, which is a great way to spend quality family time together.What is your favourite room in your home?
What is your idea of the ultimate outdoor space and what would you do in that space? I thought I would share a few of my favourite outdoor décor and lighting ideas, with you!
I love the idea of dining alfresco under the African sun or the thought of dining under the stars on a balmy summers evening. Living in such a beautiful part of the world, lends its self wonderfully to this concept. Naturally during the winter months this becomes a bit trickier to do; all you need to do is experience a “Sunny-Cape Winters Day”, as we did yesterday, and you quickly realise that outdoor dining can still be a possibility, even in winter. As we approach the spring time, my yearning for outdoor dining becomes even more pronounced – I think I am willing winter to an end! Then we can enjoy the long warm summer days and those equally warm nights.
Although there is such a vast array of décor styles, my favourite is a slightly more casual look; it has a Cape Cod beach aesthetic to it. I particularly like wooden furniture with muted soft furnishings, allowing décor and nature to blend seamlessly into one.
The great thing about decorating outdoors is that it can have a slightly more eclectic quality to it and it does not have to follow the same concepts and ideas as your interiors. The only necessity in the design concept is comfort; you need to be comfortable while sipping on that cold glass of ‘bubbly’!
I also love the more whimsical approach that is used a great deal outdoors – using old reclaimed items and re-purposing them in your outdoor space, thus turning what could be considered ‘old junk’ into something beautiful, giving it a new lease on life.
Outdoor lighting, can also have a rather fun character to it, using an old chandelier or glass jars and candles to create a magical ambience. Paper or Chinese lanterns have also made a big come back on the décor scene.
This is definitely an area of home décor and design that you can have an immense amount of fun with, letting your creativity run wild. It could also be a great idea to get the kids involved, with re-purposing items, decorating them and using them in your outdoor space. I found this great DIY project using tin cans, to create fun lanterns!
So as those temperatures start to become more bearable, get out there and have a blast! I would love to hear about or see pictures of your outdoor space.
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What inspires your design style? It is a question I have been contemplating recently. I think your immediate environment influences where you draw your inspiration from, the climate you live in can also make an impact. [Read more…]
