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If you enjoyed the previous post featuring the apartment to build a dream on, then you are going to love this post! You can always count on Alvhem Makleri & Interior to showcase some AMAZING apartments. I featured a few of their spaces a couple of years ago, and they have added some great new spaces since then! It would be great to visit their shop. They renovated an old bakery into a home decor shop! How great is that. I remember while living in Savannah, GA, there was this little brownstone that was transformed into a home decor boutique. I use to go by there weekly just to browse and daydream of owning something similar one day! Everything was set up as if it was someones home, yet everything was for sale. Ok, enough about that, on to the pretty pics!

Oh look, I’ve found another great eclectic space located in Bostin that was designed by Nirmada Interior Architectural Design Firm. Loving the use of pattern, color, and texture.

Let me tell you what I like about the designs of Gary Spain. While their are some pieces in these rooms that I would NEVER take a second glance at , there are a lot of things that I love! Gary seems to be great at mixing and matching textures, colors, and patterns. I admire anyone who steps outside of the design box to put colors and patterns together that you ordinarily would not consider combining. I also like that he can switch up his design palette…a true sign of a great designer in my opinion. From traditional, to eclectic, to Hollywood glam and modern, Gary covers them all; and he does a great job at it! Something that I LOVE in all of the photos would be the lighting. Gary has a great eye for lamps and light fixtures, that’s for sure!

I love these rooms by Coddington Design. I especially love the top room in the first pic! All of the different tones of blues, turquoise, and blue-greens are fantastic; and the splashes of yellow are so pretty!

Browsing through the House Doctor Catalog last night was so inspiring that I wanted to pass on the inspiration by sharing a few of my favorite pics from their “Everyday” catalog! It’s all in the details! If you look closely you will find some really great arrangement ideas, pieces and color inspiration. My favorite would be the tiered drawers on casters as pictured below…how cool is that! That pic alone gave me lots of ideas on possible storage for my craft room. Oh boy! I seriously need some extra cash! Well..some extra cash, a nanny, and a plane ticket to one of their trade shows…lol.

Images via House Doctor

The work of Photographer Inger Marie Grini is just fantastic. Many of the photos taken below were featured in Bo Bedre Magazine; and although I do not understand a lick of the language, I sure do understand the language of pretty interiors that’s featured throughout the magazine! Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the pics!

Remember a few days ago I mentioned to you all that I had a great “Let’s Go Visit” tour sitting in my que after a much too long blog hiatus? Well, here it is. Today we will be visiting the lovely and creative Brittni Mehlhoff of Papernstitch! I am more than excited to feature Brittni and her home, and I am so happy that she has been patient with me regarding her feature. Ok, lets go visit Brittni in Jacksonville, Florida!

Who: Brittni Mehlhoff of Papernstitch

Where: Riverside area of Jacksonville, FL

Website: Papernstitch

Her Style: Well, my decorating style is a little different than my husband’s. And our house is very much a melding of our two styles. I would describe my taste as maximalism meets organic modern/ minimalism; and my husband’s style is very minimal. He hates clutter. And so do I, to a certain degree. But at the same time, I love collecting things. So, its a bit of a balancing act. And although we lived in our house for almost four years now, it’s still nowhere near finished. We’re missing things like rugs, side tables, etc. It just hasn’t fully come together yet, but we’ll get there. Decorating is a very gradual process for me. It just seems to happen organically over time.

Her Inspiration: Well, I can’t really name anything specific that’s guided us as far as inspiration. My career as a curator for papernstitch is filled with constant visual inspiration. So, I imagine that translates to our decor in various ways. A bit of an eclectic mix of things really.

Her Biggest Decorating Challenges: By far the most difficult decor challenge in this house has been making our modern tastes work with our 1930s home. We struggle with trying to keep the original charm, like the wood trim for example, at peace with the more current furniture we’ve purchased over the last couple of years that we’ll have long after we leave this house.

Her Favorite Shops: Hands down, my favorite place to shop for our home is Nest Living. A friend of ours, Shaan, owns the store and he is always finding new things that I just can’t seem to live without. Other than that, I buy almost all of the artwork for our home from Etsy, with a few local pieces mixed in for good measure. Artwork is very important to me. I think its something that I’ll collect until the day I die.

How Her Home Feels to Others: I hope visitors feel welcomed and “at home”. Comfy. Cozy. All of that.

Oh Me! Oh My! I really feel bad about this post. I totally feel like an abusive blogger..you know the ones, who fill your eyes with eye candy and then disappears without any notice, then they come back for a bit and BAM!, they’re gone again. The type that always has an excuse of why they have not updated their blog in months…life, kids, exhaustion, forgetting they were a blogger…yes, that sums me up pretty well. Anyhow, I really have good intentions on blogging daily….I really do. I even have a great “Let’s Go Visit” post sitting patiently in my que…le sigh (can you hear my frustration). I’ve been so busy playing homemaker, homeschooling our seven year old, entertaining two toddlers, daydreaming, cooking, baking, daydreaming, budgeting, organizing, oh did i mention daydreaming. To sum it up, by the time I have any form of peace and quiet, I become comatose on the couch as I post a blog here in my head, but never physically in my admin…lol.

Ok, So I will spare you all with my excuses and get right to the peace offering…pretty photos and inspiring people! First up is Henry Road. I have always wanted to visit this shop! It’s chock full of fabulous finds; and for some odd reason the name makes me think of that old movie with Angela Lansbury called “Bedknobs & Broomsticks” and entices me to say the name “Henry Road” with an English accent. Now that I think about it it would be sort of fun to fly into a make believe world via a vintage bed covered in some fabulous textiles. Ok, I digress. On to Henry Road we go!

These are some of my favorite pieces from Henry Road. I absolutely love the chairs, and apparently so does everyone else, as most of them are sold. I posted them here for color inspiration. The camera sculpture and the ceramic candle holder (top right corner) are fantastic, and I think the number trays would look great in a little boys room or in a vintage kitchen along with lots of vintage milk jars!

What great colors these are from Pip Studios located in the Netherlands. Pip makes some beautiful items that include: stationary, bedding, kitchenware, and many other colorful accessories!

I would love to visit this shop if only to buy one of their amazing quilts from their ever revolving collections! Frog and Toad is a home-ware shop located at: 795 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02906. It looks like they have some great unique pieces, so if you are ever in their neighborhood, do stop buy!

Hi everybody! I’m back with another “From Garden to Home” post! This week we are bringing in some Bleeding Hearts! I think this flower wins for one of the coolest flowers out there! They are absolutely beautiful and so intricate! I think the serving tray is my absolute favorite. I remember wood burning along with my college roommate..it was an interesting medium to say the least. The one featured here is gorgeous and of course it features bleeding heart motifs! You will also find a link to a recipe for “Bleeding Heart Pie”, I know, but it’s simply called that due to it’s use of raspberries along with a heart cut-out! Ok, enjoy!

Bleeding Heart Antique Necklace via Timeless Trinkets,

Heart Necklace via Eternal Eden, Bleeding Heart Earrings via Mani Designs

Summer Moment Print via Lovilly37

Custom Bleeding Heart Invitations via Deepfried, Light Hearted Print via Jill Katherine

Bleeding Heart Pie Recipe! Via Shana Says

Serving Tray via Burned Furniture, Bleeding Heart Pocket Watch via Owl & Hourglass, Bleeding Heart Kites via Paper Moth

Header Image via Celeste Cota Photography

Oh Lucas! What great images from Photographer Lucas Allens online portfolio! There are many elements that I love in each photo, from the lighting, to the placement of colors, to the décor! I think the chairs in the photos are fantastic!

Images via Lucas Allen Photography

Pretty neutrals & I love the chair!

image via elledecor.com

Good morning everybody! I hope everyone is adjusting to the shift in time. I always hate the fact that one can just take an hour away from me, yet I do look forward to longer sunny days! You see the pic above…go ahead, I will wait while you look. Ok, finished? So, these little Daffodils sprouted out of the ground a few weeks ago. Poor things, the weather was very warm for a while here in Georgia so they must have thought that Spring was here. Boy were they in for a shock when the weather turned frigid again. Many of them began to droop over. We closed on our home in late summer/early fall of last year, so it was a warm and sunny surprise to see Daffodils popping up out of the ground! I was quite excited!

So, these little Daffodils got me thinking about doing a new weekly column here on JuBella that I will call “From Garden to Home”. I will feature a flower, plant, herb, or fruit ; and then go window shopping for you all and collect and post some of my favorite items to bring into your home that features the garden selection of the week! Most of them, but not all of them will be selected from Etsy. This week I thought it only springfully proper to kick off the column with those that inspired me….Daffodils! Here are some of my favorite Etsy finds that features Daffodils and or were inspired by that rich sunny daffodil yellow! I especially love the vintage glasses and tupperware. The glasses would look lovely filled with pink lemonade and the tupperware would fit into any eclectic, colorful, or vintage style kitchen! Enjoy!

Vintage Drinking Glasses via Lisa B Retrostyle2, Chick Chick Notecards via Hannah Madden, Daffodil Letterpress Coasters via Redbirdink, Daff-Oh-Dilly Notecards via Hannah Madden, Vintage Tupperware via Team Ruster.

Blue Vintage Necklace via Relica Jewelry, Daffodil Soap via Satin & Birch, Dichroic Glass Pendant via CC Valenzo, Daffodil Earrings via Swirl Vintage, Daffodil Cabachon Ring via Liz Hutnick, Canary Glass Beaded Necklace via Fourty Four Orange.

Daffodil & Tea Print via Tammy Gravina, Blooming April Spring Print via Bomo Bob, Walking in Sunshine Print via A La Mode Art, Glimpse of Spring Daffodils Print via Erin Johnson Photography.

OMG! I want this house. If I had a collection of homes, this would definitely be one of them. I heart Kate Spades creativity and I especially heart their South Hampton Home decor. Adam Rapoport (who i think is the new Editor-in-Chief of Bon Apetit) hosted a great show called Style Innovators and featured a great tour of Kate & Andy’s home back in November! By the way, you can see his home tour with Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler in the Extra dose section in the right hand corner at the top of the page (after watching it, i think it would be pretty cool to have a printed pattern painted on a ping pong table..lol). Yay!