Curtains and Harmony?

Ok, first of all - I didn't make these curtains. I even didn't hang them, but I picked them! Well, not just me, together with my husband. I would say the direction of what to look for was inspired by me.

If you ever were standing in front of the decision what curtains you need to choose for your living and dinning areas, you would know that it is not an easy decision to make.

In our case it was hard because we already have strong colors and patterns in our living room and dinning area. So having more patterns would be too much as it could make our room look busy.

But I did want to have curtains, as I thought it would make our home more "homy" and cosy.

So I wanted something light, modern, natural color and fabric but with some texture.

So here was our choice - Linen curtains. They have all characteristics we wanted to see in our curtains.

And now we just feel more harmony in our home..

Any home is an expression of who you are. That is why they all looks so different, as it should be. (and that is why we should be very careful to criticize someone's house! It is a good chance to know people better)

Home can also help to remind you about who you are.

And if you have peace and harmony at home, it would help to restore your peace inside of you in the times you need it...

Monet passion

Water lilies.

For the last few years, I was in love in Impressionism. Claude Monet is the one I started to learn. It was like the art therapy just looking at his works. I like his color mixing especially. 

I wanted to create something similar.   I never tried to paint real things. 

So I started "playing" with the colors to imitate the impression of color and a little of light using Monet's work as my inspiration. I love it, and it is also like my art therapy and relaxation.

I had several classes on water color in the past. So I don't know too much about other paints. I started with the acrylic.

This is one is my latest work.

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A little touch in home decorating.

Sailing boat cushion

This cushion I also just made it for my son's room, which I try to keep in the Ocean theme (even though it looks a little eclectic).

The idea of making one came in a very practical way. I had the old cushion filler with the unusual size. So I decided to make my own cover for it.

Again, I had the idea about the color combination, the theme, but I couldn't find any patterns which could be helpful in it. So I create the design, which actually was changing few times while I was making the cushion cover.

Also I wanted to "play" with the different stitches. I chosen the simple ones.

For a big cushion I didn't want to spend too long dealing the complicated stitches.