Here's some ideas for your home if you want to decorate it in Valentine's day theme. I would love to also decorate my place but I just recently moved in so I did not have the time to add Valentine's decoration theme. So to cheer me up I decided to put on some virtual home decor imaginary session here. 

Here are some ideas and inspirations that I would love to do myself if I have a big house to decorate with. Let's turn on the imaginary machine now, shall we?

Let's start at the Front Door :

 Pretty wreath to welcome guests

Living Room:

On the mantle

 Candles on the window sill

The Aisle:

Attention to details

The Bedroom:

Main Bedroom:

Decoration above the dresser

On top of another dresser

 Heart string lamps wrapped around the bed head

Candles on the bedside table

Guest Bedroom: 

Pink bedsheets & heart buntings

The Dining Room:

Cutesy table-cloth, perfect for the occasion

Bowls on the table

Candles in jars as the centerpiece

The Powder Room:

Hanging on the bathroom window

Hang Love letters on the wall hanger

Change the toilet rolls to these not-so-ordinary toilet rolls ;)

PS: I found these inspirations on Pinterest and all the links are directly on the photo (click click). Hopefully these ideas and inspiration boards might inspire you  too ^__^

Adios Chicas!

[Imaginary]: HOUSE #1

I just finished watching The Royal Wedding Live report!! Wow, I've been glued in front of the TV from noon until about 7.30 pm (Jakarta time) where the TV shows a live report on the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (from now on will be known as Duke & Duchess of Cambridge). I mean, this is history! Being a royalty fanatics like myself I can't believe I have a chance in my lifetime to watch a real royalty wedding hahah This is something that I will remember and told my children and grand children later on hahaha The wedding was fantastic, the bride is beautiful in an elegant white lace gown, and the groom.. oh the groom.. I am now officially had a big crush on Prince William ^____^

Anyway, that was an intro. Here's the real post that I want to publish earlier:

I fell in love at first sight when I saw this photo of a beautiful house. I really love the facade of the house; the slightly vintage feel and the homey aura of it. I also love the driveway, the balcony on the 2nd floor, the neat little garden, and I can't help to also imagine the neighborhood must be pleasant to live in too ;)

And being the great imaginative person I am, here's what I imagine the inside of the house would look like:

Right after the main entry door, to the right will be an open-stairs leading to second floor.
And on the left of the stairs there's a small living room area to welcome guests.
There's an area rug with a matching set of deep brown sofa and chair, plus a single wooden chair, completed with a small side table and a mini rounded table in the middle. The sofa was flanked by a set of standing lamps with solid black lampshades. The stairs' wall is adorned with pretty wallpaper and a couple of watercolor paintings as focal point.

The next room on the back is the dining area which located at the right side of the house. This dining area is actually a wide open room that adjoin the kitchen/breakfast area in the left side of it. So there's no walls separating the kitchen and dining room but there is a clear space between the dining room's rug and the kitchen/breakfast counter to separate both room.
The dining area has a window that overlook the neighbor's tiny garden. The room is of eclectic design, pairing a traditional style with more modern touches such as the the classic chairs and sofa, as well as the colonial style glass cupboard, paired with a modern chandelier, vase, and water glass bowls as centerpiece. This dining area usually used for special occasion or when there are guests. While the house owner chose to eat their daily meals in the kitchen/breakfast area as there are only two of them + a baby in this house.



Still in the dining room area there is a half-bathroom that located right under the stairs that functions as powder room or a guest bathroom. This tiny bathroom has a door that faced the dining area and a window that also overlook the neighbor's house wall, but don't worry.. thick bushes are planted right outside the window so no one will peek. In this half bathroom you'll find a metal milk bucket that stands atop a wooden three-legged stool that used for a sink. The whole wall are covered with wood wallpaper to create a country/traditional look. 



The next room is the kitchen slash breakfast area. This room is located on the back of the house adjoining the dining area on it's right, and it has a door facing the driveway.
If you look again in the first pic you can see on the facade of the house that there is a window and door on the edge of the driveway, that's the location of this kitchen. The kitchen is quite wide and open space with natural lights from the window and glass door.
The floor is black & white tiles, the sink is right beneath the window, the stove and cabinets are on one side of the wall while the fridge and another kitchen table are on the other wall on the back. In the middle of the kitchen there's a small rustic counter with wooden surface and two high-chairs for the house owner to enjoy their daily meals.

And that's all the rooms in the first floor.

Let's go to 2nd floor now, shall we? 

There are only 4 rooms in 2nd floor: Main bedroom, a Nursery, a Bathroom, and a small room for laundry.

First stop is the main bedroom. This main bedroom is located on the front with opening to the balcony that we can see from the first pic (imagination mode ;p). 

This main bedroom is quite spacey and very airy with lots of sunshine from all those windows and balcony door. The decor is simply casual with domination of brown color. Instead of using drapery or venetian blinds for the windows the house owner uses a rattan blinds in dark color to accentuate the overall brown shades of the room. They only uses long flowy drapes on the balcony door.

Not much interiors here unless for the bedside tables, the long ottoman, and a few potted plants. A set of graphics in a rustic style frames adorned the bed head.

The next room you see will be the Bathroom which is right after the stairs landing. This bathroom is overlooking the right side of the house. It's a small bathroom with a sunny cheerful aura. The wall is painted with deep yellow tone and the shower curtain is of a bright yellow & white toile pattern. The window also adorned with the same fabric. The rest of the bathroom is in white to tone down the strong yellow and this result in a fun and fresh looking bathroom. Nothing will freshen you up other than waking up in the morning and enter this bathroom with it's refreshing color ;) >> and maybe use a minty orange soap while in the shower ^o^

Right next to the Bathroom is a small room that used to be a storage but now converted into a Laundry room. The room is narrow and small, with door facing the hall and a window overlooking the neighbor's house and thick tall trees on the right side of the house. This room only contains a washing machine + dryer and a sink. The walls are covered in a dark red / almost brown striped wallpaper and some wall-mounted cabinets in dark mahogany color that have open shelves as well as closed cupboards for laundry storage. There's also a small rug and two wicker baskets for laundry purposes.

The last room of the house is the nursery room or the baby room. This room's door is also facing the hall, in front of the laundry and bathroom. It is located right above the kitchen area with two windows overlooking the driveway below. 

The house owner has a baby and this is where the baby sleeps and play. Sometimes the mother would take a nap on the small bed right beside the window after breastfeeding or just lay down on it while playing with the baby. The small bed can also be used if the baby has grown into a little kid. The room's decor is in a soft pastel green and pale blue with mostly brown. Looks like brown is the house owner's favorite color because there are lots of brown in the house ;)

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Have a great weekend!

[Imaginary]: Room Decorator

I have two imaginary play series in this blog: the Party Planner and the Room Decorator, both are my hobby and passion beside fashion and traveling. In this series I pretend to be either a party planner or an interior designer/decorator. Today I would play a Room Decorator, and here's the scheme:

Client : 

Family of 6 :
- Husband & Wife
- 2 Daughters ( 1 teenage & 1 toddler)
- 1 Son (tween age)
- 1 Grandma

Room Requirements :
- at least 3 bathroom (1 en-suite in master bedroom)
- 1 craft room for grandma
- a separate breakfast area
- a sunny living room
- a laundry room

Preferred Style : 

Cottage / Country style for public area and master bedroom

Girly Chic for the teenage daughter's room

Dreamy for the little kids rooms

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And here are my suggestions...

FIRST FLOOR

The sunny living room:

myhomeideas

 

 Kitchen at the back area:

pointclickhome

And a separate breakfast area right beside the kitchen counter:

potterybarn

 And the Dining Area at the opposite side of the kitchen/breakfast area:

housetohome.co.uk

The Teenage daughter's bedroom:

hgtv

Teenage Daughter's Bathroom (this is also a guest bathroom):

countryliving

Grandma's craft room, right next to the above bathroom:

UPSTAIRS

The Master bedroom:

markjwilliamsdesign

...with en-suite bathroom:

housebeautiful

The Tween Boy's bedroom:

bedroom.furniture.co.uk

and the toddler daughter's bedroom:

hgtv

The little kids shared bathroom:

vithouse

BASEMENT:

Grandma's Bedroom:

housebeautiful

Grandma's tiny bathroom:

cabr.net

The Laundry Room right next to the tiny bathroom:

myhomeideas

And my work as an interior decorator is done! All the client's requests are fulfilled and they're happy with my work (or at least this is what happened in my imagination ;p).
And that's the end of our game, i hope you enjoy playing with me ^o^

[Imaginary] : B&B Owner

It's time for my big imagination to roam through this blog again ;p If you've read my first imaginary play or my last imaginary play post in this blog, you'll see that I love doing imaginary plays and one of my favourite imaginary play beside being a party planner is being someone whose in charge of house decorating. And so this time it will be about that.

Now let's play:

This time I pretend I'm an old lady probably in my 60s who own a Bed & Breakfast in the country side. I'm a cheerful and friendly grandma.

Now this is not your usual B & B, this is a bigger version of it, with 14 rooms to rent. Some of them en-suite and some of them share a bathroom in the hall. As the owner, I like to decorate the rooms to attract visitors, so I decided to furbish every room with a different decoration or theme.

The B&B consist of a main house where all the guest rooms are, a big garden on every side and at the back with patio and terraces. There's also a small cottage at the side of the garden which houses my staffs.

So first of all, let me introduce you to my staffs (who lives on the B&B) and our rooms. I tried to make my staffs feel comfortable and at-home so I decorate their bedrooms and shared bathroom as homey as possible:

Household:

Owner / Me

Tasks: Greet guests, check-in desk, oversee the whole shebangs, read reports, manage B&B.

Living quarter: 1st fl bedroom

(My room) 

with my en-suite bathroom:

2 of my staffs stay at the main house:
1 Managerial Assistant - Janna, 31yr old
Tasks: Manage all daily reports, salary, administration, guests info desk, took over owner's job if owner's not around
Living quarter: Room in the attic

(Janna's Room) with shared staff bathroom

1 Maid - Penelope, 27yr old
Tasks: Change sheets, clean guests rooms, clean bathrooms, clean the whole house, attend to guests need, waitress during meal time.
Living quarter: Room in the attic

(Penelope's Room) with shared staff bathroom

Janna & Penelope's shared staff bathroom in the attic:

While 3 of my other staffs stay at the little cottage in the garden:
1 cook - Gemma, 40yr old
Tasks: Cook for guests during breakfast and dinner, cook for household, wash dishes, shop for groceries, collecting spices or veggies from the small kitchen garden
Living quarter: Cottage room

(Gemma's room) on the cottage with shared bathroom.

1 washer - Bernadette, 24yr old
Tasks: Wash guests sheets, wash household clothes, wash napkins etc, ironing, help waitressing and then wash the dishes during guests meal time
Living quarter: Cottage room

(Bernadette's room) on the cottage with shared bathroom.

1 gardener - Mr. Sutton, 45yr old
Tasks: Do all gardening including lawn, backyard and the kitchen garden, providing flowers every 2 - 3 days to be put in vases inside the house
Living quarter: Cottage room

(Mt. Sutton's room) in the cottage attic.

The shared staff bathroom in the cottage:

MAIN HOUSE / B&B

And now that you have seen my staff's living quarter let's now look at the guest rooms. Here are the bedrooms available for guests:

We have different types of accommodation here, we have queen sized, king sized, twin bed or single bed. We also have a unique name to every room, such as The Girls room or The Boys room that represents the decorations in the room. Most of our rooms have twin beds because we have quite a lot of best-friends backpacking and traveling together that stays here, so these room are almost always booked. Other room names are The Attic room, The Oriental Room, etc...

Rooms:
2 single bed
6 twin bed
4 queen sized
2 king sized


Let's start with the 1st floor:

1st FLOOR:

The Family Room / The Country Room:

King sized, 1st floor. En-suite (bathroom inside).
This is the most expensive room available. Perfect for family or for a couple who
wants a more secluded room. This is a corner room, spacious with big sofa,
wide windows overlooking the side garden and a door that leads to a
small private balcony overlooking the backyard.
En-suite bathroom:




The Boys Room

Twin bed. 1st floor. En-suite.
This room is made for boys. Perfect if you're a guy and travelling with your
best buddy. The en-suite bathroom also have a manly feel to it.
En-suite bathroom:




The Girls room

Twin bed. 1st floor. Shared bathroom.
This room has a very girly touch, perfect for a woman who travels
with her bestfriend. This room is located at the front with front yard and street view.
It's a small and bright room, and it's one of the cheapest room too.


The Santa Fe Room:

Queen sized. 1st floor. Shared bathroom.
This is our newest addition. We add this small room in the
back near our dining area. It has a new-mexican flair to it with sandy walls,
warm red colors, and plates on the wall that depicts mexican life.
 

The Toile Room:

Queen sized. 1st floor. Shared bathroom.
This room has a deep pink toile wallpaper that makes it unique. 
It also has that rural country cottage charm to it.


Shared bathroom on 1st floor:

1st floor. In the hall.




2ND FLOOR:
The Explorer Room:

Twin bed. 2nd floor. En-suite.
This is a unique room, one of our most sought-after room.
Two hanging beds with wood and rope plus a unique bathroom with world map
wallpaper add some adventure mood to this room.
En-suite bathroom:




The Log Cabin Room

Twin Bed. 2nd Floor. En-suite.
This room makes you feel like you're in a log cabin somewhere over the mountain.
This is also one of our most sought-after room. Our largest room, it's very spacious with
windows overlooking the backyard garden. The en-suite bathroom is also decorated in "wood" theme so it matched the log cabin overall theme.
En-suite bathroom:




The Cottage Room

King sized. 2nd floor. En-suite.
This room has a posh cottage feel to it and a favourite among old couples or
for those who wish to stay longer.
En-suite bathroom:




The Zen Room:

Queen sized. 2nd floor. En-suite bathroom.
This room is decorated in minimalist style, hence the name.
It has a view of the side garden, and a minimalist style bathroom too.
En-suite bathroom:




The Blue Room:

Twin bed, 2nd floor. Shared bathroom.
This is the cheapest of the twinbed rooms. This blue room is located
on the front corner of the 2nd floor so it has 2 views,
the side garden and the street view.


The Mono Room:

Twin Bed. 2nd floor. Shared bathroom.
Mono as in Monochromatic, this room has a black and white style decor.
It's a combination of classic and modern. It's small but
adequate for a short stay traveller.

Shared bathroom on 2nd floor:

bathroom. 2nd floor hall

3RD FLOOR / THE ATTIC:

The Attic Room:

Queen sized, Attic. Shared bathroom.
This is the cheapest room for queen sized bed.
The decoration is simple but quite homey.


The Rustic Room:

Single bed. Attic. Shared bathroom.
This is the cheapest room of all rooms available.
It has a simple design with a little bit of
rustic style here and there. The room has a fantastic view
overlooking the backyard and you can see the hills from here.


The Oriental Room:
 
Single bed. Attic. Shared bathroom.
This single bed room has an all-over oriental feel with detailed oriental decor.
You will feel a different atmosphere here.


Shared bathroom in the attic:

Bathroom, attic hall.

There you go, my imaginary bed & Breakfast :D I know some of you might think I'm crazy but i love doing it ;p so, what the heck...

Anyway, what do you think of my imaginary B&B? Does any of you want to book a room? Which room do you wanna stay in? ;p


^_~


Photo Sources:
HGTV, The Inspired Room, Country Living, Coastal Living, iVillage, BHG, Living Etc, Channel 4