My New Home

So last week I mentioned that I was moving into a new flat for my second year at university and how I wanted to decorate it. Well, I have put a little room tour video together to show you how I did. Also, it's my first ever YouTube video. I enjoyed filming it, I did try to do a little talking introduction but it was awkward so maybe I'll attempt at that again sometime soon. Hope you enjoy!

New Beginnings

If you follow me on Instagram you would know by now that I am moving into a new flat. When this gets posted I will be moved into it and be living in my new town of Camden (I probably won't have any wifi). As you know the prospect of moving into a new space occurs, your mind - well mine anyway - goes at a hundred miles an hour trying to decide how you want to decorate and personalise it. I disliked the way I decorated my student halls room this year. I come to realise that I have a bit of a hoarding tendency for certain items and tend not to hide it and have it on show for everyone to see in my bedroom. However, this is going to change. A fresh clean slate.

For my new bedroom I want it be pretty, show a girlier side of me. Not so long ago Alexa Chung posted a photo on Instagram of roses dangling down from the ceiling on pieces of string and thought it would be an amazing view to wake up to above your bed every morning since some of us can't have the beautiful ocean view. Flowers give off a positive vibe which I really believe you should wake up with every morning as it really changes the attitude you give off and the outcome of your day. You start to enjoy a bit more just by changing to a more positive attitude. I find to do this in the morning I either think about things I love and appreciate, have a nice delicious breakfast or listen to a music playlist that is filled with songs you just want to get up, dance and sing to! Sorry flatmates!

The only furniture you really see in my new bedroom will be my bed and shelving unit. It will have this clean, fresh atmosphere to it. Plain and minimal. The only distraction in the bedroom will be the beautiful, inspiring magazines and books. Goodbye hectic hoarder and hello tranquillity.

A Breath Of Fresh Air

 My Dad recently suggested the idea of redecorating the bathroom and said that I can help re-design it. I have always been obsessed with interior design and architecture. My childhood dream was to become an architect and being able to create something that shelter a family and provide an area filled with many wonderful, priceless moments and memories. Maybe one day I will be able to create this for myself - a la Grand Design style - and live out my childhood dream at least once.

Anyway back to the bathroom. As soon as my Dad suggested this to me an image of what I vision the bathroom to look like popped straight into my head as my imagination went wild.

I like fresh, vibrant, clean aesthetics. Very minimal. This is what me and my Dad designed in the living room when it was redecorated a couple of years ago. Although, my vision for the bathroom follows the same aesthetic, I want some maximalism thrown into the mix.

With my Instagram feed being filled up with beautiful imagery of Greece and in particular the breathtaking island of Mykonos it has drawn my attention of the combination of the purest colours of white and deep ocean blues. Those two colours together create a fresh, clean vibe which is something you aspire to in the bathroom. I intend to create this feeling with the use of patterned tiles, taking inspiration from the mis-match shapes of roman mosaics, but making something so ancient and traditional, modern and fresh just by the use of these two colours previously mentioned. When walking into this small room it'd be like a fresh of air with old, traditional culture mixed in with it. This will be one feature wall with the rest of the walls being the purest white tiles, they'll glisten when the sun shines on them just like the sea does.