Cooper Guest Room

I am sooooo excited to almost complete our guest bedroom. My husband and I are recent homeowners and over the past year have spent many hours painting, shopping, and lets be honest slaving at making our home ‘just right’. The guest bedroom was a bit lower on the priority list but I am thrilled that it is almost complete.
The colour of the room actually completely changed from what I had initially envisioned. I knew that we would be using all white furniture that we already owned (and that I love I might add) something about white just looks so fresh and chic to me! And originally I had wanted the room to be a robin’s egg blue and have a  country chic look. When the time came to actually paint I wasn’t feeling the blue so much and was a little stuck on which colour to go for, and if I am truthful almost went for my all time favorite go – to colour, grey, which is always a good choice and comes in SO many wonderful shades but in the end not right for this room. As I was meandering through Home Sense one day I came across these pillows, and they became my inspiration for the room. I just loved all the warm colours and how they worked together.

I ended up going for a pale yellow from the Martha Stewart line called ‘Chopstick’. I absolutely LOVE it, this soft yellow gives the room such a cheery romantic feel and I love the contrast with the white furniture.

I found an awesome duvet set, again from home sense, with embroidered flowers on the cover and pillows that bring in the shabby chic look I just love.

Ok so you are going to begin to see a particular trend in me….I get a lot of things from Homesense. Although I do believe in a good balance of quality items and then ‘good finds’, the type of items that will be perfect for a time but that you may grow tired of or just simply want to switch up in a little while.

The next piece to the room was to find some accessories to tie everything together. I knew I wanted a mirror in the room to open up the space a bit, and I did just so happen to come across this mirror in Homesense. The colour was a little bit off though, being more of a creamy off white and I needed white white. So it became a little project for me and I ended up just painting the frame of the mirror a stark white and it turned out looking great! The brush strokes actually gave the mirror more of an antique look which I was going for and matched the style of the rest of the furniture. Never be afraid to experiment with something like this and give it a little personal touch, I have done this lots before with frames and they end up looking great!

The next piece for the room was lighting. I knew I wanted a chandelier to go along with the romantic chic look of all the other pieces. I already owned a perfect lamp for the nighttable, one with a glass body and brass pedestal and wanted a chandelier as the main ceiling fixture. I had been eyeing this particular chandelier for years actually and when I went to buy it, SALE, so great. Lighting is such an important part of the space you are designing; it can add so much character and drama to a space and is an essential piece to completing your room, if the lighting is off it throws everything off.

Personal accessory, framed picture of my Omi, a classic beauty – this is her photographed at age 18 being presented to Queen Victoria.

Well I hoped you enjoyed the process of Cooper Guest Bedroom coming together. Next step artwork for above the bed and DRAPES! Will I go custom or will I find the perfect match??? Thanks for reading!

~ Daniela

Hello There

Well I am very excited to be writing my first blog entry for Delectable Design. I haven’t really done anything like this before so it should be a fun adventure.

I was very lucky to have an amazing day off last week to conclude my summer (which to be perfectly honest was not much of a summer given the weather). Being an office dweller Monday to Friday I so appreciate those mid week breaks, they are so different then a Saturday somehow. Maybe because it is less busy everywhere, since everyone else is still working, or maybe it is just having the whole day to yourself to do as you wish. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Well on this special day I chose to take a morning trip down to Blackie Spit in Crescent Beach. Now if you are a true South Surreyien / White Rockien you know exactly where I am talking about. Sheer beauty and peacefulness, I love it down there. Beautiful trails and views of the ocean and mountains on a lovely sunny morning – to me nothing can be better than this.

 I felt very ambitious and wanted to go and pick blackberries as there are a ton of them along the pathways. It is something I used to do at the end of the summer’s with my mom when I was young, we would pick bucketfuls and go home and make blackberry jam, YUMM. Well I didn’t pick quite enough to make blackberry jam, it is actually a very hard, and painful job. I was able to successfully fill a small plastic bag though, so all weekend long I had fresh blackberry’s and even created a yummy afternoon blackberry cocktail, delicious. 

We are so lucky to live where we do, being surrounded by such natural beauty all the time. I find such encouragement and refreshment just spending time in nature, and I find I am most inspired when taking in the surrounding’s of the different seasons. I think the seasons are an art form in themselves and a perfect colour palette to go off when adding those little seasonal touches around your home.

The dark purple of blackberries, vibrant green of summer foliage, serene and calming blues of the ocean and the sky, all delectable things that remind me of summer and bring a smile to my face. Whether for you it’s a fresh vase of flowers on your side table, a canvas of the picture you took of the ocean or just simply some toss cushions for your sofa in these colours – they all can add those fun and easy summer touches to your home.
Well happy end of summer everyone, although it seems in terms of weather it has just begun. Enjoy the pleasures of the season, September is a beautiful month. I look forward to spending more time with you discussing new design ventures very soon!
~ Daniela