Interior colours and inspirations

 

Last week I stumbled upon this amazing interior designer's Instagram page- Elsie Lapelerie Designs. She is an interior designer and artist based in Perth, Western Australia.

I really loved her colour schemes and mood boards- a fun, playful retro look for home and interiors. Well, I gathered some courage to ask her if I could use her colour palettes to recolour some of my print designs. And to my amazement, she instantly agreed for it. She is a gem of a person to talk to. Very sweet and kind! 

You can find her on her Instagram page here. 

I have recoloured some of my works (and very old work too!) using her colour palettes.

The top most image is very very old, created sometime in 2014 (yeah, that's what is called vintage!). I created it for my online shop Kessinhouse. It was among the best sellers. 

Ideal for wallpapers and flooring, this vintage-floral-motif print would look fablous as kitchen tiles too. Recoloured in Elsie's eye-catching Gold and Navy colour palette.

You can find the old blogpost here to see the home decor collection I created for KessInhouse at that time, in many colour ways-

https://nanditark-lifeiscrafty.blogspot.com/2015/02/spring-and-floral-collection-new-home.html

My love for the colour Blue with all it's shades and hues is not a secret anymore with you. :)

Mediterranean Charm, a name I gave to this 'daring tones of teal, chartreuse and mint', as Elsie describes it. I used this gorgeous palette to recolour my Indian-Rangoli-Style motif design.

Some other colour ways of this print design-

Beautiful floral print with coordinate stripes in aqua and burgundy colours-

Another colour way you would have already seen..

Novelty, a party colour palette in iridescent colours, giving a shimmery glowing look.

 This print is available in my Patternbank Studio shop in a different colour palette- Stars in Black Beige Blue and Red.

I love the way recolouring gives new life to the old prints and patterns, and changes the look and feel of it completely. I hope you loved it too!

Please contact Elsie Lapelerie here-

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swirls, continued...

   hello there,

            Life is sometimes so full of designs. Like the smoke rising from a hearth of burning coal, fresh and peculiar scent fills the morning air ( in country side, and in major part of India, too ), and the very same starts with the setting of the sun, in the evenings...

            Today a few of my designs will resemble that smoky dawns and those smoky-dusky-evenings of the country side India with some dreamy and imaginary patterns to be used in a quite modern way...


     Black and white...a classic combination. Use this design on the kitchen or bathroom tiles. Using it one  after another--- it will surely create a wonder.


  

          Sometimes in a coloured form ( please, choose the colours of your choice). Using it in the kids room will give a dreamy as well as a very dramatic look. Teaming up with equally bright (door and bed) mats and flowing-colourful drapes on the windows, some soft throws on the cosy rug, cool-cotton bed sheets,.... uhhhh...the dream goes on...
        
           Use it as a framed wall-piece ( embroidered or painted...), paint it on bedsheets,or trays, ect., the choice is yours.

                  Paint or patch this one for a wall panel, or on spreads for trays, stencil or embroider it as a long border on towels, bedcovers, or even on curtains, ( finish the edges of bed linens and curtains by stitching a  2-3''  contrast cloth for a neat look. Laces, small cloth-balls, triangled edges, frills... choose any ends to make it look more charming and  '' I-use-it-more-often-piece ''.

            Some modern piece for using it otherwise. A '' starting-from-nowhere-ending-everywhere '' pattern. Have this painted on the door, or on glass panes, or, better still, as a wall art !!! Stencil-paint it directly on the walls and see the neighbours peeping in for more...! Team it up with a contrast-solid coloured border on either sides or only on the bottom side for a finish look.

               Designs for everyday use...for stained-glass windows, or embroidered pieces...this will look great on any surface.Having a modern and vintage touch, it will suit any life-style and soothe to all eyes. Print it or paint it, the soft pastle colours will look good on bed spreads, too.

           A cool Summer print, especially for dress materials. The bordered edges on the sleeves and the fall ( of a flowing tunic ) will look nice and trendy. A light embroidery or some sequins ( or mirror work ) will give delicacy to the garment.

           Well, why don't you have your doors painted, this season ??? Yeah sure, this design will surely give any door, a brand new look ! So its high time you give your ( at least one ) door , its due...and i'm sure you'll love it, too.

       

               A bright and multi-hued-square piece for your wall. Have it painted directly on a ply-board or on a large canvas. Keeping it ' a-one-piece-attraction ',  the room won't need any other accessory, other than this, i bet. Won't you think the same???

            Once again, a print for keeping oneself cool this summer. Aqua and black combi suits all.

.have a nice week till we meet next