Having lived with an architect for a good nine years now, I am quite aware that architects are very good at building their client's houses but never their own. An architect can live in an unfinished house for years and years.
I seem to be at our flat almost everyday letting in builders, calling electricians, getting quotes etc and I find it so demoralising seeing this empty shell of a flat. I'm sure it will look great eventually but I'm terrible at imagining the end picture. To help me visualise, or maybe just so I feel like I'm doing something, I've been buying lots of decorating magazines and cutting out images which I like the look of.
It's been really interesting as it's made me take a good look at all the things that attract me, and has helped me find a way of putting everything together in a way that might work! It also reminded me of how inspired I was by a recent visit to Mexico, as you can see that the rooms I picked out all a painted with fresh colours. I loved the way the Mexican people used colour for everything, from the brightly coloured pinatas,
to the bright green beetle taxis in Mexico City. Mexico's most famous architect is Luis Barrigan and we were lucky enough to visit a couple of his houses. Two of his favourite colours were fuschia and gold and after seeing his use of the colours I am determined to have a fuschia bathroom! To the left is the outside wall of his house, as you can see the colour is just gorgeous and looks wonderful with the green. We also visited Frida Kahlo's house, it was so beautiful and vibrant and she used colour in such a wonderful way too.
The thing that I took away from visiting her house was the kitchen. The floor was painted in a sunshine yellow and all the wooden furniture was painted the same colour which looked stunning. Unfortunately I don't have a picture as we weren't allowed to take any photos inside. Other inspirations were the places we stayed; to the right are photos of the small B&B in Merida. It was an old colonial house with two interior patios, one with a pool and one filled with verdant plants. Each of the rooms were decorated in a Mexican style and we were lucky enough to have a suite. Our bedroom had no windows out to the exterior but the skylights did wonderful things to the colours in the rooms, and kept them nice and cool.
I love the orange in both these pics but for some reason I don't dare use it in the flat, it's one of those colours I just don't trust - does that sound strange? Maybe I should try wearing it first... Anyway, so this isn't a post just about my flat, to the left is a picture of what I wore today. I was actually inspired by a post from the Vintage Society where she was talking about "what a difference an outfit makes" and she had on a cute waistcoat. It made me pull my old one out from the cupboard. The boy wasn't too sure about it though!
Having lived with an architect for a good nine years now, I am quite aware that architects are very good at building their client's houses but never their own. An architect can live in an unfinished house for years and years. 
I seem to be at our flat almost everyday letting in builders, calling electricians, getting quotes etc and I find it so demoralising seeing this empty shell of a flat. I'm sure it will look great eventually but I'm terrible at imagining the end picture. To help me visualise, or maybe just so I feel like I'm doing something, I've been buying lots of decorating magazines and cutting out images which I like the look of.
It's been really interesting as it's made me take a good look at all the things that attract me, and has helped me find a way of putting everything together in a way that might work! It also reminded me of how inspired I was by a recent visit to Mexico, as you can see that the rooms I picked out all a painted with fresh colours. I loved the way the Mexican people used colour for everything, from the brightly coloured pinatas, 
to the bright green beetle taxis in Mexico City. Mexico's most famous architect is Luis Barrigan and we were lucky enough to visit a couple of his houses. Two of his favourite colours were fuschia and gold and after seeing his use of the colours I am determined to have a fuschia bathroom! To the left is the outside wall of his house, as you can see the colour is just gorgeous and looks wonderful with the green. We also visited Frida Kahlo's house, it was so beautiful and vibrant and she used colour in such a wonderful way too. 
The thing that I took away from visiting her house was the kitchen. The floor was painted in a sunshine yellow and all the wooden furniture was painted the same colour which looked stunning. Unfortunately I don't have a picture as we weren't allowed to take any photos inside. Other inspirations were the places we stayed; to the right are photos of the small B&B in Merida. It was an old colonial house with two interior patios, one with a pool and one filled with verdant plants. Each of the rooms were decorated in a Mexican style and we were lucky enough to have a suite. Our bedroom had no windows out to the exterior but the skylights did wonderful things to the colours in the rooms, and kept them nice and cool. 
I love the orange in both these pics but for some reason I don't dare use it in the flat, it's one of those colours I just don't trust - does that sound strange? Maybe I should try wearing it first... Anyway, so this isn't a post just about my flat, to the left is a picture of what I wore today. I was actually inspired by a post from the Vintage Society where she was talking about "what a difference an outfit makes" and she had on a cute waistcoat. It made me pull my old one out from the cupboard. The boy wasn't too sure about it though!
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oh mejiho! im going there for amonth in two weeks! landing in cancun but not gonna stay there! dunno quite yet where to go and what to see, any tips?? mari
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