There are just so many amazing blogs & sites out there. Here are a few recommendations, please do while away some time toddling through them, they are very inspirational in one way or another.
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As you may or may not know, I’ve written a couple of interiors features for the Irish Independent (< click to read the first article)recently; where I take a property that’s for sale and give it a hypothetical makeover using products sourced from around Ireland and the internet.
Soooo…over the next few weeks, I’m going to post all of the products I’ve found on my trawls, in the hopes they may be of some use, even if it’s just to look at…!
I’ll also upload the PDF’s of the articles when I get an afternoon..
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Image above : Room styled by Blanaid Hennessy, photographed by Andrew Clancy
in Bramley’s Department Store, Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, Ireland, which has a HUGE and quite amazing selection of lovely things, as well as parts of the store set up as inspirational rooms.
Phone : (057) 8730996 E-mail: info@bramleys.ie Web : www.bramleys.ie
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‘Viceroy’ velvet curtains from €125.00 plus p&p, www.anthropologie.com
Marks & Spencer’s Portland 2 seater sofa in the Autograph ‘Neo Steel Blue’ fabric - €2089.00 (01) 8728833
Beautiful candlesticks from Irish site : Mabel & Violet
Selection of prints available from Irish photographer Moselle Foley. email : me@mosellefoley.com for information, or visit her > website <
Chrome 1950’s style telephone €79.99 plus P&P from www.pressieport.ie. T: +353 (0) 1 4605350
Hungarian Grain Sack Cushions available from the ‘Helkatdesign’ store on www.etsy.com.
Prices start from appx €28.00 with p&p from appx €5.00
For a selection of antique armchairs and furniture, try : Larkins Furniture, Templetuohy, Co. Tipperary (0504) 53132
More to follow over the next couple of weeks!
x Blanaid
Sometimes I kind of lose my way when it comes to what I actually like wearing..then I look at photos such as these from Knightcat, and I think - yeah I’m a scruffy bird. I’ll go back to that look.
It’s a mini-drama.
x Blanaid
Category: Inspiration : Style, Recommended Sites
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Lorna from Garrenndenny Lane Interiors is one of those lovely people you happen upon, who will give you a helping hand when you most need it, even if you’re a complete stranger. AND she has a very pretty blog, online store and interior design service - so I thought that you lovely people might like to meet one another ..
Lorna is based between Carlow and Kilkenny, where she offers an interior design consultancy service and stock designer fabrics and wallpapers, including Designers Guild, Swaffer, Jab, Andrew Martin, Sanderson, GP & J Baker, Voyage, Lorient, James Brindley. Her online shop stocks fabulous little gifts and home accessories. Take a wee look-see >>here <<… Her blog is an interior design blog with a bit of farming and rural Irish life thrown in for good measure. She writes about new looks, interior design trends, things she like, and she aims to do an Interior design solution most Fridays ….
Lorna is also holding a competition on her blog and Facebook page at the moment - you could win a hamper full of really, incredibly GOOD goodies if you becomes a fan of my facebook page during the month of October - here’s the link to the facebook page >> here << and to the blog post >>here<<.
Visit Lorna and say howdy over on her blog - www.garrendennylane.ie/blog, or toddle on over to her website: www.garrendennylane.ie
x Blanaid
Category: Recommended Sites, Shopping : Online
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If you ever had any fears about the all white look - then let photographer Mari Eriksson ease your mind with these amazing images from her website.
Take a moment.
Feeling relaxed? Now head on over to her website for more… >>MariFoto<<
x Blanaid
Category: Inspiration : Interiors, Recommended Sites
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An absolutely amazing post and interview with Melbourne street artist; Miso, over on The Design Files. I am so glad I stumbled upon this, as she is truly, truly talented and inspiring. She is also making me feel incredibly untalented through her being truly, truly talented and inspiring..! Her use of sketching and paper as a form of street art is just brilliant, as is her collaborations with other artists, and her positioning of her work on the street. Check out her website >here< after reading the full wonderful article on The Design Files.
x Blanaid
Love this poster from the fantastic online store ‘Three Potato Four’. It’s just such a fantastic illustration, and would look great in either a child’s room or a modernist living room. Perfecto!
Buy it >here< for $48.00..
x Blanaid
Category: Recommended Sites, Shopping : Online
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Love this lookbook for custom made headpiece designers : Little Doe.
Found Via : Studded Hearts
x Blanaid
Category: Inspiration : Style, Recommended Sites
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I had to repost these illustrations from the utterly fantastic fashion blog : Stylebubble. I would give my left arm or at the very least, a little finger, to be able to create fashion illustrations such as these ones from Danish Design School graduate Ann-Sofie Madsen. The images of her actual finished garments show how well she translated her pieces from the thoughts in her head, which I imagine is an incredibly difficult thing to do, unless you;re somewhat of a genius like Ann-Sofie. View the rest of the images oer on Stylebubble >>here<<.
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Love this blog - My Daily Style with the stunning (grrr) Mireia in Barcelona. She moves effortlessly from floaty and natural to rock and back again. I once spent a very long time reading her blog from start to finish, and every now and again I like to have another little traipse through it… check it out >here<..
x Blanaid
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I found this epique blog, 4th and Bleeker, via another brilliant blog : Knightcat.
The images she takes for her own style are seriously hot. In fact I would go so far too say that she has the most sexual personal style blog out there, and I don’t even like the ladies in that way. Hmmmm, mehthinks it’s time to shake my images up a bit here on Blanaid.com…just have to get my camera sorted.
x Blanaid
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Such a lovely post on the excellent site; Remodelista. I was just talking to my mother about this the other day : I have a rental apartment with no distinguishablel features, save for some lovely big windows, and wanted to add something of interest quickly and cheaply. I was going to use the trunk of a silver birch, stripped of branches, wedged between floor and ceiling. Never did it though, and then I stumbled across this post, and now it’s reignited the fire of eh…wood..so to speak.
See more images over on Remodelista.
xBlanaid
Category: Inspiration : Interiors, Recommended Sites
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I was very thrilled to have my photo of a road sign in Barcelona included on the blog ‘Design Curiosities’ Weekly Foto Round-up. This is such a lovely blog - check it out! >here<, and see my image in the full post >here< …yay!
x Blanaid
I was verrrrrry excited to be invited to the Irish Fashion Bloggers Brunch on Saturday in the Marks and Spencers restaurant, Grafton St. I missed the start as I was at a styling workshop (more on that later..), so arrived all a-late and a-fluster, but not to worry- they were SUCH a lovely bunch of bloggers! Annmarie O’Connor of IBlogFashion organises the monthly meet up, each time in a different venue, and she does quite the marvellous job. The table was an eclectic mix of people from fashion, shopping, culture and streetstyle blogs including among others : Bluebirds Are So Natural, Angela Scanlon, Beaut.ie, The Savvy Shopper, Perk Up Vintage Clothing and Dublin Streets.
The food was really incredibly good (*note to self, leave car at home to partake in the Cava*) - particularly the Eton mess dessert. Next time you’re on Grafton Street, call up for this light, sweet simple tumble of strawberries, cream and meringue. Actually…eh..I think I need to go to Grafton St. today for emmm…something!
Such a lovely day out, check out the Irish bloggers, there are some fantastic writers and archivists out there on our little green island…
x Blanaid
Category: Out and About, Recommended Sites
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First up we have my new lovely love - stitsh - a streetsyle blog with a difference. These genii tell you where you can buy stuff similar to what the streetstyl-er is wearing, and this pleases me. It’s great to use Street Style images as inspiration when going shopping and all that jazz, but so much better to just click and shop. *sigh*
Part two is ffffound - which is exactly that, a collection of images fond all over the interweb. Some are just beautiful or interesting photos, others are interiors, product design, gig posters…basically things that would be of interest to anyone interested in anything aesthetic. You’ll love it.
Click below to see my current list of links… feel free to send me some sites to check out!
x Blanaid
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