Rustic, Romantic Bedrooms:

Lately I have been swept off my feet with beautiful, laid-back, rustic, dreamy and romantic bedrooms. I look at images of this style interior and immediately imagine being in a room like that, feeling extremely tranquil and relaxed. Exactly what a bedroom is meant to feel like I say!

Inspiration points below:

The French rustic look really appeals to me. Rough wood, mixed with soft linen and glistening chandeliers... worn down pieces of furniture, antique glass bottles with a few simple yet pretty flower buds in...perfection!

What do you make of this look and feel for the bedroom?

Moroccan Wedding Blankets:

I actually first discovered Moroccan Wedding Blankets via Instagram and Tumblr a little while ago, and immediately felt guilty that I didn't know the meaning and thoughts behind them! I just knew they were beautiful looking and starting to pop up all over Western Interior Blogs!

Known as Moroccan wedding blankets, handira are woven out of sheep's wool, cotton and linen by Berber women in the Middle Atlas mountains of Northern Morocco.

Berber wedding blankets are woven in anticipation of, you guessed it, a wedding, by the bride's female relatives. It can take many hours — even weeks — of work to attach those hundreds of mirrored sequins once the weaving is complete; it is thought that during this collaborative task, the bride's relatives teach her all about the birds and the bees, among other marital duties and expectations. After the wedding ceremony, the bride wears the blanket tied around her neck as a kind of cape. It might be associated with her trip to her new marital home, which could be a chilly ride.

I love the history and romantic, charming story behind these blankets and can truly appreciate the amount of time, hard work and detail which goes into each and everyone. 

I would simply adore one for mine and Steve's bedroom, to lie at the end of the bed like a throw would. I think against a shade of white wall or light grey, the soft tones and majestic shimmer would work wonderfully together! 

The problem is getting your hands on one here in the UK! I have found some sites online that import them but then obviously charge a lot for them too...

We were lucky enough to visit Morocco three years ago but boy do I wish I'd known about these then, as I might have been able to hunt one down in the Souks there or with other market traders!

If anyone knows of a place I can get them or order them from here in the UK and that they are the real deal, I'd be so grateful if you could leave a comment below and let me know. Otherwise, I might be booking a cheap flight back to Marrakech soon...

Simplicity:

Sometimes you just need to strip things back and look at some simple yet pretty (or tasty) inspirations that surround us.

Where do you look for inspiration?

Our Dining Chairs! :

Chairs are probably my favorite item of furniture to shop for.

I sometimes wish at University I had studied furniture design instead of interior design, as I would love to be able to have the knowledge and skill to design and create my own chair! 

Seeing as chairs are one of my favorite things when it comes to design, it can make it a real nightmare when shopping for them, as there are so many different styles out there which I adore...it's too hard to choose!

After about 4-5 months of searching for the perfect dining chairs for our home, we have both decided on the iconic Eames DSW chair in this gorgeous new limited edition pastel shades, from Cult Furniture (one of my favourite sites! Definitely check them out)!

We are buying four chairs, one in each colour and have decided on the mushroom grey, candy floss pink, peppermint green and the top right colour-a beautiful, soft, lemon sorbet yellow. 

The mix of these colours against the kitchen units we have picked out and flooring will really 'pop' and create a real feature in the room as well as obviously being practical.

In a different post soon, I will reveal our dining table of choice too...

Flooring Inspiration:

Flooring can make or break a room in my opinion. 

It is also such an investment to your home, that you want to make sure to take your time and get it right! 

For the past 2 months, myself and Steve have spent many a weekend travelling around different flooring stores and spent hours looking over different samples and trying to come to a decision.

We have always known that for the ground floor of the house, which is pretty much all open plan, we wanted white/grey wooden floor boards.  We adore the clean, fresh, bright and open feeling it gives to any space.

Seeing as wood is uber pricey and can sometimes be a little tricky to manage, we have decided on a new technology of laminate, which is incredible!

It looks AND feels like real wood! Each panel gets laid as an individual piece and each one has different grains in it to make it look as organic as possible. 

We are hoping to order the final flooring in the next two weeks for all rooms, so of course I will keep you posted on our choices!

It Looks Like A House & Our First Step Inside:

Finally our house is starting to look like one! :)

The house is now water-tight with it's roof structure all tiled and completed. Now it is full steam ahead inside, getting internal walls up and the staircase in this week.

Myself and Steve were lucky enough to be able to stop construction for just a few moments, to allow us to step inside our house for the first time!

It all seemed quite surreal and it was extremely exciting to be able to see it inside for the first time and actually see elements of it come to life.

I cannot wait to see what happens next and how it will look the next time we see it!

So close...

  

Brick by Brick...:

Seeing as we are SO close to having our house finished being built, I thought I would share with you a picture time line of where it all started and where we are currently at...

September 2013

The foundations of our home sweet home begin...

November 2013

The breeze blocks begin to form and take shape whilist the sun sets...

January 2014

Door frames begin to pop up to greet visitors...

March 2014

Just waiting for the cherry on top!

March 2014

The cherry has began to take shape! (aka-the roof)!

I am hoping to get some more up to date pictures this weekend where we should be able to see tiles on the roof and windows in!

There is honestly nothing more exciting than seeing your first home you own together, taking shape and coming to life.

Welcome Home

Welcome to Home Style Home!

This is a blog following mine and my boyfriend's Steve's journey on building our first home together (literally brick by brick from scratch)! 

This is obviously an extremely exciting time in our lives, but also a hectic and sometimes stressful one.

I hope to take you along on our journey, from the time it started being built, to the end project!

This blog will also be full of interior design and architecture inspiration, which I hope you find of use and get some pretty pleasure out of.

I studied interior design and space awareness at college and University and it's always been something that has fascinated me and excited me, just as much as fashion and beauty.

I hope you enjoy this blog and I cannot wait to share my inspirations and house journey with you!