Sometimes we throw away things, that we think are old and unnecessary, though with a bit of creativity and imagination they can be transformed into original and unique decorations. Especially for Christmas, it is great to incorporate in your festive decor some vintage items, which always exude sentiment and character. Today, I have picked some really cool ideas…
When I told that I am going to push my studies for interior design diploma with KLC, I really meant it! The Module 3 for me has been incredibly long, difficult and overwhelming… There were so many things to study and to make for the project that at times I felt completely helpless and frustrated. Studying online is entirely…
In today’s post I want to share with you my my progress with the project for KLC School of Design. Just finished the visual lighting proposal for my virtual clients. This is a starting point in creating a lighting design, as first of all you need to first understand how much light you need and where to…
Hello hello everyone (who is reading) and Happy Tuesday! Today it’s going to be a really short post as it is 11 pm Moscow time and I am dying to go to bed. Do you know that terrible feeling when you have so many things to complete, that you basically just sit glaring at your “to-do”…
It’s been a while since I began my online boutique and I must confess that being an entrepreneur is not as easy as I imagined it to be in the beginning. It seemed so easy to start an e-commerce business: you choose the platform to host your store you pick the products and publish them on…
It is not unusual for the Christmas rush to have already started when we frantically run around the shops choosing presents for our family and friends. Though I am usually stuck with what to give and I always feel nervous about what I am giving and if a person will like that present or not,…
Hello, hello everyone! Just got back from a furniture exhibition running these days in Moscow. Wanted to share with you some cool ideas and trends but was so disappointed with what I’ve seen that don’t took even a single photo…. This event has just proven that Russian furniture market is in deep…. trouble seems the right word!…
The life in Moscow usually goes under the following schedule: from Monday to Friday – average Moscovite approximately spends 10 hours going and coming back from work, 45-50 hours actually working (useless sitting in the office also counts) Saturday and Sunday – days off. On Sunday people mostly prefer to sit at home, do laundry,…
Each year in December the world immerses in crazy Christmas rush…. We frantically look for gifts for our families and friends, reading culinary books and composing festive menus, buy numerous beautiful yet quite useless bijou to decorate our homes. Despite all this madness, there is something magical in this time, which makes us anxiously waiting…
Happy Wednesday everyone! So strange to see that world is slowly getting ready for the New Year again – seems like it was yesterday I saw in the shops Christmas trees, ornaments, decorations and now they are back again! Promise that later this week I will publish several inspirational posts about Christmas decorations, trendy this year. In the…
Hello, hello and Happy Sunday! Today I am delighted to have with us interior designer Konstadina Nastou. She is based in Greece and has worked in the industry for more then 10 years. Specially for L’Essenziale she agreed to put together three inspirational design schemes for decorating a living room. All of them were made using Olioboard– wonderful…
One of the things I am really grateful for is that my blog and eventually my boutique gave me the opportunity to meet some really talented people from all over the world. The artisans and artists I am working with have different personalities and characters, but there is one thing that I’ve noticed that unites…