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…
Hello, friends! Today I am delighted to have Amandine Dowle here on L’Essenziale blog to share this amazing project of creating beautiful shabby-chic coffee table out of an old wooden pallet. Enjoy! I would like to share with you one of my DIY project that has been a great success. Indeed I had a lot…
Thanksgiving is just a week away and it is time to think of a delicious festive menu and beautiful table decor to surprise and amaze your family and friends. To get you inspired I have picked these 11 stylish and creative ideas for a Thanksgiving tablescape. 1. Purle napkins together with golden plates look incredibly…
Do you believe in horoscopes? Well, that might be stupid, but I do. Of course, not in those silly forecasts published every week in women’s magazines, but in the fact that people born in the same month and year have something similar in their character, habits, attitude. I think it would be great if all…
Just discovered this amazing infographic on Good to be Home – how cool! It shows step by step how to make a Roman blind yourself. In fact it isn’t rocket science and doesn’t require lots of equipment. Roman blinds are very elegant and versatile – can’t figure out the space where they wouldn’t look well. They…
We all know how important lighting is for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Often light can be the deciding factor in how a certain space appears. There’s no point in putting a huge amount of effort, time and money into designing an area only to skimp on the light. If the light’s lacking then the…
Many people associate patchwork mainly with Shabby chic and Country spaces. In the meantime designers successfully apply patchwork ideas in modern interiors and found many new creative ways of using them in contemporary decor. It is hard to say who and when exactly invented the patchwork. The earliest examples were found in the Egyptian tombs…
The ‘man cave’ has progressed considerably over the years. Originally it was a place only for the man – no women, no family and no friends. It was a space for the man to simply be that – a man. These days however, it’s boomed into something a little more flexible. A room where they…
Just spotted this amazing vignette on Tumblr and decided that today’s post will be about styling a coffee table. Usually coffee table is located in front of a sofa and in the middle of a living room naturally becoming its focal point. Leaving it pristine empty is a huge mistake as beautifully styled table is able to distract…