Earth Tones - Soft Natural Interiors

I'm not the artist of the norm, as most artists love to be surrounded by colour and usually their homes reflect this. Myself on the other hand am an earthy person at heart, I love the country and I think it reflects in my own home.  Don't get me wrong I do love colour and if I had a larger house I think I would bring more into my home but I do feel very comfortable and peaceful surrounded by earth tones. Earth tones suit the Farmhouse/French/Country look perfectly especially if your walls are white.


The living room below is just "perfect" to me, light, bright surroundings with soft earthy colours as accents.  Beautiful natural textures have been added to create that earthy feel such as the basketry on the wall and the natural branch above the door. The rattan lamp table adds a slightly rustic feel. However, the lines of the contemporary lamp soften the feel in this contemporary/country room.

Image source - unknown

Another lovely room setting with earthy colours and textures...

Image by Robin Stubbert - reproduced on LC with permission

Have a great weekend

Two Thank You's - Liebster Blog Award and I've been Featured

My first "Thank you" is to fellow Kiwi blogger Kirsty who has a wonderful blog called "Coral and Coast". Earlier this week I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from Kirsty presenting me with the Liebster Blog Award, liebster being German for "dearest".  The Liebster Award is for upcoming inspirational blogs with less than 200 followers, the blog that receives it then selects five more blogs with less than 200 followers to pass the award on.  Unfortunately due to family commitments I've not yet had time to seek out some rewarding blogs but promise to do this in the New Year and post an update.

Thank you Kirsty for selecting "Lee Caroline Art" for this award☺ Please  visit "Coral and Coast", and check out Kirsty's lovely blog.

My second thank you goes to Roeshel over at the DIY Showoff who featured my  bedroom makeover on her blog.  Roeshel has an extremely popular DIY blog with many wonderful tutorials and I am honoured to have been selected as a guest post. If you would like to visit Roeshel's blog and read my guest appearance, please click "here".   

I was also excited to receive an email this week from Better Homes and Gardens informing me, my bedroom makeover photo had been selected  for their photo of the week.  The selected photos are open for voting, you can click "here" to vote, I would really appreciate it if you could vote for me, voting ends Christmas day.  A link is also attached to the photo below.

I would like to finish this post with a Christmas image from Robin Stubbert Photography. Robin is a well known photographer with work featured in magazines such as Country Living, Country Sampler, Woman's Day and many more. Robin has kindly given me permission to share her images with my viewers and today's image is a perfect blend of Christmas. It seems funny looking at the snow that we will be eating our Christmas dinner in the summer in New Zealand.  I was born in the UK and somehow Christmas in the sunshine has never been quite the same but I wouldn't be too quick to swap the sunshine for the snow right now.

Counting down...3 more days to go!

Lee oxo

& 

Poppy

Spring's here, Summers not far away and there is no better time to create that little "reclusive" area in your garden where you can tuck yourself away with a good book, a cup of tea and take in the beauty of Spring time.

These floral cushions create a shabby chic look and add softness to the weathered park bench. Photo by Robin Stubbert Photography.

photo by Robin Stubbert Photography

These two rusty old chairs are perfect in their surroundings. 

photo source a google image from pinterest

more pretty cushions, I can only but imagine the wonderful scent from the surrounding lavender. Photo source - Decorare

Definitely a French touch to this elegant outdoor setting - photo source The Little Book of Secrets

Well...we can dream sometimes can't we! Look at the beautiful cast shadow under the chair! - Photo by Robin Stubbert 

Thank you Robin for allowing me to share some of your wonderful photography.

Friday tomorrow, where do the weeks go to!

Lee x