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The Coco Målé blog – your daily dose of interior design inspiration!

It’s okay to draw on the walls!

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October 4th, 2010

You can be so creative and have lots of fun too with this Frames wallpaper!  Create a look that is personal to you, using photographs, magazine clippings, artwork and other inspirational imagery.  Brilliant for the office when you’re stuck for ideas.  

If you’re really brave, you could let the children loose on it!

Frames wallpaper by Graham and Brown

Posted by Emily

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Shop of the Week- Scandinavian Design

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July 21st, 2010

We all need something bright and cheerful in our everyday lives don’t we?  ISAK is a colourful Scandinavian brand of design gifts and co-ordinated home accessories sure to brighten-up any home! 

hand printed cot quilt cover and pillowcase

Designer and founder of the brand, Sandra Isaksson‘s style is unmistakeably Scandinavian with splashes of colour influenced by her heritage and travels.  The patterns are ideal for children and grown-ups alike! 

Penguin turquoise wallpaper 

Some of the prints remind me a little of Orla Kiely…

 

100% Norwegian wool penguin blanket

 

dragonfly dress (how cute is this photo?!)

posted by Emily

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3D Wallpaper

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June 4th, 2010

These pictures suggest we aren’t making enough of our walls!  Product and print designer Hanna Nyman creates intricately designed wallpaper, often in 3D.  I love the three-dimentional flower wallpaper, below… the different shapes and textures are just so appealing.

Hanna works mostly with patterns that change shape, focusing on when something beautiful transforms into something new or acquires an unexpected function.

 The wallpaper below is designed so that the user peels back a select section of the wall, allowing customization of the the pattern and giving each wall its own identity.

 

It’s amazing how fabric can be manipulated to look as fabulous as this, below!

 

Origami folded fabric, in collaboration with interior designer Marie Dreiman

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Home from home?

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May 25th, 2010

This fabulous hotel in Buenos Aires has won numerous awards to include the 2007 Wallpaper Design Award and has made it on to the Conde Nast Traveller Hotlist.  Looking at these images, it’s easy to see why!

The website for Home hotel is such fun- a refreshing change from the usual uniform pages we are used to seeing.

The hotel décor is a eclectic mix of old and new, mixing vintage French wallpaper, Danish furniture and wool rugs from Chili, with custom made furniture… with great results I’m sure you’ll agree!  I particularly like the loft rooms and garden suite (pictured).

Owners Patricia O´Shea and her husband Tom Rixton felt there was a lack of suitable accommodation in Palermo, hence the creation of Home.

“We realized there was a need for a hotel in this location and with all the things our friends wanted. So we decided to create Home, the hotel we and our friends would like to stay…” -Tom Rixton

click here to book

posted by Emily

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Wacky wallcoverings!

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April 26th, 2010

Graham and Brown stock fabulous patterned papers and wallcovering effects- why choose magnolia when you could achieve a look like this?!  It might seem a little daunting to actually use such striking decor, and you need to assess whether you are the kind of person who is likely to get bored of the prominent pattern.  It might look great at the time, but how about 6 months down the line?  I say stick to having a feature wall, or using wall stickers which can be changed as often as your mood… 

 loving this strong, retro print above!

these flowers would look stunning in any room 

 

 

posted by Emily

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