Journal + Home Decor

I love looking at interior pictures in an interior magazine. When I see the interior picture that I like; I tore the pages and keep them in file. Those tear sheets of interior are basically ideas of colors, furniture, grouping of art, or a simple display like   flowers in a particular vase on a table or memorabilia being displayed, table lamp, anything that inspire me.

Over time I collected many tear sheets of interior, beauty, fashion, etc. Hoping that some day it could be useful. But most of the time, I totally forget about them and left in the file somewhere in the book case. Then I started to make a journal out of them. I have been collected ephemeras for quite sometime now. Last seen here.  It could be a clothing hang tags, perfume boxes, interesting picture from magazine, glass beads, vintage lace, etc.

So I started to make a journal out of these tear sheets hoping that one day when we (Steven and I) moved into a new home; these journal will come in handy.

What I like about the above interior picture is the group of figure drawings hanging above the sofa. I also love the monochromatic grey and soft brown color. I embellished the picture with small decorative key, clothing tag, bed cover picture from Anthropologie catalogue and others that I have been keeping for quite some time.

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I remember reading about the above Parisian apartment interior. I love the color; greyish with soft coral curtain, bench and flowers in a large vase on the floor. This apartment has a high ceiling with beautiful decorative white moulding; a typical Parisian apartment. I just love it ! I seem to gravitate to a grey color interior with an accent color here and there. I love doing this journal collage ! I added glass beads in a plastic pocket from when I used to make mood boards when in school many years a go. I also added a decorative with hand writing prints paper.  I wrote a small note on a tear cookie wrapper  we bought when in Milan the last time and  glued on  the top of the picture. So this is a glimpse reminder of that trip every time I see this journal page.

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Thank you for reading !