Wednesday's Walk-through



Welcome Mel from Mel's Rose Place

Mel has been blogging for a few years now. She is based in the Australian bush and lives in a beautiful home surrounded by wide decks, lilly pilly trees, huge gum trees, fragrant hedges and her rose garden. She lives with her husband and 2 gorgeous daughters. She loves taking pictures of her home and life - things are forever changing. She has some excellent decorating ideas and has collected some gorgeous pieces of furniture over the years. Her basic theme for her whole house focuses on white with accent colours in each room. Mel also gave us a tutorial on how she did the black and white frames on the wall (she printed the images straight from her computer!)This room is my favourite in her house! We have lots more of Mel's house to show you over the coming months.

This is what Mel says about her room:

"I could not decide what colours to do in this room, it has had many changes. Katrina think it was you who said you really liked the blue and black and it got me thinking to try that. Then saw the free black and white print outs from The Paint Place and decided in one afternoon that I would go and get some black frames, print them and put together with some vintage blue plates I bought ages ago.
The couch is a big squooshy one from Bayswiss which takes up a lot of room but is hugely comfortable!
If I could change anything it would be the actual layout of the room - we have a big tv in the opposite corner and because of the site of windows, doors etc there is not enough walls to put furniture against. I am about 90% happy with this room."

So pop over and visit Mel and feel free to ask her any questions about this room!

We are also discussing lots more houses over at The Decorating Forum today.


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25 comments:

brismod said...

What a lovely first home. It looks so serene.

Debbie @ OtRD said...

Beatiful! I love the blue and black too.

DustyLu said...

Stunning and soft! Perfect choice and palette! Love the sectional! ~lulu

Julie-Ann said...

Katrina & Mel I love this room. It makes me want to rush out and buy pale blue cushions and black picture frames. Thanks for sharing it with us:)

Unknown said...

Ooooh, a new blog to add to my already over-loaded blog reader... yay!

Lorraine said...

Loving the soft effect in this room Mel :)

Alison Gibbs said...

Mels room is beautiful

Tracey @ My House of Giggles said...

I'm visiting from Mel's Rose Place :) So happy to find a new beautiful blog!! Can't wait for more posts!

Tracey

ps...feel free to come on over for a visit if you like :)
myhouseofgiggles.blogspot.com

Sarah B said...

Hi, what a gorgeous room! I am a follower of Mel's blog - how excting for her to be featured!

Unknown said...

Congrats on the new blog Katrina!
Love Mel's room!

Tina said...

Congrats on the new blog Katrina & Julie-Ann! I absolutely love anything Mel does:) This room is just gorgeous!!~ Tina xx

The House That A-M Built said...

Mel, you rock... and always have. A-M xx

The Moerks said...

Very nice. Mel sure has the touch.

Michelle, All Home and Love said...

What a beautiful room!
~Michelle

Katrina said...

Thanks everyone!

Pineapple Villa said...

Yep thanks from me too..have been at work all week and haven't had the chance to pop in as much as i want to but will catch up on the weekend lets hope xxx Mel xxx

vicki archer said...

Gorgeous....I love Mel's home. Great new blog Katrina...xv

Susie said...

This home looks gorgeous Mel, love all those cushions on the sofa and love white walls. Looks really cosy and inviting.

Susie xx
I Just Love That Fabric

A Life Less Complicated said...

I wish my lounge looked so fresh! I'm kind of disappointed I went with chocolate lounge suite and dark wood furniture but for now it's practical especially with a preschooler

Julie-Ann said...

Hi Kelly- very practical choices. Have you added any accent colours in accessories in the room? Kind of like the blue Mel has added.

melissa said...

LOVE the shades of blue and white. So calm and elegant. :)

Kym said...

I love Mel's house. Always so beautiful. I am definately going to make the pics for my own house and am grateful that Mel shared such a cheap way to create some gorgeous artwork. Congratulations Mel...simply stunning Kym X

Toni said...

I do actually read Mel's blog (silent reader) and I love these photos. The blue in this room is my favourite, it seems like such a calm and peaceful place to sit in.

Pineapple Villa said...

Lovely comments...it was such a pleasure to be part of this great new blog. I just posted some pictures from one lovely blog reader who did this project after reading about it...looks great too. Mel xxx

Amanda said...

Mel's room is lovely - so bright and fresh and that couch looks incredibly comfortable :)

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