(EN)Autumn is definitely on its way even though the weather is still very summerish and super warm - at least here in Budapest.

It feels that home decor is not playing so big part during the summer season but when autumn arrives it's so nice to make little changes at home and make it cosy with some new colours & items. Adding new cushions or just changing the covers of them makes a big difference. It's so easy to create cosy, fabulous atmosphere with textiles.

Also bathroom needs updating which won't break the bank. Changing towels to new ones in autumn hues makes the trick.

Now there are gorgeous shades of plum, heather and forest greens at HM Home's autumn collection. I just love them all!

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(FI)Syksy tekee väistämättä tuloaan, vaikka kelit ovat vielä todella kesäiset ja helteiset - ainakin täällä Budapestissa.

Kesäisin ei pahemmin jaksa panostaa kodin sisustukseen, mutta kun syksy saapuu on kiva tehdä kotiin pieniä muutoksia ja lisätä kodikkuutta sekä uusia värejä. 

Tyynyjen lisääminen tai niiden päällisten vaihtaminen tekee ihmeitä sisustukseen. Tekstiileillä on helppo luoda kodikas ja upea tunnelma.

Kylppäriäkin on kiva pikkuisen uudistaa pienellä budjetilla. Pyyhkeiden vaihtamisella syksyisempiin sävyihin tämä onnistuu helposti ja edullisesti.

Nyt löytyy aivan ihania luumun, kanervan ja metsän vihreän sävyjä HM Homen syysmalistosta. Tykkään niistä kaikista! 

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 (HU)Az ősz feltartóztathatatlanul közeledik, bár az időjárás még mindég nagyon nyáriasan meleg-legalábbis itt Budapesten.

Nyáron talán nem bolygattuk meg túlságosan a lakásunk berendezését és a színeit, de az ősz beköszöntével érdemes tenni néhány apróbb változtatást, hogy egy kis melegséget, új színeket csempészhessünk otthonunkba. Pár új párnával vagy a régiek huzatainak lecserélésével például máris csodákat tehetünk. Az anyagok, textilek könnyen otthonos hangulatot teremtenek.

A fürdőszobát is megújíthatjuk viszonylag kis befektetéssel. Például cseréljük a törölközők színeit ősziesebbre, így olcsón és gyorsan érhetjük el a kívánt változást.

A HM Home őszi  kollekciójában gyönyörű szilva, hanga és sötétzöld árnyalatokból válogathattok! Nekem mind nagyon tetszik!

(EN)Which one is your favourite? Would you decorate your home with a pop of plum or rather go with forest green? Or perhaps mix both these shades?

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(FI) Kumpi värimaailma on sinun suosikkisi? Lisäisitkö oman kotisi sisustukseen tujauksen luumua, kanervaa vai metsän vihreyttä? Vai sekoittaisitko kaikkia näitä värejä keskenään?

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(HU)Nektek melyik a kedvencetek? A szilvának egy szép őszi árnyalatával vagy inkább sötétzölddel dobnátok fel a lakásotokat? Vagy a kettő variálásával?

Kitchen & Dining

This is now the final posting of the student flat with three bedrooms which you can btw find here, here & here. The common area of the flat is one big space with a fully equipped kitchen, dining and living area. There will be a TV and some poufs, but as it is already rented out there's no time to take more pics.

The whole flat is kept very basic and simple so the tenants can make it cosy with their own items and customize it as they like. There are plenty of storage space in the flat; built-in cupboards  next to the entrance and a storage room. The chairs were painted all in different colours and some cushions as well as throws and blankets were added there. Otherwise the tones are super neutrals.

One of the pics you can find a peek of the corridor's Treescape wallpaper which is from Wallpaperdirect. You can see it here as well.

 There's another rental still available in Budapest - click here to see it!

Pattern Coffee

Pattern - a perfect coffee place for an interior designer:)

So many interesting details that got carried away and just couldn't put my camera down.

Pop in if you're craving for coffee and nearby King's Cross!

Random Snapshots - Into The Blue

About the colour BLUE

Blue regularly tops popularity charts thanks to its perceived calming, peaceful qualities, and its appeal goes back centuries - in the Renaissance, for example, the deep blue pigment derived from the mineral lapis lazuli was so prizes that it was used to piant the sacred robes of the Madonna.

You can create a relaxed, beachy feel with pale aquamarines (perfect set against sandy beiges); contrast blocks of brilliant cobalt with white walls or go for a jewel-box feel by saturating a space in teal, petrol and turquoise shades.

Not all blues are restful: the brighter the tone, the more invigorating the effect. 

"To me, blue is the colour of distance and expansion, and makes me think of the sea and the sky - immediately happy thoughts. In an interior it has the effect of increasing the sense of spaciousness, but it really needs to be used in areaswhere the natural light is good, otherwise it can be rather clinical."

- Sir Terence Conran, designer -

 "Blue is found in hte natural world, so anytime you put a colour against it, it's complementary."

- Eileen Kathryn Boyd, desiger -


More about blue here, here, here and here... 

Colour Splash

I continue with the same nature colours - leafy green & sunny yellow. Those just feels the right hues for spring!

Play with the patterns, have some fresh-cut flowers, hang a colurful painting on your wall. All these are small things to do, but make a big difference to the atmospere. They make the place super cosy.

You might have noticed that granny squares are my favourites!

ps. the white wall panels are by Halltex.

Yellow & Grey For Kids' Room

How about a mixture of yellow & grey to kids' room?

Found these items at Zara Home, Ikea and HM Home.

Green by Butlers

Butlers has several nice items in summer green!

There's a great sale going on as well!!!

Green is most commonly associated with nature, youth, spring, hope and envy in Europa and the US - sometimes also with death, sickness or the devil. In China its associations are very positive, as symbol of fertility. 

Green is also the traditional colour of safety and permission; a green light means go ahead, a green card permits permanent residence in the US.

So let's have something green at home!