I was late and grumpy when I arrived at the Ideal Home Show on the Saturday of the Bank Holiday weekend. There were problems on the DART line and I had had to walk to my connecting station. Shuttle Bus? Not a chance. One little moment of respite was when I was taking this photo of the Samuel Beckett Bridge
I noticed a film crew on the bridge. It turned out to be the Rubberbandits, filming their new TV series. The lads posed for a photo and made me smile.
When I eventually arrived at the Ideal Home Show, I had missed one of the talks I had wanted to attend but went straight to my favourite section: The Colourtrend Room Sets
Eily Roe Interiors were my first port of call
What I liked: Beautiful use of contrasting colours in furniture & accessories with their paint choice: Stand out chair, statement rug and coffee tables with pretty + colourful vignettes.
Thelma Henry Interiors
What I liked: Luxurious fabrics for a Bedroom scheme with restful tones that will appeal to many Homeowners
Lou Dela Interiors
What I liked: The Ethnic/Boho Vibe of the Roomset. THAT rug and statement seating.
L’Estrange Designs
What I liked: It was great to see the paint choice (Mussel) tying in so well with the rest of the scheme and Jill had teamed up with online concept store Home Lust which provided pretty accessories throughout.
Regina Rogers Fallon Design
What I liked: The bold choice of colour on the presses and…look at that floor!
Yours Personally
What I liked: The contrasting colour on the panelling and a the beautiful, classic choice of painting of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earing’
The Elms
What I liked: Sharon chose an Autumnal scheme using products from The Elms, Punchestown. The photo’s don’t do justice to that light fixture!
Homework Interiors
What I liked: As I have a little girl, I found myself loving the details in this room scheme & Clara Eloise designed many of the pieces in the room – such as the bed and pendant light.
The Showhouse is designed by a different Interior Designer each season and this time it was designed by Arlene at Ventura Design – the theme being ‘Manhattan Loft’. It had a luxurious and sexy feel to it but was very dark so extremely hard to take a decent photo of! Here are some snippets all the same
Hopefully they give you a little sense of what the Showhouse looked like!
What I liked: The main living/bar area was luxurious and sexy (the copper & marble combination in the kitchen really worked) – as was the bedroom (open fire in the bedroom gave a cosy fee – not shown)
There is, of course, a whole lot more going on at the Ideal Home Show but as I’m studying Interior Design, these areas are always my favourite! A fairly recent addition to the show is the The Irish Times Home & Design Theatre & I caught the talk by Lisa Cannon on Decorating your Table
It was also nice to see Nick Munier of Avenue Restaurant signing his Art prints – a colourful addition to the show
So, if you didn’t get to go to this season’s Ideal Home Show, I hope that you feel that you just had a little trip! Does anything stand out for you? And If you did, what were your highlights?
Bravo to all the Interior Designer’s involved! As I study my course, I start to realise how much hard work is involved in realising a scheme but if you are passionate about what you do, well, that’s half the battle.
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The L’Estrange and Lou Dela room sets were my favourites, and actually for the same reasons you pointed out. 🙂
Aw!! You were there too? Pity we didn’t know & could have arranged a meet.
Delighted you thought the same – Some lovely pieces from Home Lust and nice to see the products ‘in the flesh’. LOVED that colour ‘Mussel’ on the walls. Had only seen the Colourtrend ad for it and was really nice to see it looking so great up.
Lou Dela stood out as it was quite different, I thought. Gosh, I loved that rug. Would have it in my home in a heartbeat xx
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. Must spend some time over the w’end catching up on all the loveliness on your blog x
Ah yes, I would love to meet up. Are you going to the BloggerConf next weekend?
‘Mussel’ was my favourite too! LOVE it. And it was the rug that did it for me too in the Lou Dela room, as well as the paint combo on the walls and skirting with the darker shade on the walls and a lighter shade of the same colour on the skirting. It looked really good.
Gah! I hadn’t noticed the different shade on the skirting until you said that! I loved that colour on the walls – it was so warm.
No, won’t be at BloggerConf but I’m sure it will be brill. If I ever attend an Irish one – it will def be that one. Hear it’s very well run. Do keep us posted on how it goes & enjoy! Let’s try + make a plan to meet sometime!
Yep, I will do. And hope to meet you in person sometime soon. 🙂
So many beautiful things in one post. Lovely! Thank you for sharing! M x
Aw! Thanks for commenting, Mirela! Hope you are really well & delighted that you liked the post. It’s always really interesting to see the different approaches from the Interior Designer’s – it’s quite amazing how much creativity I see every season xx