Matilda Green is a mother, content creator, storyteller and passionate interiors collector. When she is not running around after her three children, or working on brand campaigns, she’s finding inspiration all over the shop. Here is what has caught her eye this month.
Focus on: mixing old and new
Mixing old and new styles is becoming more common, partly because of the functional aspect and partly because it adds contrast and interest. Foraging only vintage can be time-consuming if you’re going down the thrifting-only route, and incredibly expensive if you’re going down the legitimate antique route. Doing a little of both means you’re not beholden to one theme, and you get the best of both worlds – the lived-in feeling of vintage, with the function and freshness of new.
Save & splurge: rustic rugs
How to add texture, warmth, and comfort underfoot.
Next big thing: small art in oversized frames
The art of curating a gallery wall in one’s home is forever evolving. I’ve come across some very cool versions during my travels through the ’gram, and I love the look of smaller art or photo pieces in an oversized frame. It draws the eye and creates an interesting effect.
Defining a space in an open-plan house
The transition to open-plan living in newer builds has brought many positives – more communication with family, more light, more space, but one challenge it has brought is how to define a room. How do we decorate one big space that includes dining, kitchen and lounge? How do we make the lounge feel cosy when it echoes?
A good way to do this is to group furniture together to create different zones. You can use soft furnishings, or add a sideboard behind a sofa to create a barrier from one room to the next. Here are some items that help make a space feel like its own.
Life lesson
When having people over for dinner, it’s important to gussy up the table a bit. It doesn’t have to be anything expensive, but a nice jug with some lemon slices in it, or maybe some flowers or random (attractive) branches from the garden can do wonders. To me, effort is a love language and when people see that you have made an effort to dress up the table for their presence, they feel welcome.
On the shopping list
Bronzed Brass Book Weight
$170 at Simon James
This is the first time I’ve seen a book weight – and this one is stunning. What a chic way to have your coffee table books open, or to send a subtle message to someone in the house.
Art Is: A Journey Into The Light by Makoto Fujimura
$60 at Unity Books
I’m a sucker for a gorgeous book, and this one is right up my alley. On a bedside table or coffee table, I’d spend many an hour looking through the artist’s book about creativity.
Ceramic Dinner Plate
$60 at Little & Fox
The colour. Gorgeous. We all need a beautiful cantaloupe-coloured dinner plate in our lives, do we not?
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- My New Home: Inside Art and Matilda Green’s beautifully renovated forever home
- Clean living: Art and Matilda’s sleek new laundry balances form and function
- Matilda Green’s October favourites
