Style/Home: Japanese Style Influences

For today's post I'd like to share this video of a beautiful house in California which is an amazing blend of 16th century Japanese architecture and 21st century design and technology. I think that this is such a gorgeous home and it just gives off this air of serenity. I love the sleekness of the design. The beautiful Japanese gardens outside do something that I love...they compliment the interior and bring nature inside. This house is one of those that's the ultimate in high end design and is out of the reach of most of us, but as I've mentioned before, it's fun to see what's out there. Seeing homes like this often inspire me to create my own take on the designs. I hope that you enjoy taking a look around this beautiful home.

Style/Home: Accessorizing Your Walls

Today is the second entry in our new Style/Home section. If you missed the first post you can find it here. As I mentioned in that post, this section has to do with all things stylish for your home. I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, however I love expressing myself through the way that I decorate my home. I also just like knowing what's out there. It's fun to discover all of the creative things that are created to help us perhaps bring some bits of personality into our living spaces.

Saturday is my favorite day of the week. It's a day that most of us get the chance to do things that we don't often get to do during the week. Sometimes that means running errands, doing chores around the house, or if we're lucky we get to do something that we just love to do. One of my favorite things, one of many, is to go and browse at home stores. On at least one Saturday a month you'll find me walking around places like John Lewis, Next Home, or Dunelm stores. All of these stores are fun places to just browse and find inspiration. I often walk out without a thing, but I always come away with an idea or two.

Style/Home Section Debut

Today we would like to introduce a new series of posts here at Labyrinthus XXI, our Style/Home section. Every other Saturday, we will be featuring content that has to do with all things stylish for your home. We will be covering subjects such as ways to make the most of the space that you live in or ways to spruce things up around your house.

These days , especially since the recession, many of us have had to hold back on making huge changes around our homes, so we have been challenged with reimagining our surroundings. Many of us may not be able to move to a new place right now, so we are adding little accents here and there in order to make our homes seem a bit fresher.

Therefore a lot of our new Style/Home section will feature ways to change things around the home inexpensively, but there will also be times when we will feature things that are not quite so economical. Sometimes we will feature some pricier things and then think of ways to adapt the style in a cheaper way perhaps. And then sometimes we will just feature beautiful things that are more of a fantasy, but they will hopefully fire the imagination and just be there for fun.

That is the motive behind this new section....having fun and tapping into our creativity! We hope you'll come along on the journey with us!