THE POWER TEN / 10

some of my favorite links this week. rounded up and presented with a sweet bow!

have a wonderful weekend everyone. be safe, be loving and be loved.

anything to add. find me on my fb page or instagram and let’s talk.

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1. my good buddy and creative coupterpart from university’s home was featured in this months designlines magazine. check. it’s a real beaut.

2. in light of the attacks in paris last week, one self-proclaimed celebrity muslim has this to say. i dig it. can you?

3. i found this because i’ve been thinking about switching up the colours of a few pieces of furniture, but am not willing to reupholster right now and think i might just give it a try. anyone else want to take on this challenge?

4. i really want to learn arabic. let me rephrase that - i want to understand and comprehend the language of my book and i’m thinking this might help. anyone heard of it?

5. all of this. every last bit of advice.

6. my soup exchange is in one week. have you got your ticket yet? i’m still debating which soup to make. what do you think of this one? ahh… decisions decisions. check out my pinterest for more soup inspo.

7. i follow the dalai lama on facebook. this is what he had to say the other day. what a prayer, what a man.

8. nigeria. a few months ago i read a book called half of a yellow sun. it was a glimpse into the everyday at a time of war. it was based in the 60’s and it’s so sad to see that it’s happening again. on what seems to me to be a far worse scale. i’m trying to pay more attention to these things that matter.

9. discovering the best of instagram is made easy with this beautiful app. i found this gorgeous feed from the uae recently. timely as i am now preparing for our family’s first overseas vacay there. check out these photos from @genyvb.

10. you keep me safe. i’ll keep you wild. fair trade, no?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GALLERY WALLS

the ikea frame sale is going on until the end of the day today, so if you have been dreaming of hanging up some art and filling up those bare walls, now is the time to take action. i snagged a few of these to complete a quartet of prints i created for my front hallway. it’s been something i’ve been sitting on for a while now. i’m very much looking forward to finally getting them up.

anyway, if you’re feeling uninspired, take a look through this post from a while back. it will surely get you excited about your future art wall just a little. also, my gallery wall pinboard has some awesome eye candy too.

the last photo, of the bathroom gallery wall is currently my inspo for an art wall install i’m working on. nice, no?

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i think from this post you can gather a few things from me and my style. one - i like white walls. and two - despite being attracted to black and white interior spaces like, i cannot deny the pull i have towards bolds and brights.

i have done a few gallery walls in the past and typically they were symmetrical and more “planned” out. now however, i am liking the effortless way these walls have their artwork displayed. there’s a more laissez-faire, “put-it-up-already” attitude about them. i have a few spaces in my house that i can think of to fill with art, but priority number one is my kitchen wall behind the banquette. now i’m on the hunt to find, and also create, some beautiful and inspiring pieces to put up.

photo credits from top / curtis kulig in his home : the selby / poster child prints office of sonja teri : brandon shigeta/hypebeast / living room : found here / dining table : found here / bathroom : found here

SOME THINGS / 4

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1. all smiles at breakfast time is golden.
2. this past weekend was a rainy one. so fort building was on the agenda and i think it’s gonna be a thing in our house from now on. or at least for this long cold winter we are about to enter. it’s such a cozy thing to snuggle under blankets together and read a gazillion books together.
3. baby legs and new pj’s. that is all.
4. oh hello. this is toque 2/2 and i’ll be wearing it for at least half of the time you see me for the next 6 months. don’t tell me i didn’t warn ya.
5. daani’s been real helpful lately. everything she does now is because she’s “this much” (said while holding up three fingers.) i love this extra confidence and sense of capability in her.
6. a semi-throwback of me and him from a few weeks ago. we have almost no pictures of us anymore. so when i saw this on his phone i grabbed it immediately for my own records.
7. attempted beet frites yesterday, and they were eh…. gotta experiment with the cook times a bit. i still chomped them all up, the girls… not so much. i snacked on them while preparing dinner and topped our salad with a few of the extra crispy ones.
8. new print up in the shop. for me it’s a reminder of who this is all for. a You and only You kinda thing.
9. a little blurry mirror selfie. maybe not the prettiest, or most clear shots, but i like it.
10. we almost switched niyya’s crib into a toddler bed this weekend, but i got cold feet even though we switched daani from crib to bed at about the same time. i can’t, or maybe just don’t want to imagine her as a big girl. im being a little too sentimental about this, but if you can’t be sentimental about your own kids, then who on earth can you be that way with?! it will have to happen soon though, daani wants to be able to hang with her sissy in the mornings and after quiet time. she want to crawl in her bed and cuddle with her and “take all the things.”

ART/ROOM 05

ART/ROOM / LYOZIN MICHAEL x STYLE AT HOME / tahsin, the good

peach, pink, black, cream.

if i had things my way, my whole house would revolve around these colours. they are bright, fun and not overly girly. right? i said not overly. and whatever man, three girls out of four people means we get final say! haha. sorry mase.

this art is gorgeous. the colours are on point. and to me, that’s a huge part of what makes art good. your strokes may be genius and done just so, but if your colours are off, then sorry chief. you do not get a pass from me. which is the funny thing about art. what may look appealing and incite a wowowowow to my eyes, may totally turn you off.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?

anyway, this is a mixed media piece by russian artist lyozin michael and i really love it.

this space is styled to perfection, perhaps too perfect for me. but it’s nice aspiration/inspiration. i have always wanted open shelving, but never thought it practical with all that cooking splatter. it’s really nice though. perfect for little vignettes and displaying art and well designed items. and obviously all that white. drool on the face.

credits / art : lyozin michael / space : photography by donna griffith, styling by tara ballantyne for style at home

art/room is my pairing of a space with artwork that would look good in it. i have always dreamed of curating peoples homes with artworks and findings, so this is my place to play a little.

 

 

 

IT’S FINALLY HERE

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the other day I launched my online shop. (!!!) I am so excited about it. I have been dreaming up this concept for while now and I’m so thankful to have finally been able to put it together and share it. it’s far from done. but that’s the point really. it’s an ever-evolving space. this whole life is an ever-evolving process.

so it’s up and it’s called light+good. and it’s a shop of modern and eclectic wares for kid and home. and it’s totally my style - bright and bold and thoughtful and fun.

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I plan to stock it with a lot of different things. mainly art prints, tees and basics, home decor and textiles. what I’m most excited about this soft launch is that now that the structure is up and running I have the freedom to play, create, and connect! which is the part I love the most about this whole venture in the first place! I am looking forward to connecting with more and more makers, artists, designers and creators to work on limited editions and collaborations special for the shop.

it’s also where you can register for my mobile photography workshops, the next of which is happening june 14th. the first workshop is happening next weekend and I’m really looking forward to it.

so, I hope you’ll check it out. and just so you know, we ship worldwide!!

shop light. shop good.

GIVEAWAY PARTY / HAND-DYED TASSEL GARLAND

TASSEL GARLAND GIVEAWAY / tahsin, the good

these are the last few days of the giveaway party and next up is a tassel garland. it just so happens to be a product that i plan to sell in my shop and i am sooo in love with them. they are hand-dyed and made of spun cotton so they have a very global-chic look to them. perfect for adding an eclectic feel to a modern nursery or toddler space.

TASSEL GARLAND / tahsin, the good

i’ll also be selling single tassels to hang off the door. i have loved tassels for as long as i can remember. growing up all of my favorite tasbeehs (like a rosary) had a nice full gathering of strings holding the bead together at the top. i would play with the tassels to keep me occupied during long majlis’s.

anyway, i found a pair of beautiful tassels on my trip to morocco a few years back and keep them hanging off of my front entrance doors, like the moroccans do. apparently they are used a talismans in a similar way as the evil eye is used. i kind of like that vibe. so, as these tassels are made for your home, they are filled with prayers for love, security, safety and peace on whomever they “protect”.

i’m really liking the unique pastel-like colours. so is niyya! and daaniya knows her tassel is part of her room decor now. when i moved her pink door tassel to use if for something she was up in arms wondering why it wasn’t where it should be!

this is also the perfect shower gift or newborn gift for a close friend whose decorating style you know well. so enter and try your luck at winning friends!

today you can win one 5 piece tassel garland hand-dyed in the colour of your choice. we’ll talk colours once the winner is chosen.

find out how to enter here

FOUND / MOROCCAN RUGS

FOUND / WEST ELM FOUND RUG / tahsin, the good

a few years ago the husband and i went to morocco as a quick getaway tacked onto a trip to london for a cousins wedding. i was in interiors heaven. i swear it was amazing. the rugs, the light fixtures, the tassels, the ceramics, the stones. i could go on. we went on a rug tour and saw some of the most beautiful hand woven rugs i have ever seen. the colours, the weave, the irregular shape of them. they were so up my alley. i was this close to purchasing one to have shipped over but my other half thought we were jumping the gun.

you see, we had just purchased our house which was being built for the coming year. meaning we had never stepped foot in it, hadn’t planned for any of the interiors or colourways or anything. and you know it’s really hard to feel a space solely off of a floor plan. so i reluctantly agreed with him and we moved in to purchase some other non-committal items.

last night i was searching for a few things off west elm and came across some of their found gems. their prices are a bit steep to me considering i was in the souk bargaining for rugs at a fraction of west elms’ price, but for now even eyeing these online satiates me.

please, if you ever find yourself in that wonderful place of fragrant scents and woolen home goods, do not, i repeat, DO NOT leave without a rug.

pick one up for me too, k?

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