Drugstore-cum-Restaurant

I want my living room to look like a drugstore and my dining room to look like a fish restaurant :-)

With a palette inspired by the sea and a feel inspired by Brussels (grey with shabby touches) and by Hamburg (some industrial furniture pieces).

Bring it onnnn...!!! :-)

Photos: Austin bookcase and Brocanteur lamp by Maisons du Monde.

Latest living room ideas... Beachy ethnic scandi

Big white credenza from Maisons du Monde, grey small credenza from Bonprix.

The rest of the furniture is already there...

My faux MDF Random bookcase... In the flesh!

Antiques in a contemporary room

This article (in Italian) says you can put an antique in a very contemporary all grey and white room:

- by placing the antique piece very centered or very visible as you walk in

- by hanging contemporary looking art next to it in frames in a similar colour to the antique piece

http://www.cosedicasa.com/mobile-antico-o-in-stile-come-inserirlo-in-un-contesto-moderno-59923/

How to mix patterns

Now this is super cool

http://www.bhg.com/decorating/lessons/basics/mixing-patterns/#page=11

Bookcase: Wally / Random lookalike

I really like bookcases with shelves of different heights, like the Wally by Cattelan. It's cool and modern and fresh and less deep than 27 cm (I have an annoying niche thing going on in the lounge):

Or the Random by MDF:
 

Thing is, I don't have the right budget...

I have then thought about getting the Osaka by Maisons du Monde, a lot cheaper

And if I place three next to each other it would look something like this (yes I'd like to get a Fornasetti plate as well...):

which I think is quite cool and has texture and movement... And a fifth of the price as well :-)!!

Vertical and horizontal lines in my living room

I am trying to understand if I would like to put an Ikea Liatorp bookcase at the side of my sectional sofa.
And I am also trying to figure out an original layout for a wall unit in the 27cm deep (ehm... shallow) niche in front of the sofa.

I am trying to learn more about horizontal (the sofa) and vertical (the bookcase) lines and I have come across this website
Lines in design – Interior designers talk composition with lines

It's interesting and it also talks about pattern: apparently a big scale pattern is less busy and makes the room appear bigger.
A high mirror makes the room appear taller but it is good to keep the rest of the furniture quite low if this is the aim.
Horizontal lines (hear hear ;-)) make a room appear wider.