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Ocean-inspired design thoughts…

September 17, 2009 by insiyar Leave a Comment

pebbly, surf beach

pebbly, surf beach

We are now living in Ucluelet, a small fishing, logging and surf town on Canada’s westernmost coast and I’ve been enjoying waking up to an ocean view, watching the surf roll in and seeing how the sky changes from blue grey, to silvery grey to white and then when you’ve finally given up on there being any sunshine today, the sun breaks through the clouds and we’re treated to a bit of late summer golden light…

What I am trying to do, besides work all day – it’s amazing how you can be stuck on a computer even in the most truly beautiful place in the world – is decorate and organize our living space.  We’ve owned this oceanfront home and rented it out in the summers as a vacation rental for the past two years but now that we are living here, I really feel like we can infuse it with a bit more of our personalities…

This is where it is currently.

living room

living room

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

It’s not difficult to find inspiration here… from the rock strewn cliffs and gulleys, the deep green of the rainforest and the patterned sand beaches and my goal is to bring more of the organic elements into our home.

Here’s what I’ve been doing these past few days.

1. Filling vases with white sun-bleached shells from the beaches here…  I love the contrast of the organic shapes against the sleek,straight edged-glass.

sun bleached sea shells

sun bleached sea shells

2. Picking sisal from the wood trails all around and filling galvanized steel flower buckets with mounds of this hardy green.

sisal grows everywhere here

sisal grows everywhere here

3.  Looking for a pendant light for above our vintage danish dining table…

our vintage teak, danish dining table

our vintage teak, danish dining table

here’s some I’ve been lusting after

Coral Pendant by David Trubridge

Coral Pendant by David Trubridge

Kina Pendant

Kina Pendant

IKEA PS MASKROS

IKEA PS MASKROS

and lastly for something a little more elegant:

Paper Chandelier by Moooi

Paper Chandelier by Moooi

4. Creating an ocean altar and a yoga space:  this will take some time I think.

5.  Finding some natural wool throws to get cosy by the fireplace for the upcoming fall days…

Here are some I love:

Soft wool blankets

Soft wool blankets

from avani.org

from avani.org

more wool throws from Toast

more wool throws from Toast

I’ll keep playing and exploring… but for now, it’s back to the “real work.”  Namaste, thanks for reading.

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Filed Under: Life, Blog Tagged With: ocean, pacific soul

Comments

  1. avenatura says

    September 23, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Your home looks so peaceful! I especially love your dining room set and the view!!!

    Peace.

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  2. Insiya Rasiwala-Finn says

    September 23, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    thanks bella… it is peaceful… feel so lucky to be right on the ocean, amazing how inspiring it is when you have to live in rhythm with nature…

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