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Avec Louie

Snippets of My first home + Budget interior design tips

August 28, 2020About, Interior, Lifestyle

Not at all perfect and done in an extreme budget but there’s something about a first home redo and interior design that makes it extra special. The images I’m sharing with you in todays post are snippets from my first home.  Back when my grandmother passed away, I ended up living in this nostalgic home and whilst keeping most of the furnishing as possible, young me with a huge passion for interior decided to put a modern touch to the home. The result: a slightly disheveled modern farm house.
Read on to see the mood board + and small tips to makeover your house on a budget.

                                   Choose a focus point in the House
My interior design process  actually already starts with the layout of the house. Which means that when I house hunt, I already know how the furniture roughly will lay out in the house and it is a major factor that comes in consideration when I choose the house or apartment  I will be renting. Understanding  layout, architecture and lighting can actually majorly influence the mood of the design, and can even make your house look bigger than it actually is (more on this on a future post!) . Once you understand and analyze the structure the property  I usually set a focus point. The focus point is what will draw  you and your guests eyes  too the first thing they enter the house. In my first home’s case, I chose the kitchen

                          Budget Makeover Tip: PAINT & Color Palette
One of the quickest, cheapest and easiest way to makeover your house is to PAINT. I can’t remember the number of times since this that I’ve painted a cupboard, dresser, table or even a basket to update my interior. When painting it’s extremely important to decide on a specific color palette before even buying your paint and to stick to the color scheme. I usually go on Pinterest and make a new board or sometimes even a mood board via Canva. I like to print out a sheet of my mood board whenever I go out shopping for paint or interior. As you can see through following images, except from the blue in the kitchen and the  painting in the living room the rest of the palette is kept neutral and according to the color palette I had initially decided on. My palette for this house was dusty blue, shades of white and ivory, black and natural warm wood colors.And lastly, my secret to making all kitchens look cool is to paint your fridge. Here I used a blackboard paint to be able to write memos on my fridge! Functional yet stylish way to upgrade your kitchen. 

I hope you enjoyed this little snippet into my first interior design. If you want some more inspiration for interior design, don’t forget to check out my interior boards on Pinterest which are organized by various design styles.

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Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Louie and I’m a Muay Thai fighter and content creator living in Tokyo. I guess if I’m to define myself it’ll be as a grandma in the body of a young slightly tomboy girl.  My passion in life are my two dogs, cooking, interior design and nature. I’ve always done things myself and my way and this blog is a platform for me to show you guys how I live and enjoy life. 

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🇫🇷🇯🇵 🇬🇧Tomboy with Grandma taste 🎻 Vintage Curator @junoniavintage and I also fight Muay Thai @tokyomuaythaigirl 🤷🏽‍♀️

LOUIE  | スタイリッシュなワンちゃんライフ 🐶
🇯🇵GoToトラベルで12月に5日間のロードトリップをワンちゃんたちとしました!1日目は千葉県香取市。素敵な江戸時代の建築を保った佐原町。ここはワンちゃんと nipponia_sawara ホテルに泊まりました!

🇬🇧 When we took advantage of GoToTravel and went on a 5 days long road trip with our dogs! First stop: Chiba Katori a hidden little  Edo town. We stayed with our dogs at  nipponia_sawara
🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all 🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all feeling so far ? I had a super foodie start of the year, and off course the year can’t start without a bowl of ozoni ( traditional Japanese new year food). Every household has their own twist to this dish. My family does a very light dashi stock flavoring and we finish off with some Yuzu skin  and Mitsuba leaves . 

🇯🇵 2021 1週目皆さんどうですか?今年のお正月はやっぱりお雑煮でスタート!うちのお雑煮は出汁が薄味でゆずと三つ葉を入れます。。。 皆さんはどんなお雑煮食べますか?

🇫🇷Première semaine de 2021 fini! Comment vous sentez vous ? J’ai commencé l’année avec beaucoup de bonne nourriture et surtout du ozoni, un petit plat traditionnel qu’on mange au nouvel ans au Japon. Chaque famille ont different façon de préparer ce plat, chez nous la soupe est très claire et on rajoute de la peau de Yuzu et un peu d’herbes de Mutsuba
🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden 🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden and it was such a surprise to be on maoizm new year card! 

🇯🇵2020の終わりは studio_oden の撮影で占めました!そして maoizm からの年賀状になりました🥰 

🇫🇷A la fin de l’année 2020 nous avons fait un shooting pour studio_oden qui font des photos en tenue japonaise avec un twist moderne ! Et on a fini par être sur les cartes de nouvel ans de maoizm
Happy Belated New Year to you all... I started th Happy Belated New Year to you all... 
I started the new year slow and quiet and took a little break from social media for a bit... I don’t like the feeling of being dependent on it which is why i decided to take a step back and chill a bit on Instagram this year.
🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soo 🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soon as Christmas is over and we put up all the new year decorations but I’m thinking this year I’ll just do it the European way and keep them up 

🇫🇷 Au Japon ils enlèvent les décorations de noel des que c’est fini et mettent les décorations de nouvel ans mais je pense garder mes décorations jusqu’en janvier comme en Europe

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🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your 🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your gifts or do you do them on Christmas morning ? We learned that we’re really bad at waiting in recent years 😩

🇫🇷 Quand j’étais jeune on attendais le 26 ( Boxing Day) pour ouvrir les cadeaux. Maintenant on a moins de patience et on arrive même pas à attendre jusqu’au soir du réveillon. 

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#noel #joyeuxnoel #noel2020 #espritdenoel #pèrenoël #calendrierdelavent #cadeaudenoel #cadeau #joyeuxnoel2020 #joyeuxnoelatous #noël #deconoël #sapin #sapindenoel #sapindenoël #christmasfood #famille #christmaslover #tree #メリクリ #decorationdenoel #おしゃれ #tenuedujour #クリスマス #コーディネート #コーデ  #christmasornaments #ornaments #ootd
🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Mer 🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Merry Christmas to you all 🎄 

🇫🇷 Notre premier portrait en famille ! Joyeux Noel a vous tous ! 

🇯🇵初めてのクリスマスの家族写真! 皆さんメリークリスマス

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🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call wit 🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call with grandpa and got to cooking for Christmas Eve. Even if we can’t be with family this year it reminded me how much we’re grateful that all our family and friends are healthy this year. 

🇫🇷 J’ai commencé la journée avec un long appel avec mon grand-père puis j’ai cuisiné pour le réveillon. Ça m’a rappelé que même si nous ne pouvons  être en famille, tous nos proches sont en bonne santé et c’est le plus important 

🇯🇵今日はおじいちゃんと一緒に長い間電話をしてからクリスマスイブの支度を始めました。今年は家族から離れた一年でちょっと寂しいけどみんな元気だか良かった🥰

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🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday 🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday shopping  because we both know I’m in sweats 90% of  this Christmas 

🇫🇷Cette année je suis en jogging 90% du temps donc pour changer  j’ai choisi jolie tenue pour aller faire les courses de Noël

🇯🇵 今年のクリスマスはパジャマしか着てないから おしゃれしてクリスマスショッピング行ってきました

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