Where to stash your shoes

Today I have a guest post brought to you by Mari from Arcadian Home Blog. Mari is full of great ideas for interior design and storage solutions, her blog always leaves me wanting to decorate! Thanks Mari for this wonderful guest post that has left me wanting needing a walk in wardrobe in my tiny London house! 


Hello, lovely blog readers! It’s Mari here with a guest post from Arcadian Home blog. It's a fantastic place to find interior design inspiration including great decorating ideas for everything from beautiful mini pendant lights to colorful and cozy rugs for the floor. With Chantal being the fabulous shoe designer that she is, it seemed most appropriate to do a guest post about where to stash your shoes. One thought lead to another and we wondered if shoes dream of the perfect place to relax and recuperate after running around at all hours of the day and night. To make a long story short, here are eight dream closets for shoes, though one might think they would prefer to rest peacefully on the soft carpet under the bed or stretch out in the corner behind the pink slipper chair. Perhaps we’ll never know, but in any case, please enjoy!

These dressy pumps hired a designer to do their closet—complete with Hermes orange background and leopard print carpet.

In the same fabulous walk-through closet, a few of the very special shoe designs got their own individual display shelves behind glass doors.

A sparkling rectangular glass pendant light is hung high in the center of this closet with stylish shoe storage shelves that keep these beauties organized and ready to slip on at a moment’s notice.

These dress shoes are lined up on custom shelves with stylish wallpaper background. It seems they too follow the latest interior design trends in wall coverings for the home.

Dark and moody, but so stylish and chic, this closet offers the discerning shoe lighted shelves for a comfortable life in the spotlight.

Meticulously organized and so fashionable with Hermes boxes and row upon row of footwear of every short, from sandals to tall leather boots, this closet is the perfect home for the shoe that loves structured living.

Pretty in pink with a tiny sparkly crystal chandelier, this large closet offers floor to ceiling shoe storage—stylish and practical too.

Only a few shoes are lucky enough to get the opportunity to hang out in a stunning designer closet like this where they have their own picture lights that ensure they’ll always be at center stage. Images 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 What do you think of these shoes? Leave us your comments below and come by the blog for more home decor, foyer lighting, and interior inspirations!

Chantal, I love Lizzie and those Converse high-tops are so cool! Thanks for letting be visit for a bit and muse about the storage preferences of shoes. ~ Mari

Interior inspiration

It's almost time to move! So I've been looking at decor for my lovely new room. The room is a really bright room with lots of light and a beautiful bamboo floor, so I'm wanting to echo that in the decor. I'm hoping that in moving (and selling half of my stuff) I'll be able to focus on a more minimal and tidy room instead of my usual style of covering every surface possible with little dog ornaments. I'm sure there will still be room for my poodle tea set in my new room though ;)

1. I've never been a fan of yellow until recently, now I'm obsessed with yellow geometric prints. I think this cushion from Fine Fresh Design will compliment the blue bedding and pink rug so well.

2. I saw this little guy in Urban Outfitters London last Tuesday and immediately fell in love, I think he'll be perfect on the back of the door to hand my coat or dressing gown on.

3. I think this zig zag rug from Urban Outfitters will go so well with the blue Mod Cloth bedding.

4. I love this blue geometric bedding from Mod Cloth. I'm obsessed with pattern and colour, so this is right up my street.

5. I literally let out a squeal when I saw this wallpaper from Wallpaper Direct, it's the most perfect thing ever. My room is only rented so I won't be wallpapering it. But I need to use this beautiful paper to decorate some of my storage boxes.

6. I've always wanted one of these clocks. This one is from Firebox. I think it will balance out the black of my poodle tea set.

PonyChops on Pinterest

Last week I finally decided to get a Pinterest account, and oh gosh, part of me wishes I hadn't. I'm now a complete Pinterest junkie.

I used to have a ridiculous amount of inspirational pictures saved on my computer, now I can just simply pin anything I like into the correct folder. It's so much easier!

If you want to follow me on Pinterest you can follow me here. Don't forget to link me to your pinterest in the comments so I can follow you back :)


Here's some of my fav pins:

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In other news, remember Anke Weckmann that I featured on the blog last week? She's very kindly offered all PonyChops readers 15% off all orders on her Etsy Shop, just use the code APPLE15

Don't forget to enter my Sugar Cookie giveaway!

Etsy Shop Crush: Kumeko Design

Kumeko are a modern design company based in Prague. They make eye catching knotted floor cushions, inspired by traditional knitting and weaving techniques. They also do really cute scarves that look similar to their floor cushions.

I'm a bit of a texture freak, so I'd love one of these cushions in my house. I'd probably touch it far too much though.

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Etsy Shop Crush: Equine

As some of you may know, I'm a big horse lover! I had horses of my own until pretty recently and I'm always inspired by these beautiful, powerful creatures.

When I stumbled upon Equine on etsy I was so excited. Immediately I put almost everything in the shop on my birthday wishlist (hint hint Ash, if you're reading this!).

Equine not only sells beautiful horse related vintage items, it also sells beautiful hand crafted hooks, bookends and decorations! At first glance of Equine's bookends I knew straight away the horse figures they had used to make them with, Breyer horses. I played with Breyer horses for all of my childhood, so these hooks & bookends! I'm almost certain I need one to hang my bridles and headcollars on.

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Etsy Shop Crush: Stedi

Stedi provide a new, more modern twist to embroidery and cross stitching. They combine beautiful colours and threads with objects you wouldn't usually expect to be embroidered. I love their functional embroidered spice racks and shelves.

Stedi is run by Elena Kirsanova, a Netherland based designer who is inspired by combining different materials such as textile yarns, wood and metal. I'm a big fan of Elena's work, I think the items she sells are so original and unique.

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Etsy Shop Feature: White Faux Taxidermy

I love the whole aesthetic of taxidermy, but I just don't think I could ever bare to hang a beautiful animal on my wall, an animal that was once alive and enjoying life, and most probably killed to decorate someones wall.

I've recently been searching for faux taxidermy - I guess this could be a big debate in the vegan community, I know faux fur can be looked upon as glamorising real fur, and the same could be said for faux taxidermy. I see it a different way, I see it as giving everyone an animal friendly option. I'm all for faux fur and faux taxidermy.

Anyway, I digress, this etsy feature has become more of a personal rant than usual haha! I wanted to show you guys the wonderful work of White Faux Taxidermy.

White Faux Taxidermy were inspired by their love of animals and nature. They use a variety of materials to achieve their beautiful sculptures. They have a fantastic eye for colour and design. I can't wait until I move in to a new house and have room for one of their gorgeous creatures!

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Which is your favorite piece? I have my heart set on the cream bison and the lavender deer.

Etsy Shop Feature: inameliart

While looking through inameliart, it took me back to my childhood. Her work reminds me of the Jane Hissey books I used to read as a child.

Inameliart sells the artwork of Amelia, an illustrator and graphic designer based in Poland.
If I had a nursery I would love to cover it in these beautiful paintings!

 Amelia also has a blog where you can see more of her paintings.
 

Etsy Shop Feature: Prince Design UK

I was super excited when I came across Prince Design UK, partially because they are based in the north west of England like I am, but mainly because I love the awesome lace print ceramics they do!

Prince Design UK is the work of ceramicist Elizabeth Prince. Elizabeth has a great eye for colour and texture. Her work is the kind of work you can't resist but touch while you look at it.

Elizabeth also has a blog: Gone to Pot. Where you can keep up with her newest work.

Etsy Shop Feature: Retro Menagerie

Retro Menagerie is based in California and was founded in 2011 by Jaymee Srp. At first glance it's obvious why her work has been so popular.
The compositions are beautifully thought out, the colours complimentary and soothing. Her prints and fabrics would suit almost any home.

Jaymee also has a beautiful design blog, full of fantastic interior design ideas and certainly worth checking out!