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5 ways - look slimmer & make a room look bigger

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Outfit pic - Kate Winslet in a Stella McCartney dress that creates an incredible optical illusion cutting deep hourglass curves. Image courtesy of Sunii Hendrix Interior image - All white interiors reflect light and create space. Image courtesy of Design Shuffle So when you don't have the perfect house or body (and really who does?) we must make the best of what we've got. Even if what we've got is good, there are some simple and easy things we can do to make ourselves and our homes look even better. So the contrasting objectives of Home vs Her is that generally we want to make ourselves look slimmer, thinner, and taller and often our homes (especially apartment dwellers) look and feel bigger and more spacious. So essentially we need to create optical illusions. Erena and I have summarized our top five ways of achieving this visual trickery in how you dress yourself and your home. 5 ways to dress your room to look bigger 1. Lighting, lighting, lighting Tip number one is to ...

It's a tribal thang...

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Tribal interior pic from stylebeat.blogspot.com .  Mere wears Nine West boots, tribal print leggings by Supre , yellow sheer top by Backdoor  and tribal necklace   Aztec, bohemian, ethnic you name it, if the pattern is bright and bold and punchy with a strong sense of form and symmetry then it's bound to have a tribal influence.  Whether its the sight of these crazy but cool leggings or this bold feature wall print, these patterns awaken the Aztec in me and suddenly I feel the need to get up and dance....ok ok or perhaps you could just watch Miss B demonstrate tribal fierceness in this amazeballs vid, yep that's right cue Beyonce... (at 2min 50 to be precise) Beyonce in Deja Vu - turn it up! Tribal influences are everywhere.  Just check out these  tribal-esque fashion inspired pieces  Sass & Bide Aztec jacket from  Thehunt.com Multiple heavy-set rings by  Illtakethatinpurple.com Finger cuff from   Etsy.com Chevron necklace from ...