White Xmas @ Selfridges.

Selfridges has the most astonishing windows in the world. True stories are told, imagined and wanted.

This Xmas I will indeed miss Selfridges windows. 

Here's a space to dream for.

The art of merchandising. 

Merry Christmas Everyone.

Health, Love & Money is what I wish for us all in 2011. Cheers!

Dear Mother Christmas By Hermès.

This year I wish to have an Hermès Christmas. I wish to be an Orange Mother Christmas. I wish a stylish Christmas for everyone.

Here's a few ideas from Hermès Paris.

Aren't their illustrations so stylish?

I can relate each of my family members and friends with one object/item. The following ones are my very favourites. Style your house.
Cups for the perfect afternoon tea by the country porch house.

Mugs for the hot hot hot chocolate on a raining Sunday afternoon by the Manhattan window loft.

Ashtrays, whether on the walls as an objet d'art or as an objet dans l'utilisation, we all must have an Hermès ashtray. It's part of culture.

Frames to remember and share proud and lovely moments.

Correspondence Box for those rare letters we love to receive from the post man. If not, maybe to put those ones we once received from beloved ones.

Illustrations from Hermès Website.
More articles by Hermès:
Once Upon A Time
A Story By Hermès

Xmas Colours.

Every year we get excited with Christmas and I'm sure all of us have different and exciting reason why.

December 1st is the day we normally put our tree up. What about you?

Have you decided what colours your xmas is going to be this year?

Few ideas for Xmas Decorations.
White Knitted Christmas
Polka Dots Christmas

Merry Christmas.

Christmas is time to gather with family, friends and everyone important in our lives. I wish you Merry Love, Merry Family, Merry Friends and of course Merry Christmas. All our wishes to come true. Hughug. Kisskiss. Eliana.


My home town, 2006.
Photo published in The Guardian. 2007.

Concept: A Big Christmas Box.

There’s one thing I love to design and admire: spatial installations and shop windows. I don’t do it for a while, but lately I’ve been driven to design an imaginary shop window (which I’m going to include on my portfolio). Hope you get inspiration from it. I would love to hear from you.


A space styled with layers and layers of tulle and knitted snowflakes.

To keep the knitted snowflakes they’ve to be attached on cardboard.

The idea is to have a light bulb in the centre of each snowflake.

An imaginary christmas box full of tulle and knitted snowflakes in white and red.

Materials: White and red tulle. Wool. Cardboard. Light bulb. Lead strings.









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A story behind this 2D christmas styling: when I was in primary school I (we) had a class about christmas tree decoration. We had to choose one of the two (and of course to say why): a super well decorated one and another one with no deco but a star on the very top. Somehow, I feel the styling for this window started when I remembered this class I had many many years ago.

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A White Knitted Christmas.

Few ideas for this year's Christmas decorations: knitted white flowers everywhere.


Organza, feathers, embroidery, brocades and crystals – Inspiration I got from the new Ralph Lauren winter collection.


Materials to go with the flowers: crystals, glass, velvet, madre-of-pearl and lots of tulle.






















Knitted flowers by Eliana.

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Christmas for me is all about happiness, gathering and above all playfulness. That was exactly my concept: a playful Christmas for children and indeed for adults. I wanted to feel movement everywhere.

This was one of the most rewarding styling projects I’ve done back in Portugal: a home christmas styling. My clients, who I didn’t know before this project, booked an appointment with me Friday late. The brief was simply “we want a happy red and silver Christmas”.
Saturday I bought a few things; Sunday I worked on the concept, painted a few things in silver and red and finished my shopping; and Monday styled the hall and the living room. Everything in 3 days. Freedom to do what I wanted was, indeed key for success.
They had no idea what I had in mind. Simply knew that I was sticking things on the wall, as I called to get permission. Total surprise when they got back home that Monday evening.

I knew they would love it or hate it. A challenge I had in hands. As soon as they got in, a smile in their faces couldn’t be hidden. And when they got to see the polka dots wall… I felt the most happy and lucky woman on earth. No one could hide their smiles.
It was a success to everyone involved. Later, they told me xmas decoration was an excuse to invite friends over for dinner for the whole December and that everyone loved it.

I must say I was, and still am, very proud of this project. Every opportunity I have I talk about it, like today.
Thank you Dina and Nuno Costa. It was a pleasure to design for your family.


The wood silver xmas trees were designed and painted by me. My local carpenter made them.

Materials:
Feathers. Tulle. Paper. Organza. Silk. Spray painting . Vinyl stickers. Wood. Wire. Christmas deco.

I wish everyone a happy xmas preparation.

I’m available to style flats, shops and offices for xmas celebrations. Contact me if you’re interested.

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