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Garden inspiration from Morocco

After our extension last year we are now we’re looking at the next stage of renovation of our home. Looking at decorating the original rooms in the house and thinking of ideas to transform our garden.

Some of my photos

18 months ago we visited Morocco and I took copious photos of the amazing Moroccan architecture.

Stunning walkway at the side of a courtyard in Bahia Palace

I have been scrolling through them for ideas and they are so stunning I just had to share.

Bahia Palace – Marrakech

These photos are from the Bahia Palace in Marrakech so stunning and such amazing outdoor spaces, the perfect way to fuse inside and outside together.

  • Stunning doorway
  • Beautiful seating area within one of the gardens inside the palace
  • Beautifully ornate shutters
  • Gorgeous wooden doors
  • Beautiful carvings, painting & mosaics
  • Stunning mosaics even on the doorways
  • Stunning shuttered windows looking outside
  • Stunning door & archway
  • The ornate ceiling above the corner of the outdoor walkway as pictured above

What do you think of these? Stunning hey?

Gorgeous courtyard within the Bahia Palace

Limoni restaurant

Lots of the cafes and restaurants also had very beautiful interiors such as Limoni restaurant in Marrakech that had the prettiest little outdoor courtyard with lemon trees and mosaics. See below so pretty isn’t it?

Yves Saint Laurent garden

Then we visited the amazing Yves Saint Laurent museum and the stunning garden attached with vibrant Moroccan blue as the stand out colour.  Here are some photos

Garden ideas

I adore these mosaics but feel they won’t really work in suburban Chorlton. The blue can be transferred though. Is it too bright for the side of our shed do you think?  

There are a few little Moroccan touches I’ve found that you can add into a garden from the high street.  Here are my best picks…

There are lots of sale bargains out there at the moment and I bet more still to come so have a look out over the next few weeks.

What are you coveting at the moment?

Happy shopping!

Love Sarah

Always Violet Skies x

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Design Inspiration – Modern Morocco

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This is the first of hopefully many design inspiration blog posts I plan to write, as for those that don’t know me I adore architecture and interior design. I take a lot of photos of it especially when we travel.

My inspiration

We are also about to begin a home extension and remodel so I’m collecting lots of lovely design ideas to give me inspiration about what we’d like for our new home.

When we visited Morocco last month I took about a thousand photos of architecture and interior design, both modern contemporary and ancient traditional, so this is my first post where I look at modern eclectic Moroccan design.

Salut Maroc hotel

I was honoured to be given a guided tour of one of the newest and chicest boutique hotels in Morocco; the fabulous Salut Maroc in Essaouira.

Each of the 11 bedrooms are individual and have been personally designed by the owner, who also designed all the fabrics especially for the hotel, having them handmade in Morocco. Anyway I will let the photos speak for themselves…

Patterns aren’t scary

Don’t be scared of patterns & colours even if you think they may clash.  Love the overall effects here.

Feature walls

Why not embrace a feature wall and create a beautiful mural as artwork?

Bathroom inspiration

Bathroom inspiration why stick to cream and white – cheer things up go for vibrant blues, yellows and embrace patterned tiles!

Vibrant lounge and dining spaces

Even lounge, dining and entrance spaces can be cheerfully designed fusing modern and classical design touches with colour and pattern.  Don’t think I’ve ever seen the Mona Lisa in such an eclectic setting!

Garden or patio inspiration

I’m someone who is guilty of sticking to neutral colours or black and white when it comes to interiors but I think a pop of colour from a nice rug, cushions or even a burst of wallpaper on one wall could help to lift the dreariest of UK winter days!

Get the look on the UK high street

To get this type of look from the UK high street check out

Next and their Brighton or Studio by Next range 

John Lewis fusion range for furniture & cushions

For tiles check out Tile Giant’s Moroccan Bizarre range  or Geometric range

There are lots of others out there on the high street and smaller homewares stores that are embracing the Moroccan influence for this coming summer season.  Feel free to share any finds or your own photos with me.

My next design inspiration post will look at traditional Moroccan design.

Love, Sarah xx

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