Previously, I showed you how flat lays create endless possibilities for creating a perfect space and three flat lays inspired by bird feathers.

Birds provide endless inspiration for creating beautiful designs with the intricate patterns,  colors, and textures of their feathers!

Flat Lay #1- The Forest

In my article Birds of a Feather- What Birds Can Teach Us About Designing the Perfect Room, I shared a design for the first flat lay, inspired by realistic photo art of Pintail duck and eagle feathers. I designed a room with a calm and earthy feeling that reminds me of being in the forest using the feather art and colors of nature.

Flat Lay #2- Bohemian Meets Hollywood Glam

The second flat lay, evoked a much more glamorous style and feeling, like a cross between Modern Global Style and Hollywood Glam. I developed several ideas capturing the drama and glamour with different color walls.

Flat Lay #3- A Time for Whimsy- Let’s Fly

The third flat lay to me evoked a sense of whimsy and playfulness, filled with color and the sense that you can take flight and soar to any place you want to go.

As in Flat Lay #2, the feathers are stylized rather than realistic, and more colorful and playful than the gold and black feathers. Even though it has a sense of fun and whimsy, it also feels calm and relaxing with the blues and greens.

I designed two living rooms. One uses wallpaper and is more light and airy yet has texture. The deep blue wall adds more drama with the darker, rich blue.

Which is your favorite?

Bird Feathers Are a Great Source of Inspiration!

As you can see, you can use natural elements like bird feathers to inspire earthy, glamorous, and dramatic, or whimsical and playful designs!

Bird feathers can inspire many design styles and are fun to work with. There is a huge amount of variety.

Did you know you can often identify a bird just by the feathers? That is how unique they are. Mother Nature provides endless inspiration. Try your own flat lay and see what it inspires.

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Previously, I showed you how flat lays create endless possibilities for creating a perfect space and three flat lays inspired by bird feathers.

Birds provide endless inspiration for creating beautiful designs with the intricate patterns,  colors, and textures of their feathers!

In my article Birds of a Feather- What Birds Can Teach Us About Designing the Perfect Room, I shared some ideas for one of those flat lays inspired by realistic photo art of Pintail duck and eagle feathers. I designed a room with a calm and earthy feeling that reminds me of being in the forest using the feather art and colors of nature.

This second flat lay, to me, evoked a much more glamorous style and feeling, like a cross between Modern Global Style and Hollywood Glam.

I am not sure what bird the feathers in the photo came from, but the art is less realistic and more stylized.  The black and gold color combination felt very luxurious, and like a great place to add a variety of metallic finishes.

The natural theme of bird feathers still evoked a sense of nature, inviting wood, stone,  and natural materials such as velvet, leather, and cotton.  I selected green, which is a wonderful color of nature, for the fabrics and added plants.

I decided to create a living room, that was dark and moody, with black or deep chocolate walls, and lots of different gold-tone metals. Dramatic lighting enhances the art and brings out the shine of the various brass and gold-toned lights and accessories.

Instead of the photo in the flat lay, I found several other art prints of feathers in black and gold that I used as inspiration.

I could see this combination in a living room, master bedroom, master bathroom, or powder room. How about you?

I decided to try a living room. A flat lay can first evolve into a drawing or floor plan to get a feel for how the room will work spatially.

To get the feeling of drama and glamour, I decided to try the idea of a black wall. I love it! It beautifully highlights the feather art and sets off the beautiful greens in the furniture. Of course, lighting, strategically placed and lots of it, is important when using black.

For variety, I tried a textured light-colored wallpaper similar in color to the feathers to give the room a more light and airy feeling. I think I like the black better for a glamorous feeling.

And here is it in a shade of off-white. While still pretty, I like the black walls best, and the feeling of dimension the textured wallpaper gives over the white walls. How about you?

The moral of this flat lay tale is that you can use natural elements like bird feathers to inspire glamorous, dramatic, modern, and sleek designs while still bringing the outdoors in. And, don’t be scared to use black!

Bird feathers can inspire many design styles. Look for my next article on the design for my third flat lay inspired by bird feathers.

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A flat lay is a bird’s eye view of a lot of magic possibilities about to unfold before you.

At its simplest, it is a picture of objects arranged on a flat surface being viewed from above. But it is so much more!

When used in Interior Design, a flat lay creates endless possibilities for creating a perfect space.

As an example, here is a flat lay I created that was inspired by the beauty of Pintail duck and eagle feathers. Being a wildlife biologist in a past career, I think birds provide endless inspiration for creating beautiful designs!

I started with art of feather details. Then I selected samples of flooring, tile, carpeting, fabrics and more that I thought looked nice with the art and arranged them.

What room will this become? Who knows, the possibilities are endless.

Will the room have all these exact tiles, fabrics, woods, etc.? Probably not. It is just an idea to build on.

Other Bird Feather Inspired Flat Lays

I created two additional flat lays that were also inspired by bird feathers. The first seems like a cross between Hollywood Glam and Bohemian waiting to happen.

The second seems like more of a Modern Global/Bohemian Style.

What rooms do you envision these flat lays inspiring?

See my next article, Birds of a Feather- What Birds Can Teach Us About Designing the Perfect Room and see the designs that came from these flat lays.

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Previously, I showed you how flat lays give a bird’s eye view of a lot of magic possibilities about to unfold before you.

A flat lay creates endless possibilities for creating a perfect space.

I showed you three flat lays inspired by bird feathers and asked what room you visualized each could become.

I created some magic with the first design and wanted to share that possibility with you.

This flat lay and design was inspired by the beauty of Pintail duck and eagle feathers.  Birds provide endless inspiration for creating beautiful designs with the intricate patterns,  colors, and textures of their feathers! Who else but Mother Nature could come up with such great designs.

This flat lay showed initial ideas for flooring, tile, carpeting, fabrics, and more that I thought looked beautiful and created a feeling or mood for a room. I wanted the room to feel peaceful, earthy, spiritual and a little exotic, as if you were relaxing on the forest floor in an old-growth forest where it was totally quiet except for bird calls.

I decided to create a living room with the idea. I tried using the two shades of green for paint colors to see how it would change the look and feel of the room. I think the darker green evokes more of a feeling of the forest. Which do you prefer?

Here is the final design. Does this look like any of the possibilities you imagined from the flat lay?

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Are you ready to create your perfect space? I assume you are since you are reading my blog post. Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy.  Let me help you take that trip to your perfect space in a Ferrari instead of a stagecoach. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started.

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