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Inspiring Images | Budapest v.2

You’ve probably gathered by now that I am a travel junkie. I love to visit new places and experience new cultures. It’s an addiction. I also feel that these experiences help to influence my eye and broaden my scope and opinions as an Interior Designer. In April I was fortunate to make my second trip to Budapest, Hungary as well as a trip (my first) to Amsterdam. I have been a bit slow in sorting through the photos of the trip to share here. There are just so many beautiful images to share and so much inspiration to be found.

Budapest is a wonderfully charming city, full of stunning European architecture and details: buildings, bridges, statues and monuments. It’s beautiful and I hope that these images will help you get a glimpse of this charismatic city and provide inspiration for you to create beauty in your life. Enjoy!

Architecture

Parliament

Bath House

Bath House Interior

Synagogue & detail

This little gem of a building is a perpetually abandoned beauty directly across from the Opera House.

Statue

For more photos of the beautifully patina-ed statues of Budapest, see the post from my first trip to the city in 2011: Inspiring Images Budapest

Tiles

One of my favorite features of Hungarian Architecture has to be the glazed roof tiles.

For more photos of these creatively tiles roofs, please see the post from my previous travels to Budapest: Inspiring Images Budapest

Inspiring Images | Kuekenhof Gardens (Tulips!)

I have recently returned from a European trip visiting Budapest and Amsterdam. It’s Tulip season in Holland, so we did the proper touristy thing and took a day trip to Keukenhof Gardens. Keukenhof is known as the “Garden of Europe” and boasts a full 7,000,000 flower bulbs. That’s seven million bulbs that are arranged and replanted into beautiful designs and combinations every year! It also holds the title of most photographed place on earth. To say it is beautiful would be an understatement.

I love tulips, I even had a spread of white and purple tulips in my wedding, so this was a little slice of heaven on earth. And they hyacinth! Hyacinth were also planted en mass and their perfume filled the air. If you ever have the opportunity, I suggest a visit. I have tried to capture the beauty and feel as much as possible, but I feel photos can never do a place like Keukenhof justice.

Enough words, sit back and enjoy the beauty!

I really loved the bold colors of the tulips and the strong statements made with them together. Yet, I’m also so drawn to the classic red tulip. It’s simple. It’s elegant. It’s timeless.

And no Beautiful Habitat post would be complete without ideas for incorporating these inspiring images into your home. Some beautiful container gardens. I love both the mental buckets and the bold painted urn.