March | 2014 | anordinarywoman

31/03/2014

Street art

We are hired as private drivers, part-time, usually involuntarily & unprepared – I may not have told you that! It’s various activities, dinners, gigs & other we are asked to drive our boys to, and it’s unpredictable. To put it nicely – we get to see places we otherwise wouldn’t. Different suburbs, neighbourhoods & areas where they usually meet with friends.

So in other words, inspiration from the streets today – it’s not about aesthetics, it’s about peoples creativity. The way people can change the street scene, not through architecture but by being ingenious in a simple, down to earth-way. What’s exciting is that it can turn up anywhere & unexpected. It makes me think about the person behind & the reasoning. I call it street art, where others might look at it as clutter or graffiti…perhaps.

/ ginandbird.tumblr.com

Love you too / streetartutopia

A crack becomes a spider web / tumblr.com

Bicycle parking with joy / tumblr.com

The Leaning Tower of Pisa / tumblr.com

Nice stair decoration with a homey feeling / pinterest.com

A tiny speck that keeps the streets clean / memolition.com

Colourful characters with twinkle in the eye / memolition.com

Look up! / photobucket.com

What was once was meant, means something else now / imcallingshots.tumblr.com

Someone is a passionate knitter / google images

Dices among cobbles / fancy.com

There’s a view, with or without windows / evysinspirations.tumblr.com

Constant watering / fancy.com:katyakirnova

Curly hair / fancy.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged art, facades, graffiti, poles, sidewalks, street art, street scene, street signs, Walls

28/03/2014

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Homes / Interiors Image

Mattresses

Mattresses, why? Well, it reminds me of childhood, all the nights spent at the cottage, in the caravan, with friends, at summer camp, etc. They can be used for so much. Also easy to stow away. And of course, easy to change the look with fabric, if you feel like it. Useful in the teenage room with several layers to make it more comfortable or on the settee or wooden bench – why not directly on the floor with a nice cover on.

79ideas Thick mattress with pink stripes / heartwarmings.tumblr.com

Broad stripes in green-blue / kireei.com

Princess (or prince) and the Pea / thebooandtheboy.com

Comfortably rolled for better backrest / heartwarmings.tumblr.com

Vintage beds with old fashioned mattresses / SAdecor&design

Stripes in masses / apaperaeroplane.tumblr.com

Home made mattresses with fabric covers / livethemma.se

Customised after the size of the house / mommodesign

Simplicity / room269.tumblr.com

Exciting & striking / domoweinspiracjeiplany.blox.pl

Fabric-covered mattresses / decor8blog.com

Mattresses combined into a sofa place / pinterest.com

Bring your mattresses outdoors / plaza.se

Homemade solution / suisses.fr

Country style / whiteandothercolors.tumblr.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged camp beds, cottage, covers, fabric covered mattresses, Mattress, mattresses, pads, princess and the pea

25/03/2014

Sharing space

Sharing space isn’t too bad when it’s furnished in an environment that’s bright, light & simplified – great open work space.

/ somewhereiwouldliketolive.blogspot.com

Tagged an open plan office, an ordinary woman blog, interior, office, office space, open work place, white and bright, workplace

24/03/2014

Comfortable

So today I felt for a post with some armchairs in different styles & shapes. That’s after a rather uncomfortable evening in a restaurant with great interior, great food & great people. It was decorated with small, small table, stools & armchairs with a mix of old & new – very nice & inviting environment albeit slightly dark. The thing is that it looked really nice which is a big part of an experience but once you’ve been sitting for a while, you feel it in your whole body.

The armchairs are too high for the low coffee tables or opposite & the tables are too small for more than two & you have to bend or lean to reach for things. It became way too uncomfortable after a while. It’s great with inspiring places & it’s nice when it looks stylish, cool or different. It’s just that I’m always impressed when it’s combined with functionality – when someone have taken the time to think through everything.

Pastel classics / arkpad.com.br

Stylish black & steel / elv-s-blogspot

Pleasant colour combinations / 79ideas.org

An oldie with new accessories / decor8blog.com

Fluffy with slim legs / husidokkar.tumblr.com

Safari style / frenchconnection

Grandma’s armchair / livethemma.se

Elegant & classic / feelinspired

Swedish cabin style / skandinaviandeko.com

Dark blue & dark brown wood / vintageluxe.tumblr.com

Contemporary with caramel colours / mocoloco

An armchair for two / cazuiyo.tumblr.com

An a pink pair / inside-homes.tumblr.com

Vintage in leather / bloglovin.com

Styling in green / pinterest.com:rozenbrood

Take care / Marie

Tagged armchair, armchairs, comfortable, Contemporary, functionality, furniture, inspiring places, Modern, seating, Vintage

20/03/2014

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Homes / Interiors Image

Small houses

Houses, rooftops & one dimensional forms of houses, a bit old-fashioned in the shape, the type in the way that you draw when you are a child – it has always had an enticement for me. I don’t know what it is that makes them so cute. Older cottages generally look like that. Especially in fairy tales, if you didn’t happen to be a princess living in a castle. Small houses, something I’m fond of!

Simple with paint / lundia.fi