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15/06/2013

Clothes rack / 278

I’m reluctant to have clothes laying around, especially when it’s easy to hang everything neat & organized in the closet – easy to find, pick up or put away, everything at will. To make it work for my sons who don’t have time to hang up their clothes in a wardrobe or like to have any structure – you have to find a workable solution. Their ”bedrobe” solution isn’t working, meaning havingall their things on the bed. I refuse to leave things as they are just because my young ones seems to think that they have more important things on their mind. I am a mother, after all. To allow them to have all their clothes in the bed or on the floor – no thank you!

We have to sit down & discuss this together. Which in turn means that I get an instant response, where they are quite willing to come up with a solution. You don’t want to take a discussion with a mother, if you can avoid it. So a clothes rack is in this situation a perfect option AND it works, for all of us :)

White, fresh & coordinated in black & white / morningslight

Minimalistic black clothes rack with wooden bottom / yellowtrace

Styling in grey & white / vtwonen.nl

Corner detail / interiorguiden

White with decorative wood details / sanctuary

white, thin model for minimal visibility / pinterest.com

Romantic touch with white / keroiam.tumblr.com

Untreated timber for children’s clothing / sukha-amsterdam.nl

Simple, just to lean against the wall, also a plus with storage / trendsnow.net

Well, what can I say, just great! / thesuperordinary.com

Industrial style / bodieandfou.com

Black simple base model / emmasdesignblogg

Design based on gravity / bloesem.blogs.com

Two solutions in one / livethemma

Simple solution in metal / honeypielivingetc.blogspot.com.es

Take care / Marie

Tagged Clothes hanger, clothes rack, coat rack, design, Laundry, organised, Self storage, wardrobe, wardrobes

10/06/2013

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Homes / Interiors, Style

Dark blue

I had a period when I used the dark blue colour almost as much as I use black today, that is to say, always. I felt a hint of that old feeling the other day when I bought two pairs of boots in suede, one black & the other in dark blue. On the way to work last week, I arrived a bit earlier & decided to take a stroll around the shopping centre. I saw a jacket in dark, dark blue. An instant love & from there to todays post, the way is rather short. Since then I have had time to be off couple of weeks to spend time with my sister & her husband, who is on a visit. There has been a lot of traveling to various favorite spots & with it, a lot of stops for shopping. One would think that the dark blue colour would be rather common. But no, not where I was, at least.

Anyway, I found a scarf in thin material but still with rough texture. Very soft in really dark blue shade & a couple of fine-knitted jumpers with stylish fit. One was striped of course. AND with that, I have now completed my shopping need in that blue colour.

Navy blue with accents / projectnursery.com

Make up to suit the dress / annstreetstudio via tumblr

Wonderful sofa design / stylebyemilyhenderson.com

Beautiful handicraft / aquiterstorm.tumblr.com

Lovely bedlinen / fancy.com

Updated classic style / matchbookmag via tumblr

Shifting blue tint / erzandco.tumblr.com

Simple yet so cute / tinkerbell2477.tumblr.com

Beautiful & unusual facade colour / vintagerosebrocante.tumblr.com

Renew the inside of old boxes / frenchbydesign

Fashionable again / mokkasin

Mix & match your table setting / skonahem

Boyish & simple with space for play / designinspirationsk.com

Still life in blue shades / google.com

Take care/ Marie

Tagged blue, blue colour, Color, colours, dark blue, design, Fashion, kids room, navy blue, shoes

04/06/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Something in rattan

I was looking around for a laundry basket the other day. We have a stylish thing in black & white at home, with good handles that’s roomy inside. It has now become a bit flimsy & worn so it’s about time to trade up. Rattan wasn’t top of mind & probably not the type of material I generally would look for, although a chair or chairs,would suit me fine. I’ve always liked rattan in the summer, in the garden.

My mother in law had period when she painted baskets in a typical blue colour from her childhood. She then decorated them in a white pattern that became her signum. I had these baskets everywhere, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, garage, playroom & the backyard. I was quite tired of the blue colour & rattan, for quite a while to come, after that. Natural materials are nice in general & rattan has the advantage to age neat & becomes more beautiful with time. I am hereby healed from past experience & ready for this beautiful material … colorless, white, black or with some color of some sort.

Fancy shapes / cez via pinterest

Nice addition for a more individual expression / 79ideas

I like this design, wonder whether it is rattan or something else / alvhemmakleri

/ Traditional style / countrylivingmagazine

Perfect everywhere / basiclabelsweden.blogspot.ca

Summer feeling / tinekhome

Uncoloured & untreated / spirainredning.se

Rattan & Leather / sundayinbed.tumblr.com

Perfect bathroom accessories / makeliving

Cool design / poppytalk.blogspot

Nice in combination with white / spirainredning.se

White on white / conceptbyanna

Outdoor styling / svenngaarden.blogspot

Repaint your basket to a color that suits you / sanna&sania

Simply beautiful / sofiar via pinterst

Take care / Marie

Tagged Basket, baskets, furniture, garden furniture, natural materials, outdoor, rattan, Rattan and Wicker, wicker, wood

01/06/2013

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Food, Homes / Interiors, Outdoor, Style

Colourful taste

I find that every time I try to put together images with lots of color – I fail to do so. I can’t manage to choose something that is overly colourful. I discover after a while, when I’m looking at the whole thing, that I have unconsciously opted out of that which is too colourful. Now when we just finished renovating the shed, I had thought that I should paint the walls of other than the usual white. Possibly paint the concrete floor instead of the use of the ordinary wood floor & so on. And what happened – in some strange way, we now have white walls, a light wooden floor, white furniture, etc. It’s funny how all this can happen even though my thoughts went in another direction. Is it the power of habit, perhaps.

The images below are in colour but it’s not overly colourful, as you can see. Although it’s enough colour, at least for my part. You could say it became something in between. With a white base or a simple base, you can add color without risking that it becomes too much. Or you can use as much color as you want if that’s what you prefer. This is more then enough as inspiration, for me.

Nice outdoor / indoor area with coloured details / miss-design.com

Retro kitchen with matching curtain / skonahem.se

Delightful design / sagaform.se

Generous seating surfaces / elle.es

Timeless objects / spirainredning.se

Candy colors to the couch / casapinka.typepad.com

Daring / elle.co.za

Playfully in paper / mokkasin

Comfortable colours / tinywhitedaisies via tumblr

White, wood & colourful components / planet-deco.fr

The colours of nature / remainsimple via tumblr

Handiwork / prettystuff

Pens that cheers you up / charmingspaces

Decorative / noperfectdayforbananafish

Creativity / designed-for-life

Take care / Marie

Tagged bright colours, colocations, colours, food styling, inspiration, kitchen, make up, soft colours

29/05/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Dinner time

The best way ever to entertain, I believe, is to get together over a meal, eat, drink & discuss. The meaning of life, human differences, world history or simple everyday pleasures. Talking points are important but more importantly are the group of people that you surround yourself with. Those who makes the difference – who makes you feel comfortable, feel good & warms you … in body & soul … including the dining area!

Cozy, comfortable, nice, pleasing – things that matters, sometimes more than the food you are served. Environments depends on what you prefer or are used to. It’s rarely about impression, in the true sense. It contributes to the atmosphere, of course. I would lie if i said that space or environment wasn’t important. But the point is that it’s more important with the people participating. The personalities that makes the event. From the topics of discussion, to the life they have lived, their attitude to things. A certain smile, a silence that is pleasant or a constant cackling taking place but that is contagious.

Amidst all this, the common dining area is also part of the whole. That which creates wellbeing, together with the aromas & flavors, lit candles plus mood lighting, AND the music. So, to sum it all up – space, enables the place & the individuals makes the event. I hope this makes sense in english :)

Simple wooden furniture and a large lamp that becomes like a roof / anothercountry.com