Color | anordinarywoman

29/04/2013

Light grey shades

We are just in the phase to renovate our shed in the garden. It’s around 15-17 square meter & has been used for various storage needs. It’s a perfect little house to furnish as a guest house. And so it will be used too – with relatives that will arrive within four weeks & stay for four weeks. It’s just outside the veranda, in the corner of the garden with all the lovely trees & bushes around. It’s been made in country style which fits well with the rest of the house. We will retain the outside in same style so most of the work will be to get the interior nice, comfortable & functional. All walls white, I guess we will choose white floor also. White tiles for the shower area & for the sink too.

It will not be much color except textiles, rugs & accessories. The usual, so to speak. Colour is always nice in many ways but ” colourless” works well too. To visualize that, I chose to do a post with images in grey – shades of light grey.

Stylish & simple / mtrlst.com

Cool hair colour / jeanbaptistesantens.com

Kitchen styling / agentbauer / camilla Krishnaswamy

Store & organise / studiokarin

Simple & striking design / contemporist

Welcome home / tyrifrid.com

Cool combination / takeovertime.tumblr

Natural material / stylizimo

Scandinavian freshness / IB_S_CONTENT_DESCRIPTIONWRITER

Contemporary country / city style / livethemma.se

Hang them right / stilinspiration.blogspot

White & grey / studiokarin

Nice wall paper / borastapeter.se

Rustic elegance / rosesandrustblogger

Tagged Color, colours, grey, grey shades, hair colour, home design, home styling, light grey, scandinavian

25/01/2013

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Green feelings / 241

Our small garden is blooming despite the heatwave. It’s green everywhere. It’s no bigger than that I can see the whole garden in one go. It’s very lush with trees & bushes that goes in various green shades – powerful green, or perhaps saturated shades of green. There’s thousands of different green nuances, however a green garden is easy to imagine, anyway. Regardless of the imagination, one becomes very inspired by plants, greenery & incredible lushness. All at once! It’s strange that something can grow in this heat but 96% humidity explains everything.

We have started to take walks in the evenings to shake off a long day at work but also to get to know our neighbourhood. Now, to tell you the truth, we don’t get that far actually because of the attraction to all those small cafes that runs along the street a few hundred yards from us. However, we do have time to see all the greenery, from palm trees to all kinds of trees & blooming bushes. It’s wonderful despite the steaming heat that we are experiencing right now.

So, here’s for the green colours with various pics that demonstrates the beauty around us … us all!

Timeless craftsmanship / tantjohanna.se

Poetic styling / vartnyahem

Wonderful doors / hus&hem

Fabulous forest / google.com

clinical cleanness / sanna&sania

Coloured enamel / google.com

Modern textile collection / api.qbank.se

Stylish simplicity / chezlarsson

Colourful style / sanna&sania

Antique green round dining table / hgtv.ca

Boyish stuff / iverashus

Paler shade of green / lamaisond’annag

Just very lovely / hus&hem

Beautiful facade / mechantdesign

Take care / Marie

Tagged Color, creativity, emerald green, garden, Gardens, home decor, indoor, nature, Pantone

16/08/2012

Something in red / 183

Hej there friends,

I’m going with something red today, just like that, with no specific reason. Not that I’m a bearer of red, but on the other hand, things can change. I went for a stroll during lunch & happened to fall in love in a red thin knitted sweater in soft material. Last time it happened was about a year ago & that love is somewhere in a drawer now. It will surely be different this time :)

Everything in moderation is a very common phrase in Sweden. I think this phrase fits into red, because it’s a strong & energizing color … which can dominate depending on where & how it’s used. The taste is of course different, but I for one, prefers red accents, whether it comes to fashion or interior design. It’s very much as shown below, actually. Moreover, I appreciate red with basic colours as white or black. I’m fully aware of how boring & predictable I am, but I’m an ordinary woman, you know! I leave with a warm hand, the extraordinary & exciting to someone else.

Red is a color that must have the correct red tone to appeal to me. Not too yellow so it slopes towards orange, not too blue either, so it becomes pink purple etc. It can look too watery in the expression together with white – it’s nicer whit contrast. Fresher in some way – take a look, what do you think?

The icing on the cake, with the red wall mounted lamp in bright red / Annixen

Energising red fridge to brighten up the kitchen / Interiorphotos

Exciting red details that makes a difference to the whole expression in the room / Keltainen

Beautiful styling/ Annixen

Nice contrasts & a beautiful old sofa bed / Ustagiremez

Classy accessory suitable to every outfit / Classycolours via Tumblr

Scandinavian style is fresh, bright & simple / Thefancy

Nice styling where the feature wall makes the impact / Keltainen

Sorbet, anyone? / Technicolourmyworld via Pinterest

Small work space with energising red accents / Dengodafen

Great combination with the stairs & the painting / Skonahem

Cute & certainly excellent mini pastries / Pinterest

Staircase painted in red in the middle with white on the sides / Flickr.com

A fun way to recycle / Sanna&sania

A little red splash of colour / Lokal54

Take care / Marie

Tagged Color, colours, design, Fashion, home decor, Interior design, Red

13/08/2012

Place of work / 182

Hej friends,

I promised to do something more modern way back when I blogged about workplaces. I was reminded recently so I guess I have to keep my promises. And I don’t mind, there’s so many inspiring work spaces, for sure. I have a particular fondness for long desks for, preferably several in a row. I like it when I can see what I’m doing & things sorted in a manner that gives me an overview. Especially when I can move things along the tables & still have it spacious around & beside.

I do favour basic colours as you know … black & white with a few colourful details. Similar to the first image below or the third. The fourth isn’t so bad, nor the fifth either. Well, as I said, there’s loads of great & inspiring solutions. And why chose when you can have it all…at least through images :)

Great impression with simple means /Letmebeinspired

Open floor plan, open areas & functional spaces for different needs / Designshimmer

Structured inspiration / LNA via Pinterest

Small space with colourful details / Susanna Vento

Light, bright & beautiful / Letmebeinspired

Desk lamp in bright green that makes you happy / Designmilk

Simple yet appealing / Lineklein

Beautiful furniture with a beautiful view / The Fancy

Working from home works well / Google

Nice combination in wood & metal / kulunkadecoblog

Something exciting for the small people too / IKEA

Neat desk & loads of natural light / Yeloowtrace

Long desk with storage above / Desiretoinspire

White base, with low storage & soft colours / Kotilo

Modern, rustic & colourful at the same time / Ruemagasine

Take care / Marie

Tagged Color, colour, desk, furniture, home decor, Modern, work place, workspace

30/06/2012

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Homes / Interiors

Masculine / 168

Hej dear friends,

My youngest left us yesterday to spend three weeks in Sweden. That’s the first time ever that he is away for that long. It feels strange & a bit empty inside. Something essential is missing. I want my baby back but I’m sure that he is enjoying his journey to the fullest. It’s a big thing to travel to the other side of the world, when you’re 17 years. At the same time as it’s a very useful & beneficial experience. So I felt that I had to connect this post to my son & his first step, into the adult world. His first big trip & first time alone from home.

It’s a masculine theme today. At least the way I see it. Not everyone would agree with me, which is fine of course. We are all individuals with different liking & taste. It’s rarely about male or female, rather, more about personality. Still, dear friends, I believe that these images are more attractive to men. However, it’s not either or. Just a gentle opinion.

Why don’t you take a look & make up your mind. Masculine or not, I hope you will enjoy the moment.

Brick wall, concrete floor, dark wood & dark colours / Gbumr via Tumbler