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31/01/2013
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Homes / Interiors

Open sesame / 243

Storage – with simplicity, stylish & functional solutions, it’s no easy task to achieve. It’s not always that cheap either. Using cabinets with doors combined with open storage is a good solution. Closed storage for things that you don’t want to be seen & highlight your everyday objects – in good order. They should be easy to reach & easy to use. Whether it’s for the kitchen or for other rooms. It should be easy for you to live your everyday life.

An alternative is to maximize with shelves either on consoles or screwed directly into the wall. It’s super stylish & super easy. Keep it together in one place & not all over the place. Letting things lie visible creates a homely feel depending on how you make it or how well you do it. Or else, the impression might be messy instead of interesting or inspiring. The amount of variations & solutions is endless … use your creativity & adapt after your needs. I am right now cleaning up & storing things way but also storing things visible. Getting there – slowly :)

fantasticfranc

Cabinets with doors at the bottom & open storage at the top / fantasticfrank

sanna&sania

Industrial look with everything visible / sanna&sania

mokkasin

Crafts cabinet for the creative. By the way, if you haven’t looked into the blog mokkasin, so do it. You will not be disappointed / mokkasin

atelierrueverte

Divided areas on two levels makes it more limited & surfaces easier to use / atelierueverte

sanctuary

One way is to keep material together / sanctuary

google.com

Closed cabinet with things stacked in a row on top / google.com

pinterest.com

Stacked on one side & simpler on the other but still balanced / pinterest.com

annagillar

Neatly in rows in simple cabinets with shelves / annagillar

trendhome

Super neat with white shelves, white tiles& white porcelain / trendhome

boligpluss

Charming style & makes everything visible more homey / boligpluss

lamaisond'annag

Graphic styling with selected materials / lamaisond’annag

micasaessucasa

Simple & eye catching / micasaessucasa

livethemma

Adjust & customize to your corner / livethemma

make-living

Use the space along the height to get a good overview as well as more space on the floor / make-living

lamaisond'annag

Here, an adult version / lamaisond’annag

Take care / Marie

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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!

tantjohanna.se

Timeless craftsmanship / tantjohanna.se

Vartnyahem

Poetic styling / vartnyahem

hus&hem

Wonderful doors / hus&hem

Google.com

Fabulous forest / google.com

sanna&sania

clinical cleanness / sanna&sania

google

Coloured enamel / google.com

api.qbank.se

Modern textile collection / api.qbank.se

chezlarsson

Stylish simplicity / chezlarsson

sanna&sania

Colourful style / sanna&sania

hgtv.ca

Antique green round dining table / hgtv.ca

iverashus

Boyish stuff / iverashus

lamaisond'annag

Paler shade of green / lamaisond’annag

hus&hem

Just very lovely / hus&hem

mechantdesign

Beautiful facade / mechantdesign

Take care / Marie

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08/03/2012
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Homes / Interiors

Wall creativity / 131

Hej friends,

Thank you for all sweet comments that I’m getting. It’s very gratifying with all this kindness. A big heartfelt thanks to each one of you.

I went & saw the exhibition at the museum that is currently showcasing a Picasso exhibition that’s unique & exciting, especally here in Australia. I’m not the biggest fan of Picasso but he was certainly a different & interesting artist. There were many visitors, of course & a nice feeling in the air, I might felt  positive expectations, who knows. It’s a strange feeling to walk around the premises & see many of the paintings that is so well known, who once was part of the education at school & that actually looks different in reality. More powerful in some strange way. I took a few photos on my iPhone - don’t actually know whether it was permitted. You will find them at the end of this post. Otherwise, today’s blog is all about creative ways to use walls, for all kinds of art. Here we go…

A personal room with personalized creativity on the wall / Everythingfabulous

Creativity may look like this too, without motive, but playing with frames / Zsazsabellagio

A colorful wallpaper does not prevent you from expressing yourself with pictures & frames / Home&garden

Incredibly charming way to decorate the hallway / Notmybeautifulhome

Does not look particularly thought out but still exciting with both wall color, frames & images / Thingssheloves

Beautiful when it’s consistent, all in white on a light wall / Niceroom

When your brain is tired, let your eyes rest on something beautiful for a while / Camillestyles

It’s looks good with some frames on the floor, leaning into the wall / Lamaisond’annag

Nice with the big mirror centrally over the drawer & the small fraames around. Black & white makes it less busy / Smallshopstudio

Stylish styling with dots on the wall & a graphic expression combined with black, white & grain blue / NKinredning

Earthy colours combined with black is rather calming for the eye / Familyliving

Do you have the space, use an easel, then you can also change motif when it suits / Thatkindofwoman

Corner frames, a clever solution  / Pinterest

Another way to furnish a difficult space or area – just make it exciting with pictures & frames / Nestprettythings

A white room with some abraded furniture becomes even more beautiful with coloured frames / Keltainen

Photos from the Picasso exhibition in Sydney:

Take care / Marie

Credit the original source if you intend to reblog – it’s thanks to those individuals that we get to enjoy beautiful pictures.

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27/02/2012
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Homes / Interiors

Small spaces / 126

Hej friends,

We’ve been shopping with our guys this weekend. Black shoes to complete the school uniform was on the list to our youngest. He’s been using shoes which contributed to a note from school with a warning that it couldn’t continue. The shoes that’s recommended looks … well, not so good, they weigh half a ton & are very clumsy to wear. We bought a pair earlier & they are now parked somewhere in a dark corner & will never ever see the light again. We went for black Converse in leather – simple, black & straightforward model that just landed in store. We’ll see how it works!  Next task was to purchase a camera to replace that which has been worn out, to say the least. It was our oldest son who needed it to his film assignments. It took a while to find the right model with all the necessary paraphernalia. He was proud as a peacock because he paid it all by himself with money he earned as a barista between school lessons. A great feeling of independence, I guess:)

The last task was a shopping tour with our student friend who’s staying with us for a few months. It was a difficult task, because girls is more , well, more picky might be the right word to describe it. It’s a beautiful girl in the same age as my youngest, 17 years. She is tall, slim & good looking which means she fits in just about everything. But it was not quite that easy, of course. It’s never easy, right?  Either way, there were some nice purchases that she was so pleased over – in fact so happy that she felt healthy & spirited enough, to go out with buddies in the evening.This after having been sick with a fever & sore throat a couple of days. There’s nothing that can’t be cured by some shopping, indeed:)

Today’s post is about small spaces but not the usuual small space living. In this case it’s about small decorative ones as a nice addition into the home environment. I find them appealing & they tend to make me smile. I hope that they’ll create a similar feel within you.

Irresistible mini houses in lovely colors / Elhernandez

Playful, creative & interesting / Konfettiform

Salt & pepper shakers in a shape of white houses, I wouldn’t mind / Maisonsblanches

Cool collection fo mini houses, used as  as still-life on a sideboard – looks great & exciting / Laboomeria

How about a larger house in the house / Paonote

Mini houses of cardboard works fine too / Els50

Exciting, especially with the shadows that creates an entire city / Tinywhitedaisys

Admittedly, a drawn variant but nice to have on the wall. I especially like the lantern & the washing line / Minempire

Tiny houses of newsprint, a great way to recycle / Etherealgold

Cool thing to have on the coffee table / Els50

Rather beautiful, isn’t it – it’s like having the whole neighbourhood on the sideboard / Konfetti

My home is my castle, right? / Skonahem

Welcome to cardboard city / Anneliserees

A transparent housing for those who have nothing to hide / Tumblr.com

Take care / Marie

The majority of photos on the blog are not mine. Look for source under each image please,

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24/12/2011
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Homes / Interiors

MERRY CHRISTMAS / 104

Hej friends,

Christmas eve – here we come…and as usual, just as in previous years, my darling gets desperate & thinks that we should have bought a few more gifts for the guys. This is the same every Christmas, he starts to pick through the pile of packages, mumbles & looks stressed out with wild eyes. He becomes desperate & thinks we should have been more generous & bought some more presents. There’s nothing I can do or say when he has this diseace. It’s just letting him continue until the attack passes. He will be back in an hour or so…while the rest of us sit down in a minute for a common Christmas breakfast.

There are other ways to create the Christmas spirit with trees even though they’re not real. It’s not only nice & personal, but also saves on natural resources. Here are some suggestions on how you can create your own solution. If you already have your tree ready to go for Christmas then just to sit back & enjoy these ideas. Christmas trees at your service – go ahead.

Christmas tree for the book lover / Sweethomestyle

If you don’t have space enough, this could be one way to go / Cox & Cox

If you live near a beach - pick some driftwood for your own personal Christmas tree / Desiretoinspire

If you can’t make it, fake it –  draw directly on the wall with washable colour / Elhernandez

Small Christmas decorations, candy & beautiful porcelain favorites mixed in a decorative arrangement that can be likened to a Christmas tree – with some imagination / Finegreendesign

Small & simple enough to have on a side table, just use your old note books / Elhernandez

Striking tree in a small space, probably very nice at night when darkness falls / Heartbeatoz

Christmas tree made of frames, on a small spot on a table in the hallway – very cute & personal / Pinterest.com

One takes what one has & with some creativity you can solve almost anything / Els50

A frame stand & leftover wrapping paper can make a nice small tree, suitable everywhere / Pinterest.com

 Another solution that you can do easily on a wall, doesn’t  take any space & you have to put your gifts somewhere anyway / Zsazsabellagio

Red removable tape on the glass pane is nice from the inside & from the outside / Livethemma

Merry Christmas to you / Marie

The majority of photos on the blog are not mine. Look for source under each image please,

You’ll find more inspiration on:

http://anordinarywomannet.tumblr.com/

http://pinterest.com/mayalundstrom/

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