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23/05/2012
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Homes / Interiors

Worn beauty / 156

Hej friends,

I am very much into vintage right now. I guess I’m influenced by all the markets I’ve been visiting with friends & family. I like the atmosphere, the feeling of excitement that creates, all individuals visiting or selling, the smell, the music, the diversity of supply, the sense of the bargain in the air, well, you know…it’s fascinating. I am quite smitten by all the stuff that have their own story, that have been someone’s beloved item, which will now be sold to & go on to new adventures. It’s also exciting that someone else can see the beauty in things that others has got tired of. It’s like a public festival & who on earth would say no to such an exciting experience. Well, I guess there are some since we all are different with different needs, expectations & interests. Fair enough. Let’s just rejoice over diversity & everyones freedom to choose. So, if you are interested in worn beauty, please scroll further…

A pleasant environment with old cotton fabrics, worn windows & an old style bath tub / Lambert

Well-chosen & carefully placed furniture & accessories, making the whole room interesting / Niceroom

Worn floors, different types of wood, muffled colors that reminds of another era / Everythingyouaskme

An old beauty with intricate details / Lambert

 Cool combination with the industrial part together with the cabinet / Tolive

Charming with the sofa, the wall & the old mirrors / Vintagevacations

Irresistible homemade toy car / Lambert

Nice solution to place old photos in beautiful glass bottles / Vintageinteriors

A cozy kitchen with old & new blended together in a nice way / Alltihemmet

A beautiful solitaire in a white environment / Skonahem

Still-life of some old nice things / Browndresswithwhitedots

All you need in a room really, wooden furniture, panel wall, old maps & comfortable feeling / Homelife

Different flooring, worn doors, lovely window & old charm / Hviturlakkris

Styling with lovely things, in a nice grouping / Alltihemmet

A newly restored beautiful old sink, with grey wooden frame around / Lambert

Take care / Marie

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17/11/2011
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Homes / Interiors, Style

As times goes by / 82

Hej friends,

I spent some time with a few friends looking through old magazines. It struck me that sometimes it’s quite difficult to guess the period of time by the images. And these are new magazines including some that are just a few years old. Those we were looking at were reflecting the 70′s & styled, down to the smallest detail so that both the clothes, makeup, hairstyles & props was identical to that time period. I sometimes find it hard to keep track of whether it’s a picture from today or a genuinely old one. How will they be able to know later on then. Maybe a silly though perhaps but I do sometimes wonder though. These fashion images were seriously difficult to discern. Comparing them with photos from much older magazines & in that the hair styles & make up was similar, we were only able to guess. I’ve picked a few images that might be old or just looks old…you decide, as times goes by:)

Grey, dark, dusty & worn but tidy indeed / Small rooms

 Worn & faded with time / Greige

Kept clean, with the the dearest things close around. As taken from an old movie / Small rooms

Might be a bit over the top with the styling but very homely / Home & Garden

A map that look old, with the countries in it’s rightful place, hopefully /Paonote room 269

Women, as women would be seen, in the good old days / Room 269

The current attributes of the those days views/ Konfetti

The past that has been taken care of & that still function today / Inspiring interiors

 An interpretation of another decade / Inside

One way to generate the old atmosphere/ Hemma hos selma

From which decade? / El hernandez

I remember from my childhood that the lace rollers sat on a similar equipment in the store / Hemma hos selma

Preserving the old / Inspiring interiors

Daniel-radcliffe  in 1900′s-hairstyle / Yes hair styles

Typewriter computer, do they exist, anyway, they demonstrate the differences / Etsy

Take care / Marie

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17/10/2011
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Homes / Interiors

Early bird / 63

Hej friends,

Early morning & up with the rooster, an old expression in sweden. At the risk of repeating my self - it’s a very nice weather today. I’m a bit tired after a busy weekend but we had nice time together with friends & the wonderful sun shining on Sydney. I realise that I am slowly but surely going through my list favourite objects, in each post. I do kind of like certain things but can’t always explain why & one of these things things are clocks. I have a habit to end up with a rather big amount of them, wether I need them or not. I just can’t resist them. It’s usually wall clocks but also table clocks. I’m not so fond of wrist watches, to my darlings disappointment. On the other hand, he is nearly obsessed.

A white wall clock has been waiting for its rightful place. It’s up on the wall now after a few years in a box. I had a great one in metal that dropped down the other day, a few hours after I had manage to stick it to the wall – with those movable wall glue-stickers. Sad, sad, since I have had it for quite a while. Another one, a big red wall/desk clock stopped working but I kept it in the same spot  - because it’s so beautiful. I have to remove some of these clocks that I have everywhere – to not give people wrong perception, that I’m obsessed with time. I think also, that some might feel stressed with clocks wherever they look too. What goes & goes & never comes to the door ?

Early bird or not, we all need to keep track of time.

An old beauty with worn & pale expression, surely with tick-tack sound that is annoying, but a reminder of the golden days / Greige interior design

Black & white clock with rounded edges & large numbers is modern & stylish anywhere / Bolig magazine

A bit similar in style but another colour & not as minimalistic as the black one. (nice earth globe) / Home inspiration

Yet another one but without the numbers – I think I prefer them with numbers. Nice still life set up / Um pastel de nata

An oldie with character in black with red pointer, what a beauty, desire, desire, desire / Pinterest

I seem to return to these models, reminding about my father who had several at his bedside table , just in case of / Styleathome

Really – well you learn something new everyday / Google

Clocks in all shapes & one thing in common, age! Nice chairs by the way / Keltainen

I can’t resist this one. I got lucky at an auction many years ago & got it in the end. In order to, several years later, give it away to a friend who fell in love with it. (Don’t think it was such a good decision)/ Ide verkstan

Assorted vintage wall clocks  / Real home

So cute, worn of age, pale but handsome & true to it’s service / Gudrun S

Can’t say why you would place a clock among all food, but that’s the styling world – everything for the beauty / Gourmet

Take care / Marie

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