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Macau | the ruins of St Paul’s

The Ruins of St. Paul’s, in Macau – that’s what’s left of a massive 17th-century church & college after a Great Fire in 1835. Looking closer at the carvings; they’re a wild mix of European & Asian art, reflecting its history as a hub for science & theology in the East.

Stepping away from the ruins & into the heart of the old district you’re greeted by cobblestone streets, Mediterranean-style plazas & an odd blend of Portuguese & Chinese culture at every turn. It feels like walking through a living museum!

The ruins of St Paul’s

Tagged desire to travel, history and culture, Macau, Mediterranean-style plazas, Portuguese and Chinese culture, The Ruins of St. Paul's

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Pita bread

Tried my hand at small sized pita bread. Perfect for brunch | lunch, filled with fried mushrooms, lettuce, tomatoes, onions & hummus.

– Ingredients,

1/2 dl lukewarm water

1/2 al 10% fat yogurt

1 dl 3% fat milk

1 tbsp yeast

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp salt

2 tbsp oil

5.5 dl wheat flour

– Instructions,

Mix everything except the flour. Then add the flour & knead into a smooth dough. Let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 40-45 min. (Fold the dough a couple of times).

Divide into 8-10 pieces & roll them out. Let rest for 15 min on the baking sheet. Bake at 240-250° for 8-10 minutes on the bottom rack.

Pita bread in the making

End result

Bread bag

Tagged Baking, beginner, bread recipe, homemade bread, pita bread

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Playful

One should never forget that shoes and socks can complete an outfit and add a playful touch, too.

Credit: feet and socks | Pinterest

Tagged Fashion, style, playful design, never forget, shoes and socks, striped socks

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Red stripes

Stylish, featuring red-and-white stripes tin canisters in various sizes that will brighten up any shelf or cupboard.

Credit: Marimekko

Tagged colourful stripes, Marimekko design, red stripes, striped jars, tin cans, various sizes

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Replace

An incredibly beautiful & relaxing view to have that 100% replaces any program on the TV. Don’t you think!

Credit: strictly.yours | Pinterest

Tagged cabin window, incredibly relaxing, relaxing view, snow landscape, window view

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Bedding brand

Fine Day, the Australian bedding & sleepwear brand, sells sheets in fabrics including organic cotton, silk & jersey. The products are incredibly soft to the touch. I especially like the simple, modern design (which is designed in Australia) but as far as i know is ethically woven in Turkey from sustainably farmed materials.

Credit: brandbankgroup.com.au/brands/fine-day

Credit: brandbankgroup.com.au/brands/fine-day

Tagged Australian bedding, designed in Australia, ethically woven, Modern design, organic cotton, sustainably farmed

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Adidas

Adidas released these ‘Bob Marley’ sneakers 2024 – looks great with the colors, cool design, considering the theme.

Credit: adidas.com

Tagged Adidas, Bob Marley theme, cool design, Fashion, sneakers

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Simple bread recipe

Found a super easy bread recipe with just a few ingredients that you just have to stir with a spoon into a slightly sticky dough, pour directly into a pan to rise for an hour & then bake in the oven for just 20 minutes. Pleasantly surprised by the result 😊

Tagged bread recipe, bread roll, breakfast bread, fresh ingredients, freshly baked

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South Korean brand

Ribbonbit – South Korean fashion brand focused on relaxed, everyday clothing & accessories. Its design concept is summarized as, relaxed but well dressed, combining comfort with polished styling & everyday ease.

Credit: ribbonit.com

Tagged comfort, everyday ease, fashion brand, polished styling, relaxed but well dressed, South Korea

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Casual

My preference definitely – casual, uncomplicated, and stylish for all everyday activities.

Credit: @archloe

Tagged Asian inspired, Fashion, simple and straightforward style, uncomplicated style

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Lamp

Many new lamp models based on earlier designs that now once again feel modern & suited to the present day.

Credit: houseandgarden

Tagged Art glass, beautiful lamp, design, home decor, modern lamps

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Desk clock

Ceramic desk clock – in a nice olive colour & a sleek minimalistic timepiece – perfect for desks, shelves & as general home décor.

Credit: Etsy.com

Tagged ceramic, desk clock, home decor, minimalism, Olive colour, timepiece

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Storage shed

Thought this was AI, but it’s not. This is a storage shed for gardening business, designed & built by a colleague to the owner. It’s lovely!

Credit: @sally_cram | Pinterest

Tagged gardening, gardening storage, storage shed, wooden shed

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Corner section

Nice layout with the corner section with glass in antique green combined with dark wooden furniture & an untreated wooden floor.

Tagged antique green, corner section, dark wooden furniture, untreated wooden floor

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Danish painter

Peder Mork Monsted (1859–1941), a Danish realist painter known for his evocative winter landscapes. Fantastic photographic sharpness & a masterful ability to capture the interplay between light & snow. Doesn’t it look almost real?

Peder Mork Monstedt

Snow landscape

Snow landscape

Via: @how.vintage

Tagged Danish painter, realist painter, vintage art, winter landscapes

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Practical

A practical solution to use curtains to separate spaces, hide clutter, or just add charm to the home.

Credit: shelterness.com

Tagged charming environment, creative ideas, Curtains, hide clutter, nice solution, practical design

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Iconic

Alvar Aalto’s iconic Stool is the most elemental of furniture pieces, equally suitable as a seat, a table, storage unit, or display surface. This design has barely changed in either material or form, yet it continues to transcend both time & fashion.

Credit: artek.fi

Tagged artek, Finnish design, Finnish furniture, innovation, modernistic

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Black minimalism

Say whatever you think, but surely black on black, in minimalistic fashion, incredibly stylish & elegant in all its simplicity.

Credit: whowhatwear

Tagged black on black, but surely black on black, elegant style, incredibly stylish, minimalistic, Say whatever you think

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Pinstripe

Sky blue pinstripe bedding looking heavenly. It’s even more enhanced when mixed with solid colors.

Credit: fine-day.com

Tagged bedding, blue beddings, light blue, pinstriped

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Architectural history

This building, Holyrood, with its dramatic stone frontage, comes from the former City Bank. After a 1890 fire, the façade|stone work survived & was purchased, then dismantled & transported stone by stone to where it is today.

Buildings like Holyrood carries memories & historical stories forward, esp when a story is literally built into the stone (in this case, a façade repurposed after the City Bank fire).

(This is from a suburb in Sydney NSW).

Tagged architect-designed house, Italian gothic style, old buildings, sandstone houses

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Table cloth

It’s not often that you see tablecloths used these days, either in styling or at friends’ homes. It does so much for the overall look. And it feels more inviting & makes everyday life a little more festive.

Credit: @valerieb88 | Pinterest

Tagged dining area, everyday life, feels more inviting, the overall look, white tablecloth

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Pearls

Simple everyday clothes that have been jazzed up with a row of pearls to enhance the expression.

Credit: aunanjanne | Instagram

Tagged a row of pearls, basic style, jazzed up, Simple everyday

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Leather

When leather can look cool. Black leather sofa & brown leather armchairs – stylish combination & composition.

Credit: @MarivFulton | Pinterest

Tagged black leather sofa, brown leather armchairs, composition, Leather, stylish combination

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Decorative

We all have some leftover spaces somewhere where we put a piece of furniture, some ornaments, keepsakes & piles of books there – our beloved decorative corners.

Credit: @graphetdeco

Tagged beautiful piece of furniture, book corner, decorative items, keepsakes, ornaments

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Alvar Aalto

One of my favourite furniture – Alvar Aalto’s verstatile Tea trolley, was inspired both by British Tea culture as well as Japanese wood work & architecture.

Credit: http://www.alvaraalto.fi

Tagged Alvar Aalto, Finnish design, Finnish furniture, tea trolley

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Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Sydney. It’s known for its stunning landscapes, including the famous Three Sisters rock formation & numerous hiking trails within the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park.

Blue Mountains NSW

Tagged Australia, Blue Mountains, national Park, New South Wales, stunning landscapes, World Heritage-listed

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Art on the floor

Beautiful rugs brighten up a home. And provide warmth & are soundproof. But above all, it is worth considering that you don’t always have to run the traditional solution under the sofa or table. Nice as art on the floor.

Credit: @hollypierette | Pinterest

Tagged beautiful rugs, colourful interiors, inspiration, traditional solution

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National Indigenous Art Fair

Dance can tell stories in the same way that language does & carry meaning about place, family, laws & shared history. Women often appear in indigenous storytelling as universally respected & important.

I also love seeing children included. It’s not just about performing. They get to be involved from the beginning: watching, participating in small steps & being treated as apprentices, so that the tradition is kept alive by understanding both the movement & the context.

Dance from the National Indigenous Art Fair in Sydney NSW

Tagged Australia, dance, history telling, indigenous art, traditional art

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Things

Little things that you put together to a small still life make a big difference.

Credit: @jzx6070 | Pinterest

Tagged Art glass, beautiful things, decorating, make a difference, still-life

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Built-in

The built-in bed frame is appealing as it adds color to the bedroom, frames the bed & adds additional useful functions with space for decor, storage & bed lighting.

Credit: home and garden

Tagged bedroom interior, built-in bed frame, extra storage space, functional bedroom, useful functions

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Tasteful

First and foremost, a black facade is striking, especially on a cottage-like house. Painted colourful plants & flowers on one side of the wall attract the eye & enhance the flowerbed & entrance. Tastefully done.

Credit: @vincehargreaves | Pinterest

Tagged black facade, colourful plants and flowers, cottage-like house, tasteful entrance

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15 years today ⭐️

I registered on WordPress.com 15 years ago, today. Time really flies, especially when you look back.

Tagged bouquet of flowers, fresh cut flowers, fresh flowers

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Flowerbeds

Looks really nice with the regularity of recurring flowers in the flowerbeds. It’s beautiful, creative & tasteful. Nice contrast to the black house facade & gate.

Credit: @sarahmathes1 | Pinterest

Tagged creates contrast, flowerbeds, green and lush, recurring flowers, tasteful garden

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Narrow space

An extra room, a hallway or a cramped space can be difficult to use, a challenge to achieve. But even the narrowest rooms can be excellent & functional, like this colorful & attractive interior in a long narrow space.

Credit: apattherapy

Tagged a long narrow space, An extra room, colourful and attractive interior, functional and appealing, interior desig

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Fried zucchini

Fried zucchini on a bed of harissa hummus. Add some thin Lebanese pita bread & it’s a perfect meal.

Credit: kitchenconfidence.com

Tagged comfort food, fried zucchini, hummus, Lebanese pita bread, perfect meal

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Mini bag

Can’t get enough of these little mini bags that come in all sorts of materials, colors & shapes – so practical & so easy to carry.

Credit: theundonestore

Tagged design, easy to carry, fashionable, mini bags, practical

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Tidy up

Beautiful with large stepping stones unevenly shaped with flowers & slightly overgrown greenery that makes it feel like it’s almost time to tidy up.

Tagged close to nature, Greenery, large stepping stones, slightly overgrown, unevenly shaped

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Birkenstock

You either love them or hate them, there’s nothing in between. Birkenstock, founded in 1774 & known for sandals featuring contoured cork footbeds that conform to the wearer’s feet. A globally recognized brand.

Credit: Birkenstock

Tagged Birkenstock, fashionable, German, globally recognized brand, sandals

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Common sight

This is a very common sight when traveling around Sweden during the summer. The little red cottages with white branches & the lush greenery in the surroundings.

Credit: mealstime | Pinterest

Tagged common sight, little red cottages, Lush greenery, summer time, Sweden, traveling around Sweden

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Appealing

It is always appealing & looks charming regardless of taste when you mix slightly different styles into a nice blend, in a stylish way.

Credit: bobedre.dk

Tagged addition of colour, attractive mix, different expressions, kitchen interior, mixed furniture

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Books

Books provide a homely feeling & high comfort factor. There are endless ways to decorate with books, or use books in the interior design, to create a cozy & inspiring atmosphere.

Credit: britandco

Tagged A room filled with books, book case, decorating with books, inspiration, interior

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Sweet flowers

Viburnums, affordable (cheap actually) and available in abundance, especially in late February / March. Sweet flowers that mixed with moss & placed in a rattan pot become very charming.

Credit: Sandibordsen | Pinterest

Tagged affordable, inspiration, rattan pot, Sweet flowers, Viburnums

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Layout

I often come across long, narrow rooms that are difficult to utilise. This is a good solution of the floor plan with different functions. While leaving space in the rest of the room for other activities.

Credit: @AlexMarxLA | Pinterest

Tagged design, furniture, interior, Layout, small bedroom, small space

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Wooden boxes

Square wooden boxes stacked for storage – a solution as both a headboard and bedside table in one. Very useful in different configurations depending on function.

Credit: @setho | instagram

Tagged great solution, stacked boxes, Very useful, wooden boxes

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Flower pots

Pots with larger, flat, purple & yellow pansies. Yellow, small daffodils and also some violets in mixed colors – gathered like this they become like a work of art.

Credit: @koukiki60 | Pinterest

Tagged bunch of flowers, clay pots, Display window, small daffodils, violets in mixed colors

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Espresso | architecture

Bear Pond Espresso, a highly regarded espresso-focused coffee shop in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, known for precise shots, a quiet atmosphere, and expert barista craft.

Bear Pond Espresso in Tokyo

Bear Pond Espresso in Tokyo

Bear Pond Espresso in Tokyo

Tagged architecture lovers, barista craft, design, espresso house, quiet atmosphere, Tokyo

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Houses

The houses we build with a purpose or the houses we find, or find us.

Alla images : Google

Tagged architecture, beautiful houses, isolated location

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Low storage

I have a penchant for low storage solutions. It works well in most layouts & is user-friendly. It’s nice to display things on top too.

Credit: nomore.shortcuts | instagram

Tagged furniture, home decor, low book shelves, smart storage solution

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Shiny black

Shiny shoes with pointed toe & low heels in black – I think that this type of model has been part of my closet for over 20 years now – never goes out of style.

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Take care / Marie

Tagged black, black shoes, Fashion, lacquered, pointed toe, shoes, style, stylish