I like this styling of the bedroom. It’s white with beige on beige which makes the room quiet & peaceful. It works well to all the wood too. Very pleasant & easy to absorb. If anything, I might find the headboard slightly too high.
keltainen via pinterest.com
Take care / Marie
Greenery – an endless source of joy. My feeling for green is greater than my ability, unfortunately. I like cut fresh flowers, flowering plants, etc. Not that I regularly fill my home but more as an eye-catcher when it suits. It inspires a sense of luxury, although it’s a simple & straightforward things to enjoy in the everyday life. Now, one need not be limited to flowers at home. Greenery is everywhere around us, whether it’s gardens, parks or forests. Moreover there is a huge range of stylish garden stuff & accessories, that attracts whether you’re interested or not. I mean, if you wish to create a feeling without having to work in the soil such as digging, moving around, cutting & pruning – well then different pots, tools, wooden boxes, a wheelbarrow & other fitting items can do the trick.
It’s good to make use of the nice weather & take the opportunity or time to actually see all the nice things around. If nothing else, it can inspire to a visit to the garden store, which could brighten the day. Me – I’m just inspired by the wonderful weather, my very little green garden on the back & the cup of coffe in the morning, before it gets too hot. Greenery, that’s my thing right now 🙂
Irresistible / homegarden via Pinterest
Simple wooden boxes for all sorts of storage / google.com
Mini greenhouse – in white / livethemma
A dream place in peace / boligpluss
Nice glass jars in various sizes / 79ideas
Create your own garden feeling with simple means / enmammasdag
Rustic, beautiful & appealing / fleaingfrance.com
Simple – three chairs in a corner / stockholmvitt
Art / vanilla via tumblr
flower shop on display / trendenser
/ plaza
/ sweetpaulmagazine
/ vtwonen.nl
/ mylovelythings.blog
/ dailytonic.com
The other day on the beach … a lady arrived rather heavily dressed, covering herself from the sun. Well, it’s impossible to stay like that in the heat. So she started taking of her BIG scarf, then her blouse & her t-shirt. Then she took off her sun hat following with shoes & her socks. And for every layer she took off, she then smeared on a layer of sun cream. This took a long while for her to do. She was fully occupied, that by the time she was finished, she went on with the parasol to get it attached in the sand.
To do that, she started to put on her clothes, layer by layer until she completed the procedure with her sun hat. Again, just to keep away from the sun. Well, once she got that done, she sat down to finally enjoy the heat. But it only took her a short while to change her mind. So up again, on with each piece, socks, shoes, sun hat, sun glasses & her big scarf & she went off … just to walk, not more then 20 meters to the coffee shop in the corner. I stopped watching by that time so you will unfortunately not know how this story ended. I guess she went back with her – whatever she bought – to start all over again with all her garments. Just to find out that she needed to visit the bathroom. And here we go agin…
It got me thinking anyway. But not so much that I had to blog about people or behaviours but more so about layers.
Chocolate cake in four stories / bakersavenue.tumblr.com
Stylish kitchen utensils / annagillar.se
Urbanity / google.com
Nicely for dinner / sanna&sania
Nature’s gift / google.com
Colourful items for the bathroom / cushandnooks
Golden layers / pinterest.com
A bit of creativity / tantjohanna.se
Newly designed / feelinspired
Nice solution / glowingface.blogspot
Decorate the walls in height / familyliving
Always right / heartbeatoz
Once upon a time / plaisirsdemyope.tumblr
For cold times / crushculdesac.tumblr
Take care / Marie
I’m dreaming about oriental rugs – Kelim, Persian, Pakistani, Afghan, etc. The hand knotted rugs with specific oriental patterns & colours. It has to be authentic & genuine too. Why on earth would you bother, if not. Those with plastic back & in synthetic material might look good nowadays but it’s the feeling of the pure material, the ancient craftsmanship, the origin & the history. That’s powerful! It’s always interesting & impressive with talent. Something to cherish when you realise that it’s not just any pattern but a solid foundation of culture as well as storytelling, through a craft. Those aesthetically striking colour combinations that appeals & materials that last a lifetime, at least. Not to forget, how easy & smooth these rugs melt into any environment. They do fit almost everywhere. So yep, oriental is my thing right now.
I drove my son the other day to a place where he was to meet someone for a quick catch-up. We went for a walk after, on the main street & just stumbled over a big shop with fantastic handmade rugs, from all over the world. I could have stayed there for hours & just continued to listen to the shop owner’s extreme competence about these beautiful objects. Desirable & precious oriental rugs to dream about 🙂
Nice combination with the white sofa / studiokarin
Traditional & modern / lineklein
Sweet tea glasses / sanna & sania
Soft & sound absorbing / studiokarin
Well mixed / seventeendoors
Colour & warmth / scandinaviandeko
So many choices / theselby
white, oriental, modern, contemporary / elramlahamla
Colour splash in a white environment / g.virbcdn.com
On the catwalk / Hermes
Holds together the entire room / thebeautifulsoup
Beautiful outdoor event / 2012flowercarpet@brussels
Mix & match / sanctuary
Boudoir feeling / apartmentlove
Completing the look / worldofbaths.co.uk
Take care / Marie
To live in a brick house in an old area with other similar houses, gets you thinking of the material that’s been used. Strangely enough, I’m of course aware of these houses that you can find all over the town. And a lot on my street, it’s a typical construction materials. Yet it’s not obvious with things until you get close. We went to visit a brick factory which is located not far from here, where you get to walk around on a sky-bridge that runs around the entire brickyard, press the buttons to hear the stories from the past, look at the production & see how buildings emerged and so on. Doesn’t sound so exciting maybe but it was actually interesting. It made me look at things differently & definitely appreciate these buildings around me in a more valuable way. Wood has otherwise always been the building material that I’m used to.
Well, let’s take a look at bricks of various kinds – mostly from the inside.
Rustic with an interesting mix / cdn3.welke.nl
Nice impact with a black wall / osbakkandchu.blogspot
Worn factory feeling / flickr.com
Dark & interesting / justthedesign
White & wood / lonnymag.com
Nice with black to a lighter wall / mstetson.com
Warm diverse colours / pinterest.com
Coordinated into a whole / 25.media.tumblr
Striking & inviting / satchi via fancy
Rough kitchen feel / stylizimo
Modern feel / planet-deco.fr
With white & wood / letmebeinspired
/ helenaaro
Contemporary / Vanguard – Residential
Neat with rounded wall & matching kitchen cabinets / ethereal-gold via tumblr
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