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08/12/2012

Christmas cosiness

Christmas collection form the swedish We have some Christmas decorations at home, mostly in the kitchen & dining area. We are doing what we can to get into a christmassy spirit, despite the heat outside. It’s nice in the evening, when the darkness slowly falls. It gets pitch black outside which makes you feel switched off from the outside world. With the christmas tree, candle lights & the smell of gingerbread in the air, it feels as if Santa will knock on the door, anytime. I can’t say that we have stressed with any preparation at all. We have been busy with life, that rolls on, regardless. Jobs, schools, meetings & other everyday activities. Plus to bring order at home, after the move…nothing much really – some structure & things in order. So tonight, we have no plans, just a quiet evening with our boys – on the couch with tea, mulled wine, gingerbread, saffron buns & a Christmas movie … Christmas cosiness, simply.

Stylish with striped fabric / goodhousekeeping

Christmas collection from the Swedish fashion chain / H&M

Find your little corner / emmelines.blogspot

With small & simple means / lantliv

Nice & simple on the coffee table / stylizimo.com

Beautify the outside / skonahem

Christmas tradition / skonahem

Takes a person with flair to accomplish this feeling 🙂 / livethemma

No 1 on the must-do-list / heartbeatoz

Find the right place to decorate / skonahem

Perfect Christmas joy / heltenkelt

Nice still-life composition / anmagritt.no

White & fresh with well-chosen decor / neutraltones.tumblr

Simple decoration / heltenkelt

Wonderful mix of textiles / purplearea

Take care of your loved ones / Marie

Tagged Christmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas spirit, Christmas tree, decorations, gingerbread, home decor, mulled wine, Santa

04/12/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Nook / 221

Up early today, awakened by my youngest who needed to fill up his car – so I went with him to the gas station, around five minutes drive & walked back – took 25 minutes in the early sun. It’s refreshing to see the neighbourhood wake up & start the day. For once, I felt refreshed & energetic. I managed to fix some stuff at home, in the early morning. It has been a lot of work lately – late evenings, early mornings, a whole lot to fix on the home front plus the heat that takes some energy too. Now it’s fine weather & around 27 degrees – perfect.

Whatever weather, inside or outside, it’s always nice with small nooks where you can retreat, read, take the time to think over things, listen to music or just relax. Moreover, it’s cozy & inviting plus tat it’s a perfect place for short naps too. That’s one of the nicest things & a luxury too, to be able to take a nap during the day. Also, it’s a perfect place in Christmas time – to curl up in peace & quiet – that’s cozy indeed. Sometimes when our boys were small & still were in need of an afternoon-nap, we ended up in arguments about whose turn it was to get them to sleep. We finally agreed to take turns, for family peace, if nothing else. Those were nice times, indeed.

Light corner with sheepskin & material in oak / soderbergagentur

Cottage style with storage & good natural light / myidealhome

White with textiles & colour / stylefiles

Certainly a small area but cozy nonetheless / mywhiteroom

White & inbuilt with contrasting textiles / designnerd

Colourful textiles & lots of light / flickr.com

Thick seat cushions & plenty of space for books / stylefiles

Works outdoor as well too / pinterest

Strong colours, suitable for kids / betterhomes&gardens

Untreated wood & white stained floor / Scandinavianretreat

Comfortable corner with natural material around & a cozy fireplace / lorilandgill.blogspot

/ icanlivewithtat via tumblr

Corduroy & velvet too white /smallrooms via tumblr

Ready to relax / 25.media.tumblr

Navy theme with horizontal panel wall / houme via tumblr

Take care / Marie

Tagged corner, home decor, home furnishings, interior, natural light, nook, outdoors, reading nook, Sheepskin, textiles

30/11/2012

Strings of lights / 218

Christmas – the most enlightened feast during the year, don’t you think. The world should be filled with lamps in various forms as well as outdoor lighting, lightstrings, candles, lanterns, well – what else, yes I forgot the fireplace too. It creates a certain feeling, using lighting here & there … depending on which feast you are celebrating, what colors you’re using plus where & how much lighting to use. I live in a place where we have dark nights despite a lovely light from early morning to late evening…so we need some help to light up our lives. In this way, this is a great season.

I arrived home late from work one evening & thought lightning had cracking down on our street. But not at all, it was one of our neighbors who had been decorating with all the light that can be bought in the world, in his garden. They live a few houses away from us & I became completely dazzled. I drove by slowly as well as gently & when I passed, I returned into total darkness again. An amazing experience, I must say … but definetivt not an aesthetic one … but more as an unexpected thing that you do not believe can happen, if you don’t experienced it. It might be cruel to say that it wasn’t beautiful, after probably fairly hard work, but nonetheless an experience, which of course is not bad in itself 🙂

Festive with strings of light around the mirror / cherryblossom

Very few things can create a festive atmosphere such as lighting / dyingofcute

A glittering world / hautefavesdeux

Create your own Christmas tree / imgfave.com

Beautiful staircase with simple means / kristinblossom via tumblr

Guided entre – festively atmosphere / kristinblossom via tumblr
Use light strings where it suits you / ruemagazine

Create your own little world / shelterness.com

Smallish but effective / Google.com

How about an enlightened landscape on the chest of drawers /splendidwillow.com

Quite enough in the right part of the room / vogses

Beautiful entrance / tumblr.com

Decorative preparation / pinterest.com

Sometimes it needs no more / flickr.com

Suitable for outdoor use / restorationhardware

Happy holiday / Marie

Tagged celebrations, Christmas, Christmas lights, Electrical, festivities, Holiday, home decor, light, lighting

27/11/2012

Warm decoration / 217

Daylight saving has made evenings brighter which of course is the point. However, our evenings are dark – all year round. Even in the summer, when it’s still slightly lighter than usual. In fact, it doesn’t matter, at least not if you are a lover of light in all its forms. I mean candle light, in this case. Perfect to use all year around & suits all occasions. Stylish lanterns do enhance as well as simplifies … not to mention safety, which always is important. Hot admittedly but still reasonably safe for kids, or if you accidentally fall over them. Candles makes the world go around, right? It’s easy to create a nice & relaxing atmosphere with candle light since they certainly makes spaces more beautiful. Same with people, we are more to our advantage in the glow of candlelight.

I thought I’d follow up last post about candles with this one about lanterns. I can’t claim that I’m a collector of those but I have some which I have grouped under a side table. I like the mix of polished metal, black steel & wood, in various sizes. – but most of all I like them with lit candles inside, so here towards the evening.

Simpler table setting & surrounding is preferred with a striking center pice like this / barabarakemp via Pinterest