Design | anordinarywoman

09/05/2014

In the good old days

It is nice to visit old relatives who have retained their old furniture. It feels like you are stepping into another time, another world. There are frames with photographs arranged everywhere. Glass bottles & glass vases in amounts plus a lot of old books & heavy draped curtains. Not to mention sofas or armchairs. It’s absolutely adorable. Quite simply because you don’t throw things purely because they have aged, as they are still fully functional. Something that we ought to embrace more.

Here are some images that I have put together, that reminds of old times, if I may put it that simple. Furniture, gadgets, textiles & old pillows with prints, picture frames & so on. I am especially fond of the last shot where contemporary furnishings have been blended together with the old desktop – new & old come together nicely together into a whole. Really nice!

Welcome to the 1900 century / dellandmoxie.tumblr.com

Just look at the details / dustjacketattic

Beautiful prints / pinterest.com

Handicraft / nestprettythings.tumblr.com

Australians knows how / homelife.com.au

Quilted quilts in great colours / tinkerbell.tumblr.com

Wallpaper love / decor8blog.com

Frame gallery / fancy.com:demicolidavid

Timeless style / etsy.com

Once a very popular Volkswagen / browndresswithwhitedots.tumblr.com

Directly from the clothesline / seaofgirasoles.blogspot.com.es

Faded beauties / weheartit.com

Still great storage / lucayanbreeze.tumblr.com

Old & new / tumblr.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged Contemporary, contemporary furnishings, furniture, gadgets, Glass bottles, Glass vases, good old times, old pillows with prints, picture frames, vintage furniture

04/05/2014

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Homes / Interiors Image

Wooden seats

We’ve become very fond of this type of stool, especially since we moved to Australia. My youngest son has the ability to find these at flea markets & second hand stores … and always to a ridiculously low price – a talent, for sure! I like the rustic look & they are surprisingly comfortable. They are also very flexible & can be used for so many different purposes & functions.

We came across two high black stools on a market, which I am fond of now. One is currently in use as a side table for a table lamp next to the couch in the TV room. Another finding is a chocolate brown low wooden stool, that is currently being used as an extra pallet on our patio.

Really nice combo with the oriental rug & leather sofa / etsy.com

Together with black / elleinterior.se

Fine & well-used stool in dark brown / anetteshus.com

Goole image Antonia Siegmund und Matthias LAst SLOE Google image / Antonia Siegmund und Matthias

Modern rustic styling / joannahenderson.com

Perfect support / pretty-recklessss.tumblr.com

Stylish decoration / boligmagasinet.dk

Bench & stools for combined seating / thesimplicityofwhitw.tumblr.com

A little helper on the side / tumblr.com

thinkdecor.tumblr.com

Low & white painted / thinkdecor.tumblr.com

A little higher but still similar design / heltenkelt.elsasentourage.se

A longer model that is perfect at the foot end / honeypielivingetc.blogspot.it

79ideas Perfect as a nightstand / 79ideas.org

White & wood, always beautiful together / urbanspacedesign.tumblr.com

Rustic in a simple & straightforward manner / pinterest.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged comfortable, different functions, flea markets, furniture, rustic, stool, Stools, wooden seats, wooden stool

23/04/2014

Look up!

I like colours but I do not use that much colour in my life. It’s enjoyable to experience colours & the way people make use of it in their lives. I admire people who uses colors when they dress for everyday or special occasions. The way they decorate the home with colours they love or just how they colour their hair in crazy combinations. It’s exciting & liberating. As soon as I try, it just feels totally wrong & I have to go back to my neutrals again. But let’s celebrate diversity & the impulses we get by our differences. That’s good enough for me!

Wehostel Sao Paulo with a blackboard in the ceiling / designattractor

Bright red with lots of energy / designismine.blogspot

Black but with soft coloured textiles / homedsigning

hus&hem Sky blue inside / hus&hem

housetohome Black floor & red ceiling / houseto home

Why not repeat ceiling colour in a furniture / MamaShelter

Black in an otherwise light & bright shop / retaildesignblog.net

Summer colours inside / heleniobarbetta.it

Interesting combination / thedpages.com

Colours & patterns that makes you happy / marieclairemaison.com

Slightly cold colours / petitevanou.tumblr

Black & white / remainsimple.tumblr.com

Colour to the max / designboom

Soft buttery yellow / cazuiyo.tumblr.com

Deep dark colours suited for a bohemian style / fancy.com

Take care / Marie

Tagged bohemian colours, bright red, coloured ceilings, colourful environment, colourful rooms, Interiors, light yellow, retail, Shop

19/04/2014

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Homes / Interiors Image

Black, blacker, blackest

It’s time to post something in black because black is so refreshing, beautiful & inspiring. I prefer the crispy expression where black is an addition – without that it dampens the overall feeling. I find that it can become a bit too gloomily. But I guess that it’s about taste & preferences too. It need not always be dark & gloomy with black as a supplement, as an important part or as a whole. I like the black & white contrasts as in the first image from a Swedish bloggers home.

Don’t get too depressed by all black images now – it’s engaging, I promise!

Black white goods :) / pinterest.com

Pure beauty / arkpad.com.br

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Black creates stability / estmagazine.com.au

Black behind, emphasises things / inside-homes.tumblr.com

Rough knitwear / miloandmitzo

Dark sleeping / livingETC

Creative space / monsplace.tumblr.com

Talented blogger / Nina Holst, stylizimo

Floating floor / archdaily.com

Necessary at times, unfortunately / fancy.com

Industrial blackness / pinterest.com:paulinaarcklin

White with black feature walls / afasiaarq.blogspot.co.nz

Bathroom in black / quintessenceblog.com

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Take care / Marie

Tagged black bathroom, black decor, black details, black feature walls, black interiors, black kitchen, black living, black tiles

08/04/2014

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XL Pendant lamps

I have tried to find the time to call an electrician to replace the ceiling lights in every room through the house – but it always ends up on the to-do list. The old ceiling lamps are still there, after the previous owner. The more time passes, the less we think of them, unfortunately. While I’m waiting to summon up time & energy, I thought it might be nice to take a look at some different design & inspiration. Moreover, we need to agree on what we want in the family – before we can contact the dear electrician. Sometimes it is bothersome with democracy 🙂

Styling that does the trick / estmagazine.com.au