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04/06/2013

Something in rattan

I was looking around for a laundry basket the other day. We have a stylish thing in black & white at home, with good handles that’s roomy inside. It has now become a bit flimsy & worn so it’s about time to trade up. Rattan wasn’t top of mind & probably not the type of material I generally would look for, although a chair or chairs,would suit me fine. I’ve always liked rattan in the summer, in the garden.

My mother in law had period when she painted baskets in a typical blue colour from her childhood. She then decorated them in a white pattern that became her signum. I had these baskets everywhere, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, garage, playroom & the backyard. I was quite tired of the blue colour & rattan, for quite a while to come, after that. Natural materials are nice in general & rattan has the advantage to age neat & becomes more beautiful with time. I am hereby healed from past experience & ready for this beautiful material … colorless, white, black or with some color of some sort.

Fancy shapes / cez via pinterest

Nice addition for a more individual expression / 79ideas

I like this design, wonder whether it is rattan or something else / alvhemmakleri

/ Traditional style / countrylivingmagazine

Perfect everywhere / basiclabelsweden.blogspot.ca

Summer feeling / tinekhome

Uncoloured & untreated / spirainredning.se

Rattan & Leather / sundayinbed.tumblr.com

Perfect bathroom accessories / makeliving

Cool design / poppytalk.blogspot

Nice in combination with white / spirainredning.se

White on white / conceptbyanna

Outdoor styling / svenngaarden.blogspot

Repaint your basket to a color that suits you / sanna&sania

Simply beautiful / sofiar via pinterst

Take care / Marie

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Tagged Basket, baskets, furniture, garden furniture, natural materials, outdoor, rattan, Rattan and Wicker, wicker, wood

01/06/2013

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Design, Food, Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Colourful taste

I find that every time I try to put together images with lots of color – I fail to do so. I can’t manage to choose something that is overly colourful. I discover after a while, when I’m looking at the whole thing, that I have unconsciously opted out of that which is too colourful. Now when we just finished renovating the shed, I had thought that I should paint the walls of other than the usual white. Possibly paint the concrete floor instead of the use of the ordinary wood floor & so on. And what happened – in some strange way, we now have white walls, a light wooden floor, white furniture, etc. It’s funny how all this can happen even though my thoughts went in another direction. Is it the power of habit, perhaps.

The images below are in colour but it’s not overly colourful, as you can see. Although it’s enough colour, at least for my part. You could say it became something in between. With a white base or a simple base, you can add color without risking that it becomes too much. Or you can use as much color as you want if that’s what you prefer. This is more then enough as inspiration, for me.

Nice outdoor / indoor area with coloured details / miss-design.com

Retro kitchen with matching curtain / skonahem.se

Delightful design / sagaform.se

Generous seating surfaces / elle.es

Timeless objects / spirainredning.se

Candy colors to the couch / casapinka.typepad.com

Daring / elle.co.za

Playfully in paper / mokkasin

Comfortable colours / tinywhitedaisies via tumblr

White, wood & colourful components / planet-deco.fr

The colours of nature / remainsimple via tumblr

Handiwork / prettystuff

Pens that cheers you up / charmingspaces

Decorative / noperfectdayforbananafish

Creativity / designed-for-life

Take care / Marie

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Tagged bright colours, colocations, colours, food styling, inspiration, kitchen, make up, soft colours

29/05/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Dinner time

The best way ever to entertain, I believe, is to get together over a meal, eat, drink & discuss. The meaning of life, human differences, world history or simple everyday pleasures. Talking points are important but more importantly are the group of people that you surround yourself with. Those who makes the difference – who makes you feel comfortable, feel good & warms you … in body & soul … including the dining area!

Cozy, comfortable, nice, pleasing – things that matters, sometimes more than the food you are served. Environments depends on what you prefer or are used to. It’s rarely about impression, in the true sense. It contributes to the atmosphere, of course. I would lie if i said that space or environment wasn’t important. But the point is that it’s more important with the people participating. The personalities that makes the event. From the topics of discussion, to the life they have lived, their attitude to things. A certain smile, a silence that is pleasant or a constant cackling taking place but that is contagious.

Amidst all this, the common dining area is also part of the whole. That which creates wellbeing, together with the aromas & flavors, lit candles plus mood lighting, AND the music. So, to sum it all up – space, enables the place & the individuals makes the event. I hope this makes sense in english 🙂

Simple wooden furniture and a large lamp that becomes like a roof / anothercountry.com

Simple & colourful / interiorphotos

Simple again but still grand / addsimplicity

Outside, under a green roof / desiretoinspire

Sloping roof, green plants & lit candles / elleinterior.se

It immediately becomes homey with white tablecloth / convoy

Textiles makes a big difference for comfort & atmosphere / interiormagasinet.hegnar.no

A white environment makes it easy to change color when the mood takes you / sanna&sania

Tablecloth, plants & accessories / sweetpaulmagazine

There’s no need for decorations at times / bobedre.no

Simplicity is a virtue / norrgavel.se

Romantic feeling / onlystyles.ru

Nice kitchen with room for many / stadshem

Pleasant colours / sanna&sania

Furniture in harmonious blend / scandiconcept

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Tagged dining, dining area, dining furniture, dining table, dinner, Interior design, kitchen, kitchen design, Tablecloth

24/05/2013

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Homes / Interiors

Appealing walls

What if walls could speak – tell you their story. About colours they have been painted in, patched, scraped, plastered & painted over & over again. Or tell you about those who lived here before to give insight into what life was like, during an epoch. It would be exciting & interesting. But see, that’s not what this post is about today, unfortunately.

I like colour, it’s a big part of my life…professionally, that is. But I’m not the first to raise my hand regarding colorful walls. But still. I have the ability to enjoy a variety of things or events, no matter what I prefer. It’s all about being able to see beauty in most things, right?

If you were to ask me which of these rooms I would consider myself to live in, without changing the wall color – then, the closest in style, would be room number six with light blue wall. Maybe, possibly, even number three. (but I would most certainly go for the black & white one) How about you, which one do you prefer?

Bring down the sense of height of a room by leaving space between the paint & the roof / frenchbydesign

Or paint the space in an additional colour / apartmentteraphy.com

Shorten the distance with a sharp colour / styleessentials.com

Or create an exciting corner / miluccia.tumblr.com

Paint in a color that suits the child’s height / pinterest.com

Amplify a piece of furniture by matching the wall color / stadshem

Contrasts that create excitement / mialinnman.blogspot.com

Coordinate with a few pieces / housetohome

White higher up plus wall paint & tile in similar shade / estudiogutorequena

Graphical & classic with powerful impression / flickr.com

White at the bottom & with turquoise at the top – different / thenewyorktimes.com

Within the same colour scale but the window in a stronger shade / interiorsoriginal.blogspot

Nice & different / homesweethome via pinterest

Stylish contrast to all white, especially the addition on the inside of the door too / mackapar

Rough style that becomes more enhanced with the black together with the leather & concrete / ovgwebdesign

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Tagged choosing colours, colours, home improvement, home styling, Interior design, Interiors, paint, wall colours

17/05/2013

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Homes / Interiors Gallery

Floral style

I spent a half day in a flower shop the other day. Not so much for the flowers, to be honest but the more for the owner & all her stories about different flowers. There’s all types of individuals, which I always find exciting & interesting to listen to as well as ponder about. People, in general is an interesting phenomenon – imagine all different individuals with different opinions & viewpoints. It turned out that this lady’s view of plants, resembled my way – only that it is people instead.

Every plant behaves different to another. SO when she talked about a certain flower, or plant, I actually saw a person in front of me. This was especially between rose varieties. From the simple & humble to the real divas & everything in between. You could say that we found each other through a common view despite different interests. Life can be that simple at times.