Time for something sweet – not that cheese is sweet but I like the image. Well, I’m very of cheese indeed & I could easily be able to live on just bread & cheese – in fact, I almost do that, at times. Slightly salty, slightly sweet & slightly sour makes a perfect combination.
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Take care / Marie
We were invited to a gathering with some parents & their teens last Sunday. I think that I’ve met some of them once before. The purpose were to agree about a destination, price & other details for our teens who’s in the same class. They are planning to share a holiday apartment, in either Byron bay or Surfers paradise, to celebrate graduation.
But the thing is that it’s very difficult to know what to bring to the host family, as a gift. It can’t be too much & excessively but not too little either. After some searching, we finally decided to buy a nice little box with different kinds of cookies. That’s something that is luxurious, I think! Sweet & smelling, nicely wrapped, freshly made cookies. That is love, in all simplicity.
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Take care / Marie
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
Inspiration can be found everywhere & there are always details that catches the eye, even if only a colour or a tiny item that attracts. Some sees the whole solution where others might not see anything special at all. It’s hard to tell what makes some things immensely popular, where many suddenly seem to like or fall for the same things. While similar solutions are completely without charm & arouses no-must-have- feeling at all.
There’s not much to say really – black & white always works, although I’m aware of & respect those who want more colour in their everyday lives. I just think that it’s nice to have a base that always works & which is also easy to change, when you feel like it. With simple means.
A pleasurable environment / dusty.com
Classic piece / breitling.com
Frames with black white photos – so simple / vineetkaur
Posing / fabforgottennonility
Black & white base / lovelylife.com
Amazing tiles / newravenna.photoshelter.com
Beautiful image / solidfrog.com
Great storage / trendland.com
Stylish style / tumblr.com
Useful / suitupordie
Love(ly) design / momadesignstore
Suitable quote / hgreytale via tumblr
Neat candy / etsy.com
Dramatic architecture / fancy.com
Styling / livethemma
Take care / Marie
Coffee with something small, a snack, has for most of us, regardless of age, become a well trendy socializing-form, an almost sacred ritual. There’s a coffee shop in every corner nowadays. Still, it wasn’t until late 1600s that coffee had its breakthrough. It was regarded as something expensive & exclusive, where only the “elite” could afford the luxury. We have a swedish expression that’s used daily … to grab a fika, which is a coffee with something small & sweet to. It’s hard to believe that it’s the Swedes today who, together with the Finns, are the ones who’s drinking most coffee in the world. There’s a strong coffee culture in Australia too, surely one the best places where the coffee tastes wonderful no matter where you are.
Wikipedea: Coffee is a brewed beverage with a distinct aroma and flavor, prepared from the roasted seeds of the Coffeaplant. The seeds are found in coffee “cherries”, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and Africa. Green (unroasted) coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world. Coffee is slightly acidic (pH 5.0–5.1) and can have a stimulating effect on humans because of its caffeine content. It is one of the most consumed drinks in the world.
Always in the mood for coffee / tassike.ee
Beautiful vintage sign / fancy.com 
I love this image / Google.com
Simple but beautiful /dustjacketattic.blogspot
Inviting & exciting /atelierrueverte
One of the most popular drinks in the world /cafeapostrophe via tumblr
Swedish expression / ablogwithaview
Grab a fika / photobucket.com
Simply beautiful / devidsketchbook.tumblr.com
Good to know / designyoutrust.com
Lovely atmosphere / foopie via fancy
Yes, please /photobucket
Dedication /thediaryofaminimalist
Coffee beauty /thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com
Early morning & first coffee of the day / stadshem.se
Take care / Marie
