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01/03/2013

Layer upon layer

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

Tagged beach, clothing, furniture, home decor, kitchen utensils, layer upon layer, layering, layers, pastries, piles, stacks

18/02/2013

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Oriental dreams

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

Tagged Afghan rug, carpet, home decor, inspiring rooms, Oriental rug, Pakistan, Persian carpet, rugs

13/02/2013

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Another brick in the wall

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

Tagged architecture, Brick, brick factory, brick house, brick walls, home decor, homes, Interiors

07/02/2013

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Design, Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Sunny side

Today I’m going to bid on a yellow theme. I am possibly inspired by the bright sun & pleasant warmth. Or, I may have noticed yellow somewhere unconsciously. Anyway, here below, are a variety of images with a bit of yellow here & there, as a common denominator.

Yellow is ugly, an expression that often was used when we were little. This sentence rhymes in swedish, which made it all the more fun, of course. I don’t know where it came from or how it started but it was a common thing to say, for some reason. I remember I got a bright yellow t-shirt with print in black, a horse head actually, which I was fond of. Same colour on the clogs too. I think I had these things, as in, using them, a whole summer. Otherwise, it has probably not been very much of that color in my life. Admittedly a period in my teens, in my own room, that was furnished in that yellow colour, together with wood & white.

Today I don’t think I own anything in that particular colour . Although I believe it’s a nice color that makes you happy plus that it’s energising. But that’s how it is sometimes, that some things fits well to love from a distance…

Neat tiles & striking with the same yellow color at the bottom / lote93 via Pinterest

Match accessories with a yellow dress / classygirlswearpearls

Paint yellow & catch the eye / olympusdigitalcamera

Nice place with a nice view / seventeendoors

Neat on the shelf / cushandnook

Simple thing to do & yet so stylish / pynter.tumblr.com

Common everyday things / larimule

Paint something yellow / riazolli

From head to toe / akris

Favourites in a pile / livethemma

Occasional objects / todayyouinspiredme

Playful & bright / cushandnook

Beautiful pattern / butiksofie

White & yellow / expensivelife

Cool styling / vtwonen

Take care / Marie

Tagged bright colours, clothing, colour, colourful interiors, energising, Fashion, home decor, paint, style, sunshine, yellow

28/01/2013

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Design, Food, Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Pink shades

Occasionally, I get a craving for a certain colour – an influence from somewhere … AND I find my self searching or looking for that colour AND of course, I see it almost everywhere. That comes without saying. … as a letter in the mail ( swedish expression ). A soft, pleasant pink color that’s not too harsh or sharp in tone. That goes well with grey, white or brown, black. Just the right colour without getting too pastel pink, if you get what I mean. Simply soft for the eye, soothing, warming, inviting, promising & up to date.

I pulled together some images with one thing in common – this colour. Or should I say those colours, maybe … they differ slightly in shades. Just when I start to get used to the colour, I bet that something else comes in the way. Whether this is another colour or … only time will tell 🙂