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04/12/2012

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

02/12/2012

Daily inspiration, winter

Here I am, dreaming of a white Christmas despite the warmth we currently have here in Sydney.

designcoholic

homeadore.com

inspireddesign via tumblr

marymadethis

piccsy.com

Tagged anordinarywoman, blog, cold, fire place, icew, outdoors, snow, weather, winter

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

09/11/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Small space / 211

Small space – relevant in many places but perhaps not in Australia. I believe that AU are amongst the countries, if not the top, when it comes to having the biggest living space in m² in the world. And why not, it’s a big continent, right? If there has to be a reason, that is! It’s rather difficult to furnish large surfaces, however, it requires smart solutions to decorate small spaces. Both functionally & appealing but also spacious, despite the limited space. It’s very much about how you want to live. What you want to be visible vs what you want to store. What you need daily vs what you use infrequently. But also what colors you use, and what combinations. Some colours reduce spaces while others can enhance & create a sense of light & airy areas. The same with textile choices in terms of colours & patterns but also structure & materials.

Now, it was not my intention to go into details … I try to always keep things more general & trust that the images does the work. Let’s hope they do that this time 🙂

Wedged between closets but fully usable surface that feels just right in size / 79ideas

Great deal in a small space but perfectly ok for right target / Cubby via Tumblr

Appealing with good order which is important when you have open shelves /Astrid via Pinterest

Cell-like maybe, but it seems that all the functions are there / bungalow5

Small space with the use of height / Seventeendoors

Small but effective separate kitchen / brightbazaar

Stylish design with a lot of storage / livethemma

A clever corner part with doors that can be closed if necessary / planetdeco

Sometimes it’s good to be two to stay warm / dyingofcute via tumblr

Effective workplace / sfgirlbybay

Materials with contrasting color where the white comes after the dark, so it looks bigger / tumblr

Flexible design / frenchbydesign

Good enough for a laptop / Ikea

Take care / Marie

Tagged Australia, furniture, home decor, interior, Interior design, living area, living space, space, square feet

07/11/2012

Summer feeling / 210

It’s beautiful weather one day & the next it’s too hot so one must hide indoors, with air conditioning close to hand. Spring is here & with it the weather that can’t decide on a more balanced temperature. It’s quite funny that people gets just as annoyed here over weather changes as one does back home in Sweden, even though the temperature there differ significantly, because we are talking about freezing temperatures. It’s early November & the snow has already arrived, as I understand & the tone on social media is getting a bit negative. Summer with sun, heat & cool breezes are beautiful everywhere. But I still have a hard time believing that there’s anything which can be comparable or can beat the Swedish summer. I guess I’m influenced a lot in that statement through experiences, happy memories & dear flashbacks.

Anyway, I’m the last one to complain. I woke early this morning, walked down the street to buy freshly baked bread & pick up a cappuccino – while waiting for a prescription at the chemist … outside in the sun. To feel the heat, be dazzled by the sun & experience the different scents that occur in the heat … it’s not bad at all, actually. Let’s celebrate the sun & the summer with some images that’s influenced, to some extent, by a Scandinavian touch.

Perfectly organised for hot summers / Bobedre.no