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02/11/2012

White & grey / 208

I find white & grey combined, isn’t just nice & neutral but also relaxing & very refreshing. Well, maybe refreshing isn’t really the way to describe it. Harmonius is better. It’s colours that works well together as well as individually. Someone may say that it’s very predictable, even boring perhaps. No no, that is not the case at all. However, it is difficult to discuss the taste because it is such a personal experience. What appeals to me is the different shades, which when combined in a good way, expresses so much with simple means. It can be expressed as pleasant, nice, stylish, masculine, industrial or whatever you might appreciate. That’s certainly something you can acheive with most things…but still! Grey is simply a good base color which is easy to work in conjunction with most other colours.

But, I don’t have in mind to go in that direction today. No, there will be the usual, if I may decide, namely a bit more to the strict, austere, quiet & peaceful … as I see it, in any case. Enjoy 🙂

Simple, proper & nice / Lightlocations

It’s simply beautiful with these colour shades / 79ideas

Almost too nice to be used as a dish rack / Frokenknopp

Irresistible / Kulunkadecoblog

Symmetric aesthetics / Bungalow5

Consistently in grey & white / Planetdeco

/ vtWonen

White foundation & grey furniture / Bungalow5

Certainly irrevocable yet beautiful /Etherealgold

A bit darker grey on the wall with chairs & details in lighter shade / Boffi

Nice when the whole home is in the same shades / Fantasticfrank

Stone & concrete in various greys / Fatal-e.tumblr

Quilt on the quilt, on the quilt on the / Designmilk.com

A silver grey timeless beauty – Porsche 356 / http://www.nachbar.de

Nice styling with the white tile as background / Trendenser.se

Take care / Marie

Tagged design, furnishings, grey, home decor, homes, nuances, shades, white

30/10/2012

Just for fun / 207

My house has not yet turned into a home. It’s going to take a while. There’s stuff everywhere, furniture is still in the same place as where they were left by the movers. The boxes are countless. A great deal of them, in different rooms, are still unpacked. One can safely say that right now we do not have control over our lives. Instead of trying to get things done when we had a day off together, vi decided to stroll in the neighbourhood, grab a coffee & do NOTHING at all. I wouldn’t mind a nice long holiday with absolutely no activities at all. It felt like a good decision at that time. Unfortunately, everything looked the same when we got back. Well, well, what’s the hurry…we will get there sooner or later.

There’s no theme today more than that this collection are some cute, simple, quirky or just fun images.

Pipelines with new functionality / Moothie via Fancy

Illustration with reality / Normanncopenhagen

Fun sight to be greeted by daily / Biscuitmixer via Fancy

A good combination, cute & tasty / Design dautore

Hello there / Asdringo via Fancy

Don’t know if I would choose this at home but still cool / Hittahem

Storage for tea bags / Thefancy

Fun detail / Hu2design via Google

Eye candy / The Fancy

Skeletal design / RockettStGeorge

Completely charming / Travelfoodandwine

Everyone needs to wash now & then / The khool

White tangles / Google.com

Scary bracelet / Theheardirector

World map in a coffee cup / Designdautore

Take care / Marie

Tagged architecture, design, food styling, home decor, illustration, images, street art

16/08/2012

Something in red / 183

Hej there friends,

I’m going with something red today, just like that, with no specific reason. Not that I’m a bearer of red, but on the other hand, things can change. I went for a stroll during lunch & happened to fall in love in a red thin knitted sweater in soft material. Last time it happened was about a year ago & that love is somewhere in a drawer now. It will surely be different this time 🙂

Everything in moderation is a very common phrase in Sweden. I think this phrase fits into red, because it’s a strong & energizing color … which can dominate depending on where & how it’s used. The taste is of course different, but I for one, prefers red accents, whether it comes to fashion or interior design. It’s very much as shown below, actually. Moreover, I appreciate red with basic colours as white or black. I’m fully aware of how boring & predictable I am, but I’m an ordinary woman, you know! I leave with a warm hand, the extraordinary & exciting to someone else.

Red is a color that must have the correct red tone to appeal to me. Not too yellow so it slopes towards orange, not too blue either, so it becomes pink purple etc. It can look too watery in the expression together with white – it’s nicer whit contrast. Fresher in some way – take a look, what do you think?

The icing on the cake, with the red wall mounted lamp in bright red / Annixen

Energising red fridge to brighten up the kitchen / Interiorphotos

Exciting red details that makes a difference to the whole expression in the room / Keltainen

Beautiful styling/ Annixen

Nice contrasts & a beautiful old sofa bed / Ustagiremez

Classy accessory suitable to every outfit / Classycolours via Tumblr

Scandinavian style is fresh, bright & simple / Thefancy

Nice styling where the feature wall makes the impact / Keltainen

Sorbet, anyone? / Technicolourmyworld via Pinterest

Small work space with energising red accents / Dengodafen

Great combination with the stairs & the painting / Skonahem

Cute & certainly excellent mini pastries / Pinterest

Staircase painted in red in the middle with white on the sides / Flickr.com

A fun way to recycle / Sanna&sania

A little red splash of colour / Lokal54

Take care / Marie

Tagged Color, colours, design, Fashion, home decor, Interior design, Red

18/06/2012

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Homes / Interiors

Piece of work / 164

Hej friends,

I went back to work recently after a long break. It has been pure pleasure to have time for nothing & everything, to be in charge of my own time – no appointments, schedules or any musts. It’s a very inspiring & relaxing way of living. But nothing lasts for ever & reality catches up sooner or later. On the other hand, I’m very grateful for having had the opportunity to take a long break. It’s unusual to be able to forget all demands & requirements which constantly exist in our everyday life…& do what I want to do. Well, I guess my darling have enjoyed it to the fullest too. A clean house to come home to, laundry taken care of…meals ready…to simply just sit down at the dinner table, with welcoming candlelights, without having to think about things that needs to be done. It’s been a blessing for the whole family.

I very much enjoyed my time at home. Something I wouldn’t have believed if someone had told me that some couple of years ago. I’ve learnt to value my time & each precious moment. I’d like to think that this break has helped me to fine tune certain things that was in need of development. I guess that time will tell.

So dear friends, to celebrate a new stage of life, I’ve done a post about work spaces. I’m afraid that some of you might think that these are out of time & out of place. Rightly perhaps, but I guess that this style is always going to be appealing to a number of people. I might need to follow up with a modern version for all fo you who don’t 🙂

Design icon together with rusty, scratched & woody material / Canvas

Nice small corner in the bedroom / Desiretoinspire

Soft industrial & vintage style / Firsthome

Lovely old wood furniture / Modernhepburn

Wonderful & appealing place to be / Frogsandcrowns

Yesterdays keyboard / Hearthomemag

Beautiful desk in black / Lylaandblu

Charmingly worn furniture / Niceroom

Efficient corner/ Remodelista

Absolutely wonderful / Whitallie

Modern version of the vintage style / Karlanderson

Steaming hot cup of coffee, an absolute necessity / cagestrphe via Tumblr

Industrial charm / Greige

Closed & open storage solution / Greige

Take care / Marie

Tagged design, Desks, home decor, Interiors, Solutions, storage, Vintage, work space, workplaces

03/06/2012

Hotel mood / 160

Hej friends,

Hotel – just to taste the word, it creates a feeling of happiness inside because it’s mostly associated with holiday, long nice days, relaxing atmosphere, time together with loved ones. But also connected with hard work, long days, late nights, early mornings, meetings, deadlines etc. Almost each word has a positive meaning but can be turned into something that’s less positive, which depends on each persons experience, attitude & mood & situation. It has to do with peoples approach to life, how we look at things, what we have gone through & our different perspective, I assume. And rightly so, of course. As we also carry around a backpack of occurrences, meetings, upbringing, experiences etc. Not to forget our own personality which we have to work with, some more & some less. I believe it’s called development.

But to return to the topic hotel rooms, I’ve focussed mostly on bedrooms for natural reasons. And it’s not real hotel rooms, it’s actually bedrooms with a hotel – feeling. Something you can do at home while or when you are in a hotel mood:)

I guess you expected anything other than an image of a bed…/ Designedforlife