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25/07/2013

Masculine

There is no major difference between men & women if we exclude the physical. We are relatively similar, which of course has been the great art of understanding since the dawn of time. What my guys thinks is neat, is according to my taste preferense too. Now I realize of course that we have affected each other because we live together. They have been brought up in an environment that I believe will accompany the throughout life. One tends to hold on to what’s one is used to from childhood, usually. Anyway, I’ve put together images that I think would fit well for guys, in any age. It’s typically my style so you won’t see nothing outside the ordinary. On the other hand, I’m just an ordinary woman 🙂

1. Neutral colours / stylizimo

2. Oak combined with muffled, muted tones / inside-homes.tumblr.com

3. Classic, timeless style / mansguilt

4. Pinstriped wallpaper / insidehomes.tumblr

5. Scandinavian, with a touch of leather / alexanderwitefastighetsmakleri

6. Casual style / menstyle1.com

7. Comfortable bedding / justthedesign.tumblr.com

8. Perfect for “precious” treasures / skonahem.se

9. Contemporary, strict & appealing / dusty

10. A place for recreation / dieproper.tumblr.com

11. Simplicity /causetyoaffect.tumblr.com

12. Beautiful color scales / stadshem

13. Organised wall decor / WorldMags

14. Bright & pleasing to the eye / dustjacketattic

15. Shades of grey with mixed tweed / theclassyissue.com

Take care / Marie

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Tagged Decor and Design, homes, Interior design, Interiors, Leather, masculine, Masculinity, men's lifestyle, room settings, rooms

05/07/2013

Container living

Every time I drive past the airport, I see the huge container hangar where the containers are stacked on one another, in endless rows. It looks like an exciting landscape of orderly rows of giant iron boxes. I think it looks extremely appealing, can’t help it. Every time, the thought occurs, that I would like to live there … which impossible of course. At least right there. But it is possible to live in a dumpster … or whatever name that is appropriate. They are suitable both as workplace, a home, storey building, kindergarten & so on. Or even a mobile home, why not!

Here are some great solutions that are interesting in many ways. The possibilities are endless & it shouldn’t be too expensive, for those interested. What do you think?

lambert.com Container depot / Lambert

For the wanderlust / decocrush.tumblr.com

Complete small space / ideastosteal

French door rooms made from shipping containers / fancy.com

Possible to furnish with character / thedesignerpad.com

Several storeys works too / images.search.yahoo.com

Permanent living / inthralld.com

Modern container school / recyclart.org

pop up hotel / designmom.com

Eye catching coffee shop / catwood.com

Summer house / busyboo.com

Stylish black architecture / Pinterest.com

Wedged between “real” houses, really nice / 100life.jp,com

With a patio too / architizer.com

Take care / Marie

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Tagged container, containers, design tips, french doors, homes, houses, mobile home, recycled, shipping containers, summer house

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

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 🙂

Grey & light pink – refreshing combination / bestbuy

Soft colours with wood / petrabindel

Almost edible / skandinaviandeko

Appealing impression with simple means / helenaaro

Modern Scandinavian living / bobedre.dk

Colourful choices / desdemyventana

Nice framed photo gallery / atelieruverte

Warming colour / fancy

Homemade peppermint marshmallows / celiacteen.com

Cool / marymadethis

Robust but still soft / laredoute.fr

Romantic / prettyinpearls

Professional styling / lineklein

Simplicity / hannasroom

Nice mix of items / 79ideas

Take care / Marie

Tagged colour, colours, decor, furnishings, furniture, home decor, homes, Pink, pink shades, styling

25/12/2012

Benches

Benches in various forms are invaluable. They fill up in a nice way, are functional & simple to use. I’m pretty fond of the bench as a furniture – both as a seating place as well as to store things on – very practical. We have had benches in different rooms from time to time. Perfect in the hallway, kitchen, bedroom, basement … or outdoor. Nowadays, I use more upholstered stools in smaller sizes. Right now we have two in front of the couch, both for tired legs but also to use as extra space for the tea-tray or anything else that’s needed. A bench that has been around for quite a few years now, has had to move from the hall into the living room & have now ended up in the dining room. That’s what happens when you move a lot. What once functioned in a room work better in another – hopefully, that is.

I’m a bit nostalgic, I can’t throw away things, especially furniture that our children have grown up with & which they see as part of their childhood. With everything new, you get a home that looks like an exhibition. We ended up in that situation when we had our furniture in containers. We lived in a ready furnished place, for a longer period while we were looking for a house. Things around you becomes part of you without real economic value. It’s stuff that has sentimental value, things that can not be measured in money. As for example an old bench 🙂