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13/12/2012

Personal touch

I’m leaving Christmas to rest for a while even if it Lucia today back home. Instead, it will be about interiors in varying styles – no extremes – but a bit more about small differences or rather taste, actually. I’m not a daring person when it comes to home decor. I am, after all, a fairly ordinary woman & therefore choose the images that are common but appealing in different ways. You know by now that I’m rather beige & predictable in my taste. I like it in that way, you see!

A home is something we all have in common, where we create our own world … our own space, our way of life & living. Some like to have it as in a magazine, others want to find their own thing. Some build their homes from memories of their childhood. Again, some have no direction, but it gets as it gets, AND usually it becomes good … because it’s about lifestyle. In fact, there are no limitations, more than in our heads. We are taught or influenced by people we spend time with, newspapers we read or TV programs we watch. The older we get, the more often we end up in the style we ar grown up with. It’s like as we sometimes take after habits or behaviors after our parents, despite the fact that we said – I’ll never do this or that. It happens unconsciously, simply. The force of a habit is great.

Now, not that there’s something wrong with that, just a general observation. It’s precisely what makes things so interesting, right? The perfect, or the half-finished, or that which is in constant change. Or the odd or unusual or completely ordinary – the personal touch!

Different materials & colors mixed into a lovely expression / aprillaprill

Old & new combined into a nice style / isiljacob via Pinterest

By keeping things visible, a home becomes alive & cozy / alvhemmakleri

Ambitious with every little detail in place / designnerd via pinterest

Attractive style for most, charmingly frayed & enjoyable / bellemaison via tumblr

Hard & cold surfaces & materials becomes welcoming with colour & vibrant details / Desiretoinspire

Postcards, tickets & others, gathered into a work of art / Pinterest.com

Cute small space with everything on display / aprilandaugust.tumblr

Hallway with lots of personality / Vogsesparis

Well selected stuff to create something of your own / housetohome.co.uk

Charming with a worn country style / Draumesidene

Big furniture, patterns, wall paper & comfort / Housetohome.uk

Spacious with space for social activities /architectureandinterioresign

Cool mix & combination of furniture & accessories / myscandinavianhome

Wonderful childhood memories / Facebook

Take care / Marie

Tagged bedrooms, Contemporary, decor, home decor, Interior design, kitchen, living rooms, personal, rustic, style

22/11/2012

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Homes / Interiors

Daily inspiration, a quiet moment

This is an image that still my hunger for a quiet moment without a lot of noise or requirements around me. I feel the need from time to time. A beautiful view, a fireplace, a stack of books a cup of hot tea – and I would find myself in paradise.

anoukstyling via Pinterest

Take care / Marie

Tagged cabin, fireplace, firewood, Interior design, natural materials, rustic, scandinavian, wood

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

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

08/08/2012

Mattresses / 181

Hej dear friends,

Time for a new post & today it’s about mattresses…what?
Yep, I think I’m longing for a rest or more correct, a looooong holiday. This, even though the sun is shining & the weather is nice. But since I began a new job quite recently, the highly anticipated leave will have to wait. I’ll have to content myself with a little rest once in a while instead & what could fit better than thick, comfortable mattresses, right?

Mattresses, you might be thinking, what now? Yes, you are right perhaps. But I’d like to add that mattresses, which in itself are thin & flat, actually can look infinitely different. I might even claim that they can be exciting … that is, in purely expressive terms & material selection. And just think, where & how they can be used, practically everywhere, really. Childrens room are given, guest room, on the porch or balcony, in the living room … well, just simply choose what suits your need, indeed.

While traditional colours & checkered, yet so nice, right? / Frenchbydesign