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05/07/2012

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Food, Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Pastel

pastel,

Libbyrickardsson via Pinterest

boligpluss.dk

Take care / Marie

Tagged colour, colour palette, colours, home decor, Interior design, pastel, pastels

31/05/2012

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Design, Homes / Interiors

I’ve been browsing the web for fun while waiting for my darling to meet up. Thought it looked like mint is in favour, at least on a lot of websites & blogs. At the beginning of my professional life, I lived in a small town for a year where I rented a small apartment which I furnished in white, pine & mint green. I would never think of that colour as a choice today, for sure. But like most things, it’s always nice to relive stuff & things at a distance. Been there, done that…feels good sometimes. Especially when one wouldn’t like to do it again. It’s one of the advantages of getting older:)

Mint can be a bit too cute sometimes, for my taste. It needs to be mixed up with one or two other colours & materials to become more appealing. Concrete or stripes gives an interesting look. There’s so many possibilities for whatever style or look. In addition, there are infinite shades of mint. The sky is the limit, as always.

Stylish collarless jacket / Prettystuff

Styling with some mint objects / Sockertoyforogat

Kitchen cabinet doors in this pretty mint colour / Beatricehernandez via Pinterest

Black-grey wall is a nice contrast to mint / Monicafury via Pinterest

White with mint details / Mokkasin

Cute wall houses to use for small items / Micasaesuscasa

Cool floor lamp / Lamaisond’annag

Bathroom for lovers of mint green /dkshopgilr

Looks almost like an installation / Designtraveller

A mixed sweet style / Mokkasin

Backsplash that ends with the fridge / Skeppsholmen

Candle light, always beautiful / Pappa-bear

Different green tones / Lamaisond’annag

Haute couture in mint / Monsieurwintour

Take care / Marie

Tagged colour, colours, green, home decor, Interior design, Interiors, mint, mint green

16/05/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Lightblue / 162

Hej friends,

Lightblue, a color I think of as rather unusual, these days. Not on kids maybe but generally on adults, in fashion, buildings or whatever. Some colours seems to just disappear for a long time. It’s like they’re not relevant anymore, for some reasons. It’s the same thing with, you know, actors, cities, music, food. I guess it has to do with what trendsetters, ad’s agencies, magazines etc. communicates. We are what we are presented, one might almost say. Too much around us are influenced by others.

Don’t know what you think about light blue, but I liked what I saw, anyway.

A truly magnificent piece of work / Lambert

Light, fresh, white & baby blue / Room269

Fun bracelets with measurements / Home & garden

Light blue floral wallpaper / Interiordrops

A bit more muted wall colour, highlighting the bedclothes / Atelierrueverte

Fresh combination / Skonahem

Sweet for sure / Casadecorada

Different blue shades / Decor8blog

Sweet old style furniture, nice with two mirrors in blue & white / Vintage via Tumbler

A beautiful sight somewhere in France / wearetheones

Light, bright & very appealing – in a white environment / Skonahem

Adorable colour / Housetohome

Patterns in various large & small squares / Lexington

Light blue fits with almost everything / Skonahem

Take care / Marie

Tagged bedrooms, blue, colour, colours, home decor, Interior design, Interiors, light blue

15/05/2012

Sweet to a point / 153

Hej dear friends,

I had in mind to blog about autumn after my nice breakfast in the sun with all the beautiful colours around me…it almost looks like the trees are burning…with the diversity of brown-red, yellow & the burned tones, especially when rays of the sun gleams through. But when I finished it became more rosy than I had imagined, for some reason. Never mind, it works anyway. It might sound odd to you but I’m not particularly fond of flowers or plants for that matter. I appreciate the beauty but have no interest in engaging in it. At most, it’s enough to arrange fresh flowers in a vase. We don’t even have pot plants at home, believe it or not. However, the garden is flowing over by plants, seedlings, shrubs & trees, thanks to our landlord which we rent the house of. There’s even a small vegetable garden. Nice indeed:)

Flowers are not the biggest part of my field of interest, as I said, but enjoyable when it’s picked together in an appealing manner, whether it be in interiors or as bouquets, by all means. I made a bargain, a while back on the flea market, a floral one. A padded quilt that was striped on one side & with small-patterned roses on the other side. Really nice! But when it’s in use, it’s the striped side that’s visible… with the roses on the back which can only be sensed.

A painting or for real – can you tell? / Purebeachboho

Nice combo with flowers & stripes / Inspiringhome

Almost three-dimensional feeling with roses that are stitched to the fabric / Moltex

Always dramatic with a black surface / Coolchicstyle

Rather common but still sweet / Cafenohut

Stylish with a bit bigger size on the flowers / Desiretoinspire

Collection with mixed patterns / IKEA

Cupcake design / Pinterest

Typical cottage style – perfect for a break on the porch / Cafenohut

Reminiscent of the 50s & the 60’s / 79ideas

Create an impact with wallpaper inside the cabinet / Cafenohut

Various designs, sizes & colors of the roses – striking / Desiretoinspire

Knitted underwear would perhaps be an idea / Tornaud via Pinterest

Can never get enough of these quilts / Olsson&jenssen

Nice styling / Nestprettything

Take care / Marie

Tagged Floral, Florists, Flower, flowers, home decor, Interior design, prints, roses, textiles

08/05/2012

Point of view / 151

Hej friends,

Time just flies away & I have been so busy the past weeks I hardly remembered my name. That’s life now & then, you just have to go with the flow until you’re back on track … to then take time to look back & ponder over how it went. That’s the beauty of life, when things don’t go according to expectations, but takes a turn sideways & suddenly you’re standing in a new situation & different direction. It’s both exciting & scary as with anything that is alien & unfamiliar.

Well, todays post, came to me through a Bond movie – yes, sorry about that but yes, James Bond. It was with a Swedish translation. I believe that the original tittle is, For your eyes only. That’s not the correct translation but I guess it wouldn’t sound good enough without a flashy titel. Anyway, the Swedish title would be, A deadly point of view. Now, this became a very long introduction to explain how I came up with this theme. Let’s move on before it gets too complicated.

It’s after all quite interesting to look at things from a different point of view, especially if you consider things without taking into account any feelings or prejudices. I wonder what would happen if certain products considered as exclusive, had no logo. Would people really be ready to pay the asked price, if it differs more than 50% between two comparable items. Not knowing can sometimes be crucial to a decision, in a positive way. Occasionally, you might need to take a step back to see the possibilities & therefore be helped to take several steps forward instead … just because you saw things from a different perspective or got a different point of view. This post is actually about a different point of view … on the basis of the lens of a camera, anyway:)

Beautiful facade with ivy all the way / Desertdreamer