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30/06/2012

Masculine / 168

Hej dear friends,

My youngest left us yesterday to spend three weeks in Sweden. That’s the first time ever that he is away for that long. It feels strange & a bit empty inside. Something essential is missing. I want my baby back but I’m sure that he is enjoying his journey to the fullest. It’s a big thing to travel to the other side of the world, when you’re 17 years. At the same time as it’s a very useful & beneficial experience. So I felt that I had to connect this post to my son & his first step, into the adult world. His first big trip & first time alone from home.

It’s a masculine theme today. At least the way I see it. Not everyone would agree with me, which is fine of course. We are all individuals with different liking & taste. It’s rarely about male or female, rather, more about personality. Still, dear friends, I believe that these images are more attractive to men. However, it’s not either or. Just a gentle opinion.

Why don’t you take a look & make up your mind. Masculine or not, I hope you will enjoy the moment.

Brick wall, concrete floor, dark wood & dark colours / Gbumr via Tumbler

Dark brown wood, black leather bed & grey rug / Laurabond via Pinterest

Checkered & drab patterns on one another / Interiorsdecline

Nice coordination of accessories / Re-flex via Fancy

A bit dark & drab atmosphere with leather furniture, thick floorboards & recessed light / bp.blogspot

Striped chocolate brown wall paper sets the tone for the whole look / Letmebeinspired

Dark brown furniture, leather sofa & oriental rug / Keltainen

Brown & blue in a nice combination / Lambert

Traditional & rather common / MarissaWadell interiors

A nice room with a lighter mood & a lot more accessories to personalize / Keltainen

Common & safe / Re-flex via Fancy

White base with a colour accent / Countryliving

Dark brown with organised storage / Thearchivist

A great timeless look / Pergunnarsson

Take care / Marie

Tagged Brown, Color, furniture, home decor, interior, Leather, manly, masculine

10/05/2012

Grass green / 152

Hej dear friends,

The most recent entries have been pretty colorless, so I’m going with a green theme today. Especially when the summer is around the corner back home in Sweden. It suits as well over here in Australia despite the autumn, the weather is just so nice, most of the time. So this morning we headed out to a nice restaurant where we met up with a group of friends for early breakfast, – as always, a pleasure to spend time with people I love. It struck me that we now have lived in Sydney nearly five years & that we’ve known those particular friends as long. A rather cool feeling considering that they have been with us from the start, in our new homeland.Very nice feeling, actually. What would life be without friends, huh? One of life’s greatest pleasures, for sure.

Back to the theme, green is not a primary colour, it’s created of a mixture of blue & yellow. It’s considered as one of the additions to primary colours. The complement of green is magenta, at least according to RGB colour wheel. That’s a purple colour corresponding to an equal mix of red & blue light. On the other hand, based on traditional colour theory, the complementary colour to green is considered to be red. The word green is closely related to the old english verb growan which means to grow. It’s used to describe plants or the ocean. It can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous or sick.

In USA, green is a slang word for money, among other things. Several everyday expressions have been developed from these meanings, such as “green around the gills”, a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill. In some cultures, this colour symbolizes hope & growth, while in others, it’s associated with death, sickness, envy & even the devil. Green is also associated with regeneration, fertility & rebirth for its connections to nature. Recent political groups in Europe & the West have taken on the color as a symbol of environmental protection & social justice…& consider themselves part of the Green movement. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green or environmentally friendly products. (look up the word green in Wikipidea, where you can read more about colours).

Fashion from 1952, nearly 60 years ago / Glamourmagazine

Graphic patterns on the washing line / LikainenPerketti

Green wonders, from some part of the world / Girlfoistanbul

Green from the wonders of nature / Bohotea

Make-up skills / Rain-boho

Splash of green / Hus&hem

From the amazing world of animals / In-social

Blankets in lovely green tones / Thelittlecorner

Spring salad with orange vinaigrette – healthy food for body & soul / Gastrogirl

Well, candy tongue perhaps / Vogue

Fine solitaires in an otherwise neutral kitchen / Vintagelux

Simply nice & easy to let stand on a table / Bohotea

Colour powder without any additives / Vibran-t

Green-painted wooden furniture which enhance the impression in the kitchen / Alltihemmet

Take care / Marie

Tagged colour, colour wheel, colours, grass, green, Greenery, home decor, interior, primary colour

19/04/2012

Golden splashes / 144

Hej there,

Golden splashes might work but gold in general is not really my taste. It’s surely beautiful, because it does attract loads of individuals. Gold is perceived as exclusive & communicates what you stand for or who you are…generally speaking. But I am not going to blog about gold in that sense, I am far too uninterested & ignorant. To ensure delivery of an entry in the theme of gold, I have to go after my interest, which is nearly nonexistent – which in turn means that I have to keep it simple. And keeping it simple in my case, means usually images of the ordinary – what is considered more standard & general. Well, I would probably not say that the first image is standard since it’s a hallway in gold but the others are.

When I think about it, it might not be so many who would agree on the third picture, either. It’s not often you walk around in a golden skirt. Hm, but on the other hand, the fifth image would also not work. It’s yet not very common with golden showers. Then, I suppose the picture there after wouldn’t count as ordinary since it’s a table in gold, at least a part of it. No wait, you know what, let’s not bother whether it’s normal & daily occurring stuff or not. You get to decide what you like, it is easiest that way. Here’s some golden splashes…

Golden Hall of wallpaper, brocade & glitter / Apollinas