February 2010
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Another beautiful summer house
At the moment I’m starting to get a bit tired of this winther and all snow we’ve been getting (but I do prefer snow to rain though). As I mentioned before, I sometimes like to dream of a summer house. Even though I don’t know if I actually want one, with all the work that probably is required. But we’ll see what happens when we get settled in the apartment. The good thing...
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Dust everywhere and a lot of noise
We’ve had a little bit of help from two carpenters this week. This meant a lot of noise and dust everywhere.
On the plus side we’re not that far from being finished with all of our planned projects for the apartment (apart from the bathroom, but that’s another story). Among other things they’ve built a shelf where the door between Ester’s room and our livingroom...
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Dreaming of a summer house
Every now and then I start to dream of a summer house. It doesn’t have to be big or fancy but it should be near a lake where we can go swiming. And not too far away from town either so that we can use it on the weekends too. Unfortunately those last two criteria combined sums up to quite alot of money - that we don’t have… But If I do get one some day I would decorate it just...
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A whole lot of white
Checking the apartment adds looking for bathroom inspiration. Didn’t find any bathroom to my liking but this apartment was very nice, despite the usual for-sale-styling (I find the styling of apartments that are for sale quite boring). I should have added some bright colors to mix up all that white though! :)
(images Alvhem)
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Another redecorated door
Here is another great way to redecorate an old door, by Hanna:
(image via dos family)
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Plastic bead patterns
I wish I (and my kids) had a little bit more patience, then I would do something like this (by the amazing Cilla Ramnek):
(image Cilla Ramnek)
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I'm the winner!
Just found out that I’m the winner over at hello tiger’s of this strange but cute little fellow from kidrobot:
Yay!
(image via hello tiger)
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Snowstorm
The last 24 hours we’ve gotten a lot of snow here in the south of Sweden. It’s been a little bit of chaos, actually. So instead of going to an indoor swimming pool today (we didn’t feel like going anywhere in the car. probably wouldn’t have gotten the car out of the parking space anyway) we’ve been decorating our walls.
A couple of days ago we got three of Madame...
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AJ Light
Found these beautiful pictures of the fiftieth-anniversary edition of the classic AJ Light via remodelista:
It’s just not pictures of beautiful lights, I love the whole settings with the retro furniture against the pale wooden floors and white walls.
(images via remodelista)
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Upon cars
For the most part of my adult life I haven’t owned a car - I have gotten by on public transportation and, for a short period of time, by being a member of a car pool. When we did get one we tried to get the most environment friendly one we could find. At the time that seemed to be a natural gas vehicle and when we switched to a slightly bigger car last year we chose another NGV.
Although I...
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Another great sneak peek
Design sponge has given us a lot of great sneak peeks at homes of creative people. Check out this colorful Dallas home belonging to Vynsie Law of We are 1976. I wouldn’t want this much color in my own home but it’s very inspiring to look at. I especially like that they have a lot of art.
(images design sponge)
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Zigzag jumpsuit?
It makes me really happy that there are so many brands of cool, ecological children clothes popping up! The Zigzag jumpsuites from Organics for kids are way cool. I wouldn’t mind dressing myself as well in that pattern (albeit not in a jumpsuit…). I really must look into ecological adult fashion more, so that I also can be cool and sustainable. :)
(image via Oiidesign)
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Another stool-makeover
We needed somewhere to sit and put on our shoes. Johan went ahead and made this from an old ikea stool and some wallpaper:
Here’s how he made it:
The end result:
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Eowyn's room
This is Eowyn together with our cat, Curry, in Eowyn’s room. She’s extremely happy about her new room in general and about her new bookcase, where she can also sit and play, in particular. We’re going to buy some more shelves for it the next time we visit Ikea.
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Illustrator Lisa Jones
I really like illustrator Lisa Jones’ prints, for example this one, Night Owls:
Or Town:
Both are printed on recycled paper and both prints are also available as a kitchen towls made of fairtrade ecological cotton.
(images Lisa Jones)
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String shelf in the kitchen
Originally we planned to have simple white wall hanged shelves in the kitchen, but today we decided to go in a different direction and put up one of our String shelves instead. It turned out very nicely, I think. Below the shelf is our own recycling station, consisting of two big white bins.
Now we’re only missing some artwork to hang above the table, a kitchen lamp (perhaps a Verner...
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Bright red + soft grey
As I mentioned the other day we went for the easy way out and bought us an Ikea Linnarp cabinet to fill the storage need in our hobby/dining room. Here’s how it turned out:
I love the red color against the soft grey walls and the pine wood floors. Bright red and soft grey really is a great combo.
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Ester's room
Yesterday we put up some shelves on the walls in our youngest daughter Ester’s room. Below is a list with hooks and a small shelf on top that we made for the hallway in our old apartment. It fits perfectly above the Ikea PS-cabinet:
We also put up this shelf, that was a Christmas present for her:
The books, except Pek-Elvis, are from my own and Johan’s childhoods.
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DIY - wallpaper on doors
As I think I’ve mentioned before, a few of our doors in the apartment are quite dull, so we’ve decided buying new ones. But now we’ve started thinking that maybe we could do something with them instead. To be specifik we’re gonna try putting some vintage wallpaper on them. Something along the lines of this:
I also absolutely love the Q. P. Store-photo that Jenny from...
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Etsy shopping
Just made our Etsy shopping première tonight, by clicking home some art prints from the wonderfull Gorjuss.
(image by Suzanne Woolcott/Gorjuss via Etsy)
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Friday night inspiration from Denmark
(images Pernille Kaalund via Bolig Magasinet)
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Assembling Ikea furniture
Today we’ve been visiting Ikea and bought us a Linnarp cabinet and an Ivar bookshelf. We didn’t go by our own principle to always buy second hand or sustainable but at least they’re both made of pinewood, which I hope means that they have been grown locally (Sweden is full of pine). :)
The last couple of days have been busy with work and fixing the apartment in the evenings,...
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A charming Gothenburg apartment
One of my favorite parts of Gothenburg is called Bagaregården. Just like Majorna, where we now live, Bagaregården is filled with so called landshövdingehus, which are old three story brick/wood buildings, very typical for Gothenburg, often surrounding beautiful, picturesque and children friendly gardens. And often containing some of the most beautiful old apartments in town.
Or what do you think...
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Owls
Owls certainly seem to be all the rage right now. Check out these pretty owl-posters from the poster list:
(images The poster list)
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DesignTorget-shopping
Today I went out and bought some well needed stuff for our apartment. When you buy most furniture second hand you can affort to splurge a little bit on the details. Like this cute dish wash stand I got at DesignTorget:
The magazines are always piling up, but with our new Tipack we can still move them around. It’s design is simple yet brilliant and I’ve been wanting to have one for...
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Stormtrooper and friends
Today we came back home after a great week full of skiing in Sälen. We’ve been unpacking all day. Phew!
The week also included a visit to the famous Lego-tent (a Lego-store situated almost at the slope in Hundfjället, Sälen. Very popular with the kids…). Our ever growing collection of fridge magnets now includes a Stormtrooper, an x-wing pilot and some other star wars-dude. :)
The...