July 2010
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All the luck in the world
I recently discovered All the luck in the world (via the great finish blog Varpunen). A webshop filled with beautiful re-cycled things. You can buy them or get inspired to start doing something similar yourself. Via the blog I found these pics of the owner’s home:
(images All the luck in the world)
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Table cloth or pillow case?
Found this beautiful fabric in a second hand store the other day. I love it’s pixelated feeling. Don’t know yet what to do with it; use it as a table cloth as above, a bed spread for one of the kids beds or perhaps sew pillow cases of it?
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Re-made drawer
I love this re-made drawer from Briggs Lekehus so much I might steal the idea:
Here’s the drawer before the makeover, pretty ordinary looking:
The dollhouse is equally great!
(images Briggs Lekehus)
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Nice article in DN
Found a nice article with cool pictures of a retro home in the Swedish newspaper DN:
(image Beatrice Lundborg via DN)
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(images Bolig via here)
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Rearranging
We’ve bought some new illustrations lately, so today we’ve spent some time rearranging our walls again.
Pippi Longstocking-illustrations (from our trip to Astrid Lindgrens värld).
Mike Stimpson
Owls above Eowyn’s notice-board (we found the latter while thrifting).
Amelie now lives in our bedroom.
Two Madame Mos has moved into Ester’s room.
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The downside of shopping second hand
Sometimes I just hate shopping second hand. When you know exactly what you want and everybody else wants the exact same thing (no, I’m not pretending that my taste is the least bit original). Like a nice vintage sofa for example. Just lost the bidding on this one on Lauritz:
And late last night I found two other sofas on Blocket. Perfect, really close by and not too cheap so that they...
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Ines and André live here
Once again really inspiring images from Freunde von Freunden. And look, they have the same lamp as us! :-)
(images Freunde von Freunden)
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Thrifting
Yesterday morning it was raining so Eo and I decided to go thrifting. We went to two different stores. Here are some of our findings.
A turquoise tray
The mirror in the middle (note: the turquoise shelf to the left is also new - got it during our Denmark-trip and then re-painted it)
A “lotto”-game
The only thing I don’t like about thrift stores is that most of them, at...
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Retro living
Today, Eowyn and I are visiting Erikshjälpens second hand store here in Gothenburg. Via their blog Retro living I found Andreas and Carolines’ home, where most things are second hand:
(images retro living)
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New stroller and a super hero show
The last couple of days have been good. Amongst other things we’ve found a really nice second hand stroller. And we’ve been to see two of Eowyn’s idols, two super heroes called Supersnällasilversara and Stålhenrik. They gave a superhjältekonsert (=super hero concert) up in Trollhättan. Here we are going home from the show. Today I’ve promised to sew a super hero cape for...
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(image design sponge)
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Things to do on a rainy day
Today it’s been raining a lot here in Gothenburg, so we’ve been playing inside most of the day. We’ve been playing hide and seek, football, doing jigsaw puzzles and, currently, I’m playing with a new camera app (Fx Camera) for my android phone:
I’ve also finished painting Ester’s table:
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Unless I had a cat...
In my search for a vintage sofa I’ve stumbled upon lots of other cool furniture. Unless we had a cat I would definitely consider getting a couple of these:
(image retro modern design)
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A great way to hide a TV
I’m not much of a fan of big TVs that form the centerpiece of the livingroom. But I still like to have one. I really like how Dennis and Mette, with the blog ungt blod, has “hidden” their TV on a shelf where it blends in with books and other stuff:
(image ungt blod)
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Another favorite blog
I found itsallvintage quite recently and I just love it. It’s filled with lots of retro and vintage inspiration (I especially like the visits) and, on top of that, the writers, Annika & Lovisa seem to share most of my opinions and my view of life in general.
Check out this DIY hook strip they did:
The second hand hangers are also really great.
(images itsallvintage)
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Souvenirs from Denmark
This week we’ve visited Denmark and Legoland. It was a very nice trip and we all enjoyed it.
Here are some of the souvenirs we took home:
Free postcards from a café in Aalborg
Toy story fridge magnets and lego-stylee salt and pepper dispensers
A pirate flag and lots of little lego bricks
Keychains with Yoda, R2-D2 and a classic lego spaceman
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A Malmö kitchen
(images via Bolaget)
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Apparat
When I lived in Stockholm, I used to work near by a wonderfull store called Apparat, filled with really cool vintage stuff, often with an industrial feel. Now they have closed the store, but continues on as interior design company, with focus on functionalistic kitchens and decoration. Here are some pictures from their web site. The lamps in the arch are a favorite of mine.
(images via apparat)
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The other side
Here’s what the bedspread looks like on the other side. I don’t really know which side I like better. Kind of like them both.
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Tintin et Milou
I got Tintin and Milou as a gift from Johan the other day! I love both action figures, Tintin, and space/science fiction, so of course I adore these two in their little orange space suits. Eowyn commented on the oxygen tubes: “There are their drinking bottles.” She was quite pleased that even the dog had its own backpack and drinking bottle with him.
Even though they’re mine...
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Dreaming
Started off my vacation today, by going swiming in a lake near by. Or actually, compared to the great summer house I just found for sale, the lake wasn’t near by at all. :-) The summer house had it’s own beach just outside the front door. Wouldn’t that be something?!
Today I’m also dreaming of a vintage 60ies leather/wood sofa, much like the one in the apartment below. A...