Green is the new black

All the luck in the world

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:50:28 -0400

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)

Table cloth or pillow case?

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:30:59 -0400

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?

Re-made drawer

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:51:55 -0400

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)

Nice article in DN

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:56:00 -0400

Found a nice article with cool pictures of a retro home in the Swedish newspaper DN:

(image Beatrice Lundborg via DN)

(images Bolig via here)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:45:54 -0400

(images Bolig via here)

Rearranging

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:29:00 -0400

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.

The downside of shopping second hand

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:17:48 -0400

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 would be gone straight away I thought. Since I’m polite I didn’t want to call at that hour so I just e-mailed and then phoned this morning. Too late, of course. I should have known.

Some people might think that the chase is half the fun but I just hate it. When I know what I want I want to have it right away. I have very limited patience. :-(

(image Lauritz)

Ines and André live here

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Once again really inspiring images from Freunde von Freunden. And look, they have the same lamp as us! :-)

(images Freunde von Freunden)

Thrifting

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:49:05 -0400

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 least the ones where you can find the real bargains, are situated so that you “have to” take the car. And, since you never know what you might find, having a car with you is an advantage.

But, in general, I really dislike using the car. For those of you that really love your cars and think that I’m a real Goody Two-Shoes/environmental freak for saying that, I must confess that it’s as much about my own disliking of driving and cars as it’s about the sustainable lifestyle thing. I’ve never liked driving much and I don’t like it any better now that we have kids. The whole ordeal of getting Eowyn and Ester in and out of the car just seem like a big hassle to me. Plus, Eowyn shares my dislike of cars so she keeps complaining the whole time, which doesn’t help much. Whereas she loves going by bus or tram. So, for us it’s been an easy choice to use the car as little as possible.

Retro living

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:16:00 -0400

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)

New stroller and a super hero show

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:28:00 -0400

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 Eowyn.

Big enough for two

(image design sponge)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:00:43 -0400

(image design sponge)

Things to do on a rainy day

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:03:18 -0400

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:

Unless I had a cat...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:21:59 -0400

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)

A great way to hide a TV

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:13:32 -0400

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)

Another favorite blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:15:00 -0400

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)

Souvenirs from Denmark

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:13:25 -0400

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

A Malmö kitchen

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:40:03 -0400

(images via Bolaget)

Apparat

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

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)

The other side

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

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.