Check out Malin’s (I love Peggy) place at Rearranged design! The cat is a favorite of mine, as soon as Ester grows a little bit bigger (and/or stops wrecking everything…) I’m going to make something similar to decorate Curry’s eating place.
The pale blue/green shade on the pantry door is also great as well as the white lamp and string shelf.
(images Malin via rearranged design)
Decorated another shelf today. This one is for my niece, Emma, who’s going to get it for her 5th birthday, which is in a couple of weeks. Bought the shelf on the local fleamarket earlier this year and decorated it with some vintage wallpaper and wrapping papers. I hope she’ll like it!
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)
I made this hanging storage thing for the bathroom in our old apartment, where we needed somewhere to put Ester’s nappies and clothes. It’s made of a mix of vintage and new fabrics (Ikea and Stoff&Stil). Now it hangs in Ester’s room, and it works really well for books and comics (although the comics are currently more for her big sister).
We wanted to have a small coat rack in Ester’s room, where we could hang her clothes. Since we couldn’t find one the right size, we built one ourselves. Well, we actually had a little help from the carpenters with the sawing, but we did put the pieces together ourselves. The brackets are from Ikea (a little bit modified) and the shelf is made out of MDF. A round rod and some white paint and voila, here it is!
In the latest issue of Family Living there is an interesting article about people who choose to live in small spaces. Living small makes you free to spend your money on other things. It also makes it easier to lead a sustainable life, something I’ve written about before.
Johan and I lived quite a few years in a very small apartment in Stockholm, and I can really miss that sometimes (vacuuming the entire place took like 5 minutes :)). Since our current apartment doesn’t really qualify as small, I don’t claim to be a part of this trend. :) This family apartment in Stockholm however, featured in an older issue of Family Living, is a really good example. It’s about half the size of our apartment, but they’ve really done a lot with their space. Filled with vintage findings and crafty DIY-projects it’s very inspiring.
(images Ulrika Ekblom via Family Living)
I mentioned the little shelf I made for Ester before. Now, I’ve finished one for Eowyn as well:
I ususally think that “less is not more - it’s less” but this time I decided not to use any paper, just a little paint, because I think that toys are often quite striking by themselves. I could always add some paper later. What do you think?
Like I suspected, it became quite crowded after Eowyn had her go with it. :-)
“Hmmm, perhaps there’s room for some more in there?…”
Finally done with one of the second hand shelves that has been on my todo-list since forever. I decorated it with bits of wrapping paper and vintage wallpaper, but left the wood as it was. Now I’m working on one for Eowyn as well. That one is getting a little bit of paint as well so it takes a bit longer to finish.
Like always the weekend has gone by too fast. We’ve been to the playground, visited one of my brothers in Kungsbacka south of Gothenburg and checked out the spot where my other brother is building a house, quickly browsed over an Andy Warhol-exhibition and we’ve managed to finish some lingering painting projects at home..
The kitchen cabinet that the carpenters helped us build is finally finished. Even though it didn’t turn out like we first imagined it, we’re quite happy with the end result. We have painted it with blackboard paint, just like the door in Eowyn’s room. Here’s an attempt to capture it on a photo (quite hard since it’s stuck between the door and the fridge). I’m very pleased with the black color against the crème-colored fridge.
Here’s another thing that the carpenters helped us build, a perfect fit shoe rack (notice Eowyn helping out with the painting in the background :)):
Now, some Madagascar on the tv. We’re watching kid movies even though both kids are fast asleep.
After having re-decorated two of our doors we replaced the third and last one this weekend. Johan and his dad went and bought an old door that I found on blocket for only 200 crowns. It matches the front door much better than the old one did. Now all that’s missing is a new door handle and some paint. It’s gonna become bright yellow (inspired by the front door in this house).
Here’s a picture of how the hallway looked before we moved in. Quite a lot has changed:
(last image via Fastighetsbyrån)
