Black & white

Today I´m having a black & white day.

Via: lovenordic design, annaleenas hem, emmas designblog, interior design & vosges paris

Room for a boy

My never ending project is my sons room. We have bougt the colour and built the shelfs but then our energy ended and nothing more has been done. So, hopefully I will get started soon again to finish what will be Axels own space (even if he thinks the whole house is his to sprinke toys all over). The base will be white and pale aqua with accents in bold colours. My nex DIY will be to make posters for the walls and hopefully Axel will help me. Or maybe I paint some tires and turn them into a table. To be continued...

Via:ólöf jakobína, finnstyle, pretty in pink, mokkasin & sköna hem

Brick walls

I´ve always been allergic to brick walls indoors. But then Frida at Trendenser had a post a while ago with some updated, painted walls and I started to change my mind about them. Here are a few good examples of brick walls I could see in my home, especially the first two with a bit of concrete feel to it.

Via: norm cph, lovenordic design blog & ditte isager

Barn delux

I found this amazing barn at the scandininavian/french blog; La maison d´Anna G. The barn is situated on the island of Gotland, one of the most beautiful places in Sweden. The photos are taken by Amelia & Andreas Lönngren Widell, (it´s Amelia´s father who lives here) from the lovely blog A Beautiful Living, and published in the latest issue of Residence magazine. I just love the coloured glas, the mix of patterns on the cusions, the espresso machine placed by the window and the beds outdoors. Well, I love it all.

Orla Kiely

I´m a big admire of Orla Kiely. She is a fantastic graphic designer with amazing prints, but personaly I think she is showing her strength when it comes to colours. Entering her store in London aways brings a smile to my face. So, when I found these great shots of her home, threw the lovely blog French by design, my heart started to beat a little faster. I love the bold accents in glasobjects and furntures mixed with the calm neutrals on the walls. Photos by Chris Tubbs.

Via: french by design

Flashback from the past

I just found this home in Berlin threw Annaleenas hem and just got such a flashback from when I used to live in Dresden (former East Germany). This was in the mid 90´s and things were a bit different from here. I only lived there for a year but it was a very strong and important experiance for me. We lived in a flat without phone, bathroom, hardly no electricity (when I used the vacuum cleaner everything else turned black...) and no heating. Everyone made their homes from things they found on the streets (literally), including us, and I have never seen such creative homes. People took what they had and made beautiful, individual and expressive decorations and solutions. This home in Berlin is a perfect example of how I remember former East German appartments. Raw, imperfect and personal.

New York townhouse

Templer Townhouse is a renovation made by Workshop For Architecture.  The company was established in 2003 as a collaborative design and research studio. This project included the garden, parlor and basement levels of a brick townhouse in the west Chelsea neighborhood of New York. The primary intention of the design was reconnect the garden level spaces with the exterior while creating more open living spaces throughout incorporating minimalist details. I can move in any day...

Home of a fashion blogger

In the latest edition of  Residence, Elin Kling (Sweden´s number one fashion blogger) is showing her and her boyfriend Gustafs home. An appartment in the center of Stockholm, that Elin describes as "bohemian chic". Most of the furnitures are brought back from Gustaf´s former home in New York. I love their mix of scandinavian classics, piles of books and amazing selection of shoes.