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Best way to stay trendy and warm this winter!

Winter is fast approaching in my part of the world, and I am preparing myself and my home for snow. To "help" me I have a nice selection of animal skins. I know they will keep me warm, cause they were all I had some years ago when we had a BIG storm and no electricity for days. I stayed in one room (the kitchen) where those furs (plus some candles and two cats) keep me nice and warm throughout the ordeal. (Now, a hot meal was a whole different matter...)

You may have noticed the trendy thing right now is to get a longhaired, Islandic sheep skin, like the ones above. Personally - I prefer the curly Gotland sheep skins seen in the pictures below.

Last winter a friend gave me a reindeer skin from Lappland. While the sheep stay indoors, I bring the reindeer outdoor with me to sit on while watching a bonfire or just enjoying a hot cup of java in a sunny spot.

What kind of animal skin is YOUR favorite? If any?

All images via my Pinterest.

(Let me know if you have the source of these pics, and I'll add them asap. Thanks for your help.)

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Today I listen to Hollie McNish - Embarrassed

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Mix and Match in Copenhagen home

Welcome home to danish fashion designer Yvonne Koné. Her turn of the century apartment in Copenhagen is a creative mix of old and new - and recycled material. More photos where I found these.

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Capturing Manhattan Stillness

I just love these photos by New York photographer Arne Svenson.

Not everyone does. His new project The Neighbors,

a series of photographs recently on display in Los Angeles,

has caused quite a stir.

Svenson has taken photographs of his new york neighbors,

through the windows of their own homes, showing

unscripted and random, yet intriguing human moments,

that really sets my imagination in motion...

The grid structure of the windows

frame the quotidian activities of the neighbors,

forming images which are

endearing, theatrical and rather puzzling.

I love the stillness, the simple elegance.

The photos makes me think of paintings by

Vermeer, Hammershøi and Hockney.

Arne Svenson is known for his eccentric interpretations of the everyday and familiar.

The Neighbors is his latest project - a subtle yet provocative set of photographs;

a social, class and aesthetic study of life behind the windows of high-rise condos.

The photos mirror our cultural curiosity and preoccupation with other people’s lives –

think Facebook, Instagram, reality television etc.

Svenson's New York neighbors are quite unhappy about the whole thing -

crying out at the invasion of their privacy, and are considering legal action.

Arne Svenson: "For my subjects there is no question of privacy;

they are performing behind a transparent scrim on a stage

of their own creation with the curtain raised high."

I guess that is why I have no problem with this project.

Do you?

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Simple Living Summer Style

via Elle Decor

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New Book: Bring The Outdoors In

Reading the latest news from the Trend Tablet, I found out that New York-based stylist Shane Powers is releasing his first book, ‘Bring The Outdoors In’ (Chronicle, 2013).

Those of you who've been to my interior design classes, know how much I stress (to the point of.... irritation?) the importance bringing the outdoors in - of blurring the borders between inside and out - as much as possible. Especially when you stage a home for sale.

Now there is a book packed with ideas on how you can do this. A must have. Just look at these photos by Gentl & Hyers.

Powers says here: I didn’t start working on botanicals until I got a job as a photo stylist for the groundbreaking publication Bloom. The founder, Lidewij Edelkoort, encouraged me to think beyond traditional uses, and focus on plants and flowers as more dynamic elements. I began to look at their shapes, colors, and textures with a new perspective…

While trends in flowers and gardening may come and go, the ideas in this book have a timeless appeal to be enjoyed and referenced for years to come. The projects are not gardening projects; they are three-dimensional still lifes, miniature worlds designed to enhance your interiors.