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Stunning ReDesigned Vintage China
Färginspiration - Clever Color Combinations
Time to introduce a new feature in this blog: clever color combinations. In this first post, I've chosen a room in Whitecross Farm, published in the Swedish interior mag Sköna Hem. Don't you just love these harmonious, natural colors? The red terra cotta, the yellow ochre, mixed with some beige sand, warm brown and dark, dark charcoal.
Like this home? Here are some more pics from Whitecross Farm:
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Design, art and a little bit of RAKU
Talented artist/designer Rachid Koraïchi work is both modern and traditional at the same time. He has studied at all the finest schools. This renowned and versatile French-Algerian artist works in all sorts of material including ceramics, textiles, various metals and painted work on silk, paper or canvas.
Koraïchi’s art reveal a fascination with signs - both real and imaginary. Beginning with the intricate beauties of the Arabic calligraphic scripts his work is composed of symbols, glyphs and ciphers drawn from a variety of other languages and cultures.
Beside a makeshift kiln
we circle one another,
waiting for the incandescent forms
to be pulled with tongs,
birthed like that, into open air.
A late September moon marks time
through the beech tree’s brittle leaves
and each pot brought forth is a molten moon,
a source of sudden combustion
to be smothered in sawdust or woodchips
that burst into smoke and flame.
Later, with woodsmoke lacing my clothes,
I come home, hand him the newmade bowl,
and he, drawn by moonlight, steps outside, alone.
I go to bed, am tired, have already been out in the moon
and when he returns, with his moon-cool touch,
at first I say I don’t want him:
sleep seems more luscious than sex
But something about the bowl
the way I glazed and drew it glowing
from the kiln, crouched there
and hoped for the colors to turn,
the outer wall iridescent,
the interior crackled, white,
with dark lines holding the smoke
There’s a moon in the bowl, white
in the well and I am a well
I am looking down into
moonlight reflected, contained
in a glaze, selected
from vats of possibility:
the wrist swirls quickly,
fingers holding the bowl by the bottom
a swift twist coast the inner surfaces.
Who knows what fire will do?
I’m lucky, get what I want
that violet sheen,
those greens and reds
fiery, metallic.
Hope you'll have a great weekend.
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Trendspotting: carpets on carpets
This is a favorite arrangement of mine: carpets on carpets, forming a kind of collage. Not unusual around the world, but seldom seen in Sweden. But I love it!
It's really nice and cosy during cold, mid winter days. And perfect if you, like me, have carpets with problem spots and torn fringes...
This is from Svenssons i Lammhult's show room - a combination of industrial chic and traditional Swedish cottage living: different shades of greys, sheep skins, crates, metal and wood.
The result is so very Swedish in my eyes. How does it look in yours?
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DIY: Rope Room Divider
I'm passionate about room dividers. And this is just too clever to be true - a semi permanent solution: a DIY rope "screen". A bit of thinking, measuring and drilling. But when you're done, you have a great space divider. Check out the details over at ModHomeEc
Beautiful art and craft from recycled materials
If you are in New York City this summer, why not check out the exhibition Leaf // Cloud: Nature Tangible and Transcendent, at the Fair Folks & a Goat combined shop and gallery. This thought-provoking group show highlights the beauty of recycled and sustainable materials and show how versatile and varied eco-conscious art can be.
Above: artwork by Susan Benarcik
Above: artwork by Abigail Doan
Above: artwork by Ceca Georgieva
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DIY: Keeping things in order
If I can't see it, I forget I have it! So the other day I bought more chalk board paint to get my studio better organized: painting tin cans black for easy labeling. This idea, just painting the jar lid, is quite clever too. Especially if you cannot see through the jar... Found it over at the Style Files
Painting by number ovar at Westermanfam:
Then I read Cez blog post and saw a few painted drawers. THAT I will do. Too.
Above image from Apartmenttheraphy
Below image from LivingEtc
Above: chest of drawers from Micasaessucasa
Below: from Karahaupt
Above: keeping things tidy with cottageglamour
Then, of course, there is the old fridge...from casahaus
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TRANSLATION (well, sort of...)
Still summer days
Photographer Brie Williams takes the most exquisite photos. Like these. Love the beauty. The stillness. And the soft, natural colors. Here, I would relax. Here I could recharge my batteries. Where do you go to fill your soul with stillness and recharge?
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