Make something cozy for the..
Sticka något värmande till...
... body/kroppen
... bed/sängen
... chair/pallen
... lamp/lampan
... kids/barnen
A love of Imperfection - Bedagade skönheter
When I see todays romantic love for decayed surfaces and spaces, I'm reminded of US artist Elana Herzog's art project Civilization and its Discontents, as seen in New York City 2003.
In this textile project, Herzog stapled a series of Persian carpets in varying quality and condition, onto an art gallery's walls and then worked on them further to give them the right state of decay. Read more about her project here.
What do you think?
Where do you draw the line between imperfection and decay?
Lundberg Design: Beautiful Work in Wood and Steel
When I saw the stunning table in Wolfgang Behnken's new Hamburg home (which I wrote about here yesterday) I was reminded of Olle Lundberg's beautiful designs in wood and metal, as seen in these pictures:
Olle Lundberg is a Californian based architect, but with such a name I suspect he is of Swedish origin.Lundberg primarily works with salvage wood and metal in his own studio, where he and his collegues create stunning objects for private and public spaces
I love the different designs for wood storage, that Lundberg has designed for his own cabin in Cazadero
Lundberg Design excel in metal designs of all sorts: stairs, railings, hangers, sliding cabinet doors, practical kitchen tables etc. Apart from his San Francisco home, a re-designed ferry boat (!), he and his wife love to escape to their cabin up north in Cazadero - a woody, simple, airy house, largely built of reused material
Favorit i köket: My kitchen stove
My blog friends over at Fabriken, ask: what's your favorite item in your kitchen? Without a doubt it's my old, black iron stove.
When not in use, different kind of every day items seem to pile up there.... So before taking some snapshots with my mobile phone camera (hence the quality), I used what was sitting there today, arranging the stuff into a still life. Or three. 
Behind the stove is the chimney which I painted black (chalk paint) this summer. The iron pots & pans, and the pic of the boy, are from my Granny.
OK - off to clear the stove now, in order to light a fire... Mmmmmm...
DIY av halm, gräs eller papper
If you are tired of bling-bling when decorating your home this winter, why not try some of these DIY, traditional craft made out of paper or grass?
Dags för lite pyssel i höstmörkret. Kanske göra en finsk Himmeli? Faktiskt rätt kul att samla tjejkompisarna till en "pysselkväll" med god mat och gott vin. Värdinnan fixar arbetsmaterial. Kompisarna tar med mat och dryck. Kreativiteten ökar allt eftersom kvällen lider. Beskrivningar och bilder om halmslöjd hittar du här: Himmeli, 365 slöjd, Vänersborgs museum och Halmens Hus
If you don't have time for DIY projects, there is always Etsy. I love the different origami paper art, that's on sale right now:
Check out more stunning items at these Etsy sellers: SnWeStore, SpotLightJewelry, Meligami and Lusine
Även Frida på Trendenser har bloggat flitigt den senaste tiden om pappersdesign.
Paper Art by Erica Baum
Artist Erica Baum's art objects gives poetry a whole new meaning. In her project called Dog Ear, she turns a simple fold of an old book into a piece of poetry and art combined.
The new image is formed by the juxtaposition of the text on the two book pages; one folded down and one visible behind it.
Erica Baum explains: It looks simple but it’s actually very hard to find ones where everything comes together. In all of these projects I’m looking for something that in some sense already exists and has the potential to yield something else.
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