Spring is hesitating in the door way. We had rain today. How is spring coming where you are?
Both pics above via tumblr
From Urban Living
Left picture via, and right by Paul Reaside
Bye bye Winter
When I work from home, this is what I see on my walk to the mail box. I always have my phone ready to take a picture of the ever changing winter skies. But this is history now - Spring is already here, and I'm working hard around the house to cut down trees, prune bushes and tend to flowers and other plants. This is the best part of the year.
The perfect still life!
OK, I confess, I'm a sucker for great still lives. In my mind, most are over done (like Ikea's in the blog post below), others are just perfect, like these two, photographed by Thomas Popinger. You can tell the person behind this shot know his Morandi. Beautifully arranged: every detail, every line in place. Brilliant!
Jumpstart Spring Living
I found this in my inbox today, and liked the simple and clean styling. It's a press images from Ikea's of their new, fake olive tree Fejka (!) A great way to jump start our balcony season, for us up in the cold North. I haven't seen the tree "in person" so to speak, but if sure looks good on this pic from Ikea
Foto: IKEA Livet Hemma/Roland Persson
Bloglove: Cherry Blossom
There are many great Norwegian blogs - Cherry Blossom is one of them. Her style is Scandinavian with a romantic/asian touch. Beautiful! Head over to her blog for more along this line.
Inspirational Collage for your wall
Susan Black makes wonderful collages, mixing paint and re-used material of all sorts. Like this piece, which I found on her blog 29 Black Street. If you like what you see, you can buy her work at her Etsy shop.
A Weekend Cabin in Stockholm's Archipelago
Some people have more talent (and knowledge) than others. Just look at Carouschka Streijffert! She is a Swedish artist, architect, set designer and writer. Among other things...
I first notice her creativity, when she appeared on a Swedish TV "remake-my-home" show. Her work stood out, was soooo much more inventive than the other designers. She was very clever in finding new use of old spaces, by using very small means. Re-use seem to be her thing.
One incident stands out in my memory: the carpenters argued about something she had planned. When they didn't get it, she pulled out her bright red lipstick, and draw a sketch on the wall!! Nice touch ;-) Much of that side of her is visible in her own weekend cabin. The focus is on simple living, in harmony with nature. No fancy styling to impress, just the basic necessities. Love it.
All of a sudden her summer house is showing up in many blogposts here and here and here. A well deserved attention. But few seems to know who created this space, build to fulfill a dream of escape. So even though I already blogged about this cottage on my other blog Creative Living (before I started this blog), I think it's about time to present Carouschka Streijffert and her work, here too.
Carouschka Streijffert's weekend shelter on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. The surfaces are raw, with unfinished plaster walls, wooden floors and lots of clever storage.
Windows in all directions, blurring the borders between indoors and out. Below I have added some smaller images of Carouschka Streijffert's art work and stage set sketches, to the larger images of her house.
Combined kitchen, living room and study below, wooden stairs to the open space, sleeping area above.
Carouschka Streijffert has placed small tables and chairs all around the house, and in each direction, on the outside - ready for work ore a quick meal.
The larger images are from photographer Martin Lof's blog and Sköna hem, and the smaller ones (of her artwork etc) are from Carouschka Streijffert's own website. Like her style? Check out her awesome Stockholm loft here.
March 8!
Some Mimosa to all of you ladies reading this today - March 8, 2012.
Have a great day, everyone!
New book: The Natural Home - very Wabi Sabi
If I had to pick a favorite interior stylist, I would be..... well, there are so many good ones, but this month it is Hans Blomquist. What I like most about him, is that he masters sooooo many different styles. He doesn't have one signature style (I don't think), but he knows what style works best in each situation. May it be Baroque, Romantic French, hard edge Black & white, Colorful & playful, Raw Industrial or natural Wabi Sabi, he masters them all!
Much of the latter is presented in his upcoming book The Natural Home, which will be released by Ryland, Peters and Small in April. The publishers haven't posted many photographs yet, but I found the ones below over at the great blog French by Design. Awesome photos by Debi Treloar. As usual.
The Natural Home is a place where natural materials and motifs are the key elements of home decorating. The book celebrates perfectly imperfect objects in homes that have grown with time and are photographed un-staged. Could it be more Wabi Sabi?
Hans Blomquist starts off by exploring the essence of the natural style:
- In Texture, he revels in the textures and patinas of natural materials.
- Still Life reveals Hans' passion for creating displays that showcase treasured pieces, while
- Plants and Flowers celebrates the beauty of nature and the cycles of the natural world.
- Colour presents his favourite earthy, natural colour palette, which provides the perfect backdrop for hits of brighter natural hues.
- The second part of the book, Homes, presents a series houses and apartments that showcase the beautiful simplicity and elegance of the natural look.
The Natural Home will fit perfectly in my bookcase, in between all my Wabi Sabi books (among them Axel Vervoordts book Wabi Inspirations) and other books celebrating the used & imperfect, like Emily Chalmers book Flea Market Style, Christiane Lemieux's UnDecorate and Ramnek/Ulin's book Nesting.
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