Painting

When I am on the kitchen cooking or cleaning, my son sometimes get to paint there. This one turn out so beautiful that I had to put in a frame :) 

I am also going back to painting classes so I can meet people and socialize because it is unlikely I will find a styling course here.

Have a wonderful week pals!

DIY Eames Elephant

I saw a pin of those Eames Elephants and I thought that they would match perfectly a party decoration. You print in the paper you want, cut and put on top of a plate or anywhere on the table setting. I wrote the name of the guests et voilà, use your imagination by employing them however you want and throw a mini party for you cat, dog, baby, husband, sister... :P

Here is the original post.

Hope you liked it! 

Bathroom tips

When a daily product has an ugly packaging, I either remove the label, as the ones you see at the sink, or I put in containers. Some of my containers are from Muji and others I have from the time I was doing my own beauty products. 

The squarish soap is from Blackbird, and the Binchotan Pumice Stone from Occulter.

Have a wonderful weekend!

And a big thanks to Stephanie Koster from Coos-Je for including me at her blogroll !

The console

I think my bedroom is my favorite part of the house. It was the first place I styled when we moved (2 months ago). This is the top of my chest of drawers I have in the room. It was a bit styled as you can check here. I implemented by adding more colors, botanicals, pattern and needs.

I put some boxes where I have few jewelry. Boxes always give interesting pattern and shape. The acne paper I use to add color and it has an interesting typography, altogether with the book. The mirror and the small glasses vases are the bling factors. The brushes and plants annex texture. The shape of the mirror and vases break the uniformity of the squared items. 

I think it was a fantastic idea of Justina Blakeney to create a course about interior styling. I have been searching and it really surprises me that there is none in New York city O.O Thank you Justina for your   initiative of helping us a little bit. :D

The console is my favorite! Great job. The pop of pink add SO much to the vignette. - Justina Blakeney

Ensemble

1- Fantastic Frank 2- A Merry Mishap 3- The Divinitus 4- Design and Form 5- Mia the Super Ordinary

Sofa after styling

The course is over. You had to style five key areas of your home. I decided to post the sofa this week, because I have no photo at my sofa still in my blog. This sofa is from 2009, and it has lots of spots and no legs anymore, but it is sooooooo comfortable that we are still wondering if we are going to replace it. To save it, I styled it :)

"This living room is pretty dark due to the bricks, and the sofa itself is already dark. So I decided to style with light textiles. I used those pines patterned baby blanket and pillow case to add some pattern. The sheepskin and off-white throw added texture and brightness. The color comes from the deer pillow. I combined some bling by doing a cord lamp at the top of the sofa. I do not have any round or rectangular shaped pillows, instead I used a round side table and with the lamp they create shapes."

I hope you had enjoyed! Have a wonderful week :)

Coffee Table

I will be sincere, generally I do not decor the coffee tables, because I have a kid, and less things I have, less he can mess around :) This was the second exercise, to style a coffee table.

To style a coffee table, the first thing I thought about was to put an element for kids and adults: the bettle car.  For the recycled vessel, I used a skull candle holder I had from Vancouver. Furthermore, it blings.  Needs: the books and candles for friends to feel good and entertained. The McQueen book adds a pop of colour and pattern that some people were missing. Also, to give some life, I included a puffed soccer ball and my son's favorite chair. Of course, when the child is around, we do not lit the candles :) The textures come from the flowers and carpet. The upright candle holder breaks the horizontality.

My living room is tiny, so putting lots of decor, at least in my opinion, doesn't help! I hope you had enjoyed the result. Here is the photo on Instagram. By the way, today is Walpurgis Night! Do you celebrate it? :D

Principles of Styling

Well, I have neither read a book about interior styling nor done a course about it. I usually follow my instincts and get inspiration from other bloggers. I was searching in NYC a course about it, believe or not, no school offers it! Disappointed. Sometimes I send emails to my favorite bloggers, asking about their creative path. Some answer, some just ignore. Recently, Nina from STYLIZIMO (Norway) replied saying that she's never had a course either! She is such a sweet and inspiring person. She suggested me a course that Igor from Happy Interior Blog is doing. I am giving it a try :) The hardest part is always to make a minimal/less is more, monochromatic, or with few colors environment look appealing to people. This was my exercise,  to show in one photo the eight principles of interior design:

Photo:  Kristofer Johnsson, Styling: Pella Hedeby & Marie Ramse

1. Needs - This beautiful leather daybed profits the natural light coming from the windows. Excellent place for it. Also, the 6 is a very useful coffee table, and it has shape.

2. Color -The blue grayish photo with the frame just pops and adds a nice touch of color. Does the wooden floor count? :)

3. Botanicals - Plants always make any space alive and fresh.

4. Texture - Fur and throws add coziness, especially on winter days.

5. Bling - The metallic legs caught my eyes.

6. Shape - We can see lots of shapes in this styling, from the side table, from the vases and lamps.

7. Pattern - The pattern in the rug and daybed give a special touch.

8. Placement - The placement of the beautiful books, vases, and frame at the recessed shelves are done exemplary.

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I hope I will be better in styling! Have a great day!

Oliver Gustav

Photos: Line Klein

I wish I could visit Oliver Gustav one day at Denmark. He sells some Rick Owens as you can see and other marvellous things. 

*dream*

White tiles

My kitchen is not the one of my dreams but I do not mind (not now). The former owners were really attracted to colors (we had to paint all the walls in white) but luckily, the bathroom is in black and white, score! The kitchen is brown, with beige/brownish touches everywhere...so at least, I painted the tiles backsplash to add some solid white.

This is how the tiles looked before.

Way better now! Have a wonderful weekend!

p.s. Elv's is doing a giveway, go there and participate:

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