today ----------- tänään
Today I cleaned my computer and threw away about 1200 pictures. I had so much crap on my computer.Norwegian Elle Decoration -totally new to me but it reminded me that I should practice my lousy...
View Articledream on baby --------- pää pilvissä
Last weekend I went to see this one flat which is on sale near us. Like ours it´s 50´s build row house in three levels with tiny garden but the condition was so crap and price way too high. Okay -it...
View Articlelittle winter helpers --------- talven pikkuapurit
I´m still blushed because of my last posts great heading -before I corrected it. My English is crap - and I know it. So be patient with me. I have a British last name but I´m as Finnish as a rye bred....
View Articlenew colors for the cottage --------- mökin uudet värit
Here is our summer cottage´s new colors. Graphite gray -You probably won´t be so surprised ;)Dark is the main, lighter is for doors and off white is for window frames. We also have to change the...
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There´s just nothing better than the morning light. I have missed and now its back. Have a nice week!***Tätä on kaivattu. Aamuvaloa. Se tunkee pimennysverhojenkin läpi ja tekee herätyskellosta...
View Articleflower power --------- vihreän voimalla
Flower market is a place were I could easily spend hours. This time I came home with these green "bolus". ***Luin Martta-lehdestä jutun viherkasvien positiivisesta vaikutuksesta. Uskon siihen täysillä....
View Articleless is more ------ vähemmällä enemmän
Normally I need some structure and little bit of colors I am not fan of totally white spaces. But for me, it´s so relaxing when the drying laundry and all kids toothbrushes and toys are away. Just the...
View Articleseven favorites --------- kurkistusta komeroon
I had to think four days, will I publish this or not but here it is... Latest Evita magazine (only in Finnish) and seven favorites from my wardrobe: Acne´s 50´s style dress, Swedish Hasbeens sandals (I...
View Articlecongrats ---------- onnittelut
Kekkilä´s Greenlight (design by Linda Bergroth) is garden product of the year in Sweden. Congrats Kekkilä & Linda. My lamp of the year is on the table. Artek had a sale...***Ruotsalaiset valitsivat...
View Articlethose tiny details ------- ne pienen pienet yksityiskohdat
You know those tiny little details that bothers you... I never liked these almost look like aluminium switches. They are just plastic. So I painted them and now they are matching to oven´s knobs. And,...
View Articlegolden bell ------------ pikkukulta
Actually I bought the Golden Bell to our summer house but right now I need some bling bling here at home. My head in bit empty, so much going on. Enjoy the week!***Oikeastaan sen piti päätyä mökille,...
View Articlefriday morning gym ----------- perjantain jumppapallo
I needed some change so I had a tiny friday morning gym. Damn heavy this gray sofa... Now off to work but happy, happy Friday! By the way the Swedish Residence magazine is really nice, one of my new...
View Articleboys kingdom --------- poikien valtakunta
Here lives two fans of Legos, cars, games and robots. My minimalistic (less is more) part loves that big storage box under the bed. It hides so much toys.***Poikien valtakunnassa on kaikki ok, tosin...
View ArticleRoyal system by Poul Cadovius
Do you remember this shelf that I found from our summer houses shed. It was dusty and totally wreck but after I painted it became awesome. And now I found out who the designer is. Shelf is Danish,...
View Articlenature walks in -------- luonto astuu sisään
Light, natural wood and nature walks in feelings. That inspires me right now. Besides Normann Copenhagen´s trolley would be just perfect next to our dinner table.Last summer "nature walked in" when a...
View Article(summer) gottage ------------- terkut saaristosta
We just came back so greetings from the archipelagoes. Almost five days easter holiday is over and now washing machine is singing. There´s nothing new inside the (summer) house except the blinds and...
View Articlecottage´s guest room -------- mökin vierashuoneessa
This cottage´s quest room is not ready yet but I have curtains now. Fabric is from Kauniste and it´s just perfect. ***Vihdoin on verhotkin mökin vierashuoneessa. Kaunisteen Metsä sopii tänne...
View Articleits done! ----------- se on nyt valmis!
My 50´s Trienna sofa project is now finally ready. I just finished the upholstery. Beautiful wool felt fabric I found fromLauritson´s collections. Hereis some before pics and the story behind this...
View Articleand the chair -------- ja se tuoli
After I finished the Trienna sofa, I also upholstered Trienna chair. And again... grey wool looks nice. Fabric in same as before:Lauritzon´s Terra Silver. I made earlier one test version which was okay...
View Articlemr Morris --------- pikkuherra Morris
I got it yesterday, theMorris table on the front.Hanna ( I call her the goddess of the cooking books) called -I have one extra Morris table, it´s slightly scratched but you can maybe fix it. Do you...
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