Flower fun!

Last year I did a D.I.Y, tips and tricks on how to get a wonderful summergarden together with my friend and stylist, Krista. One of the ideas was this great flower decoration that can be hung from a tree, a ceiling or wherever you find it suiting. I think the images speaks for itself, so I won´t be doing the step by step in writing :-).

You´ll need:

Flowers (we used carnations)

An old lampshade without the fabric

Needle and thread

Ribbons of colors and choice.

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Krista Elvheim

More from the orchard

Another feature that is out now (also done in the lovely apple orchard), and which made the cover, is a feature with twleve tips and ideas on how you can create a romantic and colorful environment with the optimal summer feeling in your own garden/backyard.

One of them a romantic swing made out of an old bamboo chair found in a local fleamarket.

The recipes and the "how to´s" can be found in this summer issue of BoligPluss which is out in the stores now.

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Krista Elvheim

Me like!

I am one of those who like to stack away things that are ugly, and fire exstinguishers are one of them. In the last place I lived, the previous owner had made a wooden box to keep it in. I was a one happy girl when she let me keep it.The fireman though, wasn´t very happy when he came on his yearly visit to see that I had my safety equipment in place. In case of a fire, the exstinguishers should be handy at all times and seconds can matter when it comes to keeping the fire from spreading.

The Swedish father and son, Göran and Lucas Dahl shared my opinion that exstinguishers are not the prettiest thing there is, and wanted to do something about it. They idea of  making safe and approved exstinguishers in trendy colors and patterns came up, and here is the result. 

Give me a bunch of white ones (a silvergrey can also do!), and I´ll gladly have one on display in every  room of the house!

More colors and patterns on:

http://brandslackaren.se

New doors?

I have scraped and removed paint from three doors in the house, and I´ve already had enough of it. There´s about seven left, and even though I am not going to continue the project until next summer 

( it´s easier to do it outside in nice weather), I have already started to dread all the work.

I like old doors better than new ones so I either have to stick with the job and the hours it is going to take, or come up with a better solution. In the 70´s and 80´s people used to put a piece of plywood on the doors to cover the flaking paint, and to get a new look, and that is what the owners did in this house too. Underneath the plywood are some beautiful, old doors that just needs a little bit (or actually quite a lot!) of renovating.

Maybe I can do the same, and instead of having a boring plywood door, glue one of these wallstickers from Bolia outside? At least they have a little bit more paint on them than my doors. Don´t think they come in the exact door size though, so I might have to photograph one of the doors I have already renovated, print them out and glue them on top of the plywood.

Images found on Bolia.com

Colorful Christmas!

 We never get enough of great decoration- and gift wrapping ideas, and this year EVERY magazine have their own Christmas issue filled with exactly that. We se more and more colors and recycled paper, and gifts decorated with tape, stickers and colorful ribbons. Gone are Santas, red apples and white angels. Don´t know what you think about this new trend, but even though I am not the most colorful person there is, I like it a lot! I am strongly considering adding some color to the decorations this year- if I dear...

This are a few images from a Christmas workshop feature I did for Kamille´s Christmas issue earlier this fall. Hope they´ll inspire!

Styling: Line Dammen, Bente Helstrøm and Tara Ballantyne

Photography: Trine Thorsen

White on white

 

Around this time last year, Norwegian Elle Decoration came out with a white issue.

One of the homes that was featured in this issue was Elle´s former Deputy Editor, Cecilie. Love the way she has transformed her small apartment into a white and spacious looking place, by keeping it white and neutral. I am especially a big fan of her art wall, with frames and objects in various shapes and sizes. As I guess you can see, Cecilie has a big weakness for white porcelain and her collection is to die for!

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Just like paradise?

I can´t wait to get my bathroom up and running, but when that will be, I don´t know for sure. But, what I´m definately having when the time is here is a bathtub, so I can defrost and reheat during our cold winters. Brrr... (I have an clawfoot tub waiting outside which is covered with tons of snow at the moment).

This beautiful bathroom is from the fantastic home of stylist Ingvild Flesland that I showed you a sneak peek on earlier. Love the beautiful and great idea of filling the room with plants and flowers, to get a feeling of being somewhere very excotic.

Me like alot!

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Ingvild Flesland

Wallstickers

Wallsticker have been around for a while now and more and more designers explore this world of endless oportunities. The French company, "Le Pré d´eau" is one of them. With a huge selection of cute drawings, quotes, poems, riddles and rhymes (mostly in french), they have a wide variety to choose from.

Images found on Le Pré déau

Great gadgets!

If you hate to be alone...

Cool cuttingboard

Definately "my cup of tea"!

Love me stamp

Don´t know what to vote?

Care for some candy?

Want a moustache?

For your salade...

Mine gode venn og forhenværende romkamerat, Jean Sebastien Ides er en av to bak det Paris baserte firmaet Atypyk. Mens Jean Seb for det meste grubler, tegner, designer og kreerer, sitter kompanjongen Ivan i "sjefstolen" og tar seg av markedsføringen og alt det andre som må til for å drive en vellykket business, men sammen kommer de opp med de morsomste ting du ikke trenger, men bare MÅ ha!

My good friend and ex roommate, Jean Sebastien Ides is one of the two guys behind the French company Atypyk. While Jean Seb draws, designs and creates, his companion, Ivan is the "big boss" and in charge of the more serious side of the business. Together they come up with the greatest ideas on the funniest things you don´t really need, but just got to have!

Images found on atypyk.com

Button up!

Denne søte idéen til magnettavle fant jeg på "gjør det selv" sidene til det nederlanske magasinet 101 Woonidéeen. Siden jeg ikke er en av de skarpeste i nederlansk, tar jeg min variant av hvordan man kan lage den.

Mal en vegg eller en plate med to strøk magnetmaling. Mal deretter over med ønsket farge (gjerne med tavlemaling, da får du både i pose og sekk!). Du kan også male en metallplate dersom du foretrekker det :-). Kjøp magneter og lim på knapper i ønskede farger og størrelser. Voilá!

I found this cute magnetic board on the dutch magazine 101 Woonidéeen´s homepage a while ago. Since I only understand a little bit of Dutch, I´ll write down my version of how I think it is made.

Paint a wall or a piece of plywood with two coatings of magnetic paint . Paint a color of your choice on top (chalkboard paint is perfect, then you´ll have two in one!). If you prefer metal, just paint a metalplate :-). Buy magnets and glue on buttons in different colors and sizes. Voila! 

Image found on 101 woonidéeen