When I arrived in Peoria which can be a chock in itself coming from Europe. I met a lady in my neighbourhood who asked me if I knitted? I just got a flashback seeing myself at my parent’s home 1980’s knitting one pullover after another but that was in the 1980’s!!!!!!!!!!! Who knits now? I …
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Did you say knit?
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The best kept secret!
Sometimes living in a small town has its advantages. One of them I would say is that you have a great art community (I suppose living in Peoria is not as expensive as NY!) Among the really good ones we have I have a favourite and as you might have guessed from the pictures above …
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Before and After
Today’s Before and After comes from a Swedish couple who lives in North Carolina and had the vision in turning this house into a really great space, so it finally could breath again away from all the cluttering, check it out. You can hardly see that there is actually a fireplace in this room, as …
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The coolest cookies ever!
Between bloggers we all have our favourite blogsites and one of mine is DesignSponge. Recently she blogged about the coolest cookies ever made by Kim Neill a freelance graphic designer. Inspired by her collection of Pantone chips she went ahead and made some Royal icing in all the colors. And with an edible pen marked …
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Keep that fire going
I think we all have in mind that after Christmas spring is coming. But it doesn’t matter how hard we wish for it, it still will take some time until we will hear twittering and see some green. And with minus still going on in the temperatures we sure need to keep that fire going. …
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Look but don’t touch!
Did you know that the iconic Danish Architecte Arne Jacobsen’s favourite plant was the cactus? Well, I am not surprised because there certainly are some intriguing lines and forms and the abstraction of the plant makes it a great accent in your Interior. I have always been very attracted to these plants and as …
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I wish you all out there the very best for the new year 2011. Let’s hope it will be an interesting design year, the Formex Fair end January in Stockholm is a good one with some great designs always coming out of it. I will report about that soon. My greetings are coming to you from Mexico …
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Dear Santa,
Well you don’t need to look that chocked my Christmas list is not that long! Here are a few items I wouldn’t mind receiving under my Christmas tree. Who doesn’t like to receive flowers? I think the Hortensia is a beautiful flower. And why not eternalize it into a vase as did the Dutch flower artist …
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Let’s get ready for x-mas together with the kids
I have something with red apples at Christmas. After all red is the x-mas color and bringing the nature into your house makes it really cosy. We threaded each apple and just nailed it up on the porch. Great entrance isn’t it! Apples again! Such an easy way to make your own candle lights. Just …
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Honeysuckle – the color of 2011
The Guru company when it comes to color Pantone has given it’s verdict for next year; Honeysuckle is the official color of 2011. It’s courageous, confident and vital! The motivation for the choice of color is – need for something uplifting saturated bright pink. I am not a great pink fan but due to the reddish …
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Stairways to heaven……
The starecase is a major feature in your home sometimes neglected and sometimes not, The red enhances the staircase with the dominant grey color all over in this entrance. This is such a great idea! Who doesn’t want to have a rainbow in the middle of the house?! And it fits perfectly the bohemian atmosphere …
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Bon Appetit!
Here in the US today is the famous Thanksgiving a true only American holiday. It’s all about family and friends gathering around the table. So I picked out a few scenarios of beautiful table settings to inspire a Thanksgiving table or for you other guys outside the US an autumn table! I love this so …
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The love affair between Haute Couture and Interior Design
The border between fashion and interior design is getting looser and looser. I suppose when you are creative you just want to go on and create and it is even more challenging when you walk over to the other side…….. The French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier was asked to come up with a collection …
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Sleeping Beauty!
This story is just incredible and has been talked about on several blogs and I would like to share it with you. Parisian flat containing €2.1 million painting lay untouched for 70 years For 70 years the Parisian apartment had been left uninhabited, under lock and key, the rent faithfully paid but no hint of …
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Let’s go Hunting!
The autumn is among other things connected to hunting. But how many of the hunters nowaday really puts up there hunting trophieson the wall? I am not really into hunting but for some reason I have always been very drawn to animal horns, skins etc. Thinking about it I have plenty of it at home …
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Happy Halloween!
What attracts me the most with Halloween are the colors this deep orange and the black are great color combinations. Here are some interiors that have gone halloween all year round! and it just looks great. So let’s get bold and play around with the orange and black a little bit more.
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Don’t forget to look up it might be worth it!
We have a tendency to forget the ceiling in our homes, just paint it white that’s fine, I think is the general phrase we use when decorating our homes. When I lived in Geneva, Switzerland I would walk down the street and all of a sudden I looked up and just realized what I had missed, …
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Paper Sculptures
One of my colleagues showed me today some pictures of the works from the American artists Allen & Patty Eckman and I was completely blown away. First of all I have always been attracted to the Native American cultures and secondly the fact that these meticulously executed sculptures are made out of paper is just fantastic. Allen …
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Let’s prepare Halloween with the kids
And with Halloween the wonderful geourgeous autumn, that surprises us every year with its amazing colors. I was driving around today and took these pictures Peoria is definitely prepared for Halloween Well I suppose so are we too……… This installation is on our dining table. On a butcher block we placed this foot and hand …
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Let’s cook!
Working on a kitchen project I came over these pictures the other day for inspiration and just realized they all have a common factor WOOD. Tired of the granite counter tops then just enjoy these pictures. Isn’t this a dream space to get inspired for some great cooking. A lot of light, a lot of …
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