waiting...

Image from IKEA

SO looking forward to the 2012 IKEA catalogue!!! :) Within the next few days-weeks it should arrive at my door! :) Wohoo! Supposedly a lot about storage - thank God!

new, new & new

So we went to IKEA the other day and now we've got a new pendant for the kitchen table (unsprayed as of yet and maybe we'll keep it this way? Kind of looks light (light) grey with all the white-white around...) and a big chest of drawers in the wardrobe. The drawers take a lot of space but then they give a lot of it too! So definitely worth it. And it's white :) of course.

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And now I have somewhere to put all our cute baby clothes! Perfect! Ahh, can't W A I T! :) And here's how the wardrobe looked before.

while I wait

I'm reading this new magazine that arrived today, while I wait to put my experiment in the oven. My fav Swedish interior design magazine Allt i Hemmet, that is. And it's a summer special: Summer life :)

final touches

on our new kitchen! Today, finishing the counter top with hardwax oil. It's a massive oak (not properly portrayed in colour...) counter top and we hope that this'll do the trick. Earlier, it was so sensitive to anything and everything that wasn't wiped off immediately. And that's not good enough for a kitchen, hey.

More pictures of finished kitchen (+before-pictures, obviously!) coming up!! :)

Thoughts of a dream

Definitely something I'd consider for our bedroom wall. With the fairy lights, obviously. But not black letters, probably.

Picture from we♥it.

I love -

- this.

Pictures from By Fryd, in collage by me.

New online magazine "By Fryd". It's in Norwegian, which means not everyone will understand, but do take a look at all the beautiful pictures! :)

IKEA goes French Romanticism

Pictures: IKEA

And I, I absolutely love it! Well done, IKEA. :)

My 24th Birthday, Present #02

These are many smaller gifts, all of which are themed pink/white/polka dots. So cute! A tablecloth, a couple of pot holders, a microfibre cloth, a microfibre mitt, paper napkins, a gift box and an interior design magazine :) (I'll be spending a few nights ahead with my new magazine... I love a new magazine!)

Finally Finished

The entrance ceiling, that is. The electrician was here earlier this week and now we can finally turn the lights on in the entrance when we get home. Here's a picture:

As you can see, we had one of the rows of downlights follow the line of the wall. It was a great decision because it really enhances what is unique about the room. And thank goodness we chose to add a dimmer to the installation. With 8 downlights on full beam it gets awfully light in such a small area. Anyways, we are really happy about this. :)

See more about our entrance here.

H&M Home Summer 2010

Pictures from H&M Home. Livingroom / Bedroom / Bathroom

I like this, H&M. :) I want my summer to be like this. Note to self: Have a great, lovely summer, and make the most of it.

Online Magazine

Pictures from Lonny Magazine (issue three) in collage by me.

Lonny Magazine is a new online home decor magazine. Three issues published, all available on their webpage. Such a great idea! Even though I would kind of miss the charm of a paper copy... It's just a whole other experience, one doesn't have to rule out the other! :)

If I were to win...

Picture: Marbodal

I would probably choose these kitchen shutters - Marbodal Form Vit (but of course with glass uppers). The counter would be oak. And that's probably where the similarities with this pictures ends. It's a great way to see what it could be like though. Visit Marbodal to see what your kitchen could look like!

The Bedroom - Picture bomb

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This is our bedroom! :) Obviously, more decoration will come as we go... One cannot do everything at once, you know. Like pictures on the walls, curtains (roman shade style), new doors... :)

About walls and storage

In a future house of mine, I want to have a closet wall like this one. Built-in, that's the way I like it.

Picture from Danish Bo Bedre.

Bedroom & hallway update

Let me introduce... My bedroom wallpaper!

The colour really changes a lot depending on the light... part of why I love it so much. I thought I'd give you a small teaser for pending full room pictures. :) Gorgeous, hey?

Much longed for

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! [said in Donald Duck voice] Finally it is here! The new IKEA catalogue! I love when it comes in the mail. It makes me long for rain all day and a hot chocolate (preferably from Gloria Jean's but since being in Sweden I just make my own with O'boy chocolate mix!) - the perfect excuse for spending hours going through the whole thing! :) Here are some things that I liked...

A box on wheels to have beneath the bed! Who wouldn't want to have one of those?

A cabinet in which to keep shoes... and it is even looking nice! HEMNES.

I really like this hallway combination. Especially the metal thing onto which you can attach notes and messages.

A collage of pictures in nice frames that covers an entire wall - a must have!

A nice system of shelves, HYLLIS.

I really like this bench... I'd love to have one in my own bathroom, MOLGER.

The Indian part of me

A part of me is really into the Indian stuff... I love it. I will probably never decorate with it, except maybe with a few details that I inherited after my grandma, but it is lovely none the less.

All items are from Swedish shop Indiska.

Oh, except for the lantern... it's from... uh, somewhere else.

My dad was born in India and so even though I've never even been anywhere close to having been there, I still feel like it's a part of me. :) Sorta.

Scale of colours

I like the idea of having a wall of bookshelves and the books arranged in a scale of colours!

When can I move in?

This is... hard to defeat, to say the least.

I love all the gizmos and details in bright lovely colours against the white white white, and the contrast white floors/black floors, and the coffee table, and the purple door(!), and the chandeliers, and the... actually, I just love it all!