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Living with books

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There has been so much lately in the media about living with books so I thought I might just jump on the bandwagon and share my version of books in the home. There’s something soothing and calming about living with books. Each book holds its very own little history or world -imagine! Check out these pictures below for some inspiration with arranging books in your home.

via Desiretoinspirevia Meinedingevia Thedesignerpadvia Stilinspirationvia Rumidvia Whatwilsonwants

 

Happy day everyone:)

 

Love Lisa

 

okt 07
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Knitting in big scale!

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I’ve talked about this before how interior can be very daunting for many. Thanks to the influence of a million interior magazines, thousands of interior blogs, and interior programs on tv from all over the world, it just makes the normal home look basically drab and dreary! While many of us fight with the thought of creating that cool interior or having that fantastic chair in the corner of the living room, just stand back, take a breath and look at your surroundings in your home. Agree to the fact that some things have to go and agree to the fact that some things need working on. It’s all work in progress, right?  An interior shouldn’t have to cost an arm and a leg either but it’s just how we put it all together. And remember interior in your home should reflect you and not the neighbour…

Okay enough with jabbering and getting along to the real issue of these cool stools from Claire-Anne O’Brien from Ireland. These fantastic knit stools are genius. Texture, oversizing and unique! Brilliant!

Pictures from her website.

 

Make it a good day today and while you’re at it make it a good weekend too:)

 

Love Lisa

 

aug 30
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My and Roo…

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These lounge chairs My and Roo call for major relaxing if you ask me and would look fantastic in any room with a chill out factor. Ulla Koskinen has designed these chairs for Woodnotes in Finland and is upholstered in 70% paper yarn and 30% cotton. Finds in many colours as well.  Super cool.

 

Love Lisa

 

 

jul 08
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Difficult corners…

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Space is a big issue in a small apartment. One should maximize and utilize. So why not use a corner shelf to create a stylish space in the room. Brilliant!  Now why haven’t we thought of this before? These fantastic shelves come from Content by Conran who is the founder for Habitat and the Conran Shop. He has a very relaxed and informal range of contemporary furniture made from simple and natural materials. We like that right! I think they would look fabulous in any home whatever style or period your house my be.

Pictures from his website

You can find more products from Content by Conran from fantastic Eske in Oslo.

 

Happy sunny weekend everyone:-)

Love Lisa

 

mai 27
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Restorering of furniture

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This morning I visited a local furniture upholsterer called A.K.Walløe, here in Bergen. They offer an amazing range of different services and have fantastic collaborative partners, which makes the whole experience of restoring your furniture to a game.  From built-in cabinets, loose covers for stoles, upholstering of sofas etc. to stopping and restoring of all furniture. They make as well headboards, madrasses, pillows, bedspreads and curtains! The list seems endless if you ask me. It makes sense to take care of our older furniture, it saves the environment and keeps the tradition of beautifully made furniture intact for future generations. Here are some pictures from this morning of some chairs on the way to having a make over…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the way they have a huge amount of very beautiful and up to date materials!

So check it out.

 

Have a good weekend :-)

Love Lisa

mai 25
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Walk-in closets

By Furniture, Interior styles 3 Comments

 

Hey girls, we’ve done good! Yesterday I saw in the local newspaper that 23% of the women in Norway wish for a walk-in closet when renovating their homes. And you men wish for a training room. Well, why not!  But where there is a dream there finds a way and you don’t necessarily have to have the biggest house or apartment in the world, or the biggest budget either. You just have to be clever and manage to use space in the best possible way. Once you have decided on the room you want to use it’s important to think over a few things. Keep the walls, floor and ceiling in the room in light colours as not to distract you from the clothes. Use all space available from ceiling to floor and keep the shelves open and well organized. Keep the room well lit, and a big wall mirror is a must to make the room look glam and bigger. The Pax-series from Ikea is a module wardrobe that can fit into even the most difficult room so with all your clothes well organized and everything within your reach you’ll be the best well dressed girl in the world!  So get packing girls. With no further-a-do lets get some inspiration with more ideas…with walk-in closets, sorry boys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures found via elledecor.com and are from the movie set to ‘Sex and the city2’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Found via gaderobenord.

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Found via bculik.

 

Have a fun day!

Love Lisa

mai 20
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Bachelor Degree Exhibition

By Furniture, Happenings No Comments

 

In Bergen we have the Bachelor Degree Exhibition, from the local Art College going on with 64 students showing off their examwork, from visual communicatuion, photograghy, ceramic, til room design and interior arkitekter. It’s exiting and inspiring to see work of up and coming students of the future…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furniture design from a young man, could this be the future chair we’ll be sitting on? Loved the small details of leather round the seat and the metal screws at the back. Very original which is not so easy to be in a design world overflowing with influences coming from all corners of the world.

Have a fabulous weekend and if looking for something inspirational to do check out the different Bachelor Degree Exhibitions in town, finishes this Saturday.

 

Enjoy.

Love Lisa

mai 13
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Dark,fun & sexy

By Colours, Furniture No Comments

 

Check out the skirting boards here in the picture. I just had to share this with you all. Unfortunately it was a while ago that I downloaded this picture and not sure of it’s source but it doesn’t stop us from appreciating the combination of colour, the fun of the coloured skirting boards and the dark sexy wood panel on the walls and the turquiose frame round the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m loving it!

 

Have a happy weekend everyone.

Love Lisa

 

 

mai 12
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Outstanding chair…

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Very elegant table chair from Casamania. The chair is called maritime and is made of ash plywood which makes for the lovely curves and the fantastic workmanship. Undoubtably the finest chair I have seen for along time, so we can just keep on dribbling and sighing to our hearts content…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures er via the fabulous Dezeen and you can read more about the chair there.

I think sometimes we should just take a minute or two just to inhale the beautiful workmanship of some pieces of furniture. See the simple detail that’s made up a furniture.

Enjoy!

 

Have a fabulous and sunny day everyone.

Love Lisa

 

 

mai 10
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Let’s face it.

By Furniture, Interior styles, Mirror No Comments

 

Mirrors are very handy indeed to an interior. They make small rooms look bigger, they make dark corners look brighter, and if you cover a whole wall from ceiling to floor with a mirror you can pretend there’s another room in there!  Anyway today I was in ‘Hjem Kjære Hjem’ for those who live in Bergen,in search for some wallpapers to the teenage room and saw this lovely mirror which would brighten up even the darkest room anywhere in a house. Comes in two different sizes too.

You like? Would look great in a more comtempary interior…

See ya soon again.

Love Lisa