Hello! Hope you are well this fine Friday! I can’t believe it’s still January. My mind is totally set for spring, I’ve even ordered some spring clothes I know I won’t be able to wear for at least 2 months! Bah. Buy hey, one can always decorate a wall with clothes, especially skirts and dresses! Now here’s a round of nice stuff I’ve spotted lately. I’ve put some gorgeous flowers into the mix, just to get you (and me!) extra happy.

Firstly, I think this wall decor idea, found at ljuvligt hemma, is amazingly smart and easy. For a hallway or any undecorated passage or corner. Just get a canvas,  paint it white (or any other colour), stretch some lovely satin ribbons across it, attach them with a stapler and…tada! Collect your favourite memories!

Soon it’s spring, I hope! Pic styled by marcus hay via bright bazaar. This is the greatest most wonderful decor essential right know I think – flowers en masse!

And below, from ad france feb-march issue, a frame grouping with two great features in one: round shaped mirrors!

Moving on, I love displays and still life styled like this one below, spotted at krickelin‘s. Relaxed, effortless, non-squary styling. Gold, bronze & copper items are always escpecially nice (for some reason, I’m not into silver at all) and so are antlers.

Finally, a huge bunch of flowers (perfect to combine with the cool style above)..

to wish you a Happy weekend!
(this pic via style me pretty )

Trendey has been awfully quiet lately..!  I’m busy saving the world, and if not Henen decides on a sudden comeback, this slow is how it’ll stay a couple more months. To spice up the place a little, here’s some views from my favourite room. Firstly, note that I put my grey skirt on the Ge’-lamp. Made it much nicer…Though I miss wearing my soft skirt. And that’s Grandpa’s well-used stool.
I finally found some gorgeous old birch-bark lamps at a flea market up in the north. Put 2 on the cupboard.

And below you can view our son Cliff (born in 1965 at A.D. Sutton & Sons factory) and also another birch barch lamp; this one is mismatched with a wooden ball lamp stand I painted the same colour as the wall.
The sunny & warm colour scheme makes me happy. What I cherish most is our kilims, they make the room so inviting and homey. I’m a sucker for rugs, the more of them, the better.

One of my favourite DIY departments is lamps & lighting [check out our DIY sub-category named Creative lamps]. The coolest lamps consist of various stuff put together (be it bottles, odd china or well, anything), handicrafted lamp shades (knit wool, braided birch bark, etc) or just some old thing made into a lamp (like a hat – think Jeeves & Wooster). Or a lamp shade hat put on a porcelain dog (- think Abigail Ahern’s lighting collection). Or perhaps a reclaimed neon sign. In this field of decor (as any), only creativity’s the limit.

And, most importantly: you can Do It Yourself! It’s one of the greatest way to create something unique because lighting can hardly ever look ugly or wrong. Especially not if you’ve put your soul in it. Few people have too many lighting sources in a room, problem is usually the opposite. Best of all, there’s plenty of inspiration around. Personally, I still love the idea of painting a globe, I think my wor(l)d would be o y s t e r :) And just take a second look at Henen’s DIY:ed hallway lamp: Purely made of branch, tape, paint and a good dose of creativity (there’s also a white smurf hidden among the twigs (!)). And it certainly casts both personality and amazing shadows at night. Interestingly, many of the brand new lamps in the market are upcycled, hodge-podgy and/or homespun. Definitely DIY-friendly.

Good examples: A creation of vintage rulers  /

a bunch of old lampshades (similiar cluster spotted at the AW 2011 Formex fair)…

And lastly, a slightly odd (but simple) one – to light up the kitchen of course – a colander.

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Just a quick note about the brand new British online interiors magazine Heart Home. Great stuff! This is my favourite pic from the 1st issue. Love the style, the philosophy and the fact that the table is set for fika.

Just a quick note to show my redesigned IKEA drawer. Unfortunately it’s no longer in their range, and I have no before-photo, but I found a pic here: It used to be black-brown and had black metal handles. I painted it ‘tie white’ and the new handles are made of the following: A vintage leather belt ($5 cost) cut into pieces and 14 new screws ($2). I used the old bolts and the pre-drilled holes.

More DIY to follow. Happy week!

Welcome to my place! And where better to start off a housetour than in the hallway? My favourite items here are the quirky clown bust and the vintage-find mirror.

Another view. I really enjoy the colour infusion from the purple wood floor (painted in Farrow and Ball’s “Pelt”) and the roughness of the diy branch chandelier – which casts great shadows in the nighttime.  Still a lot of unfulfilled decoration potential and empty walls around, but slowly and surely I aim to fill them up!

Finally, a glimpse below of the living room… The glam flowers in the Chinese urn are from my husband on our wedding anniversary last week – regrettably not a permanent fixture in this room! :) That’s it for now, but the housetour will continue shortly. Next up, dining room and kitchen!

| photos by mia @ trendey |