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Rhino & Co

Mia — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:39:47 +0000

A slice of our bedroom. Kilim rug headboard reflected in mirror, Kartell lamp dressed in my soft blue top, Mikael’s grandpa’s old painting, Mr Rhino caught in Umeå, goldy hodgepodge!

for more of the animal twist, have a look at this gorgeous elephant head and this cool moose..

Sweet Saturday

Mia — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:28:07 +0000

A little note from a corner of our house…

Apart from the fact that I obviously fancy drink trolleys - they add so much to the atmosphere! – and I really like this turquoise industrial one, there’s two other favourites in this pic. (Or 3 with the cockatoo, 4, 5… I like all my things! :p). Mainly though, I cherish the old pendulum clock which my late Grandpa Sven got when he quit his job as a private chauffeur in the 50s, and – a newly discovered beauty: the pantop lamp from VerPan designed by Verner Panton. I love its finish, the bell-like shape & the textile cable. Happy wknd!

Faded Pastels, Beiges & Greys

Mia — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:31:34 +0000

In spring 2012′s colour scheme, faded pastels, beiges & greys are the main ingredients. Dark graphite grey provide the contrast. Add wood (preferably blonde) and glass or transparents. So says the trend oracles. Typically springish & nice! Above pic is a shoot of our dining area; pics below via sköna hem & skeppsholmen.

Love this composition! This is actually the same home as in this post (taken nearly 4 yrs ago; it’s quite cool to compare two gorgeous versions of the same room, and see how tastes & trends evolve).

Faded & beautiful. Top-trendy for spring 2012 and a slightly granny-esque or Faded Glamour vibe.

Lastly, I think the grey wall in this kitchen below is awesome.

My Christmas Tree

Mia — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:08 +0000

Imust say, our Christmas tree is a bit crazy! We got it delivered yesterday and it makes me laugh every time I look at it. Like oh my, that’s an enormous tree! Compared to the typical Swedish spruce I grew up with (cut down by Grandpa in a forest nearby the day before Christmas Eve) it’s monstrous. In a good way. It’s like it wants to hug you. Come sleep under my branches.

This is how I like it this year! Only 3 things. Picked & choosed strings lights at cable & cotton (love that place), got a foot from åhlens that fits the period details in the house, and as top star I used a golden angel-thing bought at the local Sally Ann shop. I enjoy it with a cup of hot glögg and oh, almost forgot: traditional Christmas music. I hope you’ve seen that Door Sixteen is actually giving you a download of one of the best Swedish Christmas records ever – awesome retro-style. Don’t miss out on that. Happy December!

A Touch of Gold

Mia — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:49:42 +0000

| haven’t figured out what the letters say, but point is they could say H A P P Y X M A S or so :) Pic via style at home |

| a view from our dining/living room: cozy wool & springbook, birds, a panther – and a slight touch of gold |

| lovely xmas table. Golden cutlery is so stylish! Pic via house beautiful |

Bedrrrroom

Mia — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:07:17 +0000

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.

chest of drawers w leather handles

Mia — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:30:15 +0000

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!

House Tour at Henen’s

Henen — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:31:17 +0000

The house tour continues in the kitchen! When we moved in, the kitchen was tiny and very outdated, so to create a larger and more user-friendly kitchen we knocked down a wall to combine two small rooms and opened out the chimney breast to make room for the range cooker (which I love because it’s got so much oven space!). It was an excruciatingly dusty and noisy job and I’m really glad it’s over. But it was all worth it of course because now we have a spacious and modern kitchen which makes life just a bit easier and cooking a lot more fun!

View of fridge-freezer and pull-out larders. We don’t normally have that much wine, but I won auctions on three boxes full of wine so now I’m rather unexpectedly rich on wine, if not money.. :-)
Dining room. My favourites here are the vintage empire-style chandelier, the Chinese cabinet and the cute Polish “Cyrk” poster (my birthday gift). This room turned out a lot more traditional looking than we had initially envisaged – mostly because of the period features already in the room and the antique furniture finds we laid our hands on along the way. Decorating can be quite an exciting journey – you never quite know where you’ll end up and often mistakes, path-corrections and chance discoveries can make the end result a lot more interesting than what you had in mind from the start! :-)

Finally, check out the lift below. This is brilliant – I only wish it was a real lift which I could take up to the loft! Sadly it’s just a trompe l’oeil wallpaper from style-your-door… Highly recommend this for a boring piece of wall actually – it certainly brougt some fun and colour to the disused door under our stairs :-)

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