This spring I’m in love with beige. The New White. So sad it has such a ‘beige’ name, because with this colour in home decor, things aren’t automaticly weak and dull – quite the opposite: beige actually has more spirit than white (what colour hasn’t?!), it’s earthy and pleasant; it’s the ideal backdrop to many many styles. Just look at these pics and tell me beige aint beautiful…Our bedroom walls are now painted and ready and we are so happy with the results! (We used Farrow & Ball’s Matchstick, an amazing hue, will get back with pics soon) Also, it seems we’ll go for beige dining chairs! Enough love bombing on beige now, here’s two more lovlies.

| images via marie claire maison & three potato four blog |

..is how Victoria Smith of fantastic blog sfgirlbybay describes her interior design style. In an interview at the newly launched online magazine Rue (check it out, it’s a good read!), Victoria shared images of her new house along with decorating tips. When talking about the decor style of her new home, here some of what she said,

“I like the rooms to have a sense of humor to them, to be comfortable and cozy, but I wanted a more mature look…I like surrounding myself with bits of the past…Everything in my home is evolving, a constant work in progress”.

And doesn’t her home look great as a result! I really like the relaxed yet sophisticated look and the mix of influences in her style. In the eclectic dining room below, the Knoll chairs + rustic farmhouse table + 50′s style side cabinet + chalkboard black walls is a killer combo!

And isn’t the bedroom below beautiful? Normally I’d find the all-white approach a bit boring, but here the warm and shiny wooden floor and all the gorgeous furniture and accessories more than make up for it. I particularly like the bedding and the turquoise details – so pretty and very much on trend!

All images via Rue.

The flip clock was apparently first invented back in the 1950s by Italian architect Gino Valle. It’s an analogue clock which, instead of levers showing the time on a clockface, uses little flip cards to show time digitally. These clocks were very popular in the 1970s but then went out of fashion as the technology was considered obsolete. Now these funky little retro timepieces are back though and cooler than ever. Besides them adding a bit of retro chic to a room, what I like about these clocks is the whirrs and clicks as the mechanics flick the numbers in place! :)

Pics 1,2 and 4 below come from Candy Black (pic 1 included because of the great poster!) and pic 3 is the Karlsson Big Flip Clock from Heal’s (180 GBP).

August 25th, a really cool auction is opening its display at Swedish auction house Bukowskis. It’s called Eclectic and presents a wide range of objects inspired by the decades around 1900, the golden era of great adventure and when the old world transformed into the new industrialism.

As my sample below shows, this auction contains a daring mix of old and new, mahogany and steel, handicrafts and industry. The border between the centuries is blurred and the line between what is considered beautiful and ugly is questioned. Because, this auction wants to inspire cross-border decor or might I say, out-of-the-box decor. Through the themes conservatory, industrial and adventure Bukowskis aims to capture the contemporary dualism and ruined romanticism as well as industrial exploration and progress.

Browse the full auction here. If you happened to fall in love with any of the pieces featured above and want to know how the estimation on how big the hole in your wallet will be, a link list of featured items can be found if you

| photo: pia ulin |

Oh I know I might sound and seem a bit schizophrenic when I in one breath is sick of white (babbling about that love-hated “Stockholm-white”) and the other continues to post lovely white interiors. Thing is, I really like white interiors when there is a twist to it, an edge. The all-white needs sparkles in one way or another. In the pics below, from the portfolio of Trine Thorsen, the colour splashes are modest (mostly pastels) and other elements are mainly nature and wood. Nonetheless, the important details, and the vibe, that truly enlivens the white, is all there…