Scandinavian Chic: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Nye sjablonger fra Royal Design Studio! / New stencils from Royal Design Studio!

Royal Design Studio er min favoritt-butikk når det gjelder sjablonger. De har et utvalg som passer min smak PERFEKT. Nå har de blitt enda bedre, de har laget flere nye marokkanske mønstre! Nedenfor kan du se et lite utvalg.

Royal Design Studio is my absolute favorite stencil shop. They have a selection to die for! And now, they added some new Moroccan patterns! Below you can see a selection of my favorites.

Dette er mønsteret jeg har valgt til overflaten på bordet nedenfor. Husker du dette innlegget?

This is the pattern I've chosen for the tabletop of the table below. Remember this post?

Bordet har nå blitt malt i 05000 hvit, og mønsteret vil enten bli beige eller andeegggrønt som bambusstolene.

The table is now crisp 05000 white and the pattern will either be beige or green like the bamboo chairs.

All Stencil Images are from Royal Design Studio

Labels: DIY, Royal Design Studio, Stensiler / Stenciling |

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Stuen min del 1 / My Living Room - part 1

Dette er ca 1/4 av stuen min. Sjeselongen (som skal trekkes om) er stedet hvor magasiner leses, kosestunder med datteren, avslapning, og helt til høyre i bildet - litt DIY (Do it Yourself) underveis (mer om den senere!). Gardinene er av silke og kommer fra Linen Factory som holder til blant annet på Sandvika Storsenter. Kvaliteten er fantastisk og de kommer ferdig forede for en fyldigere effekt. Rammene på veggen er alle vintage fra ebay. Glassurnene i vinduet kommer fra IKEA og jernurnen er fra en liten koselig blomsterbutikk på Kampen i Oslo (en julegave). Listverket er fra Byggdekor.no. Lysekronen og tapeten er fra en av mine favorittbutikker, Laura Ashley. Biedemeier chaiseloungen er en gave fra en utrolig god venninne! :)

This is about a forth of my living room / dining room. The Biedemeier chaiselounge (which is going to be reupholstered) is one of my favorite places in our home, and I use it for reading magazines & books, cozy breaks with my daughter where she lies on top of me gazing at the chandelier that I spin around with my feet, and little naps (every member of the family LOVES to doze off here!). In the right hand corner of the picture you can see my latest DIY... (more about that later, though!). The silk curtains from Linen Factory are breaking the floor. All of the frames are vintage from ebay. The glass urns in the window are from IKEA and the metal urn is from a little flower shop in Kampen, Oslo (it was a Christmas gift a few years ago. The moldings are from Byggdekor.no. The wallpaper and chandelier is from one of my favorite stores, Laura Ashley. The Biedermeier Chaiselounge is a gift from one of my best friends :)

En av de viktigste tingene for meg er symmetri. Ser du hva som er til daglig irritasjon for meg her?

So being completely fixated on symmetri, there's something about this interior that totally bugs me. Can you tell what it is?

Artisjokk-gardinstang fra Maxbo.

Artichoke curtain rod from Maxbo.

Her har jeg rammet inn noen av mine favortitt-ting. Kameen er et arvestykke fra oldemoren min. Jeg synes den er alt for nydelig til å bli liggende skjult i et smykkeskrin. Skjellene har niesen til Mr B på 10 år plukket på stranden, og hun ga de til oss når jeg var gravid. De tre skjellene passer perfekt inni hverandre (en liten familie). Alt ble rammet inn av Artwork. Trenger du en god innrammer, kan jeg absolutt anbefale. Han kan kontaktes på tlf: 93072030 (holder til i Oslo).

I've framed some of my favorite items. The cameo is a family heirloom i inherited from my great grandmother. I think it's far too beautiful to be hidden in some jewelery box. The shells were picked by Mr Bs 10 year old niece on the beach where they live, and she gave it to me while I was pregnant. Each shell fits perfectly into the bigger one, so they're like a little famly.

Labels: Dagny's Home, Our Homes |

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Monday, February 23, 2009

My kitchen favorites! / Mine kjøkkenfavoritter!

Jeg fikk denne utfordringen av Drømmen av en Eplehage, som hadde en utrolig enkel jobb. Hun har et helt fantastisk kjøkken, i motsetning til meg... Hehe... Jeg hater virkelig kjøkkenet vårt. Det er INGENTING ved det som jeg faktisk liker. Takk og lov har jeg en del pene ting i det grusomme kjøkkenet.

Drømmen av en Eplehage challenged me to show my favorite parts of my kitchen and to answer the questionaire below. She had an incredibly easy job, her kitchen is AMAZING! I highly recommend that you check out her blog. MY kitchen on the other hand, is horrible. I can honestly say that there's nothing about it that I actually like

Min første favoritt er dette serviset jeg har arvet av min oldemor. Det er tyskprodusert.

My first favorite is this china that I've inherited from my great grandmother. They're produced in Germany and numbered.

Det andre er Le Creuset-kasserollene mine i pistage. De er uunværelige på kjøkkenet, og det er *nesten* umulig å brenne noe i de!

My second favorite are my Le Creuset casseroles in pistagio, can't live without them! It's *almost* impossible to burn anything in them.

Den tredje favoritten er disse oppbevaringskrukkene. Jeg synes de er helt nydelige og veldig dekorative. Kommer fra Pentik.

My third favorite are these jars. I think they're very decorative and absolutely love them. For some reason they remind me of Nora's kitchen from Brothers & Sisters.

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1. What color is your kitchen? Fugly white. Very boring. I do actually prefer kitchens being white, just not this one.

2. Describe your kitchen - I'm actually going to take a picture, just to show how horrible it really is. The cupboard white has a sick green tone to it. Here you can see the picture of it, in all it's glory...

3. Describe your dream kitchen - My dream kitchen is by James Radin and you can see what it looks like on the picture below.

Click here to see my post about my dream kitchen and here to see the plans on what I want to do with my current kitchen.

4. What's your favorite activity in the kitchen? Socializing while preparing dinner or my Monday Night Fruit Salad

5. Name one thing you're kitchen is lacking/missing. It's missing space, tiles, a (good) fan, paint, counter tops (there's just no space today).. The list goes on...

6. Do you cook and bake a lot? Daily :) To my surprise, this is something I just enjoy more and more.

7. What don't you like in your kitchen / would you like to change? See question 5

8. What do you love about your kitchen? The possibilities

9. Worst kitchen activity? Cleaning up? Thank god for Mr B who cleans up after dinner :)

10. Tea or coffee? Definitly tea. I've never had a whole cup of coffee in my life.

11. Chocolate ore vanilla? BOTH!

12. Prepare food, or eat it? I actually like both

13. Do you prefere to serve your meals in the dining room or the kitchen? Dining room. But if I had James Radin's kitchen, it would definitly be in the kitchen. :)

Utfordringen sendes herved videre til: / The challenge is being passed on to:

1. Lauren @ Pure Style Home

2. Cat @ Chateau de Konstanse

3. Ness @ Marley and Locker

HAVE FUN WITH IT, AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOUR FAVORITES ARE! :)

Labels: Blog challenge, Kjøkken / Kitchen |

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Friday, February 20, 2009

Et blomsterbord? / A flower table?

Jeg tok i dag som vanlig en titt innom ebay, og fant dette spisestuebordet. Det er forholdsvis stort, ca 76x100 cm. Skal man legge en glassplate over? Skal du spise på bladene? Bordet er laget av Arthur Court for Drexel Furniture. For å se auksjonen, klikk her.

I was getting my daily dose of ebay, and I came across this dining room table. I don't know what to make of it. It's large, 2.5 by 3 feet. Are you supposed to put a glass top over it? Or do you use the leaves? (which would be kind of strange) I do find it beautiful in some strange way though. To view the listing, click here.

Labels: Antikviteter / Antiques, Inpirasjon / Inspiration, Spisestue / Dining Room |

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Jeg elsker dette! / Isn't it lovely?

Dette rommet er fra John Saladino sin NY leilighet. Jeg elsker fargene, den egenproduserte kunsten over kommoden ("urnen), de arkitektoniske bildene på veggene, helheten er rett og slett nydelig. Beklager dårlig kvalitet på bildet, det er et "bilde av et bilde" fra House Beautiful 2007.

This room is from John Saladino's NY apartment. I just love the color scheme, the diy art (the urn) on the wall, the framed art and just the feel of the room.

I couldn't find the spread online, so this is a picture of the magazine (HB). If anyone know where I can find the pictures, please let me know, the apartment is to die for!

Labels: Inpirasjon / Inspiration, John Saladino |

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I dag / Today

Dette er utsikten fra stuen, det laver ned med snø. Nydelig, men å, så upraktisk når man skal ut og trille barnevogn...

This is the view from our livingroom. We have about 20 inches of snow, it's insane. It looks stunning, but does not make going for a walk with the stroller an easy task..

Labels: Winter |

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Speil meg fantastisk! / Mirror me fabulous!

Image Courtesy of House Beautiful

Jeg har hatt lyst på et "sunburst" speil i årevis, men siden de omtrent er umulige å få tak i i Norge, har jeg ikke fått tak i et enda. Men nå som vi har flyttet inn i et hus med masse veggplass føler jeg at tiden er inne. Og med alle mulighetene på internett er det jo ingen unnskyldning lenger? Nedenfor kan du se et utvalg av mine favoritter.

A sunburst mirror has been on my wishlist for years, and since they're virtually impossible to get a hold of in Norway, I haven't gotten my hands on one yet. However now I think I really need one. And with all the online possibilities, there's no excuse not to have one! Here's a selection of my favorites.

Image Courtesy of kaboodle.com and Housebeautiful.com

Image Courtesy of House Beautiful and ebay.com

Image Courtesy of House Beautiful

Image through happymundane.blogspot.com and Image Courtesy of House Beautiful

Image Courtesy of homesandgardens.co.uk

Image Courtesy of Cotedetexas.blogspot.com and La Dolce Vita

Image Courtesy of Dominomag.com

Labels: Inpirasjon / Inspiration, Speil / Mirror, Sunburst |

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Vil du vinne denne? / Do you want to win this?

Klikk deg videre til Alvas Hus for å vinne denne nydelige lysestaken :)
Konkurransen varer ut februar!

Head over to Alvas Hus to win this gorgeous candleholder :)
The competition ends February 28th!

Labels: Konkurranse / Competition |

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Lag din egen tapet / Create your own wallpaper!

English text follows in italic

Image Courtesy of http://www.tapetorama.se/

For noen måneder siden snublet jeg over siden http://www.dekortapet.no/. Dekortapet lager tapet i høykvalitet av hva enn det er du bestemmer deg å sende dem. Dy kan sende inn et vannmaleri, et bilde av et maleri, et fotografi, eller en photoshop-fil (i min mening det mest interessante alternativet). Du kan velge mellom fire forskjellige kvaliteter, fra grovt og strukturert til glatt og silkeaktig.

Nedenfor kan du se noen eksempler fra hjemmesidene. Dette var ikke helt min smak, men de viser at mulighetene er uendelige.

I accidentally found this really interseting site http://www.dekortapet.no/. Dekortapet makes high quality wall murals / wall papers from whatever you send them. You can send in a water color painting, a picture of a painting, a photo shop file (the most interesting in my opinion) or a regular photo. You can choose between four different finished, from really structured to a silky finish.

Below you can see some of the examples from the website. I didn't really fall for any of these, but they show that the possibilities are endless.

Image Courtesy of www.dekortapet.no

Jeg ville nok laget et abstrakt / geometrisk mønster i photoshop lignende de du ser nedenfor. Fargene ville vært duse og ikke like som de du ser på bildene nedenfor. Er du redd for copyright, finnes det flere bøker, blant annet på amazon hvor du får med cd-rom med mønster som du kan gjøre mer eller mindre hva du vil med.

I would probably have made an abstract or geometric pattern in Photoshop similar to the pictures you see below. I would have wanted a somber color palette, not as graphic as in the pictures. If you're worried about copyright, there's several books available on Amazon that comes with a cd containing patterns you can more or less do as you please with.

Labels: Geometriske former / geometric Shapes, Tapet / Wallpaper |

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentines Day!

Image Courtesy of Karen Faulkner - Etsy

Labels: Art, Karen Faulkner |

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Llama love

Jeg føler av en eller annen grunn at jeg trenger dette bildet...

For some reason I feel that I need this Llama painting...

Image Courtesy of allposters.com

Labels: Art, Inpirasjon / Inspiration |

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ebay-o-mania

Jeg har sagt det før og jeg sier det igjen: Jeg digger ebay. Etsy, DaWanda, 1st Dibs og Finn er alle fantastiske, men ikke mange slår utvalget og prisene til Ebay. Her er noen av mine siste inspirasjonsfunn:

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I LOVE ebay! Etsy, DaWanda, 1st Dibs and Finn.no are all great, but they can't compete with the selection and prices you find on ebay. Here you can see some of the items in my watch list:

Labels: Ebay, Inpirasjon / Inspiration |

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Skandinavian Interiors: Lin's home / Hjemme hos Lin

Lin Strømsheim har vært gjesteblogger hos Elle Interiør mens hun har pusset opp famliens nye hus. Nedenfor kan du se noen smakebiter på resultatet. Gir bildene mersmak, kan du se den fulle reportasjen i Elle Interiør nr 2 2009.

Lin Strømsheim's new home will be featured in Norwegian Elle Interiør #2 2009. The magazine has been following her renovating her new home. Below you can see some pictures of what we can expect to see in Elle.

Image Courtesy of Lin Strømsheim

Elle interiør viste Lins forrige leilighet i 2007, og nedenfor ser du hvordan den så ut. Jeg liker at hun har valgt å bruke flere av de samme møblene. Akkurat nå synes jeg leiligheten ser bedre ut enn huset, men venter med den endelige dommen til Elle Interiør nr 2 er saumfart :)

Elle Interiør also did a spread on Lin's previous pad in 2007. As of right now, I'm leaning towards the interior design in her apartment rather than the house. I will post an update after I've seen the new spread.

Image Courtesy of Elle Interiør

To see my other posts about Scandinavian Design, click here.

Labels: Elle Interiør, Scandinavian Interiors |

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