Didn't know the IkeaFamilyLive site had a gallery for readers to submit photos. I love this photo of the cabinet and how the owner set up the reading corner. via http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/gallery
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Glimpses of beauty and simplicity around the world.
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Swooning over wire baskets. Must find some zinc baskets in the States!Speaking of finding things, must find a way to purchase a Livingetc subscription. If I bought every issue I could find at Barnes & Noble (30 minute drive from my home), it would be $108/year. However, buying a year's worth is impossible because the B & N only buys ONE issue per month and others like to buy it too…so I buy Livingetc about six times a year. I did visit the livingetc subscription page and they had a way to put in U.S. addresses and use my credit card…I don't think it would have been the $178 U.S. price I was seeing on magazine subscription sites that sell loads of magazines but I can't be sure.
I do have a local, independent bookseller a mile from the office who used to sell some international magazines. They haven't had Livingetc for awhile, so I've gone to a Big Chain Store to get the magazine instead. But I'd much rather purchase it locally and support my community.
What to do?! Do you buy international magazines? Where?
edited: found that I can purchase a Livingetc subscription to Zinio here for $29.33 U.S.
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love the color combination in this photo from londa (via line and liv)
I really like the feel of this photo by Rachel (via heart and light)It's Friday! Hoping to spend one night with family tonight after a little road trip. Then will spend the remainder of the weekend reading, doing laundry, sorting through boxes of "stuff" that have accumulated, and seeing Toy Story 3 and/or Grown Ups (new Adam Sandler film).
What are your weekend plans?
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What a beautiful set of offices in Berlin at the Chris Rehberger Agency "Double Standards"! The bare surfaces, the organization…..am wishing I could be transported there and work in that agency. What do you think of their decor?
Is this area for children or the employees? Perhaps both.
Here's where I liked the detail of the organization: boxes labeled power cords, ethernet, phone, invitations. The consistency of the boxes makes it easy on the eyes.
You can find many more photos of the offices here. I used google translate to read the article accompanying the photos.
Photos by Ailin Liefeld
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I'm Swedish. Okay, half-Swedish. But I relate the most to my Swedish relatives… And here we go…this new-to-me blog is a Swedish blog! It's called Green Is the New Black. I love Sofia's personal style, and she has a bedroom I'll be using for inspiration for mine. Here's a sampling of photos from her blog. I hope you'll visit her.
[In my bedroom, I have a huge walk in closet in which I feel claustrophobic when I enter it. So upon the advice of organizer Laura Cattano who suggested I decide if the closet should be for clothing or non-clothing storage, I am going with clothing in the bedroom itself (ha! that sounds like clothing optional then in the closet..I mean clothing STORAGE in the bedroom) and the closet will be more like a storeroom for the odds and ends from my apartment: yearbooks, photos, papers, files, mementos, out of season clothing, etc. (ooh..is that allowed, Laura?!). So then I saw the bedroom on Green Is the New Black and found a room which will be my inspiration as I set up my bedroom.]
Orange chairs! Love it. And putting small appliances on the windowsill? Creatively lovely.
Open storage. It works!
See that orange bowl in the background? Beautiful.
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I know this isn't decor but WOW – this is elegance at its best. I've a feeling if I said something to her, Giovanna would just shrug it off with a little smile.
image of Giovanna via The Sartorialist
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I'm honored to be one of 300 people participating in a blog-it-forward scenario created by Victoria of sfgirlbybay. I've had a blast using pinterest as I find amazing photos online as it only takes a minute to "pin" something I find "interesting" to a board I've created at pinterest.
I was nudged by Mademoiselle Cranky Pants who shared her thoughts yesterday on what home means to her. I really liked her images of home and family and got a real sense of what home means to her.
Now lets delve into my home…or the essence of home anyway.
family + friends + places for children to play/pretend/create/flourish
pops of color + whimsy + a white background
tidy + well organized + open + balanced
My home is a refuge – the one place to be myself – and to let in friends and family. It's a place where we laugh + cry + talk + have fun + make memories. How do you capture all of that in a few photos?! What I didn't show were the items that personalize my home: the messy-but-still-works linen closet, the yearbooks of my parents and my siblings all stacked up in a corner, the photo albums on the shelf – ready to be pored over by curious nieces and nephews who want to know the story on every family-history-filled page, the cookies baking, the flowers sitting prettily on the table….
I'd show you all of that if I could..but this was about pictures of home….and I've given you a glimpse. Now it's on to Kellie of 74 Lime Lane to see what home means to her!
resources
- sfgirlbybay
- my boards at pinterest
- mademoiselle cranky pants (yesterday's home board)
- 74 Lime Lane (tomorrow's home board)
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I've included photos of industrial kitchens before thus I was delighted to find a new-to-me site that showed me even more industrial kitchens!
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Suddenly, I have this urge to wallpaper a wall in pink! and accessorize with yellow…..hmm..wonder why?!
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Janne's house has this charm….is it the wallpaper? the entryway with the teddy bear? the cute storage containers? Whatever it is, it works!
It's a lovely Sunday afternoon. The high temps + high humidity are gone for a day. My plan is to spray my deck area with mosquito spray, put up some outdoor lights, tidy up the living areas, then spend 15 minutes in the most cluttered area of the apartment.
Then it'll be time for some lemonade and a good book on the deck. Tonight will be taking four kids to see Toy Story 3. I ran into some friends last night who'd just seen the movie and they both had tears at the end of the film but wouldn't say why it's so sad. Guess I'll find out tonight!
What's your plan for Sunday?
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