The modern housewife

When you get home in the evening and it is dark, it is always nice to come home to a house that lights up when you arrive. It's true that it is getting brighter and brighter as we approach spring but if you get home late like my fiancee, it doesn't matter which season it is, it is always dark. Finding nice outdoor lamps is hard but here are a few that I could imagine hanging on my house wall or put in the garden.

Sometimes it is really hard wanting everything to be perfect. I have been sketching on the kitchen for our future house for months now and after about 10 different proposals I think I have finally figured it out! It will probably be a fairly Scandinavian kitchen with white cupboards and black table tops. I just have to pass it by the expert called my mother, because when it comes to practicality, she has the experience.
When it is more advanced I will show you more. This is the image I used for reference though, that way you will have an idea.



For you who is in the same situation as me but still hasn't decided, here is some more inspiration.

Vintage design makes me feel relaxed and at ease. Maybe it is the souvenirs of my grandma's house when I was young or that they all have a story to tell that feels fairytale like and far away. No matter what it is I am going to try to have some vintage furniture in my future house to give it a soul and make it more personal.

Wow! I fell instantly in love with these stools from ASSHOFF & BROGÅRD! I just had to go and check out what else they have created and I love everything they do! How about the huge brosch look alike that is in fact a chandelier or the garbage can that make you think of a tree trunk. To see more, go to their website by clicking HERE or above.






Photos from Asshoff & Brogård's website.

Isn't it nice to be all together around a table with some good food and interesting conversations. I would say that the dining area is very important in a house and you should design it in a way that makes you feel at ease. Don't hesitate to make it very personal but not too crazy or "fragile". You are after all going to sit there and relax and not having to worry about something getting scratched or break somehow.

The walls in a house are not easy to decorate! You have to find the right decoration and put them up the right way. Here are a few ideas to help you on the way. Instead of hanging frames, you can put them on the floor like in an artist's studio. Or why not have one color theme on one wall that goes through your paintings and frames. Another idea is to play with the hight of the wall and either put the paintings or frames low, close to the furniture, or, on the contrary, high up to get a feeling of space and hight.

HIMLA is a Swedish company that make textile and accessories for your home. The spring collection 2010 has a palette of very pastel colors, like the color scheme of heaven. The collection makes me feel very relaxed and at ease, just as it should be in your home.






Photos from Himla's website.

A good way to personalise a neutral kitchen is to work with the walls. A kitchen is a big investement and nothing that you change every two years. The walls are easier to change though, you could paint them, tile them or why not put a nice wall sticker or wallpaper.

The last couple of days, I have found so many interesting bedrooms which permits me to share some more bedroom inspiration with you.
Enjoy!

I can't believe that I haven't thought about this before but colored ceiling's is a genious idea. I found these photos of a triangular house in the Swedish magazine SKONA HEM. They have painted the ceiling on the bottom floor green and the ceiling on the upper floor blue to represent the earth and the sky. You can even find the green ceiling on the terrasse outside.
I think it's a really good idea because the painted ceilings still gives the house a neutral feeling while at the same time giving character and charm to the otherwise fairly white interior.








Photos from Skona Hem's website.

I have found my dream closet! I love the simplicity of it and the white wall inte middle give your imagination free space to create whatever you feel like.

LEIF DESIGNPARK has a name that sounds very Scandinavian and so does there design, but they are Japanese. I really like the pure style with functionality as a very important component.














Images from Leif Designpark's website.

Now that it has been christmas we have been sitting around the table a lot with family and friends, eating good food for hours and hours. I hope that it will continue through the year with plenty of family and friend gatherings. A nice and cosy dinner area  will help you on the way and hopefully inspire you to invite many people.

For my future I want every kitchen machine possible because I love to cook and bake. I am not willing to buy anything though, the machine's have to look like a part of the kitchen. Today it is not hard since there is every design and color possible.



1. Kitchen Aid, 5395 SEK, Kitchen Aid
2. Coffee machine, 199 euros, Nespresso
3. Mixer/Blender, 795 SEK, OBH Nordica
4. Water cooker, 1650 SEK, Asplund
5. Toaster, 89,90 euros, Bodum
6. Coffee grinder, 39,90 euros, Bodum
7. Coffee machine, 5995 SEK, Ascaso

One of the gifts that Santa Claus brought this christmas was a book about new designers from all over the world. There is a lot of nice and innovative projects and one of them is the Norwegian company STOKKE AUSTAD. It is a company that has only exsisted since 2007 but already have quite a few interesting products.










Images from Stokke Austad's website.

I have found our mail box! I know, it is maybe nothing to be very excited about but to me, every detail of our house and garden is important. BORN IN SWEDEN is a company who makes very innovative products. I wouldn't mind owning the christmas tree foot as well!






Images from Born in Sweden's website.

There has popped up a lot of "cheaper" wall art companies recently and I have found yet another one. NOLLIMAGES sell photos as well as illustrations by the famous LISELOTTE WATKINS. Here is what I would like to put on my walls.
















Images from Nollimages website.

MARBODAL is a Swedish kitchen company who is proposing to designers and bloggers to make a moodboard that is published on their website. Anyone can go and vote for their favorite moodboard and the one who gets the most votes wins a kitchen worth 30 000 SEK (about 3 000 euros). Since we are building a house and need all the help we can get this would be a great gift! If you like my moodboard you can vote HERE.

I don't know what have happened but all of a sudden there is a real babyboom all around me. At least once a week I discover that a friend or somebody in my family is going to have a baby. I wanted to help them a bit on the way if they don't know what to choose as interior for the future family member.

I found out about DESIGNGALLERIET through a friend on facebook actually and I love the products they sell on their yearly christmas market. Here is a peak of what you can find.








Images from Designgalleriet's website.
Thank you Sara for the tip!