How to bring life into a room
Monday January 27th, 2014 by in Interior

Living room_grey_stylizimo

First of all I have to thank each and everyone of you for your tremendous feedback on my walk-in-closet! I´m so glad you like it, and that you got inspired – nothing makes me happier!

Today I share the corner of our living room to ones again point out how much flowers and green plants bring life into a room. I have bought some new succulents as I not only find them very decorative, but also because I think they are easier to take care of (as I usually forget to water my plants). So a succulent and some candles are what you´ll find on my coffee table at the moment… What´s on yours?

Cactus

Images: Nina Holst

 

Barbecoa in London
Friday January 24th, 2014 by in Interior

Barbecoa_view

Yesterday we decided to test out Jamie Oliver´s popular restaurant Barbecoa here in London, and it happened to be one of the best meals we have ever had – T O T A L L Y  A M A Z I N G ! What made the hole experience even better was the interior designed by Tom Dixon´s Design Research Studio. With Tom Dixon lamps and brass all over the place it certainly made a design lovers heart beat a bit faster… It also had an incredible view over London´s landmark St Paul’s cathedral that completed the perfect surroundings. My London tip for you…

Barbecoa

 

 

Images: The Good Blog  I  Tom Dixon

London here we come!
Wednesday January 22nd, 2014 by in My Home

Breakfast

After waking up waaay(!) too early this morning, we are on our way to London. Three days of quality time with my favorite person in the whole world. We will be celebrating his birthday with a concert by Ludovico Einaudi and his magical music, but also enjoying long breakfasts, lunches and dinners… no stress, just the two of us having those good conversations (…. and maybe a little bit of shopping *smile* ) It´s going to be so, so nice!

Any London tips btw?

Image: Nina Holst

Walk-in-Closet on a low budget!
Monday January 20th, 2014 by in Interior

Walk-in-closet_stylizimo

A walk-in-closet has been on my wishlist for a long time, but we thought of it as an expensive thing to make, so we just put the idea on hold. We also had trouble finding solutions that fitted the room in a way that we wanted it.

After some serious planning a few weeks ago, we saw that we could make a walk-in-closet on a low budget and still get it as “dreamy” as we ( or I *smile* ) imagined.

Tom Ford book Organizing_walk-in-closet

– We bought two MALM ( one double and one single ). I was hoping to buy them second-hand on Finn.no but couldn´t find any in white unfortunately ( Could have saved a lot of money there! ).

– As for the clothing rack we just used STOLMEN. It´s quite thick so it doesn´t bend even though it´s long and has a lot of weight on it. Oh, we actually had to bend all the hangers a bit to get them to fit on the rack, since it´s so thick ( this is what you do, when you want things to be affordable ha ha ).

– As shelves we went to a local hardware store and bought 30 cm wide shelves that we got cut in the exact length. We also bought a shorter to make space for long dresses etc. hanging from the clothing rack. All the shelves are attached with mouldings underneath that are painted white.

– For high heels, belts, jewellery and ties, I´ve used BYGEL ( that is meant for kitchen towels )  that I spray painted in gold for a more glamorous look. ( Only 19 NOK for each! ) You can get a closer look of the shoe rack here.

– I also made myself a dressing table using a white shelf with mouldings underneath. Above I had to have two LEDSJÖ lamps that created the right “girly” look for a dream walk-in-closet. I love sitting here putting on my make up – you have no idea!

For everything including the mirrors we ended up using 4300 NOK (about $720) – not so bad, huh?

I hope you like it, and that it might give you some ideas for your own dream walk-in-closet!

PS! I´m not sponsored by Ikea ( although I should have been *smile* ). I only link to their products to make it easier for you, in case you like to make something similar some day.

 

WalkinclosetWalk-in-closet parfume_tray

Images: Nina Holst

Table setting – FRIENDS
Sunday January 19th, 2014 by in Table Setting

Table setting friends

Having good friends over for dinner is always nice. Yesterday we had tapas on the menu and we sat at the table for hours. It´s difficult to stop when eating tapas I think; I always get so full ( and notice it too late, and then there is dessert *smile*! ) Anyway, I thought I´d share a photo that I took of yesterday´s table setting . When I think of it, I actually got rid of the flowers on the napkins as the food was so colorful and decorative itself. But to show that we appreciate our friends I made a simple little note saying FRIENDS that I attached with a small clothes pin on each glass.

 

It´s also time to reveal the winner of the JOIK products. Thank you all for participating! The lucky winner of JOIK products for 2000 NOK is Vicky – Living Four Seasons. Congratulations! You are ONE lucky girl!

 

Image: Nina Holst