Garden inspiration
Friday July 20th, 2012 by in Uncategorized

Since it´s Friday and the sun is shining I want to show you some of the pictures Vibeke is sharing on Stylizimo.com from her wonderful garden. I hope them will get you in the same summery mood as they do to me..

Thank you for sharing such beautiful, inspiring photos on Stylizimo.com, Vibeke!
See more pictures from her beautiful garden here if you´d like.
You will also find other gardens and patio inspiration on Stylizimo.com if you need it.

Happy weekend, everybody! Any special plans I should know about? I´m planning on working this weekend, but I´ll make sure to enjoy the sweetness of life as well..

//Images: Vibeke Langørgen //

The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
Wednesday July 18th, 2012 by in Uncategorized

On Saturday we went to The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo. I haven´t been there in ages, and my interest in design has evolved pretty much since I was there last time, so it was very fun to have a look again.

 
 Here you see “Scandinavian Design from 1945-55”. Do you see anything familiar?
In 2nd floor they have a permanent exhibition called Design and Crafts 1905–2005, and you can see and read about the different eras. It´s very interesting to learn more about its history.

There where a lot of familiar design icons to see, and one of them was the well known Panton Chair by Verner Panton. The chair is as cool now as it was in 1960 when it was designed, and that´s pretty amazing!

Have you been at The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design before?

//Images: Nina Holst//

Get rid of the decorative tiles or not?
Tuesday July 17th, 2012 by in Interior

One of the rooms in our house that I´m not very happy with is our bathroom. I love its size but the walls with the decorative border really bothers me. What I can´t decide on are whether if I should paint the whole wall (it´s fake tiles, so it´s a flat wall), or if I should only paint the decorative border in light grey to match to floor so it doesn´t stand out so much…

Here are some close up photos of our bathroom, but you can see more pictures of our bathroom here.
I would be happy for any suggestions. Any ideas?

//Images: Nina Holst //

Shopping: House of Oslo
Sunday July 15th, 2012 by in Uncategorized

One of my favorite places to shop things for my home is at House of Oslo. Here I can find a various range of interior shops ++ under one roof.
Somethimes I come there to find inspiration and to be updated on the latest trends, and that was exactly what I did on Friday…

On House of Oslo you´ll find stores like Illums Bolighus, Habitat, Raun, Designtorget, Milla Boutique and Åhlens – a lot of temptations in other words *smile*.
Love these colorful pillows from HAY at Illums Bolighus. Do you?
More happy colors at Åhlens and HAY (Illums Møbler)
Have any of you tried HAY´s bed linen btw? It looks gorgeous!
Highest up on my wishlist right now is a blanket like this in black from Pia Wallèn. Does anyone know where to find one in black btw? It seems like they only have grey and orange at Illums. Please let me know if you do.

Are you often at House of Oslo? (probably not if you don´t live in Norway but…*smile*)
Any favorite stores in this shopping center?

 // iPhone photos by Nina Holst //

Tips: more interesting with contrasts!
Tuesday July 10th, 2012 by in Interior

I have already showed you some pictures from my new black painted wall in my office, but the first wall I painted black was this one in our living room/dining area. The dark color gave the room much more depth and the room actually feels larger in a strange way… I was afraid black would take to much light from the room, but I didn´t felt any big difference. It´s probably because we have white on all the other surfaces + a lot of windows with no curtains (With other words – a lot of light in the room *smile*).

Our living room is now much more interesting and elegant with this big contrast, and all the white just pop out and stand out more than before.  

Do you like the dramatic look? Would this be something you would consider in your home?

// Images: Nina Holst //