I’m moving back to Norway!
Monday December 6th, 2010 by in My Home

I’m moving back to Norway! After 1.5 good years in Los Angeles, I am now looking forward to 4 seasons, snow and cold weather. My fiancée will be travelling extensively next year which is why we decided that it’s better to stay closer to home with family and friends nearby.
First we will rent an apartment in Oslo until we find a place to buy. This means that I will have a new home to show you, and I can share my thoughts and plans along the way when I’m decorating this new apartment. We are leaving to Norway on Thursday night, but we will stay with our family until we take over the apartment in January. I hate to wait that long, but I guess I have no choice. The good thing about this is that I have good time to plan, and to get to know all the Norwegian stores again.
How was your weekend btw? Did you buy any Christmas presents? We went Christmas shopping on both Saturday and Sunday, but I only found stuff for myself. Isn’t that typical?
I wish you all a great new Christmas week!
Next week I will be blogging from Norway – can’t wait to see some snow and feel the cold again. That will give me the Christmas spirit that I need.
Images: Nina Holst

Christmas – table setting
Friday December 3rd, 2010 by in My Home

Having guests in December means that we can fill the table with cosy Christmas decorations – how FUN! This is definitively my favorite month to set the table. Do you feel the same?
This time I used my artificial pine-garland, some pinecones and my cute wooden salt and pepper shakers to bring nature into our living room, and to make it extra cosy.
 The pine garland from Ikea is great if you don’t want to have a lot of loose pines all over! Normally I don’t like artificial flowers etc, but this one is okay.
I put a paper star on each napkin, and I put a snowflake under each glass to bring out the winter that is non-existing here in LA *smile*
 I used dark grey place mats to make a contrast with all the white, which I think gives the table a cosier feeling.
I also decorated with my “home made” candles so they matched the napkins, then I put them in little bowls.
You can see how I made the candles here.
( Home and Cottage have a challenge this week, where they want us to link to a decorated table.
so this will be my contribution.)
If you want to see other table settings that I’ve done, you can see them here.
Have you used any Christmas decorations for your table setting yet? I would love if you would share some pictures of it on Stylizimo.com, so we can all see.
I also want to say that I’m very happy for every visit I get, and I’m just overwhelmed by all your nice comments. Thank you!

Happy weekend dear readers.
Images: Nina Holst

Christmas – table setting
Friday December 3rd, 2010 by in My Home

Having guests in December means that we can fill the table with cosy Christmas decorations – how FUN! This is definitively my favorite month to set the table. Do you feel the same?
This time I used my artificial pine-garland, some pinecones and my cute wooden salt and pepper shakers to bring nature into our living room, and to make it extra cosy.
 The pine garland from Ikea is great if you don’t want to have a lot of loose pines all over! Normally I don’t like artificial flowers etc, but this one is okay.
I put a paper star on each napkin, and I put a snowflake under each glass to bring out the winter that is non-existing here in LA *smile*
 I used dark grey place mats to make a contrast with all the white, which I think gives the table a cosier feeling.
I also decorated with my “home made” candles so they matched the napkins, then I put them in little bowls.
You can see how I made the candles here.
( Home and Cottage have a challenge this week, where they want us to link to a decorated table.
so this will be my contribution.)
If you want to see other table settings that I’ve done, you can see them here.
Have you used any Christmas decorations for your table setting yet? I would love if you would share some pictures of it on Stylizimo.com, so we can all see.
I also want to say that I’m very happy for every visit I get, and I’m just overwhelmed by all your nice comments. Thank you!

Happy weekend dear readers.
Images: Nina Holst

White Christmas
Thursday December 2nd, 2010 by in Uncategorized

Serene, gentle, calm, pure, delicate and stylish white…
A wonderful color to use for Christmas decoration.
 What do you think of white Christmas decorations?
Thank you all for your sweet feedback on my Christmas office in my last post. I’m glad you liked it!
Images: Impressionen

Christmas office
Wednesday December 1st, 2010 by in Interior

Hello everybody and hello December! Finally my favorite month is here.
I can see that many of you have already started with your Christmas decorations, and I love to see all your cosy homes – so inspiring!
 I wanted to have a little Christmas feeling in my office since it’s here I spend most of my day.
So now I’m burning candles all day long and I’m listening to Christmas music so loud that my neighbours probably think I’m nuts! *smile*
 Just by adding some artificial pine, a light garland and some candles it was suddenly a lot more cosy in my office. I also hang a plastic snowflake in my empty frame.
 Pinecones are all over the apartment. They give the perfect Christmas look I think.
Do you have any Christmas decorations at your workspace or home office?
If you want to see how my home office was before you can see here, here and here ( Yes, I do redecorate quite often. *smile*)
If you want office inspiration in general, you can look here.

Images: Nina Holst