I find it kind of hard to decorate walls sometimes because I like to change the look very often, and I don’t want to make a lot of holes in the wall. Therefore I’ve fallen for these shelves where you can put different decorations, and when you get tired of the look you easily can replace the items with something else.
This is how the shelves in our living room looks like right now
Magazines can be very decorative as well. I’ve stacked some of our magazines under the shelves beside a basket with a pillow. Now the wall went from empty to way more decorative. 
We have these kind of shelves both over our bed and in my home office. You can see how I decorated them here and here.

How do you decorate your walls? Do you often use shelves as well?

Images: Nina Holst

Isn’t this Swedish apartment charming? I see a lot of things in this home that I LOVE;

I the shelves in the bedroom
I all the white
I the light
I the wallpaper behind the bed

I the kitchen lamp
I the floor
I the cosiness
I the jars in the kitchen cabinet
I the  book shelves
I the grey sheep hide
I everything in the kids room!
I the bathroom 
What do you think of this apartment? Do you see anything you like?
 
 Images: Stadshem

In the Swedish interior magazine “Skona Hem” this month they show us the fancy home of Annaleena who’s authoring the blog “Hem”. I’ve been following her blog for a while, and I really like Annaleena’s rough and clean style, and she has some great creative ideas when it comes to home decoration.
This is the pictures they showed in Skona Hem, but you can see more on her own blog here.
I love the contrast between the black an the white in this house, and the fact that everything is light, airy and mostly high ceilings.They have decorated the house after the less-is-more principle, which means; they only have things that they actually use. It’s probably much easier to keep it clutter-free this way *smile*
Annaleena is also an amazing photographer so I recommend you to take a look at her lovely blog – everything she posts is so beautiful!
What do YOU think of this home? 

Images: Jonas Lundberg via Skona Hem

Painting has been a hobby of mine many years now, and I really enjoy doing it. I also like the fact that I’m saving a lot of money by painting my own paintings, and I get it exactly how I want it and in the colors that I want. It really isn’t that difficult as some of you might think. You should give it a try!
 This one is one of my latest paintings, and it fits very well into my living room right now. Usually I paint on larger canvas though,  and you can see some of my other paintings here.

WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED:

1. Acrylic paint: This paint is cheap, dries fast and are easy to work with.
2. Canvas: choose the size that you want. Start with the cheaper ones.
3. Easel: Not a must. In the beginning I used the floor or the table for smaller canvases.
4. Different brush sizes, sponges, stencils or whatever you can use to make a pattern or an effect. It’s only the creativity that stops you!


The good part is: If you’re not happy with the result, you can just paint over it again.

Do you have any self made paintings in your home? Or maybe you want to make one this weekend? 🙂
Anyway, I wish you a lovely weekend whatever you are doing.
Images: Nina Holst

Today I want to share these wonderful photos of the Australian photographer Amanda McLauchlan with you. Her photos are all so lovely and the interior is very nice too! I think the wood and the calm colors in these photos are just perfect for this time of the year.
Have you heard about her before? What do you think about her work?

You can see my posts of other photographers here.