Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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Pots for garden...they come in all styles and sizes, but I (and bunch of others looking at the queues at Ulriksdals slottsträdgård, who have the license to sell these planters) think the best come from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew -collection. The history of the garden, situated about 10 km from London, dates back some 250 years, so they might know a thing or two about gardening...it is nice to know that when you purchase one (or more :)) of these beautiful pots, you at the same time support the scientific work carried out there, AND help maintain a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site!

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Personally I LOVE the white and off-white pots - here some examples:

Aren't they pretty?

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Dining room project

Our dining room is starting to be finished!!

In one of the very first posts I wrote that we purchased a nice one with burned orange walls. My daughter still thinks it was far prettier then than it is now, and of course I cannot argue with that. The current state just makes me a bit calmer...

BEFORE:

And some AFTER pictures:

I managed to find a perfect beige paint for the side walls from K-Rauta - you know how it usually is a bit pinkish, or yellowish, or greenish? Well, this one isn't - it is pure beige!

Here those of you who have read about my dislike for Scandinavian design may LOL - Mirror from Bruka, Aalto vase and my vintage Iittala Festivo candle sticks designed by Timo Sarpaneva. I want to get a whole SEA of them on this altar as my husband so kindly calls my side table...

Frames around old pictures of the family I found in AmandaB store in Mikkeli.

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Dining room inspiration

Just wanted to post here some real nice dining room pictures I found in the net!

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Very gladly I've seen the mood starting to shift also here in Scandinavia (at least slowly) again from white to wood. I love the collage below!!

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And look at the AIR in this dining room - or breakfast room. Lovely!!



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Kelly Hoppen store - disappeared?

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Whatever has happened, me not know - but the Kelly Hoppen online shop seems to have disappeared!! I guess as her own boutique is moving to Selfridges&Co, she has also closed the online shop. What a pity!!! She had a beautiful, wonderful collection of cushions, lanterns, prints...and I really wanted to share those with you, in my own way. Now gotta settle for this photo...

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It was in some magazine a couple weeks back, that Artwood will present her products in the Scandinavian market shortly, but at least today their website didn't have any hits when searching for Kelly Hoppen.

Where are you, you beautiful thingys??

EVTEKS



White&soft catalogue

I mentioned in some post(s) last week that I had the chance to visit EVTEKS 2011 in Istanbul. This is the second largest annual home textile fair in the world, and I can't even imagine what the largest then feels like...

You like feel the fabrics (in this specific case) in your hand and just adore the patterns and the VARIETY that there is available now-a-days? I LOVE FABRICS!! I've inherited it from my mom, yes - she is always buying when she sees a nice material - she comes up with something she will make of it (of course she doesn't, in most cases), but she just has to have it. Which is great - when she (OR her daughters) then needs something, she just goes to her fabric storage, and often, she finds a perfect match to what she was looking for! And - have to mention - always the best quality. Silk, wool, cotton, linen...nice.

In our family (meaning the larger family including grandmom and aunts and such) sowing and stitching and knitting and all that has always been a part of the everyday life. With that background the fair was just a mindblower!! Hear about the trends (you can take a peek here) for seasons to come, and see how they have been developed, what has been the inspiration for the true professionals in this field...

The below fabric clips are all from the magazine Collezioni Trends Spring/Summer 2012. These fabrics are not necessarily used for home textiles, but I wanted to use these clips to highlight somewhat what I could see the most. Depending on the source, the themes vary, of course, but I personally would pick up the following 'main streams':

- White with greyish and blueish tones. Jeans, ocean, beach
-  history, gold!!, artwork with strong colors, South America
- garden inspired, ethnic, eco, natural materials

Collezioni Trends Magazine Spring/Summer 2012




And where it all begins - the yarns...can you imagine having the huge rolls of yarn in all possible colors neatly organized in shelves 3 meters tall?



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I can, as I saw it...mmmmm.

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Side Tables

HOME art May 2011

EVTEKS in Istanbul was wonderful! The fair gave me tons of inspiration, as well as the rare chance (read: time in the airplane) to flip through 10-15 international lifestyle / home decor magazines.

Here is a collection of some beautiful side tables and arrangements I found. Needless to say - Turkish are the best at this. Anyone who has visited a Turkish home has seen that they have these wonderful arrangements even outdoors in their garden. Below also a nice tip for us: have your arrangement on a beautiful tray - easier to remove when dusting!

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Also; I kind of promised myself I won't be mentioning IKEA in this blog, as the company tends to define the style and the trends in Scandinavia TOO much, but here you see a nice side table set designed by Ola Wihlborg.

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And here a HAAZ version

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Or why not use a beautiful chair...

Country Living May 2011

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Wrought iron headboard

House Beautiful Turkey edition May 2011

I’ve been looking for a headboard to our bed since we moved to the new house. In the previous house we had an inside ‘window’ facing the walk-in-closet as a headboard, so didn’t need anything else. Now there’s just a plain…brown…wall.

A couple of weeks back, I was reading Ruby Rhino's blog on a orange bedroom. She was more talking about the color orange (can’t really recall what she wrote, sorry!), while my focus was completely on the headboard (perhaps a gate-turned-headboard?)partly visible in the picture. There it is!! 

Problem – where do I get such a thing in Sweden, or in Finland (mentally  very close to me for obvious reasons)? I could perhaps get 1 made at Rustica in Finland. Now that I am really looking for this piece on my home front, they seem to be EVERYWHERE (but here, that is) – Look now:

Mudo Concept of Turkey has everything possible from rocking chair to garden furniture:

House Beautiful Turkey edition May 2011

Even Tchibo (in the classic Tchibo style, 499,95 YTL, of course...:)) has something for the garden:

House Beautiful Turkey edition May 2011

I just need a headboard, but in Sweden….


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