have a great weekend!

photos: Johnny, black kitchen, walking lady,  Freckles,  white kitchen, Bjork, dining corner, Josh Holloway, photo wall, Liv, dining room,  Paul 

Our shop is now closed for Christmas, anything ordered after today will be dispatched in January. I'm feeling pretty exhausted working 16 hours a day this whole week. But also very pleased and grateful for all the people out there supporting our shop and my work. I leave you with some pretty people and interesting interiors.

have a lovely weekend!

being a mum

yellow bed, little cutie, baby, swing, yellow ceiling, poster wall, little girls's cooking , blue wall storage, mum+little girl

A. had her first nursery Christmas play yesterday, she was very nervous and didn't want to do it. I felt so sorry for her...I can't wait after very busy month to spend more time with her next couple of weeks. Like any other working mum I question myself and feel guilty a lot. But it's just so hard to find the right balance... isn't it?

have a great weekend + links

girl in black, laptop, red sleeve, twinkly lights, books, gold bag, cosy grey, bedroom with fireplace, girl with sandals in winter, large black lights, girl in snow, wonderful office, country house, Ryan

few links for your weekend:

new beautiful online magazine

Bacardi promo

love colours in this house in Marseille

illustrated alphabet by famous artist

video portrait - Rob Ryan - what a nice man

interview with an owner of Mjolk (of blog Kitka)

I could not resist to post the last photo of Ryan. It was floating around pinterest , with saying "All I want for Christmas". Maybe:)

have a lovely weekend!

bocci

Bocci design. Very beautiful...lovely video...found here, like the site a lot....have a great day!

NY

We are off to NY on Friday. M. is running his 4th marathon there and I'm going to support him, plus do a bit of shopping and basically having a holiday. I went to New York only once before, so any last minute ideas? Cool restaurant, bars? places not to miss? also I would like to see a bit of outside Manhattan, Brooklyn etc. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated:)

all photos from great mokkasin

emily

I mentioned interior designer and TV girl Emily Henderson before but I have to say it again. I really like her style, sometimes a bit too colourful for me, but so fun! I made few pictures for her and her family and I almost have to say I love her when I see one of them on her picture wall in her home ( the first photo at the top, the white one in the middle, I know small but cute:) and plus she is a very sweet lady as well. thanks Emily!

have a great weekend

I can't believe October is almost gone and winter is just around the corner....We have a busy weekend ahead of us, and although it will be great to go to a party, dinner and seeing friends I feel like snuggling up on a sofa with a good book and hot chocolate. What about you? are you doing anything exciting? 

few links for your weekend:

colorful Melbourne home

beautiful photos

article about cool Jenna

Levis video

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happy weekend everyone!

all photos from here

autumn decoration

A. has half term so I have been trying to come up with different projects for her, and one of them was to create a little autumn decoration. We did this leaf one together (last photo) couple of years ago ( it used to be our annual tradition with my sister when we were kids) but this year I wanted try something different. Very simple, you can use different colours or shapes. We used rowan red berries, paper and elastic transparent string ( not sure what's the correct name). Anya loved it and  only pricked her finger once at the end ( she is 3). 

how not to paint furniture

After purchasing sideboard on Ebay and then finding out it's much darker then expected, basically dark orange instead of light oak, had also been damaged and scratched I decided to paint it grey. Me being impatient and indecisive ( after  looking at Farrow & Ball paint chart for 2 hours) I decided to mix paint myself. So base - white ( Farrow& Ball) and ivory ( Crown) + numerous amount of paint samples from F&B and Fired Earth. I simply mixed together all I had, it wasn't that simple:) and tadaa...not bad at all:) As the cabinet was already bashed quite a bit on edges I created sort of shabby chic look by sanding corners and left cracks and holes as there were. So after being conned and buying solid oak sideboard and ending up with orange soft wood cabinet  I'm very pleased with the result. What do you think? I also painted these silver candlesticks - matt black, much nicer.