Displaying posts from May, 2011

Nathan, a photographer in Edmonton Alberta, wanted to share the bedroom makeover that him and his wife Brandi executed – to perfection! It’s my favourite colour scheme – and he even included a gratuitous cat-on-the-bed photo. 🙂
It’s been months in the making. We’ve been working away, slowly but surely, trying to refinishing our bedroom. Unfortunately I don’t have any ‘before’ pictures, but it definitely didn’t look like this! Picture beige walls, no curtains and black bedding. Horrible.

I refinished these small tables myself a couple months back. They were espresso brown with boring knobs, so I painted them a warm white, antiqued them a bit and found some great new hardware. Simple, cheap, effective 🙂

Smooth like chocolate. Refreshing like sorbet. Yummy like JAM. Jeffrey Alan Marks. It’s traditional with a twist. Refined with quirky. Curated and at times a little kookie. I mean a boat on the bedroom ceiling. Cool! Love the first few rooms. LOVE.

Back in January I sang the praises of Swedish photographer Katarina Malmström Brown (here), and because I am such a huge fan of her work, I thought I’d feature some more photos from her stellar portfolio. Enjoy!

I am smothered with alot of eye candy with my trawling through the blogs and websites looking for blog research and despite being overloaded with these visual I love it when something can capture my interest and leave me utterly smitten. That was the case the other day when I happened upon this post over on The Bedlam of Beefy, where our dear friend Beefy featured the designs of the uber-talented Los Angeles designer Alexandra Angle. Her designs are at times bold with colour, always cheerful, comfortable, unassuming, youthful and whimsical. They just really do it for me.

Why are the Swedes so good at getting it right? Casual yet stylish, comfortable and cozy, family focused and perfect for entertaining friends. Yesterday’s apartment prompted Anna to send us a link to her sister’s home which is currently listed for sale. What a lovely house! What a shame to be selling! I’m sure that the owner is heading on to greener pastures but still…. imagine leaving those posts and beams, the rustic floors and ceramic stoves. Love the open plan living, dining, kitchen with clever central storage and the attic! Swoon! I’m seriously thinking of immigrating to Sweden.

P.S. Anna’s sister is called Linnea and you can see more of her lovely home on her blog Linneas Blommande Värld.