Window shutters

I have always liked window shutters. It´s such a perfect way to close the windows and they decorate the house in a beautiful way. Love them in wood and worn like these I found on our trip through...

Barcelona bottle recycling

Plastic bottles. Not so pretty usually. When I found these in Barcelona I though this is the most attractive I´ve ever seen plastic bottles be recycled. Thank you who ever you are who planted even...

Welcome flowers

The Magis chair became a holder/pedistal for the copper container for the flowers. Why not ?

Boon in the city

The adress is 404 Park Avenue South that means East 28th Street if your hailing a cab Not easy to guess who the designer is by looking at the house. On the roofterrace of the building you...

Outdoors easy

Cement sides to hold the structure. Two pieces of wood, one that is decorated nicely. Some pieces of brick as armrests. An outdoor bench can be made even more simple, but this is a easy way to make...

Black Breed retreat by Roijé

YES - it is a henhouse. A black design henhouse. Created by Frederic Roijé and named Breed retreet. I saw it first time at the Milan Fair 2010 and fell for it completely. Since I now have my own...

The simple things

We walked down from the bridge to follow the ravine north of Nerja. The path led us down into the lush ravine. Found this gate made of bamboo. Since I love bamboo and the possibilities it gives I...

Cages by Nucleo

Coffey table Cages Cages is a recoding of the concept of wireframe by NUCLEO Nucleo is a collective of artists and designers directed by Piergiorgio Robino based in Torino, Italy. Active in...

To the MAX

If this is not maximalism I have never seen it. I sat at a table across from this wall at a restarurant high up in the Grenada mountains in Spain. Must say I have never seen as much put up on any...

Soomkai in the press

Our Soomkai lamp in the press. Always happy to talk about my Soomkai design and has done so many times on the blog. From the very first time I had the idea that became the design to the production...

Hallway heaven

BEFORE There was nothing majorly wrong with this hallway apart from the fact that there was almost no space to hang or store clothes and shoes.... The doors I like a lot, but...not to have as your...

Fleur de lis forever

The french lily - Fleur-de-lis Is a favorite motif that always comes back to me and mosaics is something I have learned to love and will continue to use in interiors. Do not tire of it. Finding...

Numeric love 1

Fishermans flags

The fisherman type of simple flags made from a bamboo stick and a piece of colorful textile is a nice deco piece in the right interior or in the garden. Found these at the fishing camp in Biarritz....

Ikea by Jimmy

Fun to see that projects I´ve worked on for Ikea Communication is starting to be seen in the media. Love the early morning lighting in these shots....

On the road

First day of driving we made it to Aachen in Germany after 10 hours of driving and some stops on the way to eat and also to take Terry our bordercollie for a walk. A lot of driving on fast roads...

Homeoffice makeover

BEFORE Since the kitchen was moved to the living room area we won a guest room downstairs. Therefore the upstairs bedroom could become the home office that we needed. The bunk beds were removed and...

Sweden-Spain&back by car

Francisco and I have driven from the south of Sweden to the south of Spain by car. Terry our Border collie have sometimes slept in the back seat on our jackets. Next week I will tell you the story...

A kitchen to love

BEFORE To the left you see the kitchen wood cave that I transformed into a guestroom and in the foreground the diningroom that I felt was perfect for putting the kitchen in so that the kitchen and...

Changing rooms

BEFORE Sometimes a room can serve you better. In the case of this kitchen my choice was to move the kitchen into the very large livingroom to have a more social area with a kitchen in direct combo...

Lamp likeness

A couple of years ago Diesel with Foscarini presented this design at the Milan Furniture Fair that is a favorite of mine. This lamp from LampGustaf Creative Lighting premiered at Stockholm...

Create and outdoor room

BEFORE AFTER I painted the whole house a dark brownish black, otherwise the only thing we changed are the the furniture and all the lovely small things that make life interesting. The gigantic...

BEFORE This is how it looked before I took over. AFTER Choose a style you like and go for it. I always do! The bedroom got a new wodden flooring painted a grey tone and the walls got a another...

Coming globe TROTTERS

Form, function and folklore in cabinets and sideboards and the award winning sofa table designed by TAF named Trotters inspired by swedish almoge and curlingstones. I´m curling stoned! Check it all...

My own home makeover

BEFORE AFTER Yes - we did put in new windows and that was the most important change. The fireplace is certainly a upgrade that both feels good a cold winters day and is visually a design treat. I...

Foscarini favorites

New familiy members of the Aplomb comunity in design by Lucidi&Pevere Outdoor suspension lamp Gregg. Design by Ludovica&Roberto Palomba www.foscarini.com

Two men and a dog

Taking the bridge from Malmö, Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark. Very rainy as we skip over the sea. Skt Petri Hotel lobby where we are checking in tonight. Hotel Skt Petri is the only hotel in...

Bangkok revisited

A picture at a cleaning cart, hm.... Had a wonderful dinner outside of Bangkok on an almost floating restaurant. Lovely A small but VERY green mall I like on Sukhumvit road not far from our hotel...

A New Flourishing 2013 awaits Happy New Year

JS HEM X mas

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