dining table

after many days with just rain it`s beautiful and sunny out. i love it. in summer i`m mostly happy...why did i have to move to norway? should have fallen in love with somebody from california... but apart from the weather i like norway. we have a good life here*smile
not much renovation going on right now;)
have a beautiful day
^nicole

designer tip no. 2

i think having a plan is a good thing. so when you want to redecorate a room, it`s so worth it to draw the room first. invest in a triangular architects ruler with scales like 1:20, 1:50 and 1:100. you can get it feks at amazon.com.
draw a plan in 1:50 of your room as if you look from the ceiling to the floor.
start with the walls, then put windows, doors and things like chimneys and other features that you can`t or don`t want to move.

in the end make little pieces of paper for the furniture with the correct measurements.
now you can play with that, moving the furniture around and finding the best solution.
enjoy!

nicole

my bedroom

yesterday i had mY first day back at work.

gOod to be back. and: the strike in kindergarden and school is over! relief.

it`s exhausting having both your kids at hOme. so that`s good news.

i thought i could show you my bedroom today.

when we moved in, the bedrooM had bLaCK wallpaper with broWn :O flowers

and darkbrown carpeting. yummy.

here some pIctures aFTeR the renovation:

 

 
better now? we sleep well there at least :)

open house

beautiful weather again today!
we went to look at this "farm" from 1898 that is for sale. loads of potential, even room for a BIG dog.
actually, we`re not moving that soon, but it never hurts to look at something interesting.
the kids loved it and were running everywhere while my man was asking the realtor lady difficult questions;) haha
afterwards it was the først barbeque of the season for us...nice to be back on the deck :)

take a look:

a little bit of the outside

wanted to show you a little bit of the ouside of our current home.

here some impressions

designer tip no. 1

when you are planning to redecorate a room or starting from scratch, think concept.
use for example a (professional) photo of any kind you like. personally i like to use nature photos.
use all the colors in that picture for your room in about the same amount as in the picture et voila you will get a beautiful, exiting room that is balanced. you don`t need to be an artist or designer to do that;)
have fun!!!

Organizing clutter in my daughters room

time just flyes... already june.
i`m enjoying the sunshine, we haven`t had much of that this year. hungry for sun;)
but to my post: after we bought shelves with drawers for her toys i thought we were fine for a while. but no. new toys and books came into the house, so i had to think of something new.
here my solution with before and after pictures. have a sunny day:)
nicole