canadian designer Jillian Harris

were are in deepest winter here. minus 16 this morning. lots of snow. uuuuaaa.

are my kids dressed warm enough for a whole day inside and outside?

am a little obsessed with Canada these days, therefore a post about the canadian interior designer Jillian Harris. many might recognize her from `the bachelor/bachelorette`.

but she is also a talented designer. lately she did some episodes of `extreme makeover - homeedition`.

besides that she seems like a charming and positive person.

 here some of her designs:

                                                       pictures: jillianharris.com

i quite like her style:D

have a good tuesday!

^nicole

gift wrapping

                                                        pictures: Korean-arts, craziestgadgets, volgalinen

hi again!

i feel like a bad blogger lately...not much blogging, but a lot of working and other things;)

work is just very fun right now:D

yesterday we were at the wedding of my husbands brother. these two are sooo in love, it`s beautiful to see.

i wish them all the luck!

wanted to show you gift wrapping ideas, of course, because it`s xmas soon. and because the wedding and my beautiful daughters 7 th birthday tomorrow have inspired me xtra much.

have fun with wrapping your presents!

                                pictures: img4.realsimple, goinghometoroost, creaturecomforts, mungoandmaus

                                 pictures: s3thisnext, taradennis, 4.bp.blogspot

have a great wintery week...!

^nicole

honest materials

     pictures: traekompaniet, bad24, foodnews, images-pixelio.de, luzifer.com, stone-tech

just wanted to show you some of my favourite materials. i do like the old-fashioned real materials. they give a feel of quality. wood, linen, stone, felt, glass, porcelain.

another week has past. the thermometer shows -9 C this morning.

am headed for a bachelorette-party this afternoon. there is so much happening in the time before x-mas. every weekend there is at least one event. puuuh.

as long as i`m healthy it`s good fun!

yesterday at work i was talking to a client with a runny nose. don`t get too near me, please;)

when i look outside the window, everything is covered in ice. well well, the snow might just come as well then!

 hugs

^nicole

Chanel inspired interior

                                          photo:vi.sulize.us

while my man was at his brothers bachelorparty i watched the movie `Coco avant Chanel` and loved it. there is something about french movies.

that inspired med to a Chanel post.

hope you like it!

am gonna cut my hair on tuesday and i am quite unsure about how. a little late now;)

it`s funny: the cut i want is also Chanel inspired:) we`ll see. hair grows;)

                                                                         photo:vi.sulize.us

                                                                      

                                                            photo:meredithphoto

                                                        photo:lifestyleetc

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                                          photo:couchkarma

have a great week and happy halloween!

^nicole

fall

fall has taken a grip on us, it`s more like winter really.

temperature is below zero almost constantly.

am thinking a lot about linen lately, i quite like it actually.

i like all natural colours and materials.

kitchen towel from kid interiør, bowl from indiska

this weekend the man and i organized all our papers, it`s great to organize and get things out of the way i think. release space in the head for other, more fun things.

we`re having five year anniversary as a couple actually today! loved the orchid i got:)

it`s time to think about christmas, we are going to spend it in germany this year. for the first time with both kids and my husband!

have a great week while you snuggle up on the sofa with a nice cup of hot chocolate:)

love

^nicole

wall tiling

here are some pictures of the wall tiling in the kitchen that i did two weeks ago.
other than that it`s just work, work, work. we`re in high season for kitchen sales;)
the cold part of fall has begun in norway: the coldest morning last week: -6.4 C. bbrrrr

maybe time for some fall decorating soon?!

have a great week and seize the day!

^nicole

white chimney

right...it`s my birthday today. a weird day. i was kind of renovating away the whole weekend.
the first message was that my husbands grandfather has died. on my birthday! hmmm. me don`t like :(.
may he rest in peace after all his suffering lately.
but my family was sweet and singing, giving me presents and sweet cards.
many people congratulated me on facebook and there were a lot of phonecalls.
one from my little (?) brother that told me, he is going to the united states for six months... i am happy for him:D

on saturday i put up tiles over the kitchen counter - oh my god - it was sooo physicially exhausting. this morning i felt like the oldest woman in the world! my whole body was aching ;) and i am 37 :O now.

then today while the little one was sleeping i gave the chimney a second coat of white so now i can finally show you.

the tiles are not finished, there were a few that didn`t fit and i couldn`t cut them in the dark.
but here the chimney:

before

after

have a great week! oktober is a lovely month:)

^nicole