art in the house

as an art-lover i just have to write a little bit about decorating with art:)

not all of us are great artists that want to decorate with our own selfmade pictures, so we have to take other measures.

if you can afford it you can buy real art or maybe you know somebody that makes beautiful pictures or photographes.

maybe you have inharited art from somebody in the family?!

i was so lucky that i got some art from a painter in the family - he is not alive anymore - as a wedding present.

also i like to add art prints for example from all.posters.com

still a lot of winter up here...my man got reinspired by my tiling in the kitchen and continued the renovation.

kitchen is still not all finished...

while struggeling with black ice and delated trains i am looking forward to a good year...

want to make a lot of things happen, as always;)

all the pictures - by the way - are from Pablo Picasso

what is the weather like where you live? spring anywhere?

^nicole

tiling away

happy new year to all of you!

we had dinner with good friends and a really nice evening:D

yesterday we were quite tired, but that didn`t stop me from filling the seams of the kitchen tiles.

i am still not completely done scrubbing the last bit of tile-glue from the tiles, muaa

what i learned from tiling:

1. use a water-saw with good blades

2.you don`t need fancy and expensive gloves, household rubber gloves do perfectly

3. use a mask and protection glasses while mixing the glue with a strong drill

4. start tiling in the morning, be prepared to cut more tiles as you put them on

5. order pizza while working on the kitchen, no meals are prepared there;)

6. scrub away the tile-glue before filling the seams

7. don`t let anybody tell you that it`s a man`s work

8. be proud when you`re done!

here some pictures, sorry about the poor quality, here in norway it`s dark most of the time nowadays...

have a great start into the new year

^nicole

christmas in Germany

there! xmas was over again. i hope you had a beautiful one with your family!

we drove 1430 km twice to be with my family and right now we are a little exhausted. just got here around nine in the morning.

it was really quite an adventure. there was lots of snow on the roads, ice, overturned trucks, fog, traffick jam and even a drunk driver.

i am greatful that we got back here alive! thanks to my wonderful husband that is the best driver i know:)

in my moms livingroom it felt like another century with the children in there traditional clothes, to me really how christmas should be!

honest materials and classic decoration.

later today we have some more presents to open:D

other than that we are recharging the batteries for work tomorrow;)

love

^nicole

advent

today we had fun outside in the snow though my cheeks really started hurting - not from laughing, but from the cold;)

afterwards me and the kids did some crazy baking in the kitchen... why did we clean the house first?

saturday my little girl`s ballettschool had a beautiful show at the theatre.

last weekend i was a little exhausted from the x-mas party at work;) no blogging then...

one and a half weeks and we`re hitting the road to Germany to celebrate x-mas with my family:D

have a great week!

^nicole

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