M & Co

Poet's narcissius part 2

photo: me

Fresh from the garden today :-)

Poet's narcissius part 1

photo: Me

Speaking of snails in the garden ...this little fellow is quite welcome ,-)

The Narcissus poeticus is growing happily in my garden this year. Last year I divided some that never bloomed, and this year I'm rewarded with masses of beautiful white flowers. I really like the yellow and bright orange cup, it sort of gives it this really retro feeling, and makes them gorgeous in cute little boquets ;-)

 

Modern and Emotional design

Images: StudioIlse.com

Modern and Emotional design is what Studio Ilse do, and I love it! Many "design items" seems to me, cold and masculine, but the furniture design of Ilse Crawford and her team is on the conterary feminine and sophisticated without loosing its strong, clean and functional design, that will make them tomorrows "classics". I'm particulary fond of the mirrored furniture collection they did with Baleri Italia. Completely modern, with just a hint of nostalgia!

   

Images: Studioilse.com / Grand Hotel Stockholm

Studioilse also does fabulous interiors. My favorite is the  Grand Hotel Stockholm, were they have managed enhance the old soul of the hotel while giving it a new contemporary feel. Pure beauty! 

Gardening Weather

For the past few days we've been having gorgeous, sunny weather with +20C, and the garden seems to have exploded! Unfortunately I've had other priorities than gardening lately, so its sort of a jungle out there by now ;-) I'm a bit annoyed though, as today I discovered that the brown, disgusting, Iberia snails have been having a feast in my absence.... It seems they are everywhere, which means I'll have to start my nightly routine of "removing" them....

Over to something more cheerful ;-) Inside, my Dahlias are getting big and ready to plant outside, my Pelargonias are thriving, and all the seeds I collected from my garden last year is growing bigger day by day! I really want to have an all white garden...but since I also have a lot of flowers from when my grandmother did the gardening around here, I still have some areas of color, especially behind the house. One of my favorites are Sweet Williams (Dianthus barbatus) especially since the make the cutest summer bouquets. So every year, keeping up with my grandmothers tradition, I collect the seeds, and grow new plants in the Spring. I've discovered that If I plant them quite early in Spring I get flowers the same year, otherwise I'll have to wait until next year for them to flower. For next year flowering you could plant them outside in a few weeks :-) I'm sure this beautiful flower will have its renaissance this year!

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret & Great Blue Heron by Holle Black

Thanks to Traditional Home, I figured out who made that gorgeous painting in the last post! Its called Snowy Egret, and is by the Georgia based artist Holle Black. Traditional Home borrowed this picture from the Sandler Hudson Gallery, were you also can find more work by this artist.

Scott Laslie and traditional Home's Atlanta Showhouse

               

Sometimes I just fall in love with an interior, and I just keep looking at it again and again discovering new fabulous things with it everytime. The Atlanta Showhouse Scott Laslie designed for Traditional Home is one of those! I love the turqoise and coral color scheme, and the attention to detail is wonderful! 

               

Since getting the magazine (Thank you Rosemary!) I've studied these photos over and over again, and now I found out I had to share them with you as well. You can see the whole house over at Traditional Home (Except one image from the magazine that I loved in particular ...a white, wood console table, with a gorgeose picture (much like the one in the bathroom...but I cannot find any reference to the artist..) over it...my scanner has stopped working...so you'll have to get the magazine to see it ;-)

               

And how perfect would'nt this Axel Salto vase fit in there?! Love the unusual color on this piece!

                               

Vase by Danish Designer Axel Salto from Antik via 1stdibs.   

Seed packet template for you :-)

Since you are so kind to visit me, even though my updates has been less than frequent lately, I have a little gift for you ;-) I've been playing around, trying to learn Inkscape, and made a seed packet for you to download, and print out on paper. I always collect seeds from my garden in the Autumn, and when spring arrives I give them away to friends and family. Cute as gift adornments too! (PS! If you haven't collected any seeds you can always cheat, and get them from your local garden center ;-))

I write the name, and year collected on the seed packet, and if the receiver is not familiar with the seed I also print out a small description on how to plant and slip inside.

I will be back visiting your lovely blogs, and posting more frequently here again when work has calmed down, until then I'll  still try posting at least twice a week here ;-)

The Husband's view

   1. Lamp, Dana John via 1stDibs 2. Villain Chair, Suck uk 3. Puma Contents via 1stDibs 4. Massive Oak Wood Floor, TræKompagniet 5. White Leather Chair, Natuzzi.

My first post on the blog. Hope you enjoy it!

           

The perfect summer outfit

1.Perfect summer outfit, J.Crew, 2.Lounge Chair, C.Bell via 1stdibs.com, 3.Yellow Glass lamps, Pieces Inc. 4.Hydragena in stone vase, NDI.

When I get the first taste of warmth in the air, I always want to fresh up my home and wardrobe with beautiful summery colors. These items would be the perfect summer outfits, both for me, and my house ;-) And that supercool lounge chair from C.Bell would be perfect all year long!

This is for you!

Photo: Me 

I'm sooo behind with this ....but work has been busy lately.. and still is! I just wish the day had more hours so I could visit you all more frequently! So these flowers are for you, all my sweet and caring blog friends :-)

And a special thanks to:

Courtney at Nesting Instincts and Suzanne at S.HOPtalk for giving me the E for Excellent award! You girls are sooo sweet, and I looove your blogs! :-)

I'm passing the E for Excellent award on to the always stylish Bandelle blog.

(Ok, I know I was supposed to pass these on to more of you, but quite frankly the task of choosing between all these gorgeous blogs is just too much of a challenge to me! I love you all :-))

Synnøve at Synnøve's Lille Maison. Than you so much! I sooo appriciate that you like my blog :-) And its definitly likewise! Love your adorable blog, and the new banner is so cute!

I'm passing the blogging award on to my super sweet friend Rosemary. Love your view on life!

The talented Bari J. tagged me, and has challenged me to tell seven more random things about myself. So here it goes:

1. My favorite rose is Boule de Neige
2. I hate it when people start a sentence with a stranger with you (Du in Norwegian) I find it really rude, and when someone unknown adress me with You. I can just feel the anger building up inside. Have they not learned manners?!
3. On the other hand I'm quite even tempered, and quite easy to hang around ;-)
4. I'm even told I smile too much.
5. This one is emberassing; I had to read the message for the answering service at the company I worked in and one customer called in to complain that I sounded to sexy. A few months later my voice message was replaced...
6. I want to add a French Bulldog to our family. Soo cute! And more space efficient than the two already occuying my house.
7. I always have to try out plants in my garden even though the tag says it will not thrive there...you never know right? ;-)