I like a lot of different styles when it comes to interior decorating, and I always admire those that has all-white rooms in their houses. But as an artist, I could never pull that style of, no matter how much I try. At least I don’t think so… Maybe if I had a living room […]
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DIY Spray Paint Crazy
I love DIY Spray Paint projects a lot, mostly because it is so much fun to personalize things with color. It’s my favorite repurposing thing to do with thrift finds! Plus it’s the quickest way to totally transform the look of something, which is always fun. These days you can find so many different hues […]
Love Letter to Råskog – the turquoise Kitchen Cart
Råskog – the turquoise Kitchen Cart, you know it? Yes, I’m guessing you already know the piece of furniture I’m addressing today? It’s IKEA’s Kitchen Cart Råskog. You know the metal cart on wheels, made out of steel with a epoxy powder coating in the most delicious sea foam kind of color? First only available in turquoise, […]
Field Notes from IKEA
IKEA is one of my favorite stores, not only because it’s 1) Swedish and 2) cheap but also because I find it inspiring (although tiring) to walk through the big storehouse close to Stockholm. And now they’ve got the most beautiful line of paper goods, including notebooks, washi tape, wrapping paper, boxes and more. Related […]
Creativity in Snapshots | Stuff
There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn’t had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn’t be here. We have survived it on our optimism. Edward Steichen Photographies from my photo folders presented […]
Owl Collages and Matting
I will make my present as close to my future as I possibly can. That is the secret. Love where you are. Make the most of it. Get to the feeling of what you are after. That is what you are searching for anyway. Happiness. SuziBlu Lately I have missed making square collages, like a […]
Magazines, social bookmarking and videos
Any good interior design magazine (or any magazine about creativity, art or craft for that matter) should check out the online blog scene, don’t you think so? The blog word, also called indie community, is huge and full of inspiration. Last week I got my favorite mag in the mail, it’s IKEA Family Live Magazine! […]
Candle holders with buttons
– Hands up, I’ve got a glue gun now! Ho-ho-ho! Ingredients for this craft; Candle holders in glass from IKEA that I found in a thrift shop and buttons, also bought at a thrift store. Tool; The amazing glue gun! I haven’t used one of these before but to glue all the buttons on the […]
My own IKEA hacked mirror
Planning a shabby chic project on my desk. I painted a mirror frame white. It is a big wood frame with a small mirror in the middle bought at IKEA; I’ve had it for a few years (I don’t know if they still keep it?) unpacked and unfinished. After painting it I started planning on […]
Planning a Dream Studio
I was reading Claire’s blog Loobylu this morning. It was one of the first blogs I found on the Internet, and it inspired me to start a blog of my own. In Australia where she lives they have hot summer with bush fires and extreme heat. Here, in the northern part of Sweden, on the […]
IKEA hack | Shelf repainted in pink
I painted this old IKEA shelf… It was already varnished in rust brown when I got it although it was originally sold unpainted, just plain wood. It’s an IVAR I think (I bought it second hand). The varnish was quite nice, but it’s not at all my style. So after a lot of hesitation I […]
