moving furniture...

I have been moving furniture...always thinking of how to change our livingroom and give it a different look. know that Trish of the lovely blog Trouvais tagged me, so I chose some recent photos. The first picutre, is of my trip to Italy 2 weeks ago, which has given me a lot of inspiration, the scents, the buildings, the views, just lovely.
I also baked cakes lately, see picture below, and we are starting some big works in our house soon, so I am busy, busy...
Spring is here, and I hope the sun chooses to stay a bit more, as I thoroughly enjoy the weather as it is.
Solange

spring in my home

Back from my trips to Paris and Italy. It was lovely and of course enjoyed food and just being away from home for awhile.
At home spring has really started and I feel as though I need to change, scrub, air and wash everything. I am waiting for some
more sun and milder weather, to open the windows and feel some warmth.

We are having some work done in our home, since the 2nd floor in our house is not straight and they have to straighten the floor, I already see the dust and mess but I am looking forward to a straight floor. We also have plans to redo our bathroom and my significant other has bought some tile paint, to cover the not so charming tiles the previous owners left us.
I find a decorating wonderful, but it seems that the bathroom is not so easy to get done right.


I made the eucalyptus crown myself, and it gives the room a lovely rustic, calm look.

well, I wish you all a lovely weekend and enjoy your interiors.

Solange

back from Paris

and happy to be home. Paris was as usual gorgeous, but a little rainy. We saw such beautiful things, but the highlight of the entire trip was to see Le Nozze di Figaro, in the Royal Opera in the castle of Versailles no less! Lovely seating, the opera hadn't been officially used for the last 250 years. In 1770 it was used to celebrate the wedding of Marie-Antoinette to Louis XVI.
It was just magical, especially during the pause, I thought to venture a little around to see what I could see of the Versailles castle at night, I went to see the royal chapel at night with nobody around, it was a bit off the opera, it was so quiet and not one tourist, I just had this moment for myself, which was a very special experience.

I also went to the Louvre, again, and well, of course to shop a little. You can't go to Paris and not shop...

Take care, and I wish everybody a nice week!

Is it just me...?

Or does time really fly? I just realized that next weekend is Easter already. I decorated with my son for some Easter atmosphere in our house, now only the chocolate is missing!
I have been doing so many things lately, working, busy with my son and his school, but also taking an hour in the weekend to make a eucalyptus crown, which has a lovely scent by the way... and to do some decoration here and there.
The sun being out makes me (and I guess all of us) a different person, I feel happier and I get more energy from these rays.
Hope you can all enjoy these days towards Easter. Next week I will be a few days in Paris with my dear man of mine, so more fun things ahead.


take care!
Solange

here and there

If I look around in my house, I see here and there a lovely, neat and charming corner. A beautiful touch of flowers, well thought about decoration items, but then I look further and I realize I also have many untidy corners and definitely 'child friendly' nooks in the house, so it's a challenge to keep the house a family home, but also to have place for beautiful decoration and a woman's touch. (we have a son, that means I am the only hope for a woman's touch in the house!)

At the moment I am feeling (and looking...) a bit tired, maybe it's the end of winter?

take care girls!

just enough

On Saturday's I have a few things I like to do. These last months, I do groceries with my son at the local market, where I buy flowers, fresh bread, cut meats and a magazine of course. This is followed by a long lunch with delicious things and a new magazine with a hot coffee. Of course these afternoons are even better, when the sun is shining like today, and you feel spring is nearly there, even though it's still freezing!


So, fresh flowers in the vase, and I had so many flowers over, that I spread all little vases with flowers in there, even for the hallway and bedroom.
I am still thinking what to make of my beautiful Cabbages and Roses fabric, isn't the shade of green gorgeous?? I love it.
We also have our little bunnies on the windowsill, waiting for Easter.

Enjoy the weekend everybody!

house projects never end, luckily!

Yes,house projects are ongoing. Some of you might be stressed about that, but personally, I am happy that you can constantly update your home. Yesterday my significant other, put up some roller blinds. We have a huge kitchen window and it wasn't very practical to put some curtains made of delicate fabric, since we have our big stove next to the window. So, we chose a dark blue roller blind, which breaks the white kitchen a bit. I feel safer and happier.

I also got the new Countrystyle from Australia this week. It's my last issue, because each year I subscribe to a different foreign magazine. I have tried Vakre Hjem and Countrystyle, and Period Living UK, it's always great to get inspiration from all over the world. I am thinking what I will subscribe to this year, as my current subscription has nearly ended.

Here, I share some beautiful images of Countrystyle Australia.






all photos: Australian Countrystyle