Summertime

Sun, ocean, wind, flowers, cows...more sun and good food and drinks... That's my Swedish summer in words. To see it in pictures have a look below.

 

Peaceful beach

Swedish food - Russian vodka

Cherries from the garden

Enjoy your summer, enjoy your life and

take care of yourself

and your beloved ones..

Celebrity Home: Gwyneth Paltrow

Have a look at Gwyneth Paltrow's Hamptons Home. Light, clean and simple but yet very cozy.

Love the chairs in light brown leather!

Dream kitchen?

Images from Casasugar.com

Mmmm, breakfast!

I have made a super tasty crunchy müsli!

As soon as you start making your own you'll probably never ever eat supermarket cereals again.



 Homemade crunchy müsli

5 dl oatmeal

100 g almonds

2 dl sunflower seeds

1 dl whole linseeds

0,5 dl raw sugar

2 dl water

5 tablespoons neutral oil (not olive oil)

Cut the almonds and put them in a bowl together with

oatmeal, sunflower seeds, linseeds and sugar. Stir.

Heat the oven to 200 C. Mix water with oil in a separate

smaller bowl and then pour it over the mix of oatmeal etc. Stir around.

Pour the mix in a large roasting pan and put in the

 middle of the oven for 20-30 minutes. Take the pan out for at least three times

and stir to be sure it is roasted everywhere.

Let it cool and then put your homemade crunchy müsli in a clean glass jar.

Serve with milk or yoghurt.

Mmmm!

Images from Ambiance

 

Take chances

"Take chances, take a lot of them. Because honestly, no

matter where you end up and with whom, it always ends up

just the way it should be. Your mistakes make you who you

are. You learn and grow with each choice you make.

Everything is worth it. Say how you feel, always.

Be you, and

be okay with it."

- Unknown

Image from Visual Photos

No more colours!

Right now, this is how I want my home to look! Even though you see colours, colours and again colours in all stores and interior decoration magazines I just feel for a classic and elegant look in my apartment. To also mix designer furniture with for example Ikea is a great way to get a contemporary and a balanced look.

Designer table matched with Ikea "Nils" armchairs.

Image from Simplicity 

 

White high gloss combined with dark wood feels clean and is perfect for the kitchen! 

Image from Decorpad

Bedroom by interior designer Kelly Hoppen

Image from Women's Everything

Colours are fun but in the end I always get back to beige, brown, white and black.

What do you prefer?

Celebrity Home: Olivia Palermo

Have a look at Olivia Palermo's stylish Tribeca apartment!

Image from Stylecult.blogspot.com 

Images from NYpost.com

Celebrity Home: Jennifer Aniston

Ambiance has a new label: Celebrity Homes. Because I always want to know what it looks like in stars's private homes - it says a lot about the person and could be a perfect way to get new ideas.

First out is Jennifer Aniston and her house in Beverly Hills.

Images from Takesunset.com

Midnight in Paris

If you haven't yet seen the latest Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris - do it! The story is funny but most of all I appreciated the style!

Rachel McAdams looked casual chic in every scene.

 

Style à la Belle!

I have a style crush on actress Camilla Belle.

Her outfits and looks are always flawless and she is definetely a new style icon and trendsetter, not too far from one of my favourites Olivia Palermo. Have a look at and get inspired!

Image from Starandstyle.com

Image from This is Glamorous

Image from Ladyglamourazzi.com

Image from Agirlnamedbong.blogspot.com

Image from Stylehop.com

Visionboard

Many thoughts, ideas, goals and wishes? Create a visionboard!

Collect all your inspiration sources in pictures, it's easier to find the right way to acheive your goals if they are visual compared to dreams just written in words.

It could look like this!

Image from Ambiance

 

Hang something on your wall!

I met a friend today who told me being in need of art and wall decoration to her new apartment.. I found these pics that maybe could bring some inspiration!

Colorful abstract art suits almost every interior style.

Image from Desenio

I wouldn't say no to one of Swedish artist

Carolina Gynning's paintings

- Cool and powerful!

Image from Gynning

Framed black and white photos is an easy and classic way to decorate your walls.

More abstact art but less colourful

Mirror decoration

And at last my own favourite; Mark Rothko!

Images from Decorpad

A new RUE out!

Yeyyy! A new issue of the online magazine RUE is now out! Plenty of lifestyle inspiration; for both you and your home!

I especially liked the interview with Kendall Wilkinson and the photos from her stylish home.

Wilkinson's dining room with the wooden table and the Philippe Stark's Ghost chairs makes

a perfect match - the different materials creates an eclectic look.

Images from RUE

Pimp your furniture

A year ago I bought a sideboard from Ikea on a flea market. I have re-painted it but I'm not really satisfied of the result, it could be more fun with another colour and maybe I'll change the knobs. I think it's a little better now than before though.

Before

Image from Fridas lilla blog

After

Image from Ambiance



In need of inspiration

Last Friday I didn't give you any Four Friday Favourites post. Lately I' ve found it hard to find inspiration to the Friday posts so that's why I'll try to take a break from them and instead get more motivated to update the blog with posts that feels right for the moment.

The first thing I did in order to get inspiration - Online shopping for new books!



Life and Work by Malene Birger

Image from Wwd.com

Domino

-  about 270 pages of Interior Decoration!

Image from Flickr.com



Other books I'd probably buy another day are



The Sartorialist

Image from Refinery29.com

and the guide from
Instyle

Image from Acauseofdazzling.wordpress.com