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DIY Wall Art from Cushion Covers
I’ve been wanting for ages to bring some colour to our bedroom in our summer cottage in a form of wall art, but haven’t really found anything I like. The cottage was built in the 70’s and even after...
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A Surprising “Must” for Summer Interiors – Mosquito Net
I love summer and outdoor living. The one thing I don’t like is the mosquitos and flies. I can just about bear mosquitos (they are not that interested in me, they prefer my husband), but I hate flies...
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Cottage Kitchen Quick Make-Over – in a Scandinavian Style
At my summer cottage, in the Finnish countryside, the kitchen was in its original 1970’s décor. It was dark and uninviting, with classic colours of the time (blue walls and orange cupboard doors)....
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5 Things to Consider when Decorating Your Holiday Home
As you may know, I did a mini kitchen make-over in my summer cottage this summer (if you missed it, you can read my blog post here) and that project made me think about what really is important in a...
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Trays and Cutting Boards
My husband loves tea. He REALLY loves it. Which means that he drinks a lot of tea during the day. The problem is that my beautiful, white kitchen surface doesn’t love tea at all. In order to protect...
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Mini-DIY Project Using Marble Contact Paper
As much as I love DIY, sometimes the best project is the one that takes about 5 minutes. It just feels so good to actually finish something quickly and get almost instant gratification! And yes, you...
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Family Command Centre: Notice Board
Our daughter Emma started school in September, and that forced us parents to become a bit more organised than we had been until now. When she was at the nursery, we had the flexibility to take Emma...
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Easy Christmas Decorations
Can I just start by saying that I LOVE Christmas! It’s definitely my favourite time of the year. I love writing Christmas cards, decorating the house and filling the house with the smell of...
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Our Christmas Holiday in Finland
Happy New Year 2017! I hope you had a good break! As always, we spent our Christmas holiday at our cottage in Finland. When we first arrived, there was no snow. It was a huge disappointment, but...
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Scandinavian Print Fabrics – by Finlayson
Patterns are a great way of adding interest to an interior. I love graphic patterns in black and white, but also in bold colours. Both of which are very typical in modern Scandinavian prints. As I was...
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The Most Beautiful Sauna in the World
You didn’t think I would spend the whole summer in Finland and not blog about saunas? As you probably know, even today, sauna is almost like a sacred place for Finns. You don’t talk loud in a sauna and...
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Desk Pad DIY
If I’m honest, I didn’t even remember that there was a thing called a desk pad. Until I bought a new desk for my 5 year old and this happened: Needless to say, I wasn’t very happy about the markings on...
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Plates, plates, plates
It’s time for us to get new plates at home! We need normal plates (25/26 cm ones), deep plates and salad plates. The problem is that there are so many beautiful ones to choose from out there! I guess...
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Painting the TV wall – part 2
In my previous blog post, I explained that I was planning to paint the wall behind our TV black. This is where I started: I wanted it black and found the perfect colour from Farrow & Ball, called...
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