simple & romantic...

I like decorations that are simple and easy to do,

and I have to admit, I like them even more if they are

romantic as well.... ;)

Wonderful, delightful, darling..... so romantic!!!

all about details...

I love details!

Details and decorations!

Details on furniture, fabrics, clothes or just small

ones in my ordinary daily life, they are so worth noticing.

Beautiful details and decorations on this armoire.

Details on a lovely mirror.

A beautiful headboard with many details.

Romantic details.

It's all about details...

time for candles...

It's time for candles and chandeliers,

quilts and pillows, juice chairs and comfy sofas.

The autumn has arrived!

Beautiful Marie...

Like so many, I have a passion for Marie Antoinette!

All the details and decorations, the color combinations,

weather a dress, a shoe or a cake!

It's all so amazingly beautiful.

And what a great source of inspiration can be found

just by looking at a few pictures from this time.

These shoes are from the movie Sofia Coppola made

about Marie Antoinette.

just random...

Just some random pictures of beautiful things....

Atelier, such a beautiful word.

Getting ready for autumn.

Magical chandelier.

Lovely old pots.

A necessary thing to do.

a big table...

My son Viktor, (23) is moving together with his girlfriend to

an apartment in the center of our town. The apartment has three

floors and very high ceiling, it's so cool for young people to live

in houses like this. He asked me if I could help him make

them a dining table, and we decided to make a big table,

a bench to sit on, a mirror and a console table!!!

Here you can see some of the things we are enjoying making together...

The 3m long table is made from pine wood.

Viktor working hard...

Me adding some of my touches to it ;)

Working on the mirror frame.

It's also quiet big.

I started by treating the the table top with lye.

It's a solution that will take the yellow tone

in the pine wood away. Then I colored it in

two layers, first I used dark grey oil, and then

I gave it one layer of white oil.

As a final touch one layer of white wax, and

then some heavy "buffing" which my dear

husband is so happy to do for me.

And the table is ready for use.

To paint the mirror frame, we used grey color called

"san saccaria"

It's from our lime paint production.

( www.kalklitir.com)

The table frame is also painted with the same color.

Now we only have to move the table to the apartment!!

I do hope they will like it, and most importantly use it a lot... ;)

Not ready...

I'm not ready for the summer to be over,

it's as simple as that!! I'm still thinking pink flowers,

summer dresses, having a drink with friends in the garden,

and all the nice things we do when it is summer.

But summers are short here in Iceland, and

it looks like this one is already over.

I miss you summer!!!

Come back if you can......