Norwegian inspiration: Moa's home.


It's a Moa's day! I first fell in love with Moa's pictures via Instagram: I cannot help but place a huge heart en each photo she takes: they are minimal, mostly black& white shots, "touchingly" poetic. Then, I discovered her blog, Moa Og Kaffekoppen, and fell in  love with the images of her places: here there's a small sellection of my favourite ones. Isn't she great?

 
   

Moa is also the co-editor of the online magazine SIGN: have a look to this jewel here.

The kitchen and me: At home with Mum


I'm still at my parents' in Italy. It's already cold here in Venice. And it's Saturday morning.
Do you know what it means?
Mum is making homemade chocolate with my granny's super special recipe.
What could be better than this? 
Well, maybe D. surprising me with hot churros directly from Barcelona? Day-dreaming, I know.

I miss you Mi Amor.



All pictures via CarOlina

Simple Scandinavian


Isn't the light in this space simply perfect? My favourite space is the kitchen: I have fallen in love with the tiles!


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De "Interior design trends"


Have you already read Annaleena Leino Karlsson's last post? She discusses the difficulty of giving an answer to people asking  what is trendy right now in Interior design.  
Annaleena's considerations made me wonder how much interior trends affect  my decision to pick objects and patterns for my home (or just select them for my wish list). Sometimes I almost feel overwhelmed by all those beautiful images, pins and posts: there are so many "trendy ideas" it made me hard to pick one. Today copper and concrete + pink/dark grey shades are the must-do/must-have and I love the shades and the design proposals but ... are they really me? 
Yes and not. 
Like most of you out there, I'm inspired by new stylings and I adore to discover new, unpredictable ways to arrange things. But, at the same time, I need to let everything decants for a while in order to be able to pick MY choice and not simply consume that idea. That's why I love Annaleena's house: it has got that timeless atmosphere, a place that just her can call home. It's an expression of the real life of someone. So,I would say that, more than a trend, I'm searching for my timeless reality to call home.


What about you? How much do trends affect your approach to your home?


Images of Annaleena Leino Karlsson here

Inspired: A timeless living room


Wooden floor.  Neutral colours. A bit of grey. Lots of light. And, of course, a superbe Nordic cabinet where to store any sort of things. The result is this perfect timeless living room in Sweden.
 

Photography Kristofer Johnsson