weekend

I have dirt under my nails and mud up to my knees. The squash is finally out in the garden and now I am just hoping that the temperature will stay above zero. The tomatoes and the chillis are not ready to be outside during the nights yet so we carry them in and out. It would be ok if it wasn't for me using some kind of super soil. The plants grow very fast but our house smells like a farm.

reading

I love this room. Sometimes I find it hard to describe or even understand what it is that I love about an interior. It's not the separate things filling it. I guess it's more of a feeling. This room to me is very inviting, bright and calm. It made me think of reading. And speaking of reading, I love this collection of short stories edited by Jeffrey Eugenides. The preface by Eugenides, where he describes his selection and his thoughts about what a love story is, is amazing. Have you read Middlesex or The Virgin Suicides? Brilliant.
Have a happy weekend everyone!

My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead
Photo: Per Gunnarsson, Sköna Hem

Susanne Grundell

Lovely textile design by Susanne Grundell Form. That yellow color is wonderful.

corner view - coffee - Stockholm

This is a typical coffee saturday for me. With hot foamed milk in the morning. After lunch, black from thermos on the stand watching my daughter ride. Late afternoon black cup with apple and rhubarb pie. The only cup missing is the after dinner one. Also black. I think this is representative for most Swedes. I read somewhere that the only people drinking more coffee than we are the Finns. Also, people drink almost all their coffee at home or at work. Most people use coffee machines/brewers (i am not sure of the right english word) to make their coffee. Personally, I love a double espresso with lots of sugar but I havn't yet found the best way to make it at home. I am and have never been a dunker. Two coffees with milk, please in Swedish is två kaffe med mjölk, tack.

See all corner views at Spain Daily.

beautiful home

I love the colors and the industrial feeling of this home. The little details like the golden bulb by the bed in the green room, the mix of chairs, stools and floor cushions in the living room. And the soft living room curtains against the concrete roof. I think it's a dutch home but my french is not reliable. Not at all.
Marie Claire Maison

garden stool

The Toadstool, by Joe Nunn. Originally created for the designer's grandad. I love the idea and the thought of the wood aging together with the garden and the gardener.

Betina Lund Drescher

Great work by danish Betina Lund Drescher

weekend

I am sitting in my kitchen listening to the snoring of my feverish daughter. She is sleeping on the sofa and she and I will have to stay at home tomorrow. I am kind of looking forward to it. Except for the fever we've had a wonderful weekend. I am a little stressed by the rapidly growing weeds in the garden but I choose to focus on the apple-blossom and the lilacs in bloom. Note to self: do not sow squash to early. It's a jungle.

summer house

I wouldn't mind spending my summers in this cottage by the sea on Gotland, a swedish island in the Baltic Sea.
More pictures here

tiles

I love the effect of these tiles.

Retrouvius