And the winner of the Picky pic is....

The girls over at Picky pic had a very hard time choosing the winner of the Picky pic children's picture competition. In the end they went for.....

Amelie aged 4

Who chose the following picture;  'the penguins because they can swim under water'.

Congratulations Amelie!! A penguin picture from Picky pic will be winging it's way to you shortly. Thank you everyone who entered!

Wonderful wall displays for Children's bedrooms

This afternoon I am going to announce the winner from the Picky Pic children's picture competition I held in collaboration with the wonderful, creative girls at Picky Pic. So don't forget to pop back later to see if you are the lucky winner! In the meantime, I looooove the clever wall displays in these lovely children's bedrooms.

Family Living

Farge Fest

Caroline Briel via Pinterest

Modern Kiddo

I love the use of the crates, string and clothes pegs and wired garden planters to display children's treasured items. It just goes to show that you don't need to spend a lot to create a beautiful room, just imagination and time. So lovely don't you think?  See you this s'avo!

Organized TOYS

Hi all!  I'm am raring to go for the new year!  As much as I love the coziness and sentiment of the holidays, come January, I am ready for a fresh, clean start for the new year.  I spent Sunday and Monday getting all the Christmas decor packed up and put away and the house looks so simple and clean again:)



Although we only bought James a few gifts for Christmas, our family brought lots of presents and with all the toys he's accumulated since birth, I knew that now was a good time to start getting his toys organized.



I started by gathering up all of the toys from the living room and putting everything in his room so I could put like toys and small parts together.  His big race car, tricycle, dump truck and wagon went into the garage.

I kept some toys in the living room, but I am happy that it doesn't look like a toy box anymore (see below, the toy box version of the living room:)

Look at all those stuffed animals!  

I found a $50 organizing shelf with bins at Target along with a few big canvas bins and got to work organizing and throwing out the broken toys and books.  Are all kids this hard on books??

Little toys fit into these buckets and James has easy access to them.  

The bigger toys fit nicely in these colorful bins.

To my surprise, the stuffed animals fit into two bins.

Now here's to trying to keep everything organized and clean!  We are starting the "put your toys away" routine before bath and bedtime now:) 

You can look on my "Organization" tab for more helpful organizing tips for toys and more!

Vintage inspired workspaces

Hello! And how are the heads this afternoon? Are you suffering from a two-day hangover from new years eve or are you looking foreward to the year ahead with a clear mind? I hope it's the latter as for many people today, it's back to work! No better way to start the year afresh than to re-style your office and I absolutely love these vintage inspired work spaces.

Elle Interiör

By Scott Waterman FlickR

Yatzer (photographer Manolo Yllera) via SF Girl By Bay

Via Ffffound

Work would be a joy in these spaces wouldn't it?!

A New Year

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Beautiful white and wood, vintage inspired home

Happy New Year! I hope your 2012 will be full of inspiration and happy moments! I am kicking off this year with pictures of this beautiful country home in California. I am loving all the wood and covet the hallway and the bathroom in particular. Such a lovely home!

Country Living via the wonderful blog 79 ideas

We arrived back in Sweden late last night after such a wonderful time in the UK. New Years Eve was spent visiting friends in their fantastic country home at the foot of the South Downs nea. They are currently renovating their home but as oon as they're finished I'm hoping they'll let me share it with you!

Back in a little, but first,  morning latté time! see you in a bit!

Quiet Time

Happy New Year! May God bless you throughout this year and may you always know His peace.

Calendar Via