A warm black and white home

Some homes are so striking they spread across the blogosphere like wildfire. This monochrome apartment currently for sale in Gothenburg is one of them. It's incredible how much warmth a touch of wood and patterned rugs can add to a black and white home.

Stadshem via Emma's Design blog

What do you think?

I have black walls in the guest bedroom and in the kitchen but truth be told I'm a little tired of them now that it's summer and I'm thinking of changing them both to something lighter. What do you think?

Thank you all for entering the Fouta De Val give-away last week. I am very excited to announce the winner: Laura Gosselink. Congratulations, and good luck with your move to Sweden in three months time, we hope you like your Haidra in black / grey fouta!

Just Some Inspiration For A Monday...

I need would like some light fixtures just like these.

Details...they are just so important.

 Normally the scale would drive me crazy but it works here....and I like it a lot.  

 Easy.  Need I say more?

1. Emma Jane Pilkington 2. Traditional Home 3. Sarah's House Season 4 4. Fluo

Casa del siglo XVII / 17th century home

Espero que empecéis bien la semana, hoy os quiero enseñaros una hermosa casa del siglo XVII, ubicada en la isla francesa de Ré, cuidadosamente restaurada, donde el diseñador de interiores George y Leonore le dan un  soplo de modernidad.

Con su hermosa fachada blanca , sus contraventanas de color verde grisáceo, las paredes de piedra y techo de tejas, ofrece un ejemplo perfecto de la arquitectura de la isla. 

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Creating light in a Stockholm apartment

Monday! Let's start the week with an apartment styled by one of my favourite teams; Fantastic Frank. Very cool dining area aside what really catches my eye is the use of glass panels instead of walls to carry light through what otherwise could have been a fairly dark and poky apartment. Very inspiring. 

Fantastic Frank

Do you use glass dividers in your home? If I had my way I would definitely go for reclaimed warehouse windows as a room divider.

While I was on holiday last week, one of my favourite online stores and wonderful sponsor Nest posted a guest post by yours truly on how to get a Swedish style kitchen, you can pop by and see it here.

PS You can tell I haven't had my breakfast yet by the way I've included the sliced bread!

Have a lovely day!

Big Boy Bed (Pottery Barn Hampton Classic)

The transition from nursery to "big boy" room continues and our bed arrived last week.  It's the Pottery Barn Hampton Classic from Pottery Barn Teen, on sale for $399 plus delivery.  Our deliverymen assembled the twin bed in about 20 minutes and said it's one of the most popular beds they deliver.  To make the room feel truly different from the nursery, we switched up the furniture placement too.

Side rails were added to the bed since our little guy is a super squirmy sleeper.  These are from Overstock and $32.99 each.  So far they are working perfectly, very sturdy and secure. 

To dress up the large blank wall over the bed, I chose a paper macho deer from West Elm- this one is the large.  When my son first saw it he said, "I don't like it!" But, he's since come around. 

The pouf is awesome for adding another pop of blue and also acts as a ladder for James to climb into the bed.  It was a sale item from Joss & Main. 

As you can see, instead of a "car" bed, we compromised with "Cars" bedding from Target.  My son loves them.  I toned the comforter down with a reversible light and dark blue blanket also from Target. A fun guitar shaped pillow was a Homegoods find. 

It didn't take James long to figure out that he can climb in and out of the bed now, so we are dealing with lots of nighttime requests for, "one more hug and kiss" and "another drink of water" and on and on.  I know you all with little ones have encountered that too!

For you eagle eye readers, I have started a gallery wall on the wall adjacent the bed.  It's not perfect, but I hope to show you tomorrow.  :)

Sure is cozy in the big boy bed!

The timing of creating a new room for James is perfect because I am also participating in a "Book Nook Challenge" with Pottery Barn Kid and PBS Kids, who have teamed up to promote reading in conjunction with Pottery Barn Kids' annual summer reading program.  The cool thing is they have asked six bloggers to create a kid-focused book nook and gave us items from the Pottery Barn Kids collection to work with.  I was lucky enough to get to participate and got my goodies last week!  It's been really fun creating a special reading nook for James - I'm not done yet, but will be sharing soon!  There will be a contest to see which bloggers' book nook the readers like best, so you can vote if you want to.  The winner will get to give one of their readers a $500 gift card to Pottery Barn! 

Details to follow . . . 

I also created a Pinterest board with Book Nook inspiration if you'd like to check it out.  

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Cocina rústica country / Rustic kitchen country

Acabamos el fin de semana con una cocina rústica de estilo country, grande, espaciosa, y con grandes ventanales que la inundan con gran cantidad de luz natural , un ambiente romántico y acogedor para disfrutar de la vida familiar.

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Gracias por tu visita ¡  lVicky

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