Styling inspiration: vintage cutlery

Humble beauty of everyday objects...

photo credits: Victoria Fitchett, Glen Proebstel

Woodstock Handmade Houses

This book has been on my readinglist for a while: "Woodstock Handmade Houses" by Robert Haney and David Ballantine. Timeless source of inspiration. Effortless style of Jonathan Elliott photograps captures the true spirit of famous artisan village. Just one word: freedom.

Insect inspiration

Not only for entomology enthusiasts: creepy, strikingly beautiful insects photographed by Mads Hagedorn-Olsen and Anders Morell Hagen. The prints creatively complement modern furniture and the overall effect is quite intriguing, do you agree?

www.hagedornhagen.com

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...and one more example of edgy styling idea: a parallel with "flying" lightning fixture. Does anyone know where this insect print come from?

top images via: Avdelingen

In Stockholm

Atmospheric penthouse photos, shot by Christer Olausson, a photographer and founder of the media and publisher house Amazing Magazines. Beautifully captured: the light, reflected by white walls, emphasizes all textures and gives a true sense of depth. Airy space...

www.chrizphotography.se

via my favourite: Zyprezz

Imaginary Kingdom of Tim Walker

Picking apples in my Grandmothers orchard, climbing the trees and turning into a fairy. Lead soldier wars and dreams of flying... Going home for dinner straight from your fresly-build castle or another exciting overseas cruise... As we grow up, our childchood becomes imaginary kingdom. Imaginary - for most of us, but for some - more real than reality.

Tim Walker, the Peter Pan of  British photography, creates images that can be seen only with our inner child's eyes. He evokes long-forgotten memories, invites us to the other side of the mirror. Surreal or magic realism? It's not only the whimsical beauty that makes his narrative photo-stories unforgetable: they are created with true love, based on collective unconscious archetypes and cultural symbols, easily-read, mysteriously touching. Alive.

Tim Walker works mostly on fashion projects, his photograps were published in numerous magazines (Vogue,Vanity Fair etc.) all over the world and exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, The Design Museum and The Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

www.timwalkerphotography.com

Creative chaos theory

In the beginning there was chaos. Let's not be so serious... let's make some mess...

“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” Alan Alda

“The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.” Stephen Nachmanovitch

“Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.” Erich Fromm

 

images: 1,9: Styled by Emma Thomas, 2,5,10: William Waldron photography, 3,4: Roman and Williams interiors, 7,8: Joanna Henderson photography, 6: Bukowskis auction via iiiinspired

Styling inspiration: warm wood

Why do I like wooden furniture so much? And fall so easily for the beauty of old wooden floors? Is it the great sensation of touching the worn-out surface, feeling the warmth and genuity that vintage pieces emanate? Wood can be both humble and magnificent, but it always stays truthful to itself. It's always full of life!

Solid wood furniture items are not so easy to find and usually very expensive. But we can always choose something with real wooden veneer...

Mesmerizing blue light... and Billy bookcases from Ikea. Beautiful, atmospheric library created by interior stylist Lotta Agaton. I like the colour composition here: warm browns and cool inky blues.

Found at a great blog of stylist Charlotte Bladh

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A family hut in the mountains - inspiration from Sköna Hem. Cosy, isn't it?

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Wood in the most raw and humble incarnation: wonderful photo series showing the work of carpenter Andrea Brugi taken by Ditte Isager. Eco-beauty seen at Pure Green.