The perfect house

It takes a lot of imagination and love to create a beautiful family house like this one. Airy white interiors furnished with vitage pieces, decorated only with objects meaningful to the owners - exotic art 'souvenirs' brought from all of their journeys. Natural materials create cosy, warm atmosphere: wooden panels, soft woollen carpet, leather and velvet seating. All contrasted, spiced up with industrial metal: old, flaking coffe table, black, oversized floor lamp. Simple, functional, down to earth, but absolutely unpretentious beauty: the essence of Scandinavian style.

When Marie Olsson Nylander saw the building for the first time, she thought: "Never". The shabby, 70's house in distant Arlid, by the rocky Swedish coast, didn't seem appealing to the successful, busy city couple. But surprisingly to all, it turned out to be a place where everything has found its balance and perfect harmony.

photo: Sara Svenningrud via: Mixr

colour code: black...red...white...

Timeless colour scheme... simple, elegant, bohemian - it always looks so lively!

imeges via: Côté Maison

Styling inspiration: organic stripes

Striped-colorful and optimistic. Warm. Close to nature. Aren't these colour palettes beautiful? Enjoy!

images via: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

Garden of Eden by Ontwerpduo

The Dutch design duo Ontwerpduo describes themselves as 'a dreamer and a mathematician'. Both young designers Nathan Wierink and Tineke Beunders graduated just two years ago, but their work seems already very mature. Definitely worth remembering!

'Alice in Wonderland' dreamy style collection of garden furniture called 'Garden of Eden' includes a birdcage-shaped hanging chair, a table and a chair. All pieces are made of coated steel (available in all RAL-colours) with graphic, laser cut pattern and come with comfy, embroidered pillows. I love the garden tool-inspired details!

photography: Lisa Klappe, scale model by Patricia Rehe

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: minimalist Christmas

Minimalist Chrismas styling, but still with a rustic-nostalgic touch. Why not?

photos: Walther & Co, seen at: I like design