A browse in vintage heaven ....

Where has the time gone. I can clearly remember putting my last post on here wishing you a happy Christmas and New Year, and all of a sudden it's already February.

We've been quite busy moving furniture around, clearing out a lot of unnecessary stuff and making preparations for the construction of a second bathroom. 

You can imagine blogging wasn't high on my list the last few weeks.

Lately I'm regularly approached to host a giveaway or do a review for different brands. Because I want to keep my blog close to my heart, I've never accept such an offer.... until now.

By clearing the house, the attic is almost empty and soon I will be the owner of my own sewing room. 

So when I was invited by Chairish to create a style board around one of their vintage armoires in use for creative storage, it was right up my street.

Not only I'm in love of everything vintage but also could use some inspiration for my -soon to be- sewing room. 

It was my first encounter with this on line marketplace for all lovers of design/vintage furniture and home accessories, and pleasantly surprised with the wide range of styles. 

I would almost think I'm in need for a bigger attic because of all the beautiful items I've seen.

Here's a mood board with my favourites ....

Armoire ~ Sewing Machine ~ Vintage Locker Baskets ~ Black Metal Lamp ~ Console Table ~ Sewing Hamper 

~ Antique Wood Chair ~ Vintage Bucket ~ Rug ~ Antique Sewing Box 

Though my attic is by far not big enough for all these lovely pieces of furniture, I've gained enough inspiration to fill my entire home.
It won't be long now before the bathroom is finished and the transformation of the attic into a sewing room can begin.
I just can't wait to lift sewing to a next level - have a lovely weekend all!


Anita
~xo~

Bringing nature indoors ....

We're already in the second half of October and still we can enjoy beautiful weather conditions. So all the more reason to spend most of the time outdoors while we still can.

This is the view from the terrace at the end of my garden. I love having my first cup of coffee here while the sun enters the garden and watch all beauty that goes around .... 

even when it rains ....

But for me it's a walk in the woods what really makes me enjoy all the beautiful colours of this season ....

And look what we brought home after our lovely walk ....

To bring these beauties indoors I did a little crafting and added these adorable toadstool lights ....

And made this garland which I personal like best when the lights are off but would be very cosy lightning in a children's
room I think ....

I love to watch the blackbirds in the hedgerow from this spot - thanks to this beautiful 'Blackbird and Bee' lampshade from Kettle of Fish now I have a blackbird that lives in my windowsill ....

Another addition from the garden to my windowsill is the dried hydrangea who turn out almost copper ....

All this makes me ready for a cosy Autumn indoors ....

Wish you a lovely Autumn.

Anita
~xo~

DIY .... a family affair in this house

I wanted to share the following for a long time with you but there was still something missing .... curtains !

Now they finally hang I can't wait to show you what my husband kept very busy this past Spring.

It all started by buying new covers for my Ektorp sofas you can see here. I bought the sofas several years ago with the Blekinge white covers but wanting something different I decided to go for the also natural but more coloured Risanne natural cover.

Once home I put them on the sofa and it just didn't felt right. What followed next was that within minutes the whole room was turned upside down (by me if that wasn't obvious yet) leaving a gap in the bay window where used to be one of our two sofas ....

I don't understand why I didn't come up with this idea earlier because how perfect a seat would fit in my bay window . Luckily my husband was also enthusiastic being the one who should make it. And like always one thing leads to another, because we also decided to replace the single cabinets for built in on either side of the window.

Quite a project, but what I love about my family is that with this kind of 'adventures' our boys are always supportive. In this case having a son who is in his last year of the Academy of Architecture the design of this idea was quickly outsourced ....

When the design was finished building could begin and eventually took many weekends to complete. In the beginning under 'close supervision' of the designer himself, including testing and drinking coffee. At the end my husband was a bit fed up with the whole project, being busy with it for many weekends. So it was a welcome surprise that our youngest son ( who really isn't into DIY at all) volunteered to give him a hand with the painting.

It was a long project but I'm still so very pleased with the end result and of course very proud of my husband. Beyond the fact that we now have more seats it also makes the space much larger ....

Because the back of the seat is tilted, it's also really comfortable ....

I bought the foam seat cushion at the market where I also found this beautiful fabric to upholster the seat ....

So very pleased how the old dressing table stool that belonged to my mum also found his new destination in my home ....

The door knobs are from Sissy-Boy Homeland ....

The linen curtains AINA are from Ikea and have just the natural look that I was looking for. They also have the perfect curtain rod combination for a bay window for sale with as accessory this corner connector . The beautiful heart shaped garland was a gift from the lovely Kate from Oyster Bridge & Co ....

The warm air of the central heating circulates through vents ....

By the length of the curtain, there was enough left to also make curtains for the side window (even managed to squeeze out a skirt) by using the following gathering tape ....

Since it's finished it has been the centre of birthday celebrations , family gatherings and favourite

chill space of the son who has his own home for over a year now but still spends quite some

time at home .... 

And for me it's my special place in the morning, enjoying the morning sun just like these
two little sheep ....

Now we're on the subject sun .... in spite the arrival of Autumn they forecast an Indian Summer for this upcoming week, enjoy it!

Anita
~xo~