Rondane

On my vacation I came across this wonderful place. I´m gonna let the pictures speak for themselves.

Fail

I left a big candle in my window when I went on vacation. This is what was left when I got home...

I can´t get the orange of the sill!!

Irony

I was looking through some of my old posts, especialy the one about the big dish since I've just painted it again. I never really got it to fit in the living-room, so now it's getting a new chance in the kitchen.

After a lot of back and forth considering colors for the kitchen I've ended up with blue and tangerine. Funny how it ended up with those colors, seems like they chose me!

I got these lovely vases after my grandparents.

Then, when I passed a used-marked in Stavern, I saw these bottles! I'm using them for water.

And here is the irony! In the first post about the dish I said that it was too orange. Well, now it's orange!!

Think it looks good with the vases and bottles :)

Tent

On monday I leave for Sjoa river festival. One week of fun and staying in a tent. My tent is worn out, think I've had it for 12 years! Wish I had this one! Would probably get me some attention :)

All at once...

With my new found energy I´ve started to many projects at once! So nothing is finished so I can post it here... But I´ll share a glimpse of what I´m working on :)

This week I´m trying to get Jojo´s room done. She has outgrown the pink and green room, and wanted it inspired by surfing! I´ve cut out shapes of surfboards and painted Hawaii-roses. The colors are blue, turquoise, orange and purple, Jojo´s choices.

In my grandparents barn I found a wonderful chair, a ERO nr24. Here is the before picture. Not much more remains before it´s done, just have to paint the legs.

The big dish I wrote about here has a new color. I just need to get some good picks of it, and then I´ll show you.

I'm back!

What a year! Not in a good way... Well, maybe, cause things have gotten a lot better since last spring. I have been fighting a depression. Saving all my energy for my daughter at first, then a bit for work as well.

Now I'm back working full-time! Feels good, but I do miss working out in the morning... I put everything I didn't have to do on hold. The apartment became a mess! Now I'm trying to sort through things and papers, washing walls and ceilings.

The other day I suddenly WANTED to start a DIY-project! And then I remembered my blog. It must be a sign that I'm getting better!

Spent the day at work looking through blogs that I used to follow regularly, feeling the inspiration! Need to go shopping!! Good thing the tax-refund is due this week :)

The Bed!

Finally the bed is done!

My daughter needed a bigger bed and more storage. I had exactly 2 meters from wall to wall and all beds I could find where 2 m + 4 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm... So I decided to build one! I had some leftover wood from building my terrace, and I like to use whatever I have at hand.

 The front is made of drawers from IKEA Stuva with these fronts. The room has a lot of color, and I wanted something that she will find ok as she grows.

We are both really happy with the result! Although Jojo´s favorite thing about it is that she can play under it ;)