DIY disaster Queen

I often don't supply customers with disks but I made an exception for this customer. Problem is, I don't have any disk covers.... I don't want to come with a disk swirling around my finger - so I had to think of a creative solution. Mind you, I'm creative, but so incapable of anything DIY. 

But then I remembered what my husband did whilst courting me. He had asked me to go to a concert with him, to a band I had never heard of. I accepted the invite regardless. The day of the concert I received a SMS to check my mailbox and there I found a disk w the music wrapped in a fashion magazine page "cause you like photography"

So I though aha this is the solution for my problem, and a DIY that I can somewhat manage !! 

Dette trenger jeg til bakgården min

Huset vårt er lite og det samme er bakgården vår, men det gjør den kanskje enda mer koselig. Den får inn godt med ettermiddagssol i det ene hjørnet så jeg skulle gjerne hatt et fint lite leseområde / avslappingsområde der ute.

Vi har to stoler nå men det er liksom ikke så koselig.

Så jeg kunne tenke meg en sofa. Men vi kan ikke ha noen store permanente hagemøbler for vi kan ikke flytte de om vinteren siden vi ikke har noen steder å lagre dem.

Derfor tenker jeg på slike pallesofaer som dette, i hjørenesofa format så jeg tenker jeg trenger 14-16 paller for å få det til.

Er det noen som vet om hvor jeg kan få tak i paller?

Studio Ideas

So its really challenging to decorate a house that is to be doubling as a studio especially when it is an old crooked house. I need to find furniture that will have multiple purposes and can easily be moved and that give the house a welcoming but still professional feel. So I am looking all over the web for ideas.

This is stunning but it is obviously not going to be what my house will be like. But like the couch and LOVE the makeup area.

This is more likely to be a similar set up to what I will be doing with the backdrops hanging on the wall or in the roof of my living room.

And I need to get props - like old suitcases or bowls like the above one.

And a area / method for viewing the images

And an opportunity to change the backdrops :)  Need to remember to collect newspapers when I travel!

And I love this small ghost chair from furniture designer house Kartell preferably 2 in adult size and one clear one in childrens size. Tooo bad they are so expensive!

Well I do need ideas ! If you have any good tips send them through! :)

Our wedding featured on a German wedding blog

Check it out!!!! So. Excited!!!!!! They added a gesquillion pictures n wrote such nice words!!!

http://www.hochzeitswahn.de/inspirationen/julie-und-geremys-bezaubernde-hochzeit-in-norwegen/

It's been years since I had German in school but I can actually remember lots!!

That's a good sign - perhaps I can understand theresias friends when I visit!!

And thanks again to my dear dear friend Theresia for your amaZing pics!!
http://www.hochzeitswahn.de/inspirationen/julie-und-geremys-bezaubernde-hochzeit-in-norwegen/

My first DIY project - dresser

This room used to be the master bedroom but Geremy and I have decided to make it our home office.

The first thing IM gonna do is to glam up this dresser-

notice the floor-

Check Out that slope!!!

So yeah I won't be moving it.

First step will be a quick sanding !

Here is the results! Me with glue ;)

I will take some proper pics a day when I have som daylight !!

The knots were a steal at ikea for 9 kr a six pack and the bling I glued on with superglue! I bought the bling at a hobby store a huge bag for 250kr.

The couch that got away

Since a little girl I have always found beauty in things that others may look at as, well, garbage... I used to go to a local tip and find little treasures. Unsurprisingly, my parents didn't approve. Perhaps this is why my dad only told me about this antiques auction the day AFTER it had happened. 

And curious as ever, I went onto their website to see if I had missed something (or hoping that I hadn't) but now I am sad to say that I did because I saw the perfect couch - ok, it wasn't perfect, but with a couple of layers of white high gloss paint, it would have been PERFECT!!! 

Ohhhh DAD!!!! 

Unfortunately the couch wasn't the only thing I fell in love with. There was this cute little old telephone bench and some fun funky coloured chairs that would be totally awesome with a little bit of DIY action... 

And they were a steal! :( 

Please DAD !!! Next time! Let me know!!!

Photos are from:

http://www.antik.no/index.cfm?tmpl=butikk&a=list&b_kid=1032429