Converted Pencil Factory in Copenhagen

I was reading the latest Elle Decoration the other day and they are featuring the beautiful home of Ferm Living founder Trine Anderson. They were mentioning how they had transformed their loft in an old pencil factory from the Brygge Island area of Copenhagen...somehow this sounded familiar! I remembered reading about the home of Morten Bo Jensen, Chief Designer at Vipp. They must be living in the same building as they also have a loft in a old pencil factory in Brygge Island...coincidence? I think not! The two flats couldn't be different in style though. 
First we have the minimalist monochrome heaven belonging to Vipp's chief designer. I love the clean lines , the light, the cohesiveness of the space

Photos by Vipp and Anders Hviid via 1Kindesign

I love the idea of the planter to divide the space. It really brings the whole room together and breaks the black. I also love the wood, it really softens the space.


Now for the Ferm Living loft conversion. Clearly the same building with the black window, spacious proportions but a totally different vibe.  Ferm Living is well known for its colour and patterns and this flat embraces just that. I have to say I love it:)

Photos by Stellan Herner via Milk Decoration

How dreamy is the parquet flooring! And the colours, it just lifts up the whole flat doesn't it?
Which one do you prefer?
Bon weekend!Bisous x

Colours & Patterns

Photo by Marij Hessel, My Attic 

As much as I love a strong monochrome, minimalist look and I aspire to being able to edit more. I don't think it's something I personally could stick to. I love a bit of colour and pattern, it just lift my spirits and makes me smile. There are a few interiors that I have really been attracted to lately, they seem to follow the same rule: a bit of grey, some primary colours, something in wood to warm the look, the whole lot in a white background. It's a formula I see working for me.

Photo by Suvi M Valkoinen Harmala

Photo by Eve Wilson via The Design Files

photo by Nina Van de Goor

I have been looking at redecorating Zoe's bedroom as she would like a double bed instead of a single loft bed. I feel these bedroom are a good inspiration. They feel more grown up than what she has now but are still quite playful and cool. Knowing her tough her bedroom will never be as tidied at these!

Photo via Est

Photo by 91 Magazine via Decor 8

More sunshine please!

I feel winter went on and on and on this year. Even when Spring had officially arrived, it was still bitterly cold with snowy days here in Scotland. We had one day of proper sunshine and warmth and it gave me a taste of what I was really missing. So hopefully being in April now the good days are going to be more frequent. Today's post is a bit of outdoor inspiration. I just bought a table and chair on gumtree for our shared garden in the hope that we will be able to use it this summer. However, I would love a beautiful garden with bi-folding doors leading on to the living area.

 All three photos by Caseyfierro Architects via Homify

Mother's day panic!!!

What? You totally forgot to get something for your mum for Mother's Day on Sunday...shame on you!! I don't want to hear how commercial these days are...May I remind you the excruciating pain your mother probably went through during birth just so that you could enjoy breathing and reading my blog of course. And if you are a guy/girl and your lovely partner kindly gave birth to your children then this applies to you too!! I'm not joking...I have to say I am over celebrating my birthday as it is just another way to remind me that I am aging so these days I am much more into Mother's Day. Somehow being the centre of attention for the day softens the blow of cleaning vomit at 3am, change nappies and just constantly juggling six thousands things at the same time...yes that's right, mums are awesome! That's my rant over.
Now, I have been told by some people close to me that I have high standards and I am hard to buy for (!), that's why I have selected a few things that I would really enjoy getting on Mother's Day and hopefully you would too.

• Invite your mum to a high tea in a lovely tea room. How can you go wrong with yummy sandwiches, great scones and jam?...well you can't! I particularly love this place in Glasgow
• Amazing body and face lotions from Aesop, beautiful simple design and great products.
• A hot stone massage: somehow my back is constantly sore, so I dream of one of these; the warmth from the stones is exactly what I need to relax my muscles and ease my aches.
• A mini candle from Diptyque (I say mini as the normal size candle is extortionate). I love the smell of Baies, Feu de Bois or Pomander, all perfect.

• How beautiful is this copper and blue necklace from the Southwood Store? 
• Amazing 'Berlin Swim' print by Coco Lapine.
• A Clare Vivier leather wallet from & Other Stories, I love the coral burst.
• I am not a big fan of strong scents so this Moroccan Tea Body Mist sounds dreamy.

 Here you are, you have no excuse now. Have a lovely Mothering Sunday. x

Beautiful pastels

I fell in love with this flat as soon as I saw it on the Alvhem's website. The light is beautiful and I love how soft everything feels: the pink pastel hues, the light floors, the drapes in the bedroom. I find this place very relaxing.  I also love how good the floors look. Do you think it has been treated with white oil? Coincidentally this the second time this week I've come across white oiled floors. Catherine from @Flutterbymama on ig seems to have done the same thing with hers and it looks great - check it out here.

Inspire me!

I love looking at the Stadshem website, a Swedish estate agent that styles their flat on sale to fit their aesthetic If you want to be inspire by beautiful houses with amazing styling, this is the place to go to. Here is another amazing house to feast your eyes on.

I would move in a heartbeat!!
Check out my previous Inspire me! post here

Elliott is 5!!

Elliott turned 5 last week on Valentine's day. He was so excited as he had seem most of his friends turn 5 and he couldn't wait to be his turn. As his daddy is still on tour I wanted to make sure he had a great party.

I looooove planning a party: getting all the decorations, making the cakes etc. At first Elliott wanted a Ninja Turtle party, then it was a power ranger one, then a spiderman. You see where this is going.  Every week I was given different super heroes...As I am not a huge fan of overly-matchy themed parties I decided to go for a kinda super hero/ninja turtle party. I had seen a couple of posts from Oh Happy (so much party inspiration on that blog!) that I liked and decided to incorporatevarious ideas I had spotted.