Mr. Prof designer home

The girls over at Picky pic had a very hard time choosing the winner of the Picky pic children's picture competition. In the end they went for.....

Congratulations Amelie!! A penguin picture from Picky pic will be winging it's way to you shortly. Thank you everyone who entered!

Family Living

Farge Fest

Caroline Briel via Pinterest

Modern Kiddo

I love the use of the crates, string and clothes pegs and wired garden planters to display children's treasured items. It just goes to show that you don't need to spend a lot to create a beautiful room, just imagination and time. So lovely don't you think?  See you this s'avo!

Hello! And how are the heads this afternoon? Are you suffering from a two-day hangover from new years eve or are you looking foreward to the year ahead with a clear mind? I hope it's the latter as for many people today, it's back to work! No better way to start the year afresh than to re-style your office and I absolutely love these vintage inspired work spaces.

Elle Interiör

By Scott Waterman FlickR

Yatzer (photographer Manolo Yllera) via SF Girl By Bay

Via Ffffound

Work would be a joy in these spaces wouldn't it?!

Country Living via the wonderful blog 79 ideas

We arrived back in Sweden late last night after such a wonderful time in the UK. New Years Eve was spent visiting friends in their fantastic country home at the foot of the South Downs nea. They are currently renovating their home but as oon as they're finished I'm hoping they'll let me share it with you!

Back in a little, but first,  morning latté time! see you in a bit!

On a day to day basis I look around my home and see so many things I could change/fix…but I don’t/won’t – why?
Because they are the little things that don’t bother me – I see them everyday I clean – I see them when I walk into the room…I KNOW THEY ARE THERE….but do you? NO…So why fix them – they are unimportant to the overall picture which is my home.
When you step inside you see the BIG PICTURE…not the little things I see everyday so they are probably there to stay until the next family lives here or if I get a bug one day to get out all the things it would take to fix the TINY THINGS…that don’t even matter.

~ Will I ever remember to NOT get the vacuum close to the base of my Armoire? No…every time I push that thing right up to the edge and I know every time what’s going to happen.  Would you be likely to see this – I doubt it.

~ And my kitchen cupboard – got hit with something heavy one day – should fix it…probably NOT. For some reason it doesn’t bother me…they are Pine cabinets…Pine will get bumps and bruises…so do I.

~ A chip of wood came out of the edge of my closet door years ago…guess we could piece some in there – do a little surgery on it…I’ve had surgery…all it does is make a scar.

~ When we moved into our home 32 years ago there was a plant hanger in the bathroom…still there…why?  I don’t know! It has been a part of my home…

~ Wear marks on my pantry doors where we open and close it everyday…these are signs of use and age…I have many of these on me…will they go away…NO…neither will these wear marks…they ARE the pantry.

~ Paneling is pulling away from wall in family room…it’s not real noticeable to most people…I know it’s there and when I clean it bugs me…but will it get fixed soon…NO…there are a few of these cracks in the walls…even though they bug me at times…I rather like them. They show the age of the room.
 

it’s not a new house…it is almost as old as me - it has seen many color changes to its look but never changed what it really is – the bones of it are still in tact…and so the same goes for me…I have blemishes - many little things I could change/fix…but I won’t…why?
Because you don’t see them – but I do…but they are unimportant to the overall picture which is ME.

Oh yes, there are two teeth that would be nice if they were straighter…my left leg not so bent at the knee…a scar that goes from mid thigh to mid calf – do you see it…NO. I have troubles and bad thoughts some time…but do you see them…NO. 
If I were taller then clothes would look better than they do on me…and my age…goodness if I were younger my crease lines around my eyes wouldn’t show…and my hands – well, you can tell they have been around for many years.
BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE ME who I am and I’m okay with me…no one else sees these things generally so what you see is ME…not all my blemishes…I WILL KEEP THEM…because they are me.  Fixed…I would not be ME.

I hope you are all thinking about who you are and what you want…just be happy with who you are regardless of all the blemishes – if we didn’t have them we wouldn’t have character – so be happy and just be YOU and I will be ME.

I am going to leave you with one of my most favorite pictures of Lola – so far anyway…she’s always getting into places…and right now this is the cutest.
And she knows she’s cute too!

Enjoy your new year everyone.

Karen