| to sleep like a baby |

This post is a small but very needed rant of a sleep deprived new (5 months) mother...

Some weeks back (I don't know when, time is a blur) I returned to blogging after having had my baby boy. I told you he was sleeping 7 straight hours a night and that allowed me proper rest and some surplus of energy to work on my blog. Well....Jinxed! Just a few days after that he went into a sleep regression and started waking up every 45 minutes...

And so my husband and I are back to feeling like zombies...dragging ourselves through the days... happy with the little one, obviously (he is actually a little angel in all other aspects), but so damned exhausted! We have some better nights, and some really horrific ones. Like when there's so much tossing and turning that we stay awake anxiously just waiting for that moment when he loses his pacifier and starts screaming.

So seriously, who was the genius that thought that "to sleep like a baby"should be synonym of sleeping well?!?! The expression should be "to sleep without a baby"!

photo by April and May

photo via EEF lillemor

photo via ByNord

photo by Kjerstislykke

| Welcome Spring |

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Gorgeous Apartment in Grey | Scandinavian style

Before going fully into Spring Mode, I want to share this beautifully styled apartment for sale on Stadshem. A typical scandinavian interior in tones of grey (and still quite bright) to put end another grey Winter. 

I love the little concrete table in the living room. 

And the kitchen is just perfect - fresh and yet cosy with the wooden utensils on display - I wouldn't change a thing!

all images via Stadshem

Boy's Room Inspiration | graphic + black and white

If you read my last post, you know I'm expecting my first child - a boy - and that I've been looking for inspiration for his future nursery/room.

One of the styles I'm more fond of is the graphic + black and white room.

I found this example from SISSY+MARLEY (you can see more of their portfolio on Pinterest here) and I'll tell you what I like more and less about it. 

project by SISSY+MARLEY

all images via: Project Nursery

I like the black and white. There!... I can't help it. I'm not a big fan of a lot of colour. I absolutely hate those rooms that are all pink or all blue and everything matches. They give me nightmares and I simply can't have it. I love neutral colours as a canvas, and then yes, then I can introduce some colourful details: with the books, the toys, some clothes...

I don't really like the starts on the wall... to me it's too much. A white wall there, maybe with a frame or a poster, would have been much more to my style. 

I'm also not crazy about some of the pop design elements that we've been seeing spread and repeated till exhaustion in many interior design blogs: like the batman poster or the big Lego head. But once again this is due to my personal taste. I much rather prefer the vintage vibe from the leather trunk dresser.

Now the best part for me, and something that tends to be a theme in black and white children's rooms, is the chalkboard wallpaper. There's just so many things we can do with it, so many inventive and fun ways to use it that I'm 100% sure that that will be part of my little Matheus' room.

Calendar on the wall

As promised, I'm sharing today a few pictures of my 2015 Printable Calendar on my gallery wall.

You may recognize the Minimal Vases from a previous post on this blog. They were a Christmas present from my mother in law, and I love them!

photos by | life as a moodboard |

And in case you missed it here is the printable for the first three months.

(click here for the rest of the Calendar)

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Printable Calendar for 2015 | Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!

I have prepared for you a new home printable calendar for 2015. This year I chose to make a less minimalistic calendar because I'm going to need to keep track of all the appointments I'll have (and already do) related to the baby that is on his/her way. I divided the months into 4 separate posters that can be arranged and displayed in different ways on your wall. And I also associated to each month a photograph taken by me during 2014. I already printed my version and put it on the wall, and as soon as I have enough day light here (sigh...Scandinavian winters!) I'll share it with you.

I Hope your year has started in the best possible way and that it continues to be great and with happy little notes every single month.

 

photos and calendar graphics by | life as a moodboard |

December Mood

photography by | life as a moodboard |

Hello...Ho! Ho!

A photo from my Instagram with some of my DIY Christmas decorations.

- The Hello...Ho! Ho! print you can find below on this same post. 

- For the hanging stars all you need is black cardboard, a white thick thread and a star shaped cookie cuter. 

- The jar is actually a chocolate milk bottle covered with chalkboard paint (you can see the DIY here). 

- And I placed some string lights inside a metal plant pot for an unexpected effect. 

The decorations are all done, now I just need to do (a lot) of baking!

 

photography and print by | life as a moodboard |

Black and White Stairs

Today I want to show you these wonderfully graphic black and white stairs. They were introduced in an old apartment in Stockholm during it's renovation by Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter. 

The result is a beautiful and extraordinary new architectural element that stands out while still belonging to this space.

architecture: Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter

styling: Sofie Ganeva

photography: Emily Laye

via: Fantastic Frank

For Rest | want!

I'm in love with the 'For Rest' print from One Must Dash.

It's a real rest for my eyes... and I just feel like getting lost in the fog in the middle of those trees.

This would definitely have a place on my wall.

 photo via: One Must Dash

Dark&White Scandinavian Kitchen

Today I want to show you this gorgeous kitchen in a 155m2 Danish apartment from 1908.

I love that it looks so elegant and yet cosy - with big contrasts of dark and white and a masterful mixture of vintage and contemporary design pieces. 

A perfect fit for this wonderful, huge space with it's old, high ceilings in plaster.

 

photography: Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer

all images via: Femina

Product Help:

In the dining space, the wall lamp - 265 - is from Flos, designed by Paolo Rizzato, and the chairs are a mix of the Eames plastic chairs from Vitra

The kitchen furniture was specially made for this apartment by the Danish company CPH square, and the beautiful and huge pendant - Taraxacum 88 S - is designed by Achille Castiglioni also from Flos.

On the side wall you can see the Stendig Calendar, designed by Massimon Vignelli and to the left a Gubi black stool.

Black and White Kitchen

Today I'm loving this kitchen - with a bit of a dramatic flair - found on Fantastic Frank.

The black walls covered with photo frames are a consistent theme throughout the whole apartment. But I find them particularly original and interesting in the kitchen. 

The black frying pans against the black wall is a beautiful, almost understated, detail and allows for the contrast between the black walls and floors and the white tiles and carpentries to be more accentuated.

A single pop of a bold colour, with that ceramic pot on the stove, and we have a truly inspirational kitchen .

styling: Ida Cederlöf

photography: Emily Laye

from: Fantastic Frank

Dot Hanger | design crush

A quick design crush post, while I try to find my bearings again. 

(organizing photos, reading and replying to 3 weeks worth of e-mails, getting up to date with all the blogs I follow, preparing new posts, planing some tweaks on my blog, preparing my home and wardrobe for Autumn... wait, did I really just had a vacation?)

The Dot Hanger, designed by Afteroom for MENU.

Graphic minimalism for your walls! 

images via: Afteroom

Two | Fantastic | Spaces

Today I'm drawing inspiration from the Swedish real estate web site (or should I say institution by now?) Fantastic Frank...again!

Both spaces are uncluttered and bright, with gorgeous white floors...very Scandinavian like.

I can see myself spending hours on that reading corner, beautifully styled in black and white, surrounded by wall art and my favourite magazines.

And the kitchen looks amazing with those white subway tiles all the way to the ceiling.

styling: Thomas Lingsell  

photography: Martin Wichardt

via: Fantastic Frank

DIY | cardboard butterflies

Ah! Weekend is here...so how about I leave you with an idea for a simple and fun DIY: 

cardboard butterflies on the wall!

I made mine in black and white to be consistent with the colours of my (in progress) gallery wall. But imagine how great it would look as a colourful project for a little girl's birthday party...or just a grown up's party really!

how to do it:

Print the butterfly template  (click on the link to download it) and cut it out. 

Fold the cardboard of your choice in half.

Draw the half-butterfly on the cardboard (the straight line of the template coincides with the fold).

Cut out the butterfly and open it.

Fixate it on the wall with double tape or sticky fix.

Repeat as many times as you like (or have the patience to...)

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Hope you like it,

Have a great weekend!