Black mood...

No, I'm not sad or depressed. 

I've just been doing my first experiment with black chalkboard paint, and now I need to wait 24h for the paint to dry, then cook it and only then see the finally result. So, in the meanwhile, I felt like sharing some beautiful pictures about black.

via Suvi sur le vif

by Annaleena

via FERM living

by Elisa Ossino

mo+mo living

mo+mo living

Scandinavian style - lighting

Friday is Scandinavian style day. And today I'll show you some pictures of great lighting. Most of the designers are from Denmark (bare with me, I'm loving the country). I want to be able to give you a "taste" of some of the classics of the mid-century (the 20Th that is) and some of the new and contemporary design.

Allow me to start with the PH lamps. 

PH stands for Poul Henningsen, a Danish designer (well, architect actually) responsible for a big range of wonderful lamps that we can see in most Scandinavian homes in all interior magazines... or through most of the windows here in Denmark (shame on me...I know I shouldn't look...but in my defence: the lamps are so beautiful!)

PH snowball pendant via DanishDesignStore

PH 5 via DanishDesignStore

By Arne Jacobsen, the AJ lamp floor.

photo via Sköna Hem    .     via DanishDesignStore

By Verner Panton, the Flowerpot pendant.

photo via Sköna Hem    .    photo via DanishDesignStore

And now for something contemporary.

By Norm.Architects, the Milk lamp.

via Norm.Architects

For Muuto, by TAF Archiects, Wood lamp.

photo via Residence     .     photo via Muuto

By Lightyears, Caravaggio Matt grey45

via LightYears

By Rikke Hagen, Big Orla and Orla lamps.

via Copen Hagen studio

For Karakter, Steel Lab Light by Andrea Kleinloog and Von Ribbek lamp by Laura StraBer.

via Karakter

For Muuto, by Mattias Ståhlbom, the E27

photo via Ambient Direct . photo via Muuto

Tina Hellberg and Petra Bindel

Outside is cold, grey and rainy... So a grey collection of pictures seemed appropriate.

It's also good to balance the overwhelming amount of colour my eyes have been subjected to during the Easter holidays. Like a detox of all the yellow, aquas, pastels, pantones and so on.

The styling is from Tina Hellberg and the photos were shot by Petra Bindel in a collaboration for Elle interior.

looking down #2

I found this piece of wood on the ground and thought it was absolutely gorgeous. It is now standing in my window sill as part of the decoration.

all photos by me

My city in yellow

all photos by me