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Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

image 1 via Etsy    .    image 2 via Glen Proebstel

Sweet Paul Magazine

I was checking the Sweet Paul Magazine - Fall 2012 and was amazed by the wonderful, warm colours of the photographies I found. I recommend checking the link above for many more beautiful pictures and recipes that look delicious for a cold and rainy day like today. And the colour scheme looks wonderful for the home too!

all images via Sweet Paul Magazine

Apple Pie

Last week my friend Linda was picking some apples and saying that she wanted to make an apple pie. So I promised her to put on the blog the recipe of the only apple pie I actually like. Until I was maybe 20 or 21 years old I hated apple pie. The problem was, I didn't like the thick, soft, gooey layer of apple. Then my sister gave me this recipe which has a very thin layer of apple and, as a bonus, it has a topping made of butter and sugar caramelized, and now I love apple pie...well, this one at least. And now that I think of it, this was the first baked desert I made. It's simple and quick and anyone with no experience in baking can do it.

dough:

250g flour

125g butter

1 egg

topping:

125g sugar

125g butter

3 or 4 apples

Mix all the ingredients for the dough and let it rest for 20 min. Pre-heat the oven at 180.C. Cover a deep-dish pie plate (coated with cooking spray or butter and flour) with a thin layer of dough (just enough so it won't break) leaving a slightly elevated border all around. Cut the apples in very thin slices (and when I say thin I mean really thin) and cover the base of the pie placing them like an open fan. For the topping, melt the sugar and the butter in a sauce pan and pour it over the entire pie. Goes to the oven for 30 min. 

I love to make a small change and add grated gruyère cheese on top of everything at around 15 min after being in the oven. But some people call me weird because of that... they really don't know what they are missing! The contrast between the sweet and the salty is divine. But for the more traditional approach just sprinkle some cinnamon on top, after the pie has cooled down, and serve with vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream. 

all photos by me

Ladder as a blanket rack

If you are like me and like to collect blankets, here is good idea on how to include them in your home's decoration. You can find or buy an old ladder, and it doesn't even have to be an expensive one, and hang your blankets, bathroom or kitchen towels, or even clothes. I got myself one made of bamboo and painted white (really cheap, by the way, because I refuse to pay 200 euros for an old ladder!). I got it originally to put in the living room with my blankets but, after looking at all these inspiring images, I can't decide where I want it to be.

via Dyrup

via VTWonen

via Eva Balck design

via French Larkspur

via Buckets of Burlap

via Bolig magasinet

via Sköna Hem

via Pottery Barn

via Apartment Therapy

via Allt i Hemmet

via A Beach Cottage

via Graham and Green

Scandinavina style - ceramist Anne Black

Today I want to share some of the work of the Danish designer Anne Black. Her ceramics have the clean elegance of the classics mixed with contemporary and simple graphics and colours. They are a perfect example of Scandinavian style and you can actually find her products in many styled photographies of Scandinavian homes. 

Tilt collection via Huset shop

Tilt collection via Huset shop

Tilt collection via Huset shop

Tilt collection via ShopAnne Black

Tilt collection via ShopAnne Black

Hay-black vases collection via Huset shop

Hay-black vases collection via ShopAnne Black

Hay-black vases collection via ShopAnne Black

Seam collection via ShopAnne Black

Seam collection via ShopAnne Black

Seam collection via ShopAnne Black