Time for some color. We’re a bit careful about adding color in our small apartment but we need to have SOME colour, so we got a bit brave and painted a wall with chalkboard paint. (extra benefit of having a cool memo board) The color was a bit of a surprise, found the paint on [...]

Posted on September 27th, 2009 by emma
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Yep, It is well equipped small apartments! Yes Small is cool. We might even enter the next small is cool contest! Trained in interior design I am continually fascinated by lifestyle and the challenge of making living in a small space largely possible. It just seems like a logical route, but one that can be [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2009 by emma
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I made carrot cake to celebrate our new oven.. (which is working very well..) cake finished with white carrot top chocolate drops that complement perfectly the cream cheese topping. Thanks for the milky bar buttons mum!
Yummy!

Posted on September 16th, 2009 by emma
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Here’s whats going on in the basement..

the shelves for the kitchen are getting ready for going in under the window and the table (that fits near perfectly under the window in the living room) is getting primed before we attack it with some glossy and give it its new legs. Sounds painful but I [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2009 by emma
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Yes, take some time out to breathe!

At the moment this is my favorite place to go to ‘breathe’ Kongens Have (Kings garden) That’s right, the fairy tale like structure is indeed a castle. 
I pass this park.. or garden everyday but until last week I had never entered (because I was busy on my way to [...]

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by emma
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We’re having quite some big ideas for our little apartment.. Here’s an idea of what we are working with. I call it the granny-flat, its like that no?
 

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by emma
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What do we do when we can’t get furniture that fits our awkwardish living room?..  make our own of course!

I’m very excited about our next ‘mini’ project. We’ve decided to customize an old table that we had in the attic, its the perfect size for what we need in our difficult to layout living room [...]

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by emma
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On continuing with my new little kitchen..
 Apartment therapy shows it doesn’t matter what size a kitchen is, it can still be artful. My fave Etsy finds while looking for some fun, colorful artwork & .. can feed your soul with free art here. H&M ‘home’ is on line & Marimekko autumn collection is out Woo!

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by emma
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Showing on request our kitchen to date, but first lets look at a little floor before and after! ;P  

 
 
Taking out the cupboard under the window has extended the floor layout nicely even if we put shelves in that space. And keeping the hall and kitchen floors the same to extend the flow worked well [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by emma
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