white {and red carpet}

I haven't really been inspired for a while, just been working and ... well, doing other stuff. But this weekend has been such a nice and quiet one, and I feel like I'd love to start preparing for the spring {although it's snowing again here in Stockholm...} But, the good thing is that it's the snow that is inspiring me at the moment. I need white! I just finished removing my wallpapers, and the next thing is to get to the hardware store to buy paint. Everything is going to be white! I will also pay Ikea a visit since they have pretty and cheap textiles for my soon to be white home.
[Ikea]

However, tonight is not about homes but about red carpets. I'm anxious to see The Academy Awards red carpet, which starts right now. It's going to be a long but fantastic night {and a lot of coffee...}

craft corner

I'm still out there for looking for the perfect craft corner. Heather has one I think.

[Heather Bailey]

These pretty gift wraps are made by Nicole, very pretty!

Love&Decorate, Tiina

blue crush

Not that I'm actually feeling blue, but I do have a blue crush. First time in my life!

[Tara]

[Elle]

[Sia]

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walls'n'patterns

This week has been tough, since I couldn't make it to the Stockholm Furniture Fair. I catched such a horrible cold in London {as you do in London} so I've just been feeling sorry for myself the whole week... not really, but not much fun going on. {Besides the company, it's been a bliss...}

But today I got a new Elle Interior! Hungrily flipping through the pages... I'm so into walls and patterns, and been liking this fantastic graphic designer for a while. Now I just cannot get my eyes of the wallspapers she has created for Your wallpaper. Look at Lisa Bengtsson's work! I love I love I love!! This one with vintage angels is my favourite.

[Lisa Bengtsson, Your wallpaper]

Lisa is such a cool woman, thumbs up for her!

Love&Decorate, Tiina

ridiculously beautiful stuff

Oh, I need to make a mental note that if I ever marry I will need to remember this source of inspiration... {well, I don't really need to get married, just throw a dinner party}. Anyhow, look at these fabulous pictures. Thank you Åsa from Designdrömmar for sharing!

[Rebecca Thuss]

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I heart more UK stuff, what about you?

[KarenHilton Designs]

[HenHouseHomemade]

[DaisyBow Designs]

[accessori]

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london rocks!

This is funny, two pictures of the same city... but they don't look the same do they?

However, I love London! Just arrived home from a great weekend of parties, friends, beautiful London houses, cozy coffee shops, cool bars... and now 30 years old! My friends organised a fantastic party for me and 40 other, a great way of leaving my 20's behind.

The trip didn't turn out to be cheap though... Our flight back home on monday was cancelled, so we had to book new tickets, and we finally arrived home 2 days later. But we got more time in London, visited Tate, shopped, had coffees, walked around. Unfortunately my camera broke down so no new pictures :(

So, now I'm into all English pretty designs...

[Cha cha cha gifts]

Love&Decorate, Tiina

tea time

I am really a coffee lover but then again, I am also a big flowery cans lover. Look at these lovely things from Danish Greengate. I think these classify as those little sweet things that every girl needs to have. Perfect for my jewelleries, or for just about everything. wow!

[Greengate]



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helsinki rules

I've got two new babies! These sweet beautiful things wanted to follow me home from the Arlanda Airport today...

Prada perfume and body lotion.

Chloé. I don't think I have any bigger love than this perfume at the moment.

I'm back in Helsinki again, this time for business. Tomorrow is going to be a long day of talking and hosting a conference for our finnish customers, so this night I've just been enjoying my parents' company. Mum took me to nice Mexican restaurant for dinner, and shopping of course!

While I was screening the latest shoe stores I also payed a visit to a large chain store called Anttila, and escpecially one called Kodin1. This chain has a reputation of being boring and low quality, but as I love making cheap and cool findings, I always go in and have a look. These nice things I found...

This sweet Bugatti espresso machine would be perfect company for my pink toaster.

These pillows would suit my white sofa.

I love gold so this pillow would be perfect in my living room area.

This drawer is just sweet!

I think my bed would like very cosy in this clothing. Very romantic and nice colours.

These chair I like very much. They are definitely copies of design chairs such as Arne Jacobsen's but still lovely.

Here, Sputnik. Do I like it or not..? Actually I do, it's really cool and so bright.

[Kodin1]
Nice textiles. So, not bad at all! I could buy a lot of those cheap and chic stuff. Maybe tomorrow... On the other hand, the day after tomorrow I will be heading to London, and THERE will be nice stuff. Everywhere. Ouch.

Love&Decorate, Tiina

Stockholm furniture fair & 30's party in London

[Kingly Club]

It's such a short time left for more fun things to do now! Only one week to my 30's party in London. We are going to celebrate it in this nice club in the city. It's going to be nice dinner and dancing all night, yeee! It is also only 2 weeks for Stockholm Furniture Fair {4 feb - 8 feb}. Stockholm is celebrating Stockholm Design Week the next week, and the city has alot of fun events to offer. I think my calender will look some like this:

Exhibition at Designgalleriet:

Designgalleriet proudly presents ”Tokyo Takushii”, a design exhibition inspired by hectic Tokyo street life with graphical patterns from taxi cars.

Ligne Roset:

Exclusive showroom and shop in Stockholm. Modern furniture and accessories exclusively designed for Ligne roset by some of the world´s most famous designers of today.

[Ligne Roset]

These sofas by Ligne Roset are very nice. They have a certain Scandinavian pure style but also a bit Asian inluence. I need a new sofa, and these inspire me to look for some options.

Another great thing about this couple of weeks is that my beloved lamp is soon coming to me! I am getting Bourgie for my birthday, so so happy!
{hello, I am Bourgie and I am going be Tiinas soon}

The Swedish company KNITSBYTHEMETRE is showing it's design at the fair too. I love knitted sweaters and scarves, and this company designs and produces moders knits for interiors. Very sweet!

Love&Decorate, Tiina