Atelier R.Bernier

I have been having troubles finding fabrics I like here in France. Or, at least I haven't found a store yet selling fabrics I like. Flicking throu an old IDEAT I found out about a company that could be the answer for what I have been looking for.

Atelier R.Bernier is a design workshop placed in an old textile factory in Troyes, France. Romain Bernier and Arnaud Magloire are the creative duo behind behind the company. They describe their style as poetic, colourful, modern and graphic. Check out their website here.

They have a clear influense from the nature. Sometimes a little too clourful for me, but I would love to have some of their pillows or, a meter or two of their fabrics. Like their tables are fun too!

Photos from Atelier R.Berniers website

New drinking glasses

Not that we needed new glasses. We don't even have place for all the ones we already had. Some are tucked down in the basement, and then I still have all my Iittala glasses in the land far far away.

But I have been having my eyes on these a while now. So when I passed the store yesterday looking for christmas gifts, I saw they didn't have many left. I bought one, was thinking we could always use it for something (other then drinking from it I mean). But when I came home I tried it as a drinking glass, and I liked it.. So when monsieur came home we decided we should buy five more.

I don't know how I do it. I always seem to have too many glasses. But you could never have too many glasses? Could you??

Crafting

A while back I did this mobile for our bedroom window. It looks very neat.

Pebbles

Played around yesterday with the camera and some pebbles.

Bailey doesn't bark

As I said before, I drink a lot of tea (as right now for example). When I found my favorite tea cups I bought ten of them, just to be sure I had enough. That was some years ago. Now the cups are starting to get worn out. I want to find new ones in a simular shape, and they have to be white. Was thinking about drawing a simple pattern on them too.

Then I found out about Bailey doesn't bark. New York designer Re Jin Lee, makes the perfect tea cups. Both under her own name, and under her company's name Bailey doesn't bark. The cups are a little too prize for my wallet. 62$ for the two in the picture on the left(Dotted cup set). 89$ for the four in the picture on the right(The four seasons cups black). But they are on my wish list.. Check out her web site here. You can buy the cups and other stuff in her etsy shop or here.

Pictures from Bailey doesn't bark web site and Etsy shop.

My latest etsy purchase

Yesterday my latest Etsy purchase arrived in the mail. It was a box with letterpress coasters from the lovely shop 12fifteen by Johanna Anderes. Me and monsieur decided for the gray trees coasters, but there are many more designs worth checking out in her store.

The coasters arrived quick and easy in a very cute package. And also in the package were some more coaster samples in other designs. Mon monsieur fell in love with the bubbles design too (me in more then one design), so we might order more ones sooner then I thought.

While you check out her shop don't miss her prints! I myself wouldn't say no to her Outstanding- birds on tree or Indian summer prints for christmas.

Sorry for the pictures, it is very grey here today..

Sunday at the sea

Spent a lovely relaxing sunday on the beach yesterday. It was grey, but beautiful.

Melissa Moss

Last week we had two birthdays to celebrate. One of those birthday girls got a Melissa Moss note card Ebb, that I framed in a Ribba frame from IKEA. I had planed to get a white frame, but unfortunatly they didn't have a single white one in the size I needed at IKEA. So I bought a silver one instead. But after trying it out with the card at home, I was happy with the result. And most important, the birthday girl seemed happy with her gift.

I forgot to take a picture of the framed card, but this is a montage I did in InDesign. Photos from Melissa Moss web page and IKEA.

You can buy your own prints and cards by Melissa Moss here or in her Etsy shop here.
Psst.. Be sure to not miss her black and white mini original drawings in her Etsy shop!

Hand on my heart

Haven't been blogging a lot lately, I know. I have been stressing out over our PACS. It was such a hazzle to get all the papers we needed. Then a trip made it impossible for it to take place in december as booked. And the only opening they had was november 14th or we had to wait six more months. But, finally we had all the papers, and we signed our PACS yesterday. We spent a wonderful day yesterday, just the two of us. And we are very very happy, and relaxed again.

Cute mushrooms

I like the shape of a mushroom. So of course I fell in love with both these lovely mushroom stools when I first saw them. The one on the left is Fungo by Paola Navone for Riva 1920. It is made out of solid cederwood for the base, and walnut for the seat.

The one on the right is Le Champignon by Hanke for kids. Would fit perfectly in a kids room.

Orgel -by Wis design

The new updated design of the old swedish advent candlesticks, Orgel by the girls of Wis design is on my wish list this christmas. It is produced and sold by SmålandDesign. The price will be around 1990kr (around 248 u.s dollars)

I am usually not much for holiday decorations, but this year it might be a little more of that in my home. We won't go to the land far far away for christmas this year. So the intake of swedish christmas will be on a diet. Which might be the reason I want to decorate my home more for the holidays. And I would love to do so with this one..

Ljuspunkt by Kristin Karls

I truly wish I could just run down the stairs and around the corner to ICA (food chain store in Sweden) in my old neighbourhood in Stockholm right now.. For christmas they sell these cute candleholders for only 79kr (right under 10 US dollars) a pair. It is a yearly collaboration between the Red Cross, ICA and Konstfack Humanity. They are designed by former Konstfack student Kristin Karls.

I want both colors, black and white. Will call someone in far far away and ask a favor..

Photos by Ylva W Franzén and Joel Wåhréus.

Alphabet modular sofa by Piero Lissoni

The new Alphabet modular sofa for Fritz Hansen is inspired by toy Lego bricks. As you can read on the website it consists of a series of "soft building blocks" enabling you to build and create your own sofa design. The overlapping structure in the sofa design creates a building brick effect, an important design feature of the alphabet sofa. I don't know about you, but I would not say no to one in my own home.

Photos from Fritz Hansen by Ditte Isager

Cinna

This cute Lucile lamp, in picture 1, by Sylvain Rieu-Piquet for Cinna would be perfect on my balcony. I wonder if it is safe to hang outside? With the easy hanging I could take it in when it is not in use though.

I also like this magazine holder, Caroll by Philippe Teste for Cinna. Would come hand as we have papers, magazines etc everywhere for the moment in lack of good storage.

Tolga vs. Bodö at IKEA

Via the lovely blog of Heather Moore, Skinny laminx, I saw this Tolga bed(picture 1) from IKEA U.S. Was supriced to see it since I hadn't seen it in France, or not even in the IKEA country Sweden. I knew they didn't sell all of the swedish collection all around the world. And for example mattresses and other items with different country standard measurements. But I did not know they sold items designed for specific countries. My guess is that Bodö, available in Europe, is the substitute for the european shopper. Bummer, I wanted Tolga as a guest bed/day bed in our future guest room.

Ariane by Edouard Larmaraud

The Ariane lamp range by Edouard Larmaraud for Ligne Roset- Cinna has been awarded with the Red Dot Design Award earlier this year.