Coastal living in Finland

We've been spending our annual long weekend in Naantali, a smal coastal town in western Finland. We just love this cozy little town! I wrote about this last time almost exactly a year ago (click here). Walking and running the same old streets, but this time my eyes were clearly on the greyish mint tones.Isn't it pretty? No cars allowed in the old town (as it is so tiny anyway), filled with small galleries and gift shops. Look especially at the craftsmanship in this houses - we don't see this much effort nowadays, which is such...

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dreaming of a home in Rome - part I

Do you agree with me that there needs to be joy in life? Real joy, the kind that makes you smile just thinking about it? Travelling is one of those joys for me. Experiencing new things, tasting new tastes, seeing new views. The very best way to travel and learn is of course to visit friends who live in faraway places. The second best - to rent an apartment or villa.I would love to get an apartment in a city in Italy - to be able to visit a few times a year and just - be. Would be a perfect get-a-way with friends, perhaps even staying a few days...

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inspired by old mint

Do you like the different hues of mint? I love them! Preferrably a wall, or a part of it. Or a piece of furniture, like an old chair or a drawer. Stay tuned for next week - I will be writing about my dream home in Rome. Or perhaps not in Rome, it just rhymes nicely :), more probably in Florence. It will be pure fantasy - we'll decorate a dream home in old and rustic style. The images on this post I gathered from a new blog I working on http://www.mokinsisustus.blogspot.se/ - it will be more a scrapbook for inspirational photos found...

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Jiao Zi action

Look at the speed of that hand!Yesterday was all in all such a perfect day! Extremely inspirational morning, including a morning run in the crisp spring weather, followed by a wonderful lunch-get-together making Chinese dumplings, Jiao Zi and laughing a lot while at it :). There was 3 of us - the master (her hands pictured above), and 2 - well, not so masters ;). What would life be without international friends, I wonder?Jiao Zi is a traditional dish prepared for Chinese New Year, and it is SOOO DELICIOUS!  Our dear host had prepared...

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White bathroom inspiration

http://pinterest.com/weranna/bathrooms/ White bathrooms are beautiful, aren't they? They look clean and crisp, but you just need to be so careful for it not to look too  - I don't know - sterile, I guess is the word. Some of the above pictures are touched for them to look more harmonious, so I wouldn't expect my bathroom to look like this even if everything was actually white. But awfully pretty pics (and bathrooms) in any case!If you are looking for something beautiful to create that white-bathroom-look, go ahead and check out our Homespa...

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Rustic bathroom inspiration

http://pinterest.com/weranna/bathrooms/ Shall we continue a little on the bathroom front still? Our bathroom renovation - I need to find cabinet doors. I've been looking for a year, and have ended up buying old doors, and try to alter them to the trunk - as we have a good trunk, which we want to utilize, but the cabinet doors - IUU!http://www.trendir.com/interiors/creative-diy-idea-for-foyer-wall.html#more There's a nice selection in the above picture - we only need 2 pieces, a pair preferably, 30x180 cm - shouldn't be too complicated, should...

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Bathroom renovation

I've been promising to post these photos from our bathroom renovation for a while, and here we go!  This is where we took off after the water decided to find its way all the way to the basement from the bathroom the very first day after we had moved in:I kind of liked the mid-way, as well ;):Remember I gathered the items below around which I wanted to build a bathroom? It is by no means done yet, but I am so far satisfied with the results - let's say we are half way, and getting there.We are especially pleased with the wooden deck we built...

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Weranna's Easter

You know what feels so strange? We've been living Easter in Weranna's since this photoshoot, which took place in February, and only now we are here! Living the wonderful seasons so much in advance sort of takes the edge off the celebrations. Must be making my hubbie happy, though, as he is good at rolling his eyes to my enthusiasm to decorate our home for each season ;).We introduced 3 kinds of Easter with our products, but this rustic version clearly was a winner! Mixing old and new, based on natural materials like linen, and decorations made...

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Blue bathroom inspiration

Blue it is. And Moroccan.I tend to like white bathrooms, or the pictures of them. But then - nooo, I don't recall ever having one. My guess is that in the Nordic regions like Sweden and Finland, you need to have some warmth, at least visual such, in the bathroom. Because the bathroom can get CO---LLL--DD-D-D-D during the winter months.Now the mood seems to be shifting to blue, and to more oriental such.We are almost done with our bathroom renevation, and I will be showing you those photos this week! My computer crashed, and I wasn't able access...

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