Springing into Spring!

Mille juste left, along with ma and pa... and I must say it's all of the sudden very still in my home... But I have lit a million candles (well okay, so there are "only" 34... uhm yeah) and listening to laid back music, sipping some wonderful coffee... and enjoying the sight of my newly decorated dining room... Me and Mille did it... at 3am this morning.. that's how nuts we are... Pictures are taken by Mille, styled by me.

Remember this? This is how the diningroom (and part of the livingroom too) looked like in the prospect. When I first loooked into buying the house. The lady that lived here before left me the sofa, tv and dining table. Which I painted... The colours were all dark and in the 90's. Not to my taste at all....

I started out dreaming of a home that felt like a calm, cool summer's day, all year around... A vision I have carried out to my best effort. And I guess I am very happy with all my finnished rooms, but the dining room is the best example of that vision. Colours are kept in pale pale (almost white) green, egg blue hues, teals and greens. With a few darker details. The "theme" is birds, and I have decorated with birds throughout.
I am still waiting for my chandlier to come up, hopefully dad will do it soon enough... The chairs are painted in two subtly different shades of egg blue. One is called "lavender" a very old colour often found in kitchens from the past.

of course we had our breakfast in the new room... and enjoyed newly bought tulips! The table is painted white by me. It used to be pinewood.

Of course I am a sucker for candles... and we sat there for ages, drinking coffee out of my favorite greengate cups!
Detail shots of my bird cage... I just love that cage... and I have so many ideas for it!
the buffet I bought on finn.no, I was going to paint it... but I have painted *everything* white, and Ole said it started to look very diffused... no contrasts... so I figured, why not *try* it in dark wood first, and see if I like it? And I think I do, I think I even might LOVE it! What do you think? White or dark? Either way though, it will stay this way untill summer. And I am going to change the knobs...
Details from the buffet. Of course, I had to decorate with dragonflies.... gifts from Darcy! My fantastic friend in the US.
And yesterday, when Mille arrived, she came bearing gifts!!! I was so surprised!!! What could they contain? Mille knows my style and taste so well, I just KNEW it would be brilliant...
and it was... check out that greengate pitcher! I ADORE it, and I cant wait till spring so I can fill it with fresh picked flowers. I also got a greegate tablecloth... which you can see on the kitchen table in my last post.
I think the diningroom has gone through some majour changes!!! A full view will be posted once my chandelier is in place... becuase the lamp I have now... is just horrible!!! Ha ha...

Have a great saturday!

A Blissful Day

So after a few very hectic days, with milking, stable work, late late nights and very early mornings... it was more than just a little blissful to sleep in today. I didn't rise before it was well past midday, and I stayed in bed, in my peaceful teal bedroom just enjoying the moment... After a while though I had to get out of bed, becuase there was lots to do! I had to clean house, becuase my lovely friend Mille was comming over to stay. Hurray!!! I rarely get to see her because of distance, and well... I had been waiting for this day. So I cleaned and vacuumed and even managed to throw in a shower before she arrived (I still smelled like cow!!!)....We cooked a lovely dinner. I love cooking, and finally I had someone to cook for. So the menu was pork entrecte, filled with cream cheese and herbs, wrapped in bacon. fresh mushrooms and homecooked, creamy mashed potatoes... Yum!!! It was seriously wonderful!

Afterwards, we just vegged out on the sofa... just being... thats the brilliant thing about Mille... she doesnt expect you to entertain... and she just loves being around you... and its the same with me... You simply feel relaxed around her! I was a bit maniac when she first arrived, but Mille poured wine and ordered me to calm down! Ha ha... so of course I did!!! Then she went on a photosafari in my house... which brought all images in today's entry!

the top of my antique stove
my silver tray with the mercury glass candleholders, and alot of antique keys... each one with a story behind it actually. The copper leaf is a gift from my sister, she found it in an french fleamarket. The two smaller candleholders were a gift from Ole...

I finally hung my bird's nest wall sconce. It's in my diningroom... and I love it to bits!!!! The colour here is so off... the wall looks pink, but really is a pale pale green... How that happend I dont know...more images from my diningroom... my birdcage finally in the house! I love it's rusted patina.

yesterday me and Ole were at the mall just peeking into some shops. And this little frog prince called out to me... I love frogs in statues/pictures ect ect... but I hate them in real life... they're actually a fobia of mine... ask anyone! The 2nd picture is of my coffeetable in the livingroom...
Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Love & blessed be
-Tee

In my mail!!!!

A little box of joy came to me in the mail today!!! Hurray... my little verdigris sparrows.... I love them, they are even more brilliant in reality than on pictures... I couldnt wait so I used ma's dining room for photographing them... They look great there too, but I just know they will look even more fantastic in *my* dining room... *snigger*

Hmmm... the light was a bit crap, but oh well.... I am no magician with the camera....

At work today I finally got my hands on this book. It's originally from New Zeland, but the author was Swedish... it's been out in Norwegian for a long time but I wanted, as usual, to read it in it's original language... But it was sold out by the publishers... finally though, it arrived... and I cant wait to sit myself down with a large cup of tea and just enjoy this book!

And in my email I received this fun little questionare... I guess I was supposed to send it out, but I'm just gonna let anyone who wants to grab it and fill it in :)

4 Jobs You Have Had in Your Life
1) Currently working as a bookseller

2) a Cook's assistant

3) worked in a grocery shop

4) Shift manager at a movie theatre

4 Movies You Would Watch Over and Over
1) Pride & Prejustice

2) the Boondock Saints

3) Practical Magic

4) Chocolat

4 Places You Have Lived
1) Norway (born there :)

2) Raymond, Nebraska, USA

3) Glasgow, Scotland, UK

4) Hamburg, Germany

4 TV Shows You Love to Watch
1) Desperate Housewife (every week!!!)

2) CSI:Miami

3) House

4) CSI:Las Vegas

4 Places You Have Been on Vacation
1) Gran Canyon

2) Germany (all over really)

3) San Fransico

4) Florida

Websites You Visit Daily
1) http://www.finn.no

2) http://www.ebay.co.uk

3) http://google.com

4) several blogs!

4 Favorite Foods
1) ice cream

2) Fishballs & white gravy with veggies

3) Pasta with spinach

4) mushrooms

4 Places You Would Rather Be Right Now
1) my new house & home

2) in England with my dear sister

3) traveling across the US with my sister

4) visiting Darcy in WI, US.

4 Books That Hit Your Soul

1) Chocolat

2) the Harry Potter books

3) the Twilight Saga

4) The Amazing Adventures of Flash Jackson

There you are... do what you like with it :) And have a great evening everyone!

Birds in my head... keeps singing to me...

Yes, I know... I have once again decided to change the layout, and this time even the name... .Not to mention the language... I really must do this in english from now on... due to a billion and one requests from friends around the globe, that simply dont get norwegian! Ha ha... I am not entirely sure about the header yet... Loving the mushrooms, but it's a bit dull....

Anyhow, my old name just wasnt fitting anymore, now that I have two cats and not one... My 2nd one has yet to come home, but I cant wait! She is the most adorable little furry black thing you've ever seen! I just hope Hexa will behave! She's been known to have a fierce claw!!!

Lately I havent been able to sleep because of all the ideas fluttering about in my heads... like little birds they are, refusing to leave me alone... and birds are my new love! I just love little things with birds on them! And so I have hunted the net far and wide for lovely bird-things... not to mention cages! I dream of an old beatuifully rusted cage for me to decorate with living flowers and plants... But so far I havent found any that wont completely empty out my poor bank account. But I shall not give up... one day it might show up :)

So eventually I caved in and bought myself some lovely prints from Chad Barrette... these are now hanging up in my ever so green and fresh dining room... Which is still a little messy from continued furniture painting, so no pictures just yet....

I've also been drooling over America Retold's 'nest' collection... and seeing as I have an amazing friend in the US (thanks Darcy) I have been able to get a hold of one... Now I just have to wait for this beauty to show up in my mail!

It will look stunning in my wall with the prints!!! Don't you think... and I just love that green tinted verdigris patina.... Just lovely! Of course I wouldnt mind something else from that series... but hey... gotta try and save some cash these days... I've all of the sudden have a morgage to handle, AND bills o.O And how about these lovely verdigris sparrows? Oh yes... they are simply darling if you ask me.... I can't help it.... I've got the bird flu! Ha ha...


And here we go... this is my dream!!! I think it's just amazing... picture taken from Good Housekeeping... I love green and rust... Gives you that forgotten garden look.... Just like a fairytale.... siiigh...

And of course I would just love some fake birds eggs... greenish og blueish... I would place them anywhere, in flowerpots, as table decorations... you name it... So far I have been unable to find any in Norway (sigh!!!)


Thats it tor today folks... feast for you eyes... Next time I shall try to get around to showing off some more of the Witchy Cottage ;) It is getting nearer and nearer to move in day... Now I just need my bathroom to be finnished, and a few more layers of paint on a few more furniture pieces... and of course... my curtains will need to go up... No fun without... I cant wait to unpack all my stuff... and I have alot... the curse of a decorator maniac like me I guess.... My sister says I have more junk than a 80 year old woman... allready... great... ha ha!

Have a brilliant mid-week everyone!