This picture is from a house tour in the current issue of Livingetc. I have a love-hate relationship with this magazine. Every time I am thoroughly fed up with all the unattainable/unlivable homes they feature they have a house tour that I really love. Like this one. By the way this is Cornforth White on the walls - the color I used on the floors throughout the house. It does look lovely as a wall color... which makes me think...
Happy weekend!
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One year ago today, we viewed our house-to-be for the first time! I have to admit it wasn´t exactly love at first sight on my part... I liked the house but thought it really was too big for us.
I looved the village though. Here are some shots from May last year. Can you blame me?!
It´s funny to look back at this time. Our crazy but dedicated real estate agent, the previous owner who wouldn´t talk to us personally, a completely useless house inspector, many weekend visits to the village including sneaking around the property, so much anticipation and even more doubts and worries. Buying a house really is something.
Happy anniversary of sorts, house. We are so glad we found you.
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I took this yesterday in the evening after a weekend full of hard work. Seriously our workload these days is insane. We´re trying to get everything ready for the next big project which is building our back porch. And there´s always the garden...
Yesterday we removed the scaffolding on the back of the house... quite pleased with how my paint job turned out. We´re planning to get rid of the hideous plastic back door as soon as possible... I want to get a nice wooden door which I´ll paint in a darker color. I think the contrast with the white will be nice.
Also look at my flower beds! I planted 120 little plants (all perennials) in the walled garden over the weekend (there are two more beds on the side which you can´t see in this pic). Quite a lot but still I do think we´ll need more. The beds look a bit sparse but then again I´ll have to wait and see how the plants will grow in.
By the way here´s the plan for the walled garden if you want to revisit. The patio´s ready, too but we still need some furniture for it. I´ll show you soon.
Happy Monday!
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I know my blog is a bit lame these days. I apologize. It´s just that life in general is still stressful and I can´t carve out enough time for this little space although I´d love to.
Time seems to fly by and like every spring, it seems I haven´t cherished the beauty surrounding me enough. Do you know that feeling? Also I´m so consumed with my worries and the house and the garden that I don´t even seem to notice things anymore.
Like last weekend, when the husband asked whether I had seen the crazy blooming trees behind our garden. Uhm, no? We went there and what the what. I´ve never seen anything like this in my life before. I don´t even know what kind of trees these are - I assume some kind of fruit though? Apples maybe? (EDIT: Yes, apples.) Anyhow, oh the beauty.
Have a happy weekend! And try to savour the beauty around you.
I´m playing catch-up but I still wanted to say hi and share this picture of the walled garden. I finally decided on a color for the barn doors - it´s the same grey/blue I used on the front door of house. It is quite a funny color that can be a definite grey or a bright smurfy blue, depending on the light. I thought it would be nice to have some consistency with exterior colors, and I really like it so far. Also, some weeks ago I spent a weekend on my knees to scrape a layer of dirt and weeds off this very old brick path. I am so happy with how it turned out.
More progress is going to happen soon: I received a huge shipment of plants yesterday, all for the walled garden... stay tuned!
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This week has been difficult. Again. But! My weekend will bring some more gardening, some more painting, an overdue visit to the hairdresser and on Sunday evening, I´ll board a flight to Munich to see my family and friends for a few days. This shall be nice, yes? Yes.
Have a good weekend!
(Picture by the wonderful Natalie).
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The huge cherry tree in our garden is blooming right now, and everything else is starting to become green and lush. I love this time of year. I also found a good spot to hang the hammock and maybe next weekend I´ll get the chance to spend more time in it. I´ve been insanely busy with painting the exterior of the house, and we now have a huge strawberry patch and a potatoe field! I´ll show you more pictures of the progress soon. Yay for gardening season!
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My house is featured on Etsy´s Get the Look today. I´m honored and think Christine did a great job with the selection of Etsy items she put together.
Also, hello to all the Etsians who decided to have a look at my blog. I hope you like what you see! Happy Sunday lovely people!
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I discovered a few great Etsy artists lately... I am thinking about putting together an art wall just with portraits of women. Maybe in the bedroom? My treasury is here if you´re interested.
Happy Friday!
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Good day, people of the internets. How have you been doing? Me, not so great. In fact, I´ve been down with a stomach flu since the weekend and it kinda sucks. Anyway, here´s a little (ok, huge) post from my sick bed.
We´re talking about color again. Yes I know it´s your favorite. Be strong.
Look, there´s this barn in my walled garden (see first picture). And then there is this huge gate that leads to the actual garden (see above). Now, this brown stained wood on the doors/windows/shutters? It has to go. Obviously.
Ever since we bought the house, I´ve been taking pictures of brick houses with colorful windows/doors for inspiration. Today is the lucky day I am sharing them with you! Yeah, you can thank me later.
Above is a somewhat teal-ish color that is really nice, yes?
A dark grey/blue. Also gorgeous. Would contrast nicely with he lighter brick of the wall methinks.
A soft lichen green. This could possibly be nice together with the dark red of the barn?
A brighter green. Nice, but not my favorite.
A green-ish grey. Not bad either.
This is not one of my pictures, it´s from here. I looove it. A soft grey. Yes it´s my favorite and yes it´s grey again. I can´t help it. I´m such a boring person.
So what do you think? Any favorites?
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