Isabelle McAllister.

  • I bought the big plant yesterday to match this one behind the sofa. When we moved in right before the holidays this house was in need of a little love. All the bulbs were really cold white so it felt like a hospital or a prison interrogation chamber. Haha The furnitures are all dark brown and a lot of cool colored shiny stone made the feel even wet cave-ish. I got vintage fabrics and Kantha Trows to cover the sofa and some of the furniture. Found vintage sarongs to pull over the chairs. All can be reused for cushions or easily transported when we move again. I also invested in these big plants, well they cost almost nothing but makes a huge difference to the coziness. The other house was so beautiful but this feels more like a messy #mcallistersgoesbali home.
  • Traveling thru life Bali-style! What you can’t see is the huge pot strapped to my surf rack on the other side of the bike. All of it cost about 10 dollar and I Made it home safe!
  • Be a trash hero! There is alot of visible trash here in Bali. Plastic on the side of the roads, in the grass, small rivers, on the beach and in the sea. The rainy season makes it worse. Bali gets a lot of junk in the water that comes from Jakarta or from upstreams. It’s a combination - lack of education and LOADS of single use plastics. But it is also a sort of non existent recycling system. But with this being said I still believe that we in the modern western world are even worse. We consume more, we believe that if we recycle it will all just go away. Even though we recycle not everything is recyclable so a lot is burned. When the key is actually to reduce, big time. To look at the things we buy and think not only about the product but also the trash that comes along and what it will become of it. Just because we put it it in a bin it doesn’t just evaporate from the planet and it was still made out of the earth’s resources. I also see loads of tourists coming here not thinking about the straws they use, the single cups of water they drink , the bottles they leave behind it’s more convenient to blame the locals and it’s a pity. I’ve become so much more aware looking at the whole chain of things when you know it will not just go away because you can’t see it any longer. This guy is part of the organization @trashhero_canggu that helps cleaning up the beaches or after different events. If you are here you can join them. There is also @4ocean #mcallistersgoesbali
  • I liked this idea with the zigzag pattern painted on the tables. And if you want full on fantastic pattern frenzy follow @jansch_house_bali that is almost finished, it’s gonna be great! #mcallistersgoesbali
  • The never ending fights about devices. We have time limits, device lock during certain hours and rules but it’s still what we fight about most. The other day we did a test to see how long it would take before they got up and did something else. It was over 5 hours! One of them even missed the breakfast we were having right in front. Now we’re also talking about swapping time reading a book with online time. I don’t really like the idea of forcing like this but I guess we have to try. I’m also totally addicted, so sad. My latest trick is that I don’t have to know everything. No need to search for it if it’s not really important. It’s fun knowing things but it also takes time and space in my head.
  • We couldn’t buy any drinking water because the Vulcano Agung has a small eruption like a week ago. That’s a pretty weird sentence coming from Sweden with the best tap water ready everywhere. So many things we already gotten used to. We were joking just the other day about some near death experience someone was having something we would have needed CPR for, just thinking about some months ago. The kids talk English Swedish now. Translates small words and makes them sound Swedish. And this boy wants to give away all his soccer shirts. “It’s not just me anymore” Change when you can see it... #mcallistersgoesbali
  • If you think I wear the same dress all the time you are right. Before moving to Bali I cleaned out my closet. I have about 6 outfits with some small combinations it’s like 4 kg in total. And it’s too hot here to really care about make up and small details anyways. So liberating! #mcallistersgoesbali
  • Among the clouds there is the Ulun Danu temple on the two lakes. Bali’s main water supply comes from here. The temple is from 1633 and part of it is beautiful but throw in some weird town fair-ish bad statues of frogs, Sponge-bob square pants and hoards of tourists and you don’t know what to make of it anymore. At least I got some nice Instagram shots 😬 #mcallistersgoesbali

Jenny Brandt.

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Jenny’s Print Shop.

  • We are heading to Varberg for another art class at @fglstore This Saturday 😀 10 kids have signed up for an afternoon, drawing with Jens @breakfastdesign with @krickelin @mirandarebecca
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  • Our art at @fglstore 📸 by @krickelin We will be back in Varberg for another drawing class with @breakfastdesign January 19th. Check @fglstore for more info. 👌🏽