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  • Chalkboard art

    Living with Jens is great. Today he “doodled” on our wall upstairs. We painted the wall a few years back with chalk paint (“skoltavelfärg” från Beckers) but up untill now it´s just been black. Today when I saw that restless look that Jens often gets I handed him a box of chalk crayons and he got started. He kept the two sliding doors black, cause they would probably smear the…

  • The 2 things I usually don´t buy second hand for my house

    You all know by now that most things in my house is bought second hand. That´s just how I roll. However there are two things that I buy new: carpets and light fixtures. I´ve found a few carpets vintage but they all make me sneeze and I have several old lamps in my basement with inadequate wiring, waiting in vain for me to fix them. Today I got my hand…

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  • T-shirt covered ottoman

    I found this thrifty ottoman slipcover at Jennie Blomkvist´s house (you might know her as Kollijox). She made it from some old tees that she found in her wardrobe. You see Jennie is a maximalist, and has trouble getting rid of stuff and thanks to her creativity she makes and re makes stuff in a never ending loop. Her home is a celebration of  nonsense and Jennie´s “don´t take youself too…