{ Oi Soi Oi }

Have you ever heard of the Danish company Oi Soi Oi? They are designing and producing interior designs, furniture, clothes and accessories and they are all made by hand in carefully selected workshops in Vietnam. For me it was love at first sight when I saw their newest collection...

"In our universe we aim to combine Scandinavian design simplicity with the rich craft heritage of Asia. Personal style is what inspires us. We use colours, materials and designs in a way that we hope delights and inspires our customers." - Oi Soi Oi


You can view their entire collection on their homepage, if you like what you see.

Have you heard of this brand before? Do you like what you see?


(Images: Oi Soi Oi)

{ Inspired by the ocean and a flowering garden }

When I wrote about pillows yesterday, the girl behind the blog "Høytrykk" mentioned the brand Ceannis in her comment, and I had to check out what she was talking about. 

On their homepage I discovered this beautiful catalogue of their spring/summer collection, and I fall in love with their delightful summery pictures, so I want to share some of them here with you...

I´m so glad that we are heading towards spring and summer - I can´t wait! 

If you want to see more of their collection, you can visit their website here.

Images: Ceannis

{ Dreaming of pillows }

There are so many lovely pillows out there and among my favorites are the ones from DAY Home. They have so many nice one to choose from, and I want them all...

 

I wish pillows were less expensive, so I could buy more of them. I have to admit that the ones that I´m sewing myself isn't quite as interesting and pretty. *smile*

Do you love pillows too? Any favorite brands or store?

Images: DAY Birger et Mikkelsen

{ Ferm Living - Spring/Summer 2011 }

I love new collections, new colors and new inspiration. Ferm Living is now out with their new spring/summer collection, and here you have a sneak peak from their newest catalogue...

Interesting patterns, fun color combinations and cool wall art - Just how we know Ferm Living!

 If you want to see more, you can visit their homepage.

Do you see anything you like?

Images: Ferm Living/ Collage made by me

{ H&M Spring Collection 2011! }

Let´s have a peek at the spring collection 2011 from H&M! 

Isn´t it great that we are heading towards spring? *smile*

This is just a small selection of what they offer, but if you want to view their whole spring collection, you can see it here.
( H&M home collection is only available these countries. )

What do you think?


Images: H&M

{ 1-2-3 to easy reupholstery }

I wanted to change the look on our stool to something that gave more contrast, so I bought this striped black and white fabric on Ikea and reupholstered it.
Here is the before & after...

 

I also made a pillow in the same fabric as the new stool. 

What do you think of the stool and the matching pillow?
Do you ever do your own upholstery?

Enjoy your day!

♡

Images: Nina Holst

{ DIY: Butterfly pillow - 8 steps }

Pillows are the perfect project for anyone with a little sewing skill and creativity. This is a great way to make easy changes in a room in an inexpensive way.

One of my latest projects is this white butterfly pillow, and today I'll give you 8 steps on how you can make one yourself...

 You can find stamps and ink pads at Martha Stewart's craftstore.

Do you often make your own pillows? Have you tried using stamps before?

If you have made any pillows that you want to show me, you can upload them on Stylizimo.com
 You can see other DIY projects here. 

Thanks to everybody who are voting for me in the newspaper DAGBLADET.

It's actually possible to vote EVERY DAY for a whole month! *smile*

Find more info about the nomination here.

♡

Images: Nina Holst

{ Niki Jones - New Autumn/Winter collection 2010 }

Have you seen the newest autumn/winter collection from Niki Jones yet? It's fabulous and it has lots of happy colors - just what we need to spice up our autumn look!

What do you think of their newest collection? Is this something you could bring into your home?

I would love to have some of those pillows - they are so lovely!

Today my boyfriend's father is coming from Norway to visit us here in LA . His brother and his girlfriend arrived yesterday, so today I'm going to make them tapas as a welcome-dinner.
We have lots of plans throughout the week - I'm so EXITED!

Images: Niki Jones

{ Ikea pillow with a twist }

Hello friends! How did the weekend treat you? Mine was great, including the Jack Johnson concert on Friday! He is truly amazing and so is the Hollywood Bowl.

Do you remember when I painted "HOME SWEET HOME" on an Ikea pillow? Well, I'm still very happy with that one, but I thought I could do something on the other side of the pillow as well. This way I can just turn the pillow when I want something different....

Meet my new pillow: "Number 5":

You can see how I made the pillow here.

Why the number 5? No reason at all... *smile*

So which one do you think is nicest? "HOME SWEET HOME" or "5"?

Wish you a great start of the week!

Images: Nina Holst

{ Ferm Living }

The blog "Hviit" is writing about a calendar today from Ferm Living and
asks us whether or not they should take it into their store. I say, YES!
They also ask if we could tell them about our favorites from Ferm Living, so
I made this collage with MY favorites.

Do you have any favorites? You can find their website here.

I had a post about some of their wallstickers last month that you can see here.

Images: Ferm Living

{ DIY: Pimping up an Ikea pillow }

 Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed whatever you were doing. LA wasn't as sunny as I was hoping for, so I've been doing some creative things in our apartment instead.

I have seen that many of you have these cute pillows with letters and phrases on them, and I wanted to have something similar. So I went over to Ikea and bought a white linen pillow, and I pimped it up with "Home sweet home" and a cute little star.

I already had letter stencils, so I painted the words that I wanted with acrylic paint ( You take what you have, right? * smile* I'm sure there are better options when it comes to paint... )

I started with the word in the middle, because I wanted it to end up centred. I also put some paper underneath so the paint didn't go through to the other side of the pillow.

Have you made any pillows like this, or do you prefer to buy them?

I wish you all a great new week!

Images: Nina Holst

{ DIY Projects }

Stylizimo.com has now a new category called DIY ( "Do it yourself" ) that is located under albums. Here you can find great ideas on things you can do yourself.

I hope you find these albums as inspiring as I do.  I love looking at other's DIY projects and before / after projects - such as the examples shown below.

If you have any DIY / Before & After projects you want to share on Stylizimo.com, you can upload them here. 


I look forward to being inspired by you:)

Wish you all a great start of this new week.

Happy Monday!

Images: From members on Stylizimo.com

{ The hottest fall trend? }

Have you made any pillows of your jeans yet? Your old jeans can now be your hottest pillow! Yes, they say that jeans will be the hottest interior trend this fall...

The fall trend is all about toning everything down to the pure and honest. Glossy materials and brand hysteria goes away (!), and the focus will be on rough surfaces, re-use and handicrafts. But let's start with the good old jeans!

So what do to think of this trend? Are you going to use jeans textile in your home this fall?

Who knows, maybe I decide to use some of my old jeans for a pillow...

♡

Images: Gant Home / Nina Holst

{ Lexington´s fall collection 2010 is here! }

Lexington Company is now out with their new fall collection, and it's fabulous and cosy as always...

Do you like their new collection?

See my previous posts of Lexington Company here.

♡

Images: Lexington Company

{ The fall is coming... }

I know somebody is thinking about the fall already, and you are not alone... I found these alpaca textured pillow covers at west elm's website, and thought they would be perfect for the fall/winter. I don't know about you, but I prefer to have it more cosy interior wise in the wintertime, and these looks cosy to me...
 

Happy Saturday!

♡

Images: west elm

{ Summery look from Princess }

I happened to pass by a Princess store today and all this coastal looking textiles caught my eye. I love this look in the summertime. Don´t you agree?
You can visit their site her.

Collage made by Nina Holst / Stylizimo     Images: Princess

{ A lovely patio }

See what lots of flowers and cushions can do with your patio!

Images: Almhem