Christmas is coming...

Although I'm not a winter type of person, I like very much Christmas time, with all seasonal decoration, lights in the streets, meeting friends and all the festive mood. So I' m starting posting early about this special period of time with some simple and DIY ideas about a non conventional Christmas tree.


If you have a blank wall you can just paint the shape of a tree and hang from the wall several ornaments like in this very elegant black and white tree.

Or you can just hang from the wall cups, glasses and other kitchen objects, creating the shape of a tree and just add on the top a traditional star
 

This idea is so simple and stylish: just create a tree from stars like this one.

If you have a blank wall you can paint it with chalkboard and let your children draw their tree and write their seasonal wishes.

 My husband is very good in creating handmade objects so I'm asking him to make such a wooden tree and decorate it with lights and heart shaped ornaments. I just love it!

For this lovely tree you only need some wooden sticks with different lenghts that you can find easily everywhere, even in a city. Just add lights and colorful ornaments and you'll have such a great result.







































This tree represents what it means White Christmas. So cute!

This is such a clever decoration idea, suitable for every one, even the most lazy: just use a clothes hanger from which you can hang either ornaments or the gifts for your friends and family .

If you don't want to paint a wall, you can just stick on it a simple tape shaped as a tree and hang beautiful stars from paper. You can of course make the stars on your own in various colors and write numbers or wishes on them.

This last tree is my favorite, all made of wooden pieces and decorated with white ornaments. May be this one is a little bit more difficult to make!

Get some more inspirational ideas but remember to use your imagination to create your unique Christmas decoration for your home.






So cute and simple: create a star out of buttons, either all of the same color or even use various colors to make it more bright and  joyful

With your gifts give a self made Greeting card like this one. You only have to make holes on a hard piece of paper and create the shape of a tree with a colorful ribbon

A ladder can always serve as an alternative Christmas tree, like this one below.

And finally...let's all make the same wish!

Have a nice weekend friends!

A gorgeous loft in Barcelona

After a rather busy and tough week it's finally Friday and I'm looking forward to a relaxing and cheerful weekend with my family. If I was living in a big loft, as this one in Barcelona, I think I would have a party or dinner with lots of people, every Saturday night. This beautiful home used to be a textile factory and now it's converted into a spacious and lovely loft in which are combined contemporary pieces of furniture with some modern items. The high ceilings with the white painted beams and the floor mirror, make the space look even bigger and the wide windows let the natural light come in and make this home airy and bright. I love the placement of art pieces on the console and the bookcase instead of hanging them on the walls. A great home to spend with many friends. Don't you agree?

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Old becomes new in a barn at Yorkshire

Today I'm in a grey mood so I decided to share with you this 16th century barn in Yorkshire of United Kingdom, which was renovated by Snook Architects. The high ceilings are decorated with wooden beams and the stone fireplace is used in a clever way as a divider of the living room from the dining room. The wooden dining table with simple lines is accompanied by the famous Eames chairs. The two red stools in the kitchen are breaking the grey tones of the rest of this home. I like very much the grey sofas and the rug. A modern, simple yet very stylish result. Enjoy the gallery.

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A small and cosy cabin in Sweden

After the weekend I spent on a wonderfull and picturesque village on a mountain, I'm in a completely winter mood despite the sunny weather today. So I was looking for mountain homes when I found this beautiful , simple and romantic cabin which belongs to Tobias Dahl and the artist Emma Netterberg. This lovely home is located in Dalama , a county in Sweden which is well known for its horses and is overlooking to the lake Sijan and the Dala forests.
The owners have decorate this lovely home with warm earthy tones but they have also added some ethnic touches like the wonderful oriental  tiles in the bathroom. I love the big sofa which looks very comfy and inviting. I would definetely like to spend some snowy days in this cabin! Wouldn't you?

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Photographer Klas Sjoberg via Design Traveller

A beautiful Swedish apartment in black and white

Hello friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend just like me! I was out of town for 3 days and I must say that this small break was very relaxing and refreshing. I 'd like to start the new week with this gorgeous apartment in Sweden that is decorated with black and white and lots of ethnic touches that give a casual and unique character. I like so much the black ethnic lantern in the bedroom, as well as the white cabinet beside the black ladder that is also used as a bookcase. Another ethnic touch gives the low metal silver tray that is used as a side table and the oriental pouf. In the big  white wooden dining table the owner used a black bench and 3 Tolix chairs.
 Enjoy and get inspired!

Source: Sea of Girasoles

A dream hotel in New York

Today I'm having a mind journey to New York and a gorgeous hotel penthouse in Tribeca, a neighborhood at the lower Manhattan area. The Greenwich Hotel assigned to Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt and Japanese architect Tatsuro Miki, to design in close collaboration with the hotel’s partners Ira Drukier and Robert De Niro, a penthouse of 6,800 sq ft suite that was inspired by the TriBeCa neighborhood’s industrial past fused with the ancient Japanese aesthetic of Wabi:beauty found in imperfection and authenticity;artempo – where time becomes art; and poor materials that are rich in spirit.Materials like stone, steel and reclaimed wood were carefully selected and thoughtfully utilized in every area of the penthouse.

As Axel Vervoordt said

We wanted to express a TriBeCa character in the most humble way. Because the architecture is so simple, it belongs as much to the past as to the future.

The Penthouse offers a large open floorplan with multi-purpose living spaces, including a separate living room and drawing room, a full sized chef’s kitchen, three fireplaces, two and half bathrooms and three bedrooms. The private outdoor gardens on two levels span over 4,000 sq ft and feature a spa pool and dining for 18 guests.The result is a space that serves as a sanctuary and paradise for those who seek a unique travelling experience. Enjoy the gallery and dream of being there!

Source: http://www.thegreenwichhotel.com/