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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Daniella Wittes nya gårdsbutik

Igår var jag och kikade i Daniella Wittes nya gårdsbutik. Den ligger strax utanför Lomma, alltså inte alls så långt från där jag själv bor. Jättemysig liten butik med massor av fint. Daniella jobbar som inredare och stylist för bl a Ikea. Är du sugen på att åka dit kolla öppettider på Daniellas blogg.

Daniella who works as a stylist and interior decorator for i e Ikea have recently opened a shop. Yesterday I paid a visit and i really liked it. Modern but with a rustic country twist. Daniella also write the great blog Daniella Witte. Check it out!

Monday, June 6, 2011

5 Must Know Tips For A Better Looking Landscape

There is no doubt that when planning wants to save money and attractive assets. You can not only help decorate your home landscape, but it can also be a source of satisfaction in the performance of fresh air. If you take your garden yourself, you save money and improve your fitness. But if the landscape makes it a bad image so that it wastes so much time and money. However, we can ensure a more beautiful The following tips will help you take better care of your garden.

Know your soil type. Some plants thrive in soil with more acidity, and others prefer a little more alkaline. In addition, the sandy soil and clay, and the growing presence of the muddy ground, the difference in the type of plants in the landscape. You should test your soil to determine what types of vegetation must be installed on your property. If you have a plant that has succeeded in the soil of your garden, and then decide wiser to buy money, and you end up with an attractive landscape. If you have plants you use in your soil but the soil is not perfect, we can improve the soil for good conditions. Just add mulch or peat moss, or crushed limestone or shells, depending on what purpose you need to add. Currently there is not much difference in what you have and what you can get, you can make adjustments on the ground to be more accommodating.

Understand how much space each plant needs. There are plants that need more space for their root systems than others. If you have a plant that grows throughout the world in general, choose, and you do not have enough space, you find that your other plants can be hunted or they may suffocate and die. Also, make sure you understand the requirements of the distance between plants. Many shrubs and small trees planted must be removed at least 3:57 m from each other, to have growth opportunities.

Using native plants in landscaping. One of the most effective things you do to be able to ensure a beautiful yard is the use of native plants. Learn what plants grow best in your area and plants of the region. Thus, you will already have a head start that you know that the plants you choose are adapted to the climate. They are not fighting against the natural inclinations of your beautiful landscape. When you are non-native plants, make sure they come from a place that shares a climate similar to that in which you live.

The landscaping around different flowering. Variety of flowers at different times during the year. If all plants are most attractive in the landscape, and at the same time, your garden will be beautiful for a few weeks each year, but it is quite possible ugly the rest of the year. One way to avoid this is to provide attractive bushes and shrubs, a green property, but also a way to choose a flower shape. Nevertheless, it is a good idea to hit the plants between them. Tulips and crocus among later plants, plants with flowers, spring bulbs as the beginning, and when the time of those flowers, and flowers, the next harvest. Thus, the cycle of your landscape is in harmony with the seasons and attractive throughout the year.

Use wood chips around shrubs, trees and shrubs. Wood chips can help the soil around shrubs, trees and shrubs are more attractive. Distributed not only on chips (often looks better than dirt) floor, but also to help repel moisture, weeds and provide natural food as they decompose. Similarly, the amplitude can be adjusted as attractive as chickens and hens around trees and shrubs to make it interesting and pleasing to the eye.

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Cupcakes

Hei alle sammen!

Da var vi hjemme igjen etter en flott helg i Gøteborg. Eller dvs. Turen var veldig fin til vi kom til parkeringshuset i går ettermiddag etter en liten tur på Liseberg....

Stikkord: Knust vindu og en koffert fattigere:( Inkludert pc`n min, briller og gps:(

Men heldigvis er vi forsikret både her og der...

Men nå over til noe mye hyggeligere!
I kveld har jeg laget deilige vanilla cupcakes med hvit sjokoladekrem.
Mmmmmmm.Herlig herlig!

Fat og kakeprodukter er kjøpt på Rafens
Legger ut oppskrift i morgen. Er så trøtt så jeg nesten stuper her.

Ha en fin tirsdag!
Klem fra
Lotta

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Placards & a quick garden update

First of al I want to thank you my readers for the nice comments on my garden post! I am so pleased with your interest in the evolution of our garden. So nice to read your thoughts about it! Thank you! I so appreciate it!

We really enjoyed spending this long weekend in our garden and Jan has created the steps I loved to have since a long time, he added more gravel on the paths and started to prepare our future vegetable garden. Here are some pictures I took yesterday.

Now we have to plant some more of the hedges on both sides of the steps.

Adding gravel.

Preparing our future vegetable garden.

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And now over to the “placard” post.

A “placard” is a cupboard or wardrobe attached to the wall, or even built in in the masonry. I have always loved to see a placard in a room, especially the French provencal style placard.

New-made or antique placards, both can be beautiful and can be used in different rooms.

Love the way of displaying the china here in both sitting areas. Notice the led lighting inside!

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source : Tim Clinch

Cupboard placard in this dining room.

source : here photo credit Francis Peyrat

Even used as a bookcase. Love that!!

source : Magazine Riant Wonen, issue 2002, Renoveren in Stijl. Renovation company Renoplan.

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Love the old patina of the placard doors here in both pictures.

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This placard is placed in one of my favorite Belgian restaurants “Onder de Toren”. They serve very delicious food and it is a very charming and cosy place to be! (check their website : here).

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source : here photo credit Patrick Smith

A placard is not only used in dining or living rooms! It is a wonderful piece of furniture brought into the kitchen!

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A corner cupboard placard!

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I love the mix of wooden and painted placard doors in this kitchen.

source : Magazine MTC , issue 2010-5

Oak placards in this very Belgian styled kitchen.

source : here photo credit Jo Pauwels for Beta Plus Publishing

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One of my favorite pictures! If I had to redo my kitchen, I definitely would go for this kind of kitchen by Pamela Pierce. source : here photo credit Peter Vitale