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There is something about worn out leather… it just ads personality. It shows signs of a life, of times that have been, experience, uniqueness. It is a prime example that used/worn is beautiful. I love the gold and black details in these pictures, and the leather chairs, simple but beautiful.
I can’t help but get a bit homesick when I see this typical winter midday picture (the winters in Scandinavia are dark, we only get a couple of hours of light, and it becomes immensely precious – the light).
My husband is still in Sweden and I have gone a little bit crazy in our apartment moving our furniture around and making long lists of things I want to buy/DIY in our living room. I am not sure why I always do that… seek after change, try to improve… it doesn’t always get better but I have that urge to move things around, stir things up. Sometimes I just want a clean slate – hate everything we have in the house – need to start over. It is when I get to that stage that I realise that I need my husband here – the grounded person in this relationship, to tell me “are you sure we should drill a hole there?” or “but it looks nice they way it is”. Anyone else suffering from this disorder? :)
I think it is bedtime.
Nordic Bliss 
It’s strange but I wrote in my notebook that I need to fall in love with my home again. Lately I have felt restless, not settled and wondered about moving?! I now know it was my mood and just the stress of life. I live alone but what I needed was a good holiday, lots of TLC and a re-connection to myself; hence to my home. I know when I feel like I want to change my external world I need to look within… it sounds like you miss your hubby:)
it’s the creative vein in you. always seeking, always searching, always creating :)
This is a lovely post. I can definitely connect with what you’re saying Marianne and think it is just that creative vein. I’m broadly happy with how my flat is now and feel more than ever that it’s home. That doesn’t mean that I don’t always look for a wee something to add or change. It’s just in my nature as a designer to do so.
Perfectly normal behaviour at a certain point in life. I don’t know about you but I felt like this when I realized that my taste was beginning to change, then came the urge to throw everything out and start over.
When we moved abroad I got a good excuse to get rid of everything and start over ;-) But I’m no longer moving things around, that’s history.
Oh yes I can relate to swapping furniture around, I tried swapping things around recently and ended up swapping it all back again! and I have always been like that. I think I need some new plants at the moment, a fresh start to the new year.