New in - Grimms Märchen

This is a collection of all the fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers, including the original comments by the writers themselves.

Roasted green beans with mushrooms

This is a really easy recipe for delicious roasted green beans with mushrooms, balsamic and parmesan. I do think that roasting vegetables is the greatest trick to add to your cooking repertoire, because nothing concentrates and sweetens the flavor of vegetables more than roasting.

Wish list

Now that the holiday season is getting closer, everybody starts thinking about the things we're going to put on our wish list. Are you curious what's on ours?

5 Things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

Chillin' before we're going to a party :)

Blueberry-Lemon Galette

So, we both love, love Pinterest! It's the greatest way to find inspiration about, well, basically everything. Yesterday I was just randomly browsing through the food section (bad idea if you do that after you have already eaten, it makes you crave even more food!) and I found this Blueberry-Lemon Galette
which sounded really delicious, and I thought "well, we have christmas in about 5 weeks, it's cold outside and I didn't have plans for monday anyways, why not practice my baking skills?". And it was the best decision ever!

Thoughts on: Happiness

 
Let's be honest, being happy is the most important thing in life, am I right? Anyone who says something else would be, well, kinda weird. I constantly find my self asking 'what makes me happy?' and I have a huge list of things that do (of course I also have a list about that kind of things!!). But to be honest, it's hard always doing things of this list, most of the time because of a lack of time. And seriously, why do I have to follow a list? Can't you just find happiness in your everyday life?

Music Saturday - Moderat

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Moderat - Moderat II

© Moderat II - Moderat

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

Some new things on my shelve, Hema has beautiful decoration!

Dreamhouse in Stockholm, Sweden

This apartment is located in an old building which was renovated recently. They saved some old elements and combined them with modern, Scandinavian design which leads to a beautiful result. The apartment is located in Sibirian, a very vibrant and popular part of Stockholm with lots of restaurants, shops and cafés. I would do anything to have a house like this!

© Fantastic Frank Sweden

DIY: Recycled jars

So I was just cleaning my place, when I saw these jars that had been standing there for some days, waiting to be brought to the garbage.

Suddenly I realized I had some left over paint from one of my previous "do-it-yourself-projects", the one with the black globe. I just painted the lids of the jars black and now I have some useful containers which, in my opinion, look way better than with the original lids!

Lets talk about - Charles and Ray Eames

Once a month we talk about people we find inspiring, ranging from designers to actors to architects.

Today, it's all about Charles and Ray Eames. While everybody should have at least heard of this name before, we wanted to show a bit of their biography and work.

Music Saturday - Darkside

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Darkside - Psycho

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

Finally enjoying a weekend back home after a month

Sara Landstedt

Sara Landstedt is a famous Swedish photographer. Sara is self confessed 'happy, laugh-out-loud' person who finds it hard to sit still and absolutely loves her work. Her portfolio is full of inspiring interior pictures which she has taken for magazines and other clients as well as portraits and commercial images in collaboration with stylist Johanna Pilfalk.

© Sara Landstedt

I'm a huge fan of her pictures and her style, you should really visit the website! Here are a few examples of her wonderful interior shots.

Shopping tip: Antwerp

Since I'm living in Leuven at this moment to go to university, I'm not spending so much time in Antwerp as I used to. Nevertheless, it's still my favorite city in Belgium to go shopping. The city offers you an endless variety of shops, going from the classic ones like Zara and H&M, to some concept stores where you'll want to stay for several hours. Here you have a small selection of our favorite shops to visit.

Music Saturday - Angus And Julia Stone

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Angus and Julia Stone Down the Way

Budapest - Day 2

 
As I already told you guys on monday, I went to Budapest with two friends for the weekend.
On our second day we went to the Pest side of Budapest and visited the inner city.

Favorite winter outfits - part one

Minimal, gray and pockets. I love a basic oversized layer.

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

Night out with some great friends in Leuven

DIY - Black globe

Last week I wrote a post about a new book I bought, called Woonboek, full of inspiration for your interior and do-it-yourself projects. One project was the 'renovation' of an old globe.

Budapest - Day 1

On thursday I went to Budapest with two friends. This trip was rather spontaneous since none of us had a clue what to do that weekend, the only thing knowing that we just wanted to escape the usual daily routine. We jumped at the chance of going to Budapest since we all have never been there (I also never really saw a lot in the eastern parts of Europe except for Krakow when we went there with school) and a definite plus was the fact that the train was rather cheap. The city is really beautiful. They have a lot of old buildings and there are many young people so it feels very vibrant. It is, however, not as clean as we are used to here in germany, but I guess you just have to watch out to never step into dog poo. It reminded me a bit of Paris with the same style in architecture and there really is a lot to see! Those three days were very exhausting, but I just love discovering new places!

New In - Skagen Watch

I was looking for a new watch for some time but couldn't find that perfect one I was looking for. Yesterday I went on a shopping trip to Breda (The Netherlands) with my sister. There, I finally found a watch and I'm so happy with it! 

Music Saturday - Efterklang

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Efterklang - Parades

Efterklang - Parades (2007)