This Paris blogger has a clean, tidy apartment with only the essentials and items she loves. Paris To Go is a new favorite blog of mine. Enjoy!
This Paris blogger has a clean, tidy apartment with only the essentials and items she loves. Paris To Go is a new favorite blog of mine. Enjoy!
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Super happy to have stumbled upon the photographs by Sonja Velda! I would happily move into any of the spaces shown!
All photos by Sonja Velda Photography.
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Malin Persson's home in southern Sweden by the sea is full of cozy spaces and glamour.
via The Way We Play
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Ellen Claesson, blogger, just bought her first apartment. Super cute.
PS: Please pardon the dust on the blog this week. Am trying a few different layouts to maximize the photos. Things will settle down soon and all will be well. Thank you for your patience with this process! ~ S.
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The home of Caroline Orrvik in Örebro in Sweden via Turbulences Deco
"Caroline loves antiquing and fulfills his house small still lifes composed, among other findings, gleaned from flea markets and bought in Swedish stores objects: baskets, animal skin, vases ..."
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My wardrobe is pretty minimalist. I rely on black, white, and gray with tees and scarves providing colorful accents. I just purchased some gorgeous tees for fall in black, white, and grey and am pretty giddy about them.
I've also been contemplating cutting my long hair to shoulder length or a shorter bob. Thus it was with joy I stumbled on this blog of Maiju Saw of Finland. Her hair and wardrobe are what I aspire to.
You can read Maiju's blog or follow her on Instagram.
For more minimalist reading, I recommend Becoming Minimalist and The Minimalists.
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This home.
Lived in, loved, perfection.
The colors, the cuteness of the family, the rooms.... I love it all.
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It might be due to the fact that I'm functioning on three hours of sleep today but these bedrooms look quite cozy. If you need me, I'll be napping.......
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The last few photos are places I dreamed of when reading a myriad of books as a child.
via Milk Magazine (click on individual photos to be taken to their specific stories)
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From the archives.... still represents the simplicity at home that I strive for. Am participating in the #theminsgame - a game whereby you donate/give away/toss/recycle a number of items depending on what day of the month it is. 21 items left my home yesterday. Will be aiming for 22 today...just to have a more minimal, calming apartment to live in.
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Was happy to see Joshua and Ryan (The Minimalists) in Milwaukee again as they promote their book Everything That Remains. The last event they had in Milwaukee was in December, 2011, and the group included eight of us plus Joshua, Ryan, and their friend Joel Runyon. A mere three years later, the event at Boswell Books included hundreds of attendees gathered to hear Josh and Ryan’s story and listen to a reading from the book.The Minimalists are quite entertaining, at ease with themselves and others, and are quite open and vulnerable in their writing.
This past year, I’ve been learning that people matter more than things. It’s that statement that has gotten me out of my comfort zone and out in the community to meet friends, attend parties when I really want to be at home, and to stay longer at events with friends so that our conversations have more time to go deeper as we become more vulnerable with our words and emotions. (For instance, as I think back to the last time Josh and Ryan were in town, I chose to leave after the meet up instead of going with the group to a bar just around the corner. Most others went, but I was concerned about getting home so late on a weeknight, so I declined and went home. If I could make the same decision again, I'd choose quality time with the group because people matter more than a time on a clock. The group was gathered for just that night, while there existed many more nights in which to get more sleep.)
Some of the memorable quotes from the evening were, “Love people, use things. The opposite never works.” and “It’s not a how to book, it’s a why to book.”
A talented artist captured many of the main points of a recent Chicago event in his drawing. (See davesink.com for more sketches from the evening.)
I highly recommend attending any event at which The Minimalists speak. Plus they are generous with the hugs, reminding us “They’re transferable.”
Speaking of their events, The Minimalists will be in Madison, Wisconsin, tonight, and I will be attending with my aunt and a friend. I’ve no doubt they will find The Minimalists as entertaining, thoughtful, and helpful as I have.
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I adore these rooms found on the new-to-me blog Josefina Karin Lovisa of Stockholm.
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Good morning!
My friend Gina and I love to compare notes on letting go of the extra in our lives and often compare notes and share blogs we love about a more minimalist lifestyle, like Becoming Minimalist or playing The Mins Game.
Gina started a new blog recently, and you're invited to check it out. Her focus is on living more lightly in all areas of life.
Here's what she shared of mine:
Yes, that is all the makeup I currently own and wear. My old eyeshadow got used up so I just bought this baby for $3 at the grocery store. When I get ready at the gym, I'm surrounded by women with elaborate makeup and hair routines. After getting dressed, I slip into a space between people at the mirror, apply the makeup you see above in about 90 seconds. I then step under the hand dryer placed high on the wall and use it as my hairdryer for 2.5 rounds of drying time, and I'm done. I put on a signature ring or bracelet and am out the door with my little gym bag
Lest you be even a smidgen impressed, know that this little area of my life is pretty minimalist, but my apartment and car are not. I will be joining Gina in letting go of items in my life that I don't love or need.
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This is one of the prettiest homes (in the style I like of white, orderly, Scandinavian homes) I've seen in awhile!
Happy Friday to you!
home of Friederike Faller
photographed by Mikkel Adsbol
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Am doing a bit of clearing out at home - clearing spaces and surfaces along with making space in cupboards and shelves. Am loving the clean lines of these rooms found via mamamekko.
all images via mamamekko/photos by magnus anesund
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I adore this white, airy home! My favorite is the office as I've always wanted a cabinet like that one... from IKEA perhaps?
Am about to spending this snowy day indoors - decluttering and cleaning. What will you be doing this weekend?
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Beautiful colors to freshen up a living space.
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I haven't been ready to think about Christmas until today - when I saw these pretty photos from Bodie & Fou. Aren't they lovely?
Maybe now I'll smile more when I hear Christmas music on the radio.
photos via BODIE and FOU
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Maria and Eric's Amsterdam home has to be one of my most favorite Apartment Therapy house tours ever!
photography: Breanne Johnsen
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pictures © Vosgesparis - Amsterdamnext.com
Amsterdam Next (a blog from Desiree who also publishes Vosges Paris) featured these photos of Harvest and Company.
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Thanks to Anna at Door Sixteen for posting about the article in Dwell on Orla Kiely (September issue). I need to peruse that issue and keep the Orla Kiely pages.
I'm a huge fan of Orla Kiely! (She just teamed up with Target again and is offering accessories for iPhones and iPads. Super cute.)
Here are photos of her new home and her previous home.
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