A reminder: if you haven't already done so, don't forget to enter
my giveaway hosted by
Down and Out Chic. You can win your choice of a Danish modern peacock candelabra or a 1940's Argus camera. International entries are welcome too, but hurry up and enter - the winner will be chosen tonight!
I'm long overdue for a feature on one of my favorite blogs:
what's blogging my view. Not only does Norwegian blogger Janne provide constant design inspiration for me, but her various posts about her adopted Fox Terrier Kurt, her little boy, her attempts to save a baby bird, her travels, and everything else that she blogs about have me alternately smiling, laughing, crying, googling, thinking, and thankful that there are people so lovely and talented as Janne out there in the world.
Janne has been featured in
several publications, including Norwegian Elle(!). She finds the coolest things for her home, many of them vintage, often thrift finds. The shelves above Janne's couch include a dog pencil drawing dated 1931, which she found at a junk yard. That amazing oil painting is by Norwegian artist named Ansgar Leiten, and is dated 1965. Another amazing flea market find!
In Janne's tiny sewing room, a cupboard inherited from her grandfather, and a lovely plate display (which I know
Christina will appreciate).
Just a tiny example of Janne's extensive mid-century dinnerware collection.
A furniture makeover by Janne.
I envy Janne's dinnerware and pottery collection, because it's extremely hard to find fabulous mid-century Scandinavian pieces where I live.
Janne makes beautiful pillows and pillow covers from vintage fabrics and silk scarves. She sells her pillows and other handmade items for the home in her online shop
JB Design. She also has an
Etsy shop, where she sells her book covers and magnets sewn from vintage fabrics, and brooches made from vintage dinnerware.
And for all of you who enjoyed my
Omodern post, here is some great info from Janne: "Omodern is Swedish for unfashionable, by the way. And the white box in the shower is the hot water tank/boiler. I have a whole book on 'man bands' as you call them - I keep thinking I should make a blog post..." Pretty please, will you do a blog post on the man bands, Janne?
For those of you not familiar with Lovely Clusters, blogger/designer Rachel Follett has put together beautiful handmade and vintage product collections by color. In addition to the catalog, you can view the complete collection by color or category. And the Lovely Clusters blog is total eye candy. Did I mention that Rachel lives in Hawaii?
And funny thing, when I checked my google analytics a few days ago, I found that my orange tea kettle (above) had been featured on The Kitchn too! I'm always telling Kate that we are on the same wavelength, and here's yet another example. I swear, she's the Minnesota me (though far more stylish).
I have a crazy-busy week ahead of me, so please excuse my continued flakiness when it comes to blogging. I brought like 60 pieces of Portmeirion China back from TX to eBay for my Mom, plus we had a trim/moulding installation job (for an entire house) fall in our lap that needs to be done asap, plus I've lots of goodies to list in the shop whenever I can find a minute, and we may have a quickie overnight road trip to the midwest next weekend for some shop inventory. Whew! And my husband's family hasn't even begun to figure out the Thanksgiving meal plan (I'm a planner by nature, so this causes me anxiety - do I buy a turkey tomorrow so it can begin thawing?).
Janne has been featured in several publications, including Norwegian Elle(!). She finds the coolest things for her home, many of them vintage, often thrift finds. The shelves above Janne's couch include a dog pencil drawing dated 1931, which she found at a junk yard. That amazing oil painting is by Norwegian artist named Ansgar Leiten, and is dated 1965. Another amazing flea market find!
In Janne's tiny sewing room, a cupboard inherited from her grandfather, and a lovely plate display (which I know Christina will appreciate).
Just a tiny example of Janne's extensive mid-century dinnerware collection.
A furniture makeover by Janne.
I envy Janne's dinnerware and pottery collection, because it's extremely hard to find fabulous mid-century Scandinavian pieces where I live.
Janne makes beautiful pillows and pillow covers from vintage fabrics and silk scarves. She sells her pillows and other handmade items for the home in her online shop JB Design. She also has an Etsy shop, where she sells her book covers and magnets sewn from vintage fabrics, and brooches made from vintage dinnerware.
