Butikk Josefine

On the small island where I live just outside of Bergen, there are some special interior design stores. One of them is Butikk Josefine. I went last Saturday with my boys to visit the store. In the Kafe we ate home made muffins, boller and lefse and I had a very good cappuccino. While the kids ate I had the opportunity to look around the shop and I took pictures with permission of the owner.

The contrast of new things with old things is fantastic, and that is the philosophy of the store. Some of the new things are from the brand House Doctor like lamps and vases, but they also have there own manufactured goods, such as purses and pillows and some old things such as typewriters and maps.

You can visit the blog here: Butikk Josefine and come to visit the beautiful store! They are open thursdays, fridays and saturdays

I made a great purchase! Can you guess what did I buy?

DIY Pots Makeovers

If you have boring and plain pots this DIY is the perfect inspiration.

For this one you need glue and rope

For this one you need glue, wallpaper and paint

I hope you like my colorful ideas :) 

DIY with buttons

Trend or not I am into the yellow wave! I I bought two yellow cushions from Åhlens, one for the living room and the other one for the TV room, where we already have four cushions from Åhlens in red, orange, blue and purple :) Who says NO to buy one for 99kr or two for 149kr!

I got inspired from other blogs and designs with the peace symbol and did a make over to a old simple cushion. I collected all the buttons that I found around the house including spare buttons of jackets, blouses, pants... etc... I paint a circle on the fabric and I draw the peace symbol. Then I align the buttons and sewed them one by one.

I had so much fun doing this little project! It took me only few hours :)  and love the result.

UPDATE:

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