House goals

Lately my dream of leaving the London city life to buy a house in the Swedish countryside has grown even stronger and I spend way too much time looking at houses for sale online. Like this dream for just over £100.000.

Or this awry one with an old farmers shop on ground floor.

Or, last but not least, this cutie with a bit of windswept horror movie charm. Also for £100.00.

A house like one of these and a dog and what else could you wish for?

Living room change over

We've changed some stuff around in the living room – and we've got a new rug. 

All the furniture is from Ikea except for the table that's a flea market find and the wooden stool that our friend Ludde made and gave to us before moving back to Sweden. The cushion is a market find from Istanbul, the marble tray is from TGR and the paintings are flea market finds as well.

Plant goals

All pictures are from my Home map on Pinterest.

Licorice and lamps

Yesterday I went to Ikea to buy the lamps below for our bedroom. The whole idea with getting a bedside table each was to get a lamp each to be able to read before falling a sleep at night, but things take so much longer then you expect them to, right? Anyway, yesterday I finally got myself on that train but when I finally got there the fkn lamps had sold out, and I had even checked the in store availability in the morning. I was so sad and tired and frustrated I didn't buy anything except a salad bowl and loads of licorice and different cookies. And a rosehip drink. Yum.

Anyhow, when I got home again, with hours spent on what felt like absolutely nothing, I realized you can order the lamps online. So I did, and when I was on it a couple of other things that I've been having my eyes on for a while, slipped into that virtual basket as well. A rug for the living room and new bar stools for the kitchen for example. Now I just have to wait for the order to arrive before I can finally get to read all those books in bed!

Hackney Attic, 6 months!

The blog turns 6 months today! It feels both longer and shorter in an odd way. To celebrate I thought we were going to take a look at how the flat has changed since before we moved in and what it been looking like over the months.

This is the pictures that I found on Rightmove and it was these, the price and the location that made us call, go to a viewing and decide to go for it, in only two days. Double the time it took us to get our previous flat for which we signed the contract 24 hours after landing in London...

Some of the first pictures I took of the flat, the first months after we moved in. Quite empty, but oh how you miss summer when you look at them. 

We decided to tear out the plastic carpet in the kitchen cause underneath it was a wooden floor that we later painted white. Here's after the first layer where I didn't bother to move the fridge or stove.

Some of the most recent pictures. But we're constantly changing bits and bobs and the livingroom already looks quite different. Plus we're thinking of treating ourselves with a new bed for Christmas. One that actually has room for both of us (apparently I'm taking up way too much space according to P). 

Treasure hunting • A coffee table

Today I found a great little coffee table for £15 in a charity shop here in Hackney! I also found new spots for two of my largest plants. Slowly, slowly making our flat more homey. I'm still thinking of painting all floors in the same white as the kitchen since I still have a lot of paint left. What do you think of that? Do or don't? 

Dream kitchens

All pictures are from my Home map on Pinterest.

10 pictures Wednesday

Today I woke up late, but at least I woke up feeling refreshed for once. I started off by coloring my eye brows and doing a face mask from No7. Then I had some breakfast.

Tea, juice and yoghurt.

Then I did the dishes, listening to this podcast, while the rain poured down outside the window.

Ready to seize the day in my new sleeveless turtleneck and vintage Levi's.

I made a late gift for someone who had her birthday last week. Sorry I'm so slow :(

Already lunch time! A leftover one.

After lunch I headed to this place, my favorite coffee shop, 119 Lower Clapton. I spent the rest of my day here, with coffee and studies, since I have an exam next week it's time to step it up. The picture's from here, since I left the camera at home (bad blogger).

Before I went home I went to post the gift and then to collect our veggie bag which for example contained this celeriac. I feel so stupid but I've never really connected celery and celeriac even though it makes total sense that they're the same plant.

Then I made dinner and completely forgot to take a photo of the finished meal. Bad blogger 2. It was celeriac mash with salmon if anyone would wonder.

Friends over for dinner

Last night we had our friends Joakim and Meliz over for dinner. We talked about traveling to the British countryside, the worlds most odd food (like the fried spiders of Cambodia), Hardstyle open airs, going to Harry Potter-land dressed up as characters from the movie (we're gonna be Malfoy, Voldemort, Snape and Bellatrix - guess who's who?) and other very important stuff to discuss.

I woke up like this

Today I woke up with the worst flu, feeling like I've swallowed something sharp and burning that tries to strangle me from within. I feel pretty shitty, and as you've already noticed, I feel very sorry for myself. I'm just gonna devote this day to my bed, to tea, to books and to rummage around the flat in ugly but soft clothes. Maybe I'll try out our bathtub. 

All pictures are from my Pinterest.