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Monday 29 October 2012

Bits and pieces of the weekend


For some time now I have been edgy in my home. There is just too much stuff in there at the moment.
Too many cute things, too many crafted things, to many colors.

I am craving the clarity of Scandinavian or Japanese houses, white with some earthy colors or some pastel,
different soft textures, light and space.

So this weekend was spent with a big clean-out. All the cute things went into boxes in the storeroom, and
now I can breathe again.

Unfortunately now I can also see much clearer the cracks on the walls and the smudges on the paint.
This house needs some serious TLC...

I started by re-painting my kitchen shelves. They used to be yellow, and I painted grey over it when we moved in.
Now I gave it another layer of grey. It looked really beautiful until I decided that the paint was try and
put the things back onto the shelves. Unfortunately the paint was not quite dry yet.

So sometimes this week I will do some more kitchen shelf painting...


Here some pictures of our weekend:


On Friday I discovered that the local stationary shop now sells 'Mollie Makes'!  This made me very happy :-).
Unfortunately, with all the cleaning, I haven't looked at it yet. But I know it is there, waiting for me:

 


Another book I am very keen on reading but haven't started yet:



These beauties escaped the big clean-out:



Painting my formerly dark brown mirror frame:


Done:

 

The very first rain! Eva went to dance in it, but I wasn't allowed to take a picture of that :-):



Sunday morning breakfast :


 
Frida, nearly caught in the act. Why is it that the chickens eat the dog food, the dogs eat the cat food, and the cats
make a run for the human food when nobody is looking?:



What counts as fun when you are a dachshund:



The beautiful orchids my friend Malaika left in my care when she moved to Germany:



The pantry cupboard, after the clean-out (couldn't bring myself to photograph the before :-) ):



Flowers don't last in our current heatwave. But I quite like these eucalyptus branches:

 


Parts of sunday's dinner:



 Wishing you a wonderful start to a happy week!




Lots of love,




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8 comments:

  1. I just always love your blog and your house and reading what you are doing. it is such a great inspiration... I would have to urgently do a clean-out at my place, i just have no idea where to start and am just dreading it. oh, and i am getting a bad conscience, it has been ages since I have written my last blog... hugs

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  2. I, too, go through phases where I just have to declutter the decorations. I'm glad to see that the rocks stayed. I LOVE my rocks. My house and garden are filled with rocks I've brought back from trips to the Adirondacks, canyons out west, and beaches.

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  3. dein wochenende muss eine ewigkeit gedauert haben, liebe jutta;) so viele und so viel schöne,alltägliche und liebenswerte bilder!
    liebst birgit

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    1. Dankeschön liebe Birgit. Ging trotzdem viel zu schnell vorbei...
      Hugs, Jutta

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  4. While some people are getting ready for chilly weather, others are going through the big spring cleaning! Love your "escaped" rock collection :)

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  5. What beautiful pictures. I am glad you are feeling better after you decluttering and attempts at freshening things up.

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