Chez Larsson

The Unfinished Project

This old wash stand is one of my very first really great finds. When I lived in Älmhult (the birth place of IKEA) back in the mid 80's I found it in an abandoned house along with some other stuff that I've since gotten rid of. It's served me well for over two decades as a bedside table, an entry hall catch-all and as a place to put down the laundry basket at our old house.

 

At the new place it's been moved around in the basement and hadn't really found it's place so I got an idea. I started by removing the top bit.




Then I measured to find the middle and used the straight edge of the saw to draw the line.

 

Then I used the same saw to - yes - saw it down the middle.

 

Yup, two pieces now. What on earth was I up to?

 

Tada! It used to serve as a bedside table in one of our old apartments and now I figured I'd use it as TWO bedside tables.

 

The plan was to re-paint them and attach them to the walls with L-brackets but then another thought entered my mind which kind of made them redundant...

So now I have two halves of an old wash stand and still no bedside tables. What entered my mind? I'll tell you more later!

Ps. Please ignore the cables mess, I was just trying the tables out here. You didn't think I was going to leave it as is did you?!

366: Day 23-29

I still prep Wille’s breakfast in the mornings. His school days are really long and hard and I want to make sure he eats properly before leaving. Vanilla yoghurt with homemade granola, PB on toast, half a grapefruit, fuet sausage and tea.
 

Bonus is still at home!

 

About once a week I get take out after work. I usually have sushi while Wille prefers Thai and usually something with chicken.

 

Speaking of the Stockholm subway last week and this cool subway car greeted me in the morning on my way to work. They wallpapered the interior with bookcases filled with Piratförlaget books. It felt like being in a library on the move.

 

Good mail day! I was featured in Plaza Interör magazine once and ever since they send me the magazine every month. This was a particularly great issue with loads of inspiration!

 

B-b-b-b-onus! My man!

 

As you can see we still have snow. On the plus side it makes everything a little bit lighter outside but Wille and I really wish it would go away. We want spriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

Attention to Detail

I love attention to detail like that on my entry hall coat rack (which is the Wave by Design House Stockholm btw). See that screw? It's WHITE! 

Please ignore the awful wall cladding, One day in the far away future I WILL line it and make it smooooooth.

Happy weekend! Hope you have a great one!

Ps. I didn't win the Favorite Blog contest over at Hus & Hem, but thank you so much all who voted for me!

Valentine's Boxes

I decided to take a rest from renovating last weekend and devoted it to getting to know my new iMac but also to do some crafts. I've been longing to do crafts for crafts sake. You know just sit there with paper and scissors and create something for the fun of it. Those two boxes above are the results of my Saturday morning session. No music, no TV, just snipping and gluing away.

 

 

I'm very lucky in that Panduro Hobby sends me a package of craft supplies every two months this year. The first package arrived just before Christmas and I used some of the contents to wrap my Christmas gifts. This second package is Valentine's themed. With that in mind most of what arrived was romantic and a little on the frilly side and since I'm not in a very romantic mood I went for the cream and black card stock and the simple heart boxes for my craft.

 

I started out by covering the black box with the card stock using the lid as a template and measuring the height of the sides and cut strips for them.

Then I used gluestick to stick the card stock to the box and held it in place with some clips until dry.

For the cream box I again used the lid as a template and traced six hearts onto the card stock.

Cut them all out...

... and stacked and stitched them together on my sewing machine.

That created like a heart shaped booklet when spreading the pages...

 

... which I then stuck onto the lid of the box with glue stick.

 

Again using random clips to hold everything in place until completely dry.

To embellish the black box I cut out several smaller hearts and used adhesive pads to elevate them on each other. I trippled the pads for better height.

And there they are, my not so cutesy Valentine's boxes. I shall be filling them with some treats come the 14th. Happy V-day in advance!

Stuck Glasses

How annoying is it when you get two glasses out of your cabinet and they're stuck together? After getting the dishwasher that happens more often than before because I sometimes stack the glasses before they've cooled down completely. Trying to pry them apart used to freak me out because I was worried they'd shatter in my hands.

 

Then I remembered this trick. Pour hot water in a bowl, put the bottom glass in the hot water. Pour cold water in the top glass. 

 

The hot water will expand the bottom glass while the cold water will shrink the top glass leaving a tiny bit of space so you can easily take them apart. Works every time!