Finally green all over!!!

We just never stop talking about the weather. It’s always so unpredictable and never gives us what we want.

Like the spring this year. We have really been waiting for it longer than normal, and nature just can’t wait any longer and is finally getting green all over.The only thing we are still waiting for is some warmer temperatures, they are still very low for the season. 

But never the less! My little garden is ready for the summer and some cozy evenings on our new couch that finally is painted the right color after 3 layer, and my retro cushions also just got finished today. New plants and flowers have also taken their places and still have a lot of space in the pots to grow big and beautiful. 

So please come with some summer temperatures and the barbeque and white wine can come out in the open.

 

 

 

A new beauty salon!

A few weeks ago I was at a market in Amsterdam together with a friend. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular and my husband had before I left warned me about coming home with too much crap. 'No no' I said, 'don’t worry'!! 

But things went a little bit different than I thought, and suddenly at the market I was standing in front of this hairdryer, smiling and said to my friend; 'What a cool old fashioned thing'!. Not even thinking about buying it. But the lady who wanted to sell this hairdryer came to me and told me that I could buy it for 1 euro. 1 euro???? I was laughing and suddenly my head started spinning with ideas and thinking that for 1 euro I couldn’t leave it there. I had to buy it. And so I did with a big smile and laugh with my friend. Who buy’s an old hairdryer??? The funniest thing is that it even works!!

But as you can see on the photo’s I have no plans of using it myself. It has become a great piece of toy now, and later on I am going to use it a bit differently for my book. 

But for now it’s for the beauty salon for the doll’s here at home. As you can see on the photo’s its quite windy (even though it’s not turned on:-)) and Miss Dolly is not sure that she likes it yet. I think she has to get use to a thing like this, even though it’s as old as She is.

 

 

 

 

Denmark

Yesterday we came back from a little holiday in Denmark. We stayed in the summerhouse from my parents at the west coast and it was lovely to be back.

We haven’t been there for years and a lot of things had changed since then. Inside nothing had changed since years but outside trees were gone and young trees had taken the place instead, which gave a totally new view.The girls couldn’t remember it any longer, but liked it a lot even though it was quite cold this time. 

But we had a nice time together with grandma and grandpa and went to see some real Danish tourist attractions that they had there. We went to a house which was decorated with shells from all over. They called it the snail house but it was more shells than snail houses you saw. Funny to see how a hobby can turn into an attraction in the middle of nowhere. But the girls love shells and wanted to buy them all.

Now we are back again and into normal after two weeks of holiday.

 

Playhouse

We are taking it very slow here at home at the moment. The girls have a two weeks school holiday and the last week we have been busy painting and redecorating their little house in the garden. 

The wooden ceilings and floors were not looking that fresh any longer, so I decided to paint it so it would be nice and fresh for the summer. The chalkboards also got a new splash of paint and are looking great again. The cushions are back in the house after a winter in their rooms, and other pieces of toy will properly enter the little house in the next coming weeks when the weather gets better and better. 

I am also working a new wooden sofa in the garden, but it’s not quite finished yet so you will see that later on. 

This week we also leave for a trip to Denmark. I am really looking forward to go back again. This time we will be at the west coast in my parents little summerhouse. Have a nice day all of you.

Having fun!

As I have earlier been talking about, I am busy making a book (a long project!) about reusing/recycling old toys and making your own cute interior for your children’s playroom. 

I am really having fun with it and I just want to give you a little peak of some of it, because it makes me so happy my results. I also want to make you curios and a little bit warm for maybe buying my book one day when it’s published. But that is still very far away I think?