On The Boards - Sushi Bar Concept

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Airbnb’s Amazing Office Space in San Francisco

I am so inspired by this unique office space designed by Michaels Garcia and farid Tamijidi for Airbnb

I love the clean line, modern Vitra pieces against more traditional pieces, the Injections of humor  and the clever incorporation of  their actual listings throughout the space  from Hong Kong, Berlin etc...

Merry Christmas to you and yours !!!

Window Display concept for Flower Boutique by RE.DZINE

Here is a concept for a Floral Boutique I have been working on (click on the images to enlarge)

A Trinity Bellwoods Town Homes - Toronto

A collaborative effort of two prominent builders and two award winning design firms. This fantastic mix of residential spaces, retail spaces, entertainment venues, galleries and parks will make this an ideal location for any urbanite or city-loving family.  


 I love this model unit by  by Cecconi Simone    with the color palette of white, black, walnut and yellow, custom millwork, with alternating closed and open storage and horizontal composition of solids and voids.

Decanter Fixtures - Creative and Eco friendly light fixtures

These elegant fixtures were designed by Lee Broom for a London Bar, Coquine. You can make these yourself. Remove the bottom of the decanter and place in a simple hanging bulb. The decanters you can find from antiques store and vintage stores

"7 Days of Madrid" - Day 6

My husband Dave had his big presentation at the near by Intercontinental hotel for the AIMS International. Meanwhile Siena and I took a metro to downtown for some shopping and lunch.

Later that night we had dinner with AIMS group at  Real Café Bernabéu,   with view to the field in an innovative space. Too bad there was no game that night.

.......and on the 7th Day we rested at the hotel before the long flight........


Gracias Madrid !

" 7 Days Of Madrid" - Day 5

On the 5th Day we took a taxi to Palacio Real De Madrid, because "Siena wanted to meet the Spanish Princess" :-))))) Of course now a day The palace is only used for state ceremonies as the Royal Family lives in Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid.

There was no photography allowed inside the palace, so this picture of the "Throne Room" is from internet:

After touring the palace we proceeded to it's beautiful garden, Jardines del Palacio Real where we ran into a local celebrity and I should say personality, Carmen Diaz and her two fabulous rescue chihuahuas, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader x-D. I first noticed Annakins fabulous ensamble, it's custom made outfit. That, and the fact that it is on her contract that she is allowed to bring her dogs to work,  is all I needed to know about Carmen to like her immediately.
She gave us the whole story about the dogs and how she named them (a Spanish Star Wars enthusiastic), and how she organized the  Madrid premier for "Beverly Hills Chihuahua". This is on a video tape which I hope to post soon. Dave promised her to send this video to George Lucas's staff (he knows some of the staff members). I believe meeting this Trio was the highlight for us all that day. What a charming lady. We chatted at least for an hour.

As for dinner, we had some Tapas at a lovely Midnight Rose Restaurant located inside the ME Hotel

Christmas Calendar: - Dec 7th DIY

My favorite part of "Christmas presents" is wrapping the gifts. Here are some fun ideas for gift wrapping:

Happy Birthday Finland!

Thank you to all the veterans for everything you did, so My Family and I can enjoy a land of free :-)


Swedish people have a habit of making fun of my beloved beautiful language, Finnish, saying it's ugly and rough, ....really?!...have you ever heard what Swedish sounds like....not so lovely and smooth either , so we decided, once and for all ,to have an International Jury decide which one of these two languages is prettier. The Jury formed a very simple English sentence to be translated to both languages. 
Here it is: "Island, island, grassy island; grassy island's maiden." In Finnish: "Saari, saari, heinäsaari; heinäsaaren neito." And in Swedish: "Ö, ö, hö ö; hö ö mö" . 
We are still waiting for the results because the Jury hasn't stopped laughing ;-P


and here is a link to a fun episode of my favorite program "Big Bang Theory" in which Sheldon is attempting, and if I may say so is doing pretty good, to learn Finnish.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opw6e7ItInc&feature=share

Lovely Industrial style house in Sao Paolo

Loft  conversion of old industrial building into residential housing has been becoming more and more popular benefiting from large space and convenient locations. This beautiful recently finished 100 m2 industrial loft was designed by Diego Revolla, interior designer and architect from Sao Paolo, Brazil.  (click on the images to enlarge)

Source: Modern Architecture & Design News

Christmas Calendar: - Dec 6th : Free Printable Gift Tags from sass & peril

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Christmas Calendar: - Dec 5th DIY : Paper Bowls for your Christmas Table

Is your Christmas table short of bowls? Do them yourself of paper pulp

What you need:

- slivers of paper

- wallpaper paste

- round plastic bowl










How to:

1. Prepare the wallpaper paste.

2. Turn the plastic bowl upside down. Apply the paste and paper alternately. Place the paper tightly on the bowl. A few layers of paper is enough. Leave the edge uneven.

3. The paper bowl dries and comes off of the plastic bowl by itself.

4. Use the bowls for dry food only. If the food is warm or greasy, add a piece of baking paper inside the bowl.

source: scandinavian deko

" 7 Days of Madrid " - Day 4

In the morning I kissed Dave and Siena farewell and sent them for some father - daughter time and took a metro to Chueca, a popular area for Madrid's  gay community. Chueca is very lively, with many street cafes and boutique shops; Lonely Planet describes it as "Lively young, and always inclusive."
....and this was pretty much the first building greeting me in the area...
Exterior of Oscar Hotel which is part of the room-mate hotell chain
(click on the images to enlarge)

...and the hotel lobby:

My next stop was Isolée, great place for fashion, food and drinks. My Café con leche was as soothing for my taste buds as the interior was for my style buds.

Designer Teresa Sapey created parallel lines coloured in different hues of grey to cover the walls from both floors. In order to visually separate the areas, she used two different materials on the floor, wood for the store and black ceramic for the bar.

My next stop was Teatriz , an old Beatriz Theatre  turned it into an spectacular, avant-garde restaurant by Philippe Starck.

Before heading back to the hotel, I had late lunch at UDON noodle bar (in the corner of Gran Via) , a little change for all the Tapas I had consumed for past few days....ok, fine....I picked it for the fabulous architectural ceiling ;-P  The restaurant was completed by architects Quim Girbau & Neus Mateu. For the design of the ceiling architects consulted Medio design and LAN for the implementation of parametric design and digital fabrication.

After a bit of research I found a link to some images of the construction of this ceiling: