Monthly Archives: October 2011

INSPIRATION: CHRISTIEN MEINDERTSMA

Make/Do: white, black & gold pumpkins

Halloween is just one week away - whoah! I don't do much decorating for Halloween (except for the kiddie's carved pumpkins!) but am completely inspired by this grouping of black, white and gold gussied-up pumpkins. They are all unique, interesting & could easily be completed in less than an hour.

For more info & photo credit:
gold & numbers // mummy // black painted // alphabet

Where do you get your inspiration? Do you Pinterest? House&Hold does, here.

wishlist look no. 1

Add this look to your wishlist! Here is Wishlist Look No. 1 !

1. Lighting //  &Tradition Flowerpot Pendant Lamp in white
2. Wallpaper //similar to: Ferm Living Feather Wallpaper
3. Table // similar to: Design House Stockholm Wing Drop Leaf Table
4. Chairs //similar to:  Design House Stockholm Family Chair 3+4
5. Rug // similar to: Dwellstudio Draper Stripe Ink/Cream Rug
6. Accessory // similar to: Ferm Living Petrol Knitted Basket

Want to start your own wishlist? Click here to create an account. Once signed in, simply click on the Wishlist 'heart' on a product page to add to your House&Hold wishlist.

Image via Flickr.

Introducing: Vân Tran Monnier

Meet Vân Tran Monnier, one of the newest contributing editors for the H&H blog.  Vân will make you smile with her upbeat ideas & poppy assemblages. We look forward to Vân's picks & posts as she settles into her new 'home in Copenhagen, Denmark! Be sure to check out Vân's blog, Rhymes With Fun & follow her pins on Pinterest - she's brilliant! You can also read more about Vân here.

And, as a little get to know... 3 Q&A's with Vân :

If you could be one color, what color would you be?
Aqua--it is my absolute favorite color and can paired with so many other colors, especially red, so happy!

What is your favorite room in your home? Why?
It would have to be the kitchen--it's where delicious food is made and people naturally congregate there. Our current kitchen has more counter space than we had at our last house and it's like a food prep dream come true.

What is your favorite sweet treat to make in the kitchen?
Cupcakes! I think they are the perfect ratio of frosting to cake and you can decorate them to look pretty so easily. My extremely close second would be puppy chow...nothing beats chocolate with peanut butter.

vice versa // flocks & lines

I really do not encourage anyone to match their art to their decor. It is generally a bad idea to be so literal!

But, art always calls to mind a particular color, shape or feeling -- Hot pink, lines & floating -- that is easily associated with objects that are familiar.  And knowing the black dots in the piece above are not dots, but birds (!) allows you to consider the lines as one shape.... oh, the movement! So cool.

Art: Hadley Starlings (Flock #9) by Catherine Ulitsky.

1. Cloud Chair by Design House Stockholm
2. Orbit Chandelier by Patrick Townsend
3. veloCity Dinnerplate set by notNeutral
4. Adrift Camber Pop Mobile by Schmitt Design

Vice Versa \\ A phrase used to indicate that the preceding phrase is true, both as it is, and also if you flip the two terms within.

Inspiration: &Tradition

Here's an inspiring group of photos depicting &Tradition's lighting in action.  From formal arrangements to some more playful groupings. Grouping pendant lamps together in different ways can create a very dramatic sense of dimension and even transform itself into a contemporary 'chandelier'  if symmetrically arranged.

spotted & inspired: ferm living plywood animals

Spotted & totally inspired! Beside the fact that I love the blog Weekday Carnival, I was so happy to see the Ferm Living Plywood Animals.... in action!

The playfulness of this desk is lovely & well-edited. And the use of white is so refreshing!

Image via this Weekday Carnival blog post.

cashew butter cookies

I love making small batches of cookies! You get all the enjoyment of baking as well as an opportunity to do a bit of experimenting without the possibility of wasting too many ingredients. It also limits the amount of gorging you might do on the 50 or so cookies a full batch usually produces. This one turned out somewhere between a proper peanut butter cookie & a graham cracker. Down right delicious!

1/2 cup whole wheat graham flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cashew butter

1/4 cup almond milk

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Mix flour, baking soda & salt in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, combine cashew butter, almond milk, coconut oil and maple syrup. Pour dry mix into wet and stir until just combined. Spoon drop batter onto a non-stick covered or lightly oiled baking sheet, press gently with a wet fork to get imprint. Sprinkle with a tiny bit of turbinado sugar. Bake in an oven set at 350 for near 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool & enjoy.

Makes 12.

Vân Tran Monnier BIO

Vân is a print designer who recently moved to Copenhagen (yes, Denmark!) after growing up and living in Minneapolis. She has a great love for happy colors, eye-catching pattern, and all things paper. She lives with her nerdy husband and crazy dog, and looks forward to decorating a Danish apartment that is the perfect balance of modern and hygge. Click here to read all Vân's posts

If you can’t get enough of her here, you can also find her blogging at rhymeswithfun.

Spotted & Inspired: Magno Radio

I love seeing what products on House&Hold look like in real people's homes and in use. It's always interesting to see what colors & styles are layered together.

So I was quite happy to find the Magno Medium Radio by Singgih Kartono recently on the blog Musta Tuntuu. I'm totally liking how the radio looks next to & in contrast with the other black objects.  Isn't it lovely?! And that tiger drawing taped in the background? Hot.

Photo on left via Musta Tuntuu.