We didn't want to burn the floor

Since there are actually laws (if not recommendations) and common sense to dictate that when one has a fireplace, you should protect your wooden floor, we did try to invent something to put under our modern fireplace.

The idea also was to use the space under the fireplace to store the logs. 

We really didn't understand how one could use the fireplace without anything before. Wasn't it dangerous?

Anyway, since the fireplace is in some sort of copper, we went and ask Vinslövs Plåt to make a taylor-made piece of plate, in copper, to have there.

It looks so shiny now!

But the colors are beautiful

Now, we just miss a spark arrestor in cast iron. Not the easiest task on the planet, of course.

Bathroom enhancements

Although we have completed the bathroom renovation few months ago, we have taken our time for finalizing some details.
Slowly, we have added accessories for making the environment more comfortable and practical.

Panorama of the bathroom, as it looks today

We have added a curtain for the shower (bought at Åhlens) and few items of need, like a soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder and a toilet brush. I have bought them through Butik Öland, an online shop that sells items from different brands, including Miljögården. Unfortunately, the toilet brush broke spontaneously after 8 months. Butik Öland was very professional in handling the errand, while I was very disappointed at Miljögården for the lack of interest in keeping customers. Since the product was not of high quality and considering their approach to my request, I will try to avoid them as much as I can in the future.

Soap dispenser

Toothbrush holder

Toiletbrush

Noticing annoying water stains on the floor every now and then, especially when giving Isabella a bath, we have then bought a couple of carpets (Hemtex).

Carpets

Finally, considering that with the light on, everything is perfectly visible, we needed to put a curtain. We thought that a so called cafègardin would have worked fine, but pity, such curtains are not the most popular currently.
Thanks to some expert hands (the ones of Mattias' mother), we managed to put together a nice curtain that matches the tiles color quite fine.

Cafègardin

Lace detail

The pictures are worse than usual since the natural light in this period is scarce and my bad skills can't compensate such environment!

A Wallergård's nostalgia (and not only)

This has been for years Mattias' dream: to get hands on a Jetson armchair.
Why this obsession? Everything is connected to the memories of his childhood, when his grandfather (from mother side) used to sit on a similar armchair and play around with his grandchildren.

We have had the luck to finally spot two of the "right color" (to match our yellow senap wall in the studio) for a decent price, on Blocket and it was nice to find out that, although a bit torn by usage, they are from the 70s and not some newly produced items.

I can now realize that this was also Pico's dream...and we had no idea!

Pico, enjoying the Jetson

Do you want to find out something more about this armchair? You can read here or here.

Finalizing some light

Surely, the attention lately is about light and lamps. 

Since we got the hang of an electrician, we managed to do some small things, that I suppose many would address as trivial. 

Among such things, we have got up some lamps we bought through some Facebook flea market. 

The lamps on the side of the fireplace are two Orrefors wall-lamps, from the 60s, designed by Carl Fagerlund.

One of the wall-lamps

The lamps on the side of the fireplace

Still looking at some Facebook flea market, I saw on sale another lamp. Same style. It was indeed connected to these ones, so I just went and buy it and, since it was too small to be placed in the dining room, it got to be hanged in the veranda, so that there would be still a connection between the three lamps.

Orrefors lamp

Can you see where the lamp is? 

And, since we were at it, we finally found out why one of our auction-bought lamps wasn't working...

No wonder!