tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26657656989464995092024-03-12T13:20:57.271-11:00Un Lieu sur TerreThis space is my online place to share my current work, discoveries and inspirations – a celebration of all things simple, useful and beautiful. Welcome!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-44537960575752004622012-12-15T20:00:00.000-11:002012-12-15T20:00:08.955-11:00Deck the halls Scandinavian Style : a fast decor recipe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is hard to miss it : Scandinavian inspired decor are hot topics! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love how soothing, stylish and yet so homey those home decors are !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a recipe for instant decorating !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Basically you need ::</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ a</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> mostly white room</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">soft layered rugs or sheepskins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">white or light colored wooden furniture (Ikea based mixed with Grand-parents buffet will do great)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">organic shapes and natural </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">elements (think branches, pinecones, etc)</span><br />
★<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> candles (LOTS of it !)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">natural baskets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">cozy handmade pillows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ soft wollen / linen blankets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ silvers stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">★ home baked cookies to fill your house with delicious smell ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can go monochromic B&W or add touches of color (red is safe bet, but I guess you can choose Neon pink or Lemon Yellow if you are in the mood for it !)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my next post, I will show what we did around our house !</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-48131923700609722532012-12-05T06:19:00.004-11:002012-12-05T06:21:47.004-11:00Just add water<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Watercolor always fascinate me. I just bought some at a Steiner school Christmas fair. It is magical how the water pull the color in or out.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-77895423352508220582012-12-03T10:44:00.000-11:002012-12-03T10:44:23.312-11:00Personalized Gifts : Monogram pillow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New in the shop : you can now choose if you want your monograms embroidered or stamped.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because I have a Thermomix, I can turn regular granulated sugar into powder sugar ; whole hazelnuts into ground ones and chocolate into a fine paste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I bet any good food processor will do the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So mix your 90 g of powder sugar with ground hazelnut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add the 60g of dark chocolate and grind away until it turns into a paste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add the butter and milk in the Thermomix and let it melt and blend 3 minutes, speed 2 on 50 degrees (I am French, so mind you :: I am talking Celsius). Then mix 5 seconds at speed 9.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Without the Thermomix ::</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can do this in a saucepan on low heat (remember to keep a close eye on your milk :) ) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and then add your butter and milk mixture</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">into your food processor .</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mix everything at maximum speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Transfer into a glass jar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do refrigerate because it contains milk. I simply get it out of the fridge ahead of time to make sure it is a nice spreadable consistency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy !</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I always been inspired by places where growing food is the center of the activities. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Where food is taken very seriously. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Add it a nice environment and bit of design and you get my full attention !</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first time I read about Babylonstoren it was few years ago in one of those gorgeous travel magazine. Few weeks ago I came across an article in IDEAT magazine. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Babylonstoren is one of the best preserved <em>werfs</em> (farm yards) in the Cape Dutch tradition. Not only the manor house from 1777, but pioneer structures all the way back to the founding of the farm in 1690. The Koornhuis (for storing wheat and hay) and the old cellar are exceptionally fine. An ornate fowl house, pigeon loft, leaning bell tower and </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">historic gates embellish a traditional courtyard surrounded by a low, whitewashed wall".</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week end as the sun was playing hide and seek, we challenged ourselves with building our veggie garden "permaculture" way. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wish we transport it the old fashion way like in this picture below. In reality our car has been smelling like horse stable for 2 days now, mostly because one of our trip was for horse manure. Ah ! the things we do for homegrown veggies...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After reading many books (see list below) we decide to "take the plunge" (there is really no real risks involved besides failing). I did find some Permaculture classes around here but the amount of money asked seemed a bit "excessive" and it seemed wiser to invest on some materials instead.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We shall see if something grows out of our pile of hay.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Jardiner autrement by Margit Rush</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Le jardin naturel de Jean-Marie Lespinasse</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have been busy around here ! With help of a dear friend we are slowly - but surely- transforming </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a former</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "cave" (French word for storing area and wine cellar) into a guest quarter and a formal shed into a painting studio. All the pieces of wood that have been removed, are recycled for making a tree house for the girls (Peter's summer project!).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The girls are thrilled with their new "activities" (chicken tending, horse back riding, swimming, dancing).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't wait to finish organizing the painting studio and the big upper studio ( yes :: two creative spaces... better get busy "making" things soon !).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are waiting to have nice and warmer weather to start our first attempt at Permaculture veggie garden. So far we have simply outline the space where it will be and read many <a href="http://youtu.be/0sbPuNvV_TQ" target="_blank">books</a> and watch a bunch of video on Youtube especially this <a href="http://youtu.be/ugFd1JdFaE0" target="_blank">one</a> !</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-31232146186524592132012-04-27T21:32:00.001-11:002012-04-27T21:32:38.601-11:00Love this :: "The Yard" website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Found this great photo site :: <a href="http://theyardpdx.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">The yard</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I spend a great amount of time enjoying all the amazing photos shown there.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-38148994016444142522012-04-23T23:51:00.003-11:002012-04-24T00:04:47.789-11:00"Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">"slowly slowly catchy monkey" ?</span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">... a long journey starts with one step? </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, in our case our long journey started with one opened, emptied and then flatten to recycle moving box...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A very long serie of boxes ...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let's take a tour, shall we ? </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is slightly over 3 weeks since we first time we enter this house not as "guest" anymore but as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">legal owners with a rather impressive key ring set (almost each door has its own key... I will take pictures of some of the funkiest ones we inherited :: some could double as weapon or maybe beer opener ? )</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Behind the scene of the above picture... <br />And you still can not see the pile of boxes in the other corner</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">piling up tasks : trying to build + fit an ikea inside closet <br /><i>inside</i> the skin of cool existing closet. Easier said than done. <br />But the result worked perfectly in the end.<br />(now everyone has hanging space and shelves according to their age and size!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just realized that I wrote Ikea twice... Well, we thought <i>and s</i>aid that we would never buy anymore Ikea furniture ever... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Guess where we spent couple "romantic evenings" after movers were gone for the day ? Yep, that's right :: roaming in this aisles looking for very improbable words like TOFTERYD and alike...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For a handmade lover and maker like me : it is a bit awkward, I shall say. But this swedish brand is less than 30 minutes away and quite handy I have to admit.I already check online for better, more sustainable, greener you name it, ways of dealing with our lack of storage. But Ikea it was. Still looking for <i>the perfect</i> piece here and there(read :: design/second hand/vintage). It is my favorite game :: the wild goose chase !)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, finally :: here are more pictures with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fairly bad</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">quality of light :: taken with my cell phone, on a very grey day (I have been waiting for days to take pictures due to awful weather. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, since it won't clear up for an other week or so. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here you go : say Hello blurry pictures with green blue hue indoor lights !</span></div>
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Since last summer we embarked on a new journey :: finding a new home.<br />
We knew where we were moving to (well, at lead the area!)<br />
We knew the reasons why (work related). But we needed to find a new house to call home.<br />
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We visited many, many houses. Some were not a good fit at all (oh the storied I have on some of them !). Some were possibly okay but with some serious elbow grease works. Some were far too remoted (with Peter traveling quite often, not a good idea...).<br />
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We found a wonderful on one of the French borders. Gorgeous. Sold within 2 days... Yep, the housing market here in Switzerland is a bit crazy !<br />
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Then we found another one, with an amazing view, very contemporary wooden house. Tons of light. The yard was quite small and needed some clever terracing to make it somewhat usable We loved it and made an offer. But things are not meant to be, they just are. Nothing worked as expected. Everything was complicated and delayed. So many highs and lows. Until...<br />
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I decided to keep looking (if you know me it is VERY unlike me : I am stubborn french girl..).<br />
To make a long story short : I found what looks like to be a "jewel" online and called the real estate agency right away. House was not quite yet ready to be on the market but I managed to get the first appointment. Love at first sight for this centennial house with a big yard, two spaces for my studios, more storages and what a view! We met with this lovely family who have been very carefully and lovingly restauring this "chalet" with craftsmanship . Like us they were bicultural. Perfect match. <br />
When things are meant to be... they simply are.<br />
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Fast forward many months later with all the paper works required for every possible things (the B permit is a big thing before being able to get something done) we just moved few days ago as I am typing this.<br />
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I don't have many pictures (yet) to show but it will come ! I can simply tell you that the banner is made from one of the old blue print gently given by the previous homeowner.<br />
I thought that my brand name <i>UN LIEU SUR TERRE</i> will be a great match with this picture.<br />
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<i>A place on earth,</i> indeed.<br />
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Our new place on earth finally called "HOME".<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885424446174042162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665765698946499509.post-8720174998524056422012-03-20T06:29:00.007-11:002012-03-20T06:29:50.013-11:00Lost in the sea of pictures<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today I decided to clean up my photo storage and discovered some nice ones.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">his reply :: don't get any idea.</span></div>
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We had a great visit in Stockholm and Uppsala! </div>
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We got blessed with a stunning blue sky { = cold temperature} but it was just perfect !</div>
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We somehow managed to have a good blend visit to amazing design stores (even Emmaus has a vintage section and their clothes section is organized by colors !) , museums (Skansen and Junibacken were in order by popular demand !) and good amount of "Kanel or Cardamon Bulle". </div>
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It sure kept everyone happy and entertained !</div>
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