Neat!

Our new furniture is a real miracle worker. My husband loves it as he has all his tools within easy reach and I love the stool as I don't anymore find tools anywhere I look.

Buy one if you find one, I quarantee great happiness all around :)

Trapped (or not)

The old herring tin gets to sit in a fish trap...or so it thinks...in reality the trap is a wire cage meant for herbs to protect them from predators.

Who cares

I think this little brass lady does the gallic shrug perfectly. To me it seems that she is eternally answering the question with a shrug that says "I don't know and couldn't care less and anyway it is not my fault". I think this is a perfect attitude for a lady decorating an ashtray.

The secret of flourishing house plants

I only have green fingers outside of the house, or so I thought before buying Vårkulla. This fake olive tree was what I started with (and it still looks good if I just remember to dust it every now and then).But then I found out that the secret of keeping house plants alive and well is as follows: no water, very little light and just a touch of warmth for five days a week. At home I have no hope of keeping any flowers alive but at Vårkulla they flourish so this must be true.

The best parties are in the kitchen

Here are some recent photos from our kitchen.

Well oiled

I used to use only olive oil when cooking but now I use other oils, too. My new favourite is sesame oil, it has a bit of a burned taste that goes really well with wok dishes. Avocado oil is great for Mexican food and truffel oil goes well with anything, really. Just remember to use it as a spice, a little goes a long way.

I keep my oil bottles in an old measure. This way I don't need to worry about oil marks on the table.

Toolbox for a woman to love

All it took was some idle searching at tori.fi and I found it. A perfect furniture to hide my husband's tools in. The seller was kind enough to drop the stool at my husband's workplace so we didn't need to do anything but pay for it. Easy does it!

I'll show you more pictures when my husband has gathered his tools from all-over-the-place and put them where they should be.