Beautiful all white home

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was just about to enjoy a cup of tea in the garden when the<a href="http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/" target="_blank"> IKEA Family Live</a> magazine plopped through the door. It couldn't have been better timing! There's always a few gems in there and this beautiful white home in Tuscany is a fine example. I spy many <a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank">IKEA</a> staples such as the <a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60179735/#/80067789" target="_blank">Urban chair</a>, and check out the paper display over the dining table - possible DIY project for the weekend?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fu8aDSbdaxA9QACaC9K1aZ5tLtrGNbLz3ieLEiuI6QZJBiP7Gk9MSkod5_2rlRgAJJnkJ-cYxC530bd0m3jBqzv7BWDMxCM0SERntpeuqxf627gTqb9d7H9-bF6vPfTlcq5ixNxhFcgv/s1600/1white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fu8aDSbdaxA9QACaC9K1aZ5tLtrGNbLz3ieLEiuI6QZJBiP7Gk9MSkod5_2rlRgAJJnkJ-cYxC530bd0m3jBqzv7BWDMxCM0SERntpeuqxf627gTqb9d7H9-bF6vPfTlcq5ixNxhFcgv/s640/1white.jpg" width="496px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTb-IEbAPWIYEKrJibMzCQ9OwBUEHbTZdNLnNVGZ20wUZWsn0Kbif00tcgx7-2IdwO6-6vVmoli1Yl04-vHLlcfkyJrhBTVpABbcaCWeIq2dMQ8zq6va9wXNzdTFj7z3fe36VYtMxeG0A/s1600/2white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTb-IEbAPWIYEKrJibMzCQ9OwBUEHbTZdNLnNVGZ20wUZWsn0Kbif00tcgx7-2IdwO6-6vVmoli1Yl04-vHLlcfkyJrhBTVpABbcaCWeIq2dMQ8zq6va9wXNzdTFj7z3fe36VYtMxeG0A/s640/2white.jpg" width="496px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWdhcdTvdi4F_gDHLuDxaHkTSOJ6R_hijmyqtTFMflCLRhTUlbXmdP_HFbnU7bC5hZglbdHpV8GZVYHJK6QbtTNwc984NmBLvoHixdiPC9Jd-gG-iOn2QxT12AC1WT7il4bszpkQaYCJy/s1600/1white3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWdhcdTvdi4F_gDHLuDxaHkTSOJ6R_hijmyqtTFMflCLRhTUlbXmdP_HFbnU7bC5hZglbdHpV8GZVYHJK6QbtTNwc984NmBLvoHixdiPC9Jd-gG-iOn2QxT12AC1WT7il4bszpkQaYCJy/s640/1white3.jpg" width="496px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwSc8DwFabXnvS9MENm68p_pACpeO4EWS2Q65RFq_YTnQD0TV356fQcqbAQDBX05dtLH6RTUJeJ98-FItvxOWqNEi-nZ1Cz_LwyqVA3-_s8aStE5cy7EnaWrp7BaXJIkgBWP7Z6w8pS92/s1600/1white2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwSc8DwFabXnvS9MENm68p_pACpeO4EWS2Q65RFq_YTnQD0TV356fQcqbAQDBX05dtLH6RTUJeJ98-FItvxOWqNEi-nZ1Cz_LwyqVA3-_s8aStE5cy7EnaWrp7BaXJIkgBWP7Z6w8pS92/s640/1white2.jpg" width="496px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGEUxi-_CdNV1jHvKXSWB2AL2k3p7faR_IvejNeg4eX1giBCaYwyleZfUPU0d0usYXTYWTu_LbF9oAz48QQU__lGkek-LdReyw4p9lh4ZIinURuKgy9O5mhChn7ibLhhWmCqC7cBNc_iG/s1600/1white4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGEUxi-_CdNV1jHvKXSWB2AL2k3p7faR_IvejNeg4eX1giBCaYwyleZfUPU0d0usYXTYWTu_LbF9oAz48QQU__lGkek-LdReyw4p9lh4ZIinURuKgy9O5mhChn7ibLhhWmCqC7cBNc_iG/s640/1white4.jpg" width="496px" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8p0PNs8xDxrmZAKVRJ3lmuy7UtMXjGTPPGOOFN5CDnw7mLB052OlMKm1n9weegg82WihPWwk69ZQbQwd0QMgET3GlOWLU5-khjpqnrO4jZeptRQ99OC_-BbBF2ee2CTPqdhdygbkAF78/s1600/1white5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8p0PNs8xDxrmZAKVRJ3lmuy7UtMXjGTPPGOOFN5CDnw7mLB052OlMKm1n9weegg82WihPWwk69ZQbQwd0QMgET3GlOWLU5-khjpqnrO4jZeptRQ99OC_-BbBF2ee2CTPqdhdygbkAF78/s640/1white5.jpg" width="496px" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ikeafamilylive.com/en/monicas-happy-balance#photo-3072" target="_blank">IKEA Family Live</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I also love the IKEA blog <a href="http://livethemma.ikea.se/" target="_blank">Livet Hemma </a>- the only trouble is it always makes me want to hot foot it down to IKEA to buy the latest <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/rooms_ideas/ps2012/index.html" target="_blank">PS collection</a> range.<br /><br />What do you think - do you have the restraint for an all white home?<br /><br />Another sunny day here in Sweden! I could get used to this :)

Beautiful all white home

I was just about to enjoy a cup of tea in the garden when the IKEA Family Live magazine plopped through the door. It couldn't have bee...

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Friday DIY- circular and square basket shelving

It's Frrrrrrrriday!! And here's a DIY project to look forward to over the weekend perhaps? The bloggers from IKEA's <a href="http://livethemma.ikea.se/inspiration/diy-nasum-naturlig-forvaring#comment-5005" target="_blank">Livet Hemma</a> have made this set of circular and square shelves from IKEA's <a href="http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/catalog/products/10157298/" target="_blank">NÄSUM Kista Bananfiber</a> baskets! A DIY take on the Finnish company <a href="http://www.muuto.com/" target="_blank">Muuto</a>'s <a href="http://www.muuto.com/collection/OTO100_storage_system/" target="_blank">circular shelving system</a>? Incidentally a friend of mine has the <a href="http://www.muuto.com/collection/OTO100_storage_system/" target="_blank">Muuto graphite version</a> in her little girls bedroom and they look super cool. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><em style="background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDnFAiiqHZvQjYb5rbwjUqyYS46UnvvrSqsyCMy6XUTwSIS5zCEsx_l2_wlOG_dz_oaTSMXvH8pyb3jrcGB0_bmFEIMQOnjht_aGhHGEBgkP-S-dVjJ2MxOS4XpYhLlphUWGYP0IpasJO/s1600/IKEA_basket_shelving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDnFAiiqHZvQjYb5rbwjUqyYS46UnvvrSqsyCMy6XUTwSIS5zCEsx_l2_wlOG_dz_oaTSMXvH8pyb3jrcGB0_bmFEIMQOnjht_aGhHGEBgkP-S-dVjJ2MxOS4XpYhLlphUWGYP0IpasJO/s640/IKEA_basket_shelving.jpg" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA9olcaqh5a8oHdja5zziNwXLm0CHxM3pUZIwSMtBZusGpQ_fR97_ab_zy8oRJA5nK8VC10lKwlGgNrcx_C3QxFE7AH_oFDvBPpbeEjvTqBv63VG4i2nd3-VC1oN2M_eJ7lHgPD2YJmMX/s1600/IKEA_Basket_shelving3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA9olcaqh5a8oHdja5zziNwXLm0CHxM3pUZIwSMtBZusGpQ_fR97_ab_zy8oRJA5nK8VC10lKwlGgNrcx_C3QxFE7AH_oFDvBPpbeEjvTqBv63VG4i2nd3-VC1oN2M_eJ7lHgPD2YJmMX/s640/IKEA_Basket_shelving3.jpg" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yr5uxgpi9kZj9Oy05nVsejNJ55gyGqThikZTAFD4DCcCh1ABTfyo_wwpJ6UOUnWOyOqBXju4L_dZNaWrCdS2RgNOWlyEfLhJ8QjnmlVBGIgmx4nEYTibK_cHtMPR65PAxaiYEaaeQrUr/s1600/IKEA_basket_shelving2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yr5uxgpi9kZj9Oy05nVsejNJ55gyGqThikZTAFD4DCcCh1ABTfyo_wwpJ6UOUnWOyOqBXju4L_dZNaWrCdS2RgNOWlyEfLhJ8QjnmlVBGIgmx4nEYTibK_cHtMPR65PAxaiYEaaeQrUr/s640/IKEA_basket_shelving2.jpg" width="480px" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://livethemma.ikea.se/inspiration/diy-nasum-naturlig-forvaring#comment-5005" target="_blank">Livet Hemma</a> Photographer Nina Broberg</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZQptM3hODfSxuXL7-uNpGcuYCt0D4tSHU7pPWpk5Fvj_c90n-RSrLDqnRU2sHC5BNhiA7lJjd0FiB7ngv9bgHhB4wxLNa3PYlN46SAoEzrNHzQT5yJrzrvUVN7fYNWc5Sa2tF43dXfvU/s1600/muuto_book_shelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="443px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZQptM3hODfSxuXL7-uNpGcuYCt0D4tSHU7pPWpk5Fvj_c90n-RSrLDqnRU2sHC5BNhiA7lJjd0FiB7ngv9bgHhB4wxLNa3PYlN46SAoEzrNHzQT5yJrzrvUVN7fYNWc5Sa2tF43dXfvU/s640/muuto_book_shelf.jpg" width="640px" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.muuto.com/collection/OTO100_storage_system/" target="_blank">Muuto</a> shelving system</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>For more information on how to make your own circular shelves click <a href="http://livethemma.ikea.se/inspiration/diy-nasum-naturlig-forvaring#comment-5005" target="_blank">here</a>. If you get round to it, send us a pic! I was hoping to check in later today with more inspiration but alas I've run out of time and my wonderful parents are over from London so I'm off to spend time with them and my little girls (even though it's minus 10 BRRRR!)- yaaaay! So, I hope you have a fab weekend! Thank you for reading my blog, and a big welcome to all you new readers, lovely to see you! See you Monday!

Friday DIY- circular and square basket shelving

It's Frrrrrrrriday!! And here's a DIY project to look forward to over the weekend perhaps? The bloggers from IKEA's Livet Hemma ...

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