Four months ago I wrote a post on my new nightstand and what was still missing on it. Concerning the reading lamp: Check.

I had been looking for an old lamp on eBay or at the flea market, but didn’t find one until I discovered this one on eBay (I unfortunately (but as always) only have a quite poor before picture).

This was my first try making a new lamp shade and this was much more difficult than I thought it would be. I had bought extra foil for lamp shades and I managed cutting it and getting it on the fabric, but when it came to fixing it to the wires of the lamp shade, I was pretty clueless. I’m not even sure if there isn’t a solution that’s much easier than what I made up now. Or at least one, that isn’t as painful as mine. I sewed the foil to the wires by hand with a needle and a rather thick cotton thread. And getting the needle through the quite thick foil is not that easy which is why my fingertips are totally ruined (it actually hurts to type!). Im pretty sure, Beauty knows no pain. was actually meant in another way but it suits this situation as well. ;)

Some collect stamps, others shoes. I collect cushions. Lots of cushions. And when I’m really honest to myself, I’m not collecting them, I’m addicted to cushions. I had a day off today and wanted to go window shopping and maybe just buying some small things, but I ended up buying five new cushion covers.

Bei 5 Euro pro Hülle konnte ich aber auch wirklich nicht Nein sagen.

But seriously, they cost 5 EUR each. How could I NOT buy them? (I’m actually thinking I should have bought more than five – crazy me!)

And I bought some flowers for our living room. And started to cut into the Nicey Jane fabrics in order to start a new patchwork. I don’t know if it’s only going to be for cushion covers (of course) or if I’ll make a whole new quilt, but it’s always good to make a start.

Furthermore we decided to have our kitchen have a make over. This is going to be such a lot of work, but since I spent more than half a year now thinking of but not really having the heart to renovate the kitchen, we now just made the decision. It will be a complete make over with new floors and new colour on the walls and new kitchen shelves and a new table and I’m so looking forward to it when it’s finished. I’ve got quite a concrete plan and vision. Nevertheless I’m really scared because it is just SO much work. Maybe I’ll post a plan and some pictures of what’s in my mind.

Our bedroom measures approximately 5 metres x 3 metres of these 5 metres the first 3 are nearly done.

Nearly one year ago I posted pictures of our bedroom that show how the room changed. I’m actually quite proud that I didn’t really buy a lot of new furniture, only the shelves above my desk and the chair (okay and the computer if you count that as interior) are new. The display cabinet stood in the living room before but as I’m storing mainly fabric in it it just switched places with the dresser that was in the bedroom before.

I’m already thinking on which room to renovate next. I think the entry would be the easiest, though the kitchen is the room I’d like to do next most. We’ll see, I’ll keep you posted on that. :)

A pretty alarm clock, a reading lamp, colourful cushions.

Bleibt alles anders is a song title from German singer Herbert Grönemeyer and means “Everything stays different”. I had a time in my life where I used to listen to his songs very, very often and allthough I still really like his music, I rarely do anymore. The past few weeks I thought a lot about my life, how it has been and how I want it to bee in the future, and didn’t really have the time and leisure to write any posts. But I’ll try to blog more often.

A lesson, that I learnt in the past weeks and months is that our home is my anchor. And luckily I didn’t stop making plans what and how to change, to keep our home the place it is. I’ve been buying paintings and drawings and prints on Etsy, I now started framing and hanging them up.

Choisis la Joie by evajuliet. Apple Blossoms and Wilfred Was Lacking in Social Graces by Wren & Chickadee. Cactus garden and A flower for you by joojoo. Amour D’Abre and Cherry Blossoms (not available anymore) by Jennybeans.

Not that we haven’t done anything in Octobre, we re-organized and decorated two rooms, bought new furniture and removed old furniture instead and had like a hundred things to do until we were really “done” (or at least it felt like it were a hundred todos). But there wasn’t really anything that I could actually take pictures of or show you so it was quite still on this blog the past month.

Two weeks ago I found a sideboard on a nearby bulky refuse and couldn’t resist to take it with us allthough I didn’t like its shape at all. But the good thing was that I felt that I had nothing to lose and therefore chose a colour I would have never chosen for a piece of furniture I actually already liked befor painting it.

Yes, it’s yellow. And I actually really like it. It’s now in our sleeping room and waits for some new knobs.

I’ve already made some changes in our sleeping room and I’m quite sure that I’ll show you more pictures of this room in the next few weeks and months, as it is going to get a huge makeover.

I also did some crocheting in Octobre, but didn’t finish anything.

I started these two cushion covers, but still need to crochet their backs.

I hope I can now start blogging regularly again and keep you posted on the projects and renovations we’re up to. In the course of that I also wanted to say a big thank you to every one who regularly reads my blog and espeacially to those who leave comments. I don’t answer every single one, but I’m always so happy when someone leaves a comment. So thank you everyone!

It took me the whole day yesterday but finally the patchwork of my first quilt is done.

As I didn’t have any instructions I just had to give things a try and kept on sewing and ripping until I finally got the hang of it. Allthough not all the corners are matching a 100% I think the overall look is pretty good.

And here’s another picture that gives an impression on how the quilt will cover our bed:

I’ll need to add a binding and a backing, for which I’ll probably just use some plain and simple cloth. And then I’ll have to think about how I want the quilt to be quilted, but I think I’ll keep it simple and will just hand quilt the edges. And when I’m done, the sleeping room might already be renovated and re-decorated! In one and a half weeks I’ll finally have my free days from work and from then on, nothing in our apartment will be safe!

Das Verlegen des Laminats erweist sich als echte Geduldsprüfung. Wenn man erst mal den Anfang geschafft hat, dann kommt man gut voran, aber was ich bisher schon alles an Sägespänen weggesaugt habe und was trotzdem weiterhin immer noch total staubig ist … naja, reden wir nicht weiter drüber.

Der Flur und das Schlafzimmer sind nun endlich fertig, zumindest, was das Laminat angeht. Im Flur fehlen noch ein paar Fußleisten und die Übergangsleisten zwischen den Zimmern fehlen auch noch, allerdings werden die auch erst montiert, wenn wirklich alles andere fertig ist. Der Boden im Wohnzimmer wird jedoch die meiste Arbeit, weshalb wir das auch aufgrund von Klausurphase und nicht mehr vorhandenem Urlaub auf den Mai verschoben haben.

Da der Flur momentan noch eine ziemliche Abstellkammer für alte PVC-Reste, Sägen, Farbeimer und sonstiges ist, hier nur die Bilder vom Schlafzimmer:

Ich muss gestehen, dass ich direkt nach dem Kauf des Laminats doch etwas unsicher war, was die Farbe angeht, da es deutlich dunkler ist als das PVC, das wir vorher hatten. Aber jetzt, wo es komplett drin liegt, bin ich doch sehr zufrieden mit der Wahl.

Heute habe ich diversen Möbeln in unserer Wohnung einen neuen Anstrich verpasst. Nachdem ich ja aufgrund der eBay-Stühle eh schon beim lackieren bin, habe ich gleich weitergemacht. Erwischt hat es unsere beiden Küchentische, meine Wäschekommode und unseren Couchtisch und mein Nachtschränkchen, die beim ersten Mal leider sehr unregelmäßig geworden waren.

Und weil ich dann gleich dabei war und eh alles auf den Kopf gestellt hatte, um Platz für die ganzen Lackierarbeiten zu schaffen, habe ich auch gleich alle möglichen Schubladen und Kartons entrümpelt. Den zweien, die neben der Kommode standen, habe ich auch direkt ein neues Aussehen verpasst:

Damit habe ich gleich das Geschenkpapier von Weihnachten recyclet und noch eine gute Verwendung dafür gefunden. Außerdem passen sie so viel besser zum Rest als vorher, da waren sie weiß mit silbernen Ornamenten drauf. Nicht so richtig passend.

Etwas, das ich nach wie vor umschwärme und jedes mal anhimmel, wenn ich es sehe, sind die beiden Schachteln, die mir meine Mutter zu Weihnachten geschenkt hat:

Bisher stehen sie nur rum und beinhalten nichts. Vielleicht werd ich irgendwann Handarbeitssachen oder Fotos darin unterbringen. Wobei ich es generell auch mag, leere Schubladen und Kästen zu haben. Sie sind einfach ein perfektes Alibi, um noch mehr zu kaufen!

Gar nicht gekauft, sondern einfach mitgenommen habe ich gestern im Baumarkt ein paar Farbstreifen, bei denen ich überlege, was ich mit ihnen anstellen könnte.

Bisher bin ich noch etwas unschlüssig, aber eigentlich sind sie prädestiniert dafür, irgendwas aus ihnen zu basteln. Mal sehen, vielleicht fällt mir noch was ein. Und wenns nur ein Bild mit vielen bunten Rechtecken wird.