White wood

The colour white wasn't my first choice when I thought of decorating the house. Cold and modern, it is often linked to minimalism, a style I don't embrace. So, in a way, I surprised myself when in shops and furniture catalogs I was more and more drawn to white items. It started with picture frames, flower pots, lamps, little trimmings, and continued with larger pieces of furniture, such as a desk, a sofa or a chest of drawers. In combination with wood, white can make a place look clean and bright without looking too contemporary.

At the moment, I am completely in love with white wood and if it was up to me, I would have it everywhere: on wardrobes, door frames, floor boards. The latter is not the most practical thing, I have to admit, so instead I opted for a more sensible solution: a white wood ceiling. I painted it myself and I think it looks pretty amazing. What do you think?

Poster

Going through some stuff in the attic I came across  this Japanese railways poster. I bought it in Japan, surprisingly :) as a souvenir, only to discover that it was, in fact, printed in the UK. I used to move quite a bit at the time and every time I moved I would hang the poster in my bedroom. After some time I rented a small studio apartment which had a tiny, windowless bathroom. There I hung the poster on the bathroom wall. It made the room look as if it had a window after all. Big window, overlooking beautiful cherry blossoms on a lovely, sunny spring day.