It started with some mussels and a lot of rain..

The rain is pooring down in DK, surprising how much rain there can be. It´s like the climate is changing. When I got home from work, I found some green shell mussels in the mail, that I´ve ordered. I started me dreaming of places to eat them. Some place warm and sunny..I just love mussels and to dip your bread into the soup that has been added a little bit of cream...

Maybe Provence.. In front of my house there..

Or in the courtyard..

Maybe rather by the pool?

I bought the pillow with my initials from Carmen.

Day off in Greece

I went to Symi today and back again! Did I hear you say that you don´t believe me, and that you think, I spend the day in the danish rain just dreaming? Well take a look at the pictures and see for yourself!
Look at this view!


I recieved some wonderful gifts in the mail from Anthoula today, greek cheecepies, stuffed tomato and pepper with french fries, souvlakis and a strawberry cheececake for desert. I immediately felt like I was back on that little greek island sitting at the balcony overlooking the habour.


Thank you so much, Anthoula, it was SO nice of you!! And thanks for the cute donut earrings too!! (I will send a gift for Anthoula too, I found a little very danish thing for her at the Farum fair..)

The chairs for the Orangerie

I think they have a little bit of Monet style...




Finally I´ve decided the look of the 4 dining chairs for the orangerie. I wanted them to match in different ways, so I chose two colors, one that is "soft concrete grey", and another that is, what I would call "typically greek green turquise"...
The chairs have been painted with the base color, sanded a little bit, added a satin decoupage finish, and then a little bit of brown shiny shoe wax (!!). You my find the last part a bit odd, but in fact the shoe waxes you get in bottles added a swamp is just perfect for the purpose. The seats got a similar treatment...
Still haven´t managed to find the right floor tiles, they look good in pictures, but get a kind of blue-rosa-purple tone, that I don´t like when added to the surface of the floor.
Remember to enlarge the pictures..