Looking for some new fresh looks for your bedroom or other parts of your home? Here comes Alberto Pinto, the amazing french interior designer and photographer with his amazing books and gorgeous design ideas. The harmony he uses between volume and space of the house is just amazing. You wanna have a royal bedroom style or an original one, there is everything you need for inspiration in this book I linked it to amazon so you can have it too…
Alberto Pinto – Bedrooms
Never stops, beautiful, inspiring, crowdy, fashion, food ,business and architecture – these are the words that can define Milan in all its perspectives. As one architect said that ” Milan was build for business, but Rome for people”, you could actually feel it when you are there. Even though the city is filled with loads of local and individual businesses, it makes it in a way special and you start loving it when you walk on it’s roads. Architecture has its own chic and uniqueness that makes it shine even more.
Having a two week workshop in Pavia within an Architectural Competition, and having the chance travelling to Milan it was a huge experience and just wonderful days. Milan rises into you some kind of wildness or child that is kept inside you. Me and my friends escaped from the whole group for a bit and run away to see the main square. We knew there is something more to see there. Just for the record, those weeks we were in Milan, were very special because of the Carnival and Fashion Weeks. So you could only imagine how many people were attending fashion weeks and you can get the feeling. Getting back to our escape plan : reaching the main square we got amazed by the amount of fashionable people sitting eating Italian ice cream and enjoying sun and themselves. In that rush hours, time stopped for everybody and everyone was the same under the sun, loving it. It was magical. It was it – Milan. Love from the first sight.
Our life is similar to the kind of Spider Cobweb that is filled with multiple fibers. Fibers meant to be our ways in life, which seems to be a lot of them. There is never just one way, but various that you can actually pick from. The whole integrity of ways sometime intersect each over and you end up in the same point where you started. And all roads seem to be similar and not taking you anywhere. After not a long time rain is coming and is showering all around. You feel the heaviness of the drops that are the problems and density of the things and aims you had in the beginning of the road. Luckily we have got our Mr.Sunshine coming and spreading sparkles and light, where everything doesn’t seem so complicated but actually you start enjoying your life path and gain power for keep looking for the anything and everything you want. It seems pretty easy to let our selves down…and to leave as it is. But there is just one step to go away from this and you decide when to make it. Never stop fighting and dreaming. If one road is closing, than take another one and never stop dreaming and losing focus on your goals, cause this defines you the most in the crowd.
Check out the article about the 8 Iconic Designing Chairs by well known Hans Wegner, Danish Designer.
http://www.dwell.com/rewind/article/8-iconic-chairs-hans-wegner
Lighting – not boring but unusual and sparkling delight of the house.
Good lighting in the house, it gives a shape, a color and brings the romantic and the attractive look to it. Pick the right lighting for a specific occasion and enjoy your home.
Candles in the bathroom is one romantic thing to never leave aside. Here is one amazing idea of bathroom candle holders that impresses and makes it look gorgeous.
I guess everyone in there childhood collected the fireflies in the jar. That is a great idea to keep doing it, but instead of fireflies using lights or candles.
Shape you room with the light and give it a sparkle!
Xoxo
NY never stop impressing us. Check out the design idea on Super Bowl of Winter Sports!
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/79457
This week is the most waited or hated day in the whole world, Valentine’s Day. Talking about this day, you will always find 4 categories of people: people in love looking to celebrate it, people not having a partner and stressing out on this day, positive thinking people – not having anyone but celebrating it anyway with friends, and haters of this day – also celebrating it. So basically, everyone’s organizing some interesting events until that day as well as on it.
Here I come with couple of home ideas for your little home parties with the girls, or some ideas for a romantic night for your lover. On Valentines Day you don’t want to overdecorate the room and the house, better less and giving a sense of a designing look. However you are thinking about this romantic day, let’s make it and try to remember all the good times and loving moments on Valentines Day, if not for yourself – than make someone else happy.
First things first. If you are arranging a fancy party somewhere than a good sign decoration would be suitable for it. You think you have time for this, than try to crafting a heart or writing on the panel or poster some sweet words. Showing off a bit in front the room or place the event will be held – will bring smiles and it will come as a first discussion in the conversation.
If you are not so much into crafting than you can buy a Valentine’s Red Door Wreath, that looks very fancy and you can keep it for a while more.
The cheapest way to decorate is using whatever you have in the house and replace it or a bit change it. If you are a candle fan, why not using them for Valentines Day. Just grab whatever candles you have and redecorate them for this special romantic occasion. Add some red ribbons and hearts and voila, one set is done. Set them on a plate or something and arrange where the dinner or the fest is going to be held.
Preparing for a dinner party with the girls or pairs, than a gorgeous looking table will be enough for the whole night event. Keep it simple and add some small decorations that you hand made. If you are not red color lover than there is some good ideas for holding an amazing romantic dinner table.
Going completely anti – red color, than craft some hearts from your old magazines and stick them to each other hanging from above the ceiling.
“Love” letters are in fashion all the time. You can color yourself and make them colorful or any pattern you prefer. The best thing in letters is that you can use them on the wall, or table, or anything or anywhere you have a wish to use. Another advantage about letters – no need to specially use red color for them, cause they send love from their meaning anyway. Just be creative.
And the last words from your Valentine… Valentine’s Day is not only for couples but for all people in the world. Love should be spread all over and don’t be afraid of trying new things and use your own crafty ideas. Even you are not so good at it, a hand made gift or decoration will bring happiness and more love in the air. Make it happen and let’s enjoy love day not only on 14th of February, but all the year long.
Xoxo
Always Yours
Valentina
As you could see from all the Suitcase to Beijing articles, starting from Day 1 to 4, design and architecture in China is really on a high level. After all great time spent in China, and getting inspiration and memories for life time, there is one more part of China that needs to be discovered. I am talking about nothing else but its wonderful, exotic and Asiatic sense – nature.
Living between Asian people and having the opportunity and honor to know them and to get into there culture is one great adventure that I could ever dream about. The chance of seeing Chinese Nature, made my adventure complete and filled with love and freedom. With Nature Miracles of China I close the Suitcase to Beijing by now… until memories will come back and will share more exciting detailed and colorful architectural design pics and thoughts.
In the water they grow their Chinese kind of potatoes that they collect them day by day in November. Their potatoes have a great taste and can be prepared with soy sauce as well as sweet caramel. Whenever you go in China – try them out.
Red laces on the trees mean the prayers of all the people passed that tree. They do really believe that if they are climbing to the highest level of the mountain, their wishes will come true and their prayers will be heard. Their life is really based on their beliefs.
Tropical part of the Qingchengshan Mountain. The are two ways of climbing the mountain, were the I took the shortcut one which lasted climbing the mountain in almost 3 hours. The longest way are between this amazing nature seen in the pictures. Down there you meet monkeys and fascinating nature.
Temples on the mountain were filled with prayers spreading a sent of faith in the air.
Magical boat took us from one end of the mountain to another. Unforgettable journey.
Suitcase to Beijing is Over. Will be back in couple of other articles talking about design and color pallets. Stay Tuned!
Xoxo
5 fabulous locations of Beijing everyone should see are shown in this article. I collected some pictures to show. Beijing adventure was a phenomenal experience that I wish everyone would ones try it.
1: The Great Wall
Great Wall of China is great for it’s construction but much more for it’s history and past. Wonderful place to visit in Beijing.
2: Temple of Heaven
A place to open your mind and heart and to start listen to them. A magical place of happiness and miracles.
3: Skyscrapers
So much glass on there buildings. The construction is different than in Europe but definitely a good one for a city having that much of population.
4: Art Zone 789
Where Art never ends… Zone for all designers, architects, and people looking for inspiration in art and sculpture.
5: City of Beijing at Night
Night brings all the color and sparkles of the city. China is famous and well known for it’s lighting system of the building, which transform them in great ones.
This was 5 listed places that I recommend everyone should visit in Beijing for now. Coming soon Suitcase to Beijing #5Day Nature must see in China.
Xoxo
The Nest is one brilliant construction that take your breathe away. You wanna shout, jump, run and feel it on your skin when seeing it. Only taking a minute and thinking how many great moments in Olympic history did happen there, and what a massive structure needed to be build for it – levels it to one of the most wonderful buildings in the world.
The platform area where The Nest is situated has a great view to Swimming Pool,Beijing. You can walk on the platform for several minutes and enjoy the sunset, people and the awesomeness of architects and urban planner of that place.
Never Stop exploring new places in this world… Enjoy every second and minute of it!
Xoxo
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