{Home for Christmas}

Settimana scorsa , finalmente ho finito di "vestire" la mia casetta per le feste.

Mi piace godermi il più possibile la casa addobbata...

Il Natale corre via  così veloce 

ci perdiamo dietro agli affanni e allo stress dei regali

e alla fine non ci accorgiamo nemmeno che è già ora di incartare gli addobbi e riporli nelle scatole in cantina...

 (photos by me - do not use the without my permission)

Mi è scappata la mano con gli addobbi...e non vi ho mostrato tutto!

Buon fine settimana... forse sarà di neve

sarebbe bellissimo

io sarò via per un'occasione davvero speciale...

{Christmas Inspirations}

I'm having an heart attack!

I was looking for some ideas on the web and I've found that amazing website.

Ragazze ... sto per avere un infarto!

Stavo cercando qualche idea e sono incappata in questo sito meraviglioso!

Walther & co

It's a danish company!

Obvious!

E' un'azienda danese...

Ovviamente!

Take a look yourself!

Date un occhio voi stesse e ditemi cosa ne pensate...

I'm totally in love!

Io ne sono totalmente innamorata!




I'm looking for tea light zinc house!!!!


Sono alla ricerca delle casettine di zinco!!!

(credits)

{A french country house and her soul}

Finally here!

You know E-Magdeco, for sure. I read that cosy online magazine every week to see what's new and I was waiting for that french country house.

Eccolo!

Tutte voi conoscete E-Magdeco. Leggo tutte le settimane questo fantastico giornale online per vedere le novità e stavo proprio aspettando di vedere questa casa

Laetitia Rissetto run the magazine. She's unbelievable.

She's like a magician with a magic hat. She always surprise me with her discoveries and with that house I think she just surpassed herself!

Laetitia Rissetto dirige questo "giornale". E' incredibile. 

Come un mago con il suo cappello magico da cui tira fuori sempre piccoli tesori senza tempo. 

Mi sorprende sempre con le sue scoperte e con questa casa ha davvero superato se stessa.

A family home in the south of French, in Aix-en-Provence. The owners renovated it entirely.

Una casa di famiglia nel sud della Francia,a Aix-en-Provence, totalmente rinnovata dai proprietari.

Antique furniture and objects founded at the antiques marquet decor the rooms.

A decorare le stanze, mobili antichi e oggetti trovati nei mercatini e brocantes.

They used natural color for furnitures but they used details to add colors. Pink, red, yellow...

La preferenza dei colori naturali permette di osare con i dettagli scegliendo colori brillanti. Il rosa, il rosso, il giallo.

Candles, frames, old furnitures help to give a strong personality to this amazing house where the details are the real protagonists.

Candele, cornici, vecchi mobili aiutano a dare una forte personalità a questa bellissima casa dove i dettagli sono i veri protagonisti.

The bathroom is my fav room, maybe because of those stripes... I have stripes at home and so, you know I have a thing for stripse!

Il bagno è sicuramente la mia stanza preferita, forse proprio a causa delle righe...

Ho utilizzato le righe anche per casa mia... Sapete che ho una passione per le righe, e non riesco a rimanere indifferente quando le vedo!

I love the idea to hang necklaces to the wall... I think it's a very good idea to copy!

I have lots of cozy necklaces and my boxes can't hold them anymore!

Mi piace l'idea di appendere lo collane al muro. Proprio una bella idea da copiare!

Ho tante collane carine e le mie scatole non possono più contenerne! 

You can read the entire article and see more pics here

Potete leggere l'articolo intere e vedere tutte le foto qui

Enjoy!

Courtesy of the magazine e-magDECO

UPDATE: I'VE REMOVED PICTURES FROM THAT POST... I'M SORRY BUT I HAD TO DO IT!

{It's time ...}

Home Sweet Home... finally!

Tomorrow it will be the first day in my new house. I won't sleep there till the weekend or at least next week when I'll move defenitely...

Till then I have too many things to do...tomorrow I'll go clean carefully everything, then I'll wait for the carrier that has to deliver all the appliances and then all the furnitures and all the hundreds and hundreds of packs! I'M SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BREATHHHH!!!!

I'm kidding, obviously! I'm so happy! It will be magic and fabulous! I know everything will be fine!


Do you remember her? Maybe I didn't introduce her to you!

It was a Saturday, two weeks ago! She was all alone in the streets near the garbage can, leaning against a three. We met in the morning, I was in the car with Mr B... As soon as we saw her we decided to take her home with us. She made a big smile, and it was immediately love!

I made her a new dress. She deserve it. Do you remember when , in Dirty Dancing Patrick said " Nobody puts baby in a corner!"? Well, I did the same! I don't think it's fair to use things and then throw them away without even trying to fix them!




It was simple, easy and fast! I've cleaned her with a wet cloth and then with acetone to take off all the traces of glue and grease.

Before to use water paint ( not acrylic!) I've used a white primer paint. Preparation is fundamental. The right choice of primer or undercoat is key to achieving the best results. I've let it dry for 4 hours and then I've chosen a white/grey to paint the chair, let her dry for 4 hours and then painted again.


I've made my own stencil mask to decorate it. A laurel crown and a crown with our initial "B"



I'm really satisfied with the result and I'm proud for what I've done. I'm sorry if I'm bothering you but, please, forgive me... I can't stop smiling!

What do you think of my new "friend"?

Wish me luck my dear friend! My new life begin tomorrow...

{Spring Inspiration}

Hi ladies! Did you have a nice weekend?

Mine was quite good! We had two days of sun and blu sky and that's enough for me! The weekend runs always too fast. Too many things to do just for 2 days! I had the time to see my new house, bargaing at the antique market (I'll show you some nice pics!), get crazy at Ikea and had an aperitif to celebrate a friends for her birthday and Federica and Giacomo 'cause they are officially engaged!

One week and it will be Spring (what the calendar says...at least!), what a better period to think to some changes at your house? You don't need to change everything. You don't need to buy new furnitures. You just can modify something, add some details, change some colors, change the disposition of the furnitures or paint them.




Friday I visited an amazing store, the world of decoration, the paradise of the house. I was like a kid at Toys 'r Rus. I didnt know where to start and where to look, I wanted to buy everything. I spent more than an hour looking around and at the end I din't buy anything, not a candle, not a furniture, not a flower... Nothing at all! But I've found a lot of things that I could possibly need to decorate my house and I get a lot of inspiration!

Spring brings new colors! Green, mauve, purple, grey and the timeless white. I found some ideas for the table that I will use for Easter lunch with my family and I hope for my home inauguration!








I adore baskets! You can use them for everything. To decorate or as storage.





Beautiful bed for your kid's bedroom! Elegant and classy. Love the mix of fabrics used to make all those pillows!




Lots of flower everywhere. I love fresh flowers but you can find fantastic fake flowers! I know they don't smell and they aren't the same... But if you can't have them fresh every day , that's could be a good compromise!




Domes and vases all over! I love glass , but you already know it!







Dark wall and with neutral color.



For the garden...


Don't you love to have your little house wherw to stay , to read a book, to escape from the nois and form the confusion?


Isn't beautiful a big lantern on your table for your Summer dinner in the garden?

(photos by me )

For Easter! I want that Rabbit!

I hope you enjoyed the tour as I did it! Now I have a dream... To remain closed inside the store to touch and see everything!

It's time to celebrate.... And the winner is....




Iva, you are the lucky winner! You'll receive the "You & I Both" print, directly from Dallas!

Please send your details at gaia.borzicchi@gmail.com

Don't forget to enter Dallas giveaway! Follow her blog and leave a comment...

Let me thank:

Dallas, you are such a great and talented girl! I'm so happy to know you!

You...girls, my girls... Thank you! I'm so lucky to have you around!

DON'T FORGET:

If you desire to be featured in my Etsy project feel free to send me an email at gaia.borzicchi@gmail.com

I'd like to be the Host for your giveaway... send me an email if you want! It would be an honour for me!

Have a great week! I'm exhausted...Night night!

{Homemade Christmas decorations - Part 1}

It's defenitely time for ideas, crafts, homemade decorations and many more... In the last years I've started to create my own decorations for the tree, packages and for the table as candles, garlands...

So I've decided to share with you my own creations. I really love to make them and I hope you'll love it and you'll find some nice ideas too for your Christmas!

I'd love to publish your creations too... I'd love to alternate the "etsy fav store" project with both (mine and yours) home made decorations, bake and whatever Christmas is for you...

So , please, feel free to send me pics, descriptions and... to gaia.borzicchi@gmail.com


Today, I've made a candle holder ...

What do you need?

* Candles (I've chosen a cream one but you can use whatever colors)

unused/old cake mould ( or a glass, vase, little box)

Fresh moss and berries (or holly) You can add some "tears" of essence!

et voilà....

Isn't it nice? It could be a nice gift for a friend.... everytime she'll light the candle she will think to you!

What's next?...