Inspiration

среда, 14 февраля 2018 г.

Zuhause in Steglitz – hell & freundlich wohnen… 12169 Berlin

Typ Eigentumswohnung Status VERKAUFT Lage Steglitz Preis €244.500 Wohnfläche 81,96 m² Zimmer 3 Bäder 1 m²-Price 2983 Common charge 303,02 Commission 7,14% inkl. MwSt. Floor Hochparterre Year of construction 1961 Heating Öl-Zentral Energy Performance Verbrauch: 88,8 kWh/(m2*a)

Das Mehrfamilienhaus wurde 1961 in der ruhigen Plantagenstraße erbaut und befindet sich in einem ausgezeichneten, gepflegten Zustand. Wir können hier eine toll geschnittene ca. 82 qm 3 Zimmer Eigentumswohnung im Hochparterre anbieten, die komplett saniert und aufgewertet wurde.

Das Schlafzimmer liegt zur Seite des grünen, hellen Hinterhofs. Zwei weitere Zimmer sind zur Vorderseite des Hauses gelegen und bieten einen Blick auf den idyllischen Vorgarten. Alle Räume sind über einen großzügigen Flur erreichbar. In den Wohnräumen wurde mit hochwertigem Echtholzparkett mit Trittschalldämmung gearbeitet, um ein angenehmes Wohngefühl zu schaffen.

Das Badezimmer besticht durch moderne Sanitärelemente und edle Sandsteinfliesen, die eine warme Atmostphäre kreieren. Tritt man aus der bodenebenen, mit Mosaiken verzierten Dusche, so wartet ein warmes Handtuch auf dem Handtuchheizkörper, der ebenfalls neu eingebaut wurde.

Die Wohnung verfügt über Doppel-Isolierglas-Fenster mit mechanischen Rollläden und einem Kellerraum für Abstellmöglichkeiten. Des Weiteren wurde die gesamte Elektrik sowie sämtliche Heizkörper erneuert.

Nicht unerwähnt wollen wir auch die freundliche und ruhige Nachbarschaft lassen. So lädt beispielsweise im liebevoll gepflegten Hinterhof eine Praxis zur Yogastunde ein.

+ Echtholzparkett mit Trittschalldämmung

+ Designbad mit Sandsteinfliesen, bodenebener Dusche & Handtuchheizkörper

+ Glattgespachtelte, geweißte

+ Decken & Wände

+ mechanische Rollläden

+ Doppel-Isolierglas-Fenster

+ Neue Heizkörper in allen Räumen

Lage:

Die Wohnung befindet sich in einer ruhigen Seitenstraße im schönen Berlin Steglitz. Richtig ist hier, wer es ruhig liebt und dennoch jegliche Vorzüge der Stadt Berlin genießen möchte.

Der Stadtpark Steglitz bietet auf 17 Hektar einen Musikpavillion, Spielplätze, 4 Teiche, einen Rodelhang und eine Minigolfanlage und ist ein beliebter Ort der Erholung für Familien und Naturbegeisterte.

Das große Einkaufscenter „Das Schloss“ sowie weitere Einkaufsmöglichkeiten sind nur wenige Gehminuten entfernt.

+ U-& S-Bahn „Rathaus Steglitz“ – ca. 500m

+ Stadtautobahn Zubringer – ca. 1000m

+ Stadtpark Steglitz – ca. 750m

+ Einkaufsstraße „Schlossstraße“ – ca. 700m

SIMPLY Umgebungstipps :

Vanille & Marille Eismanufaktur : Eisliebhaber werden hier große Augen machen. Die Eismanufaktur stellt täglich frisches, 100% natürliches Eis her und bietet unter anderem ausgefallene Sorten wie „Weiße Schokolade mit Orange und Ingwer“ an. Lecker !! 600m

Schlosspark Theater : Hier standen schon Hildegard Knef und Klaus Kinski auf der Bühne!! Seit 2009 wird das Schlosspark Theater von Didi Hallervorden geführt und zeigt Eigenproduktionen sowie Gastspiele, Konzerte und Lesungen mit Auftritten von Katharina Thalbach und Cosma Shiva Hagen um nur einige wenige zu nennen. 1000m

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum: Was wäre Berlin ohne die vielen grünen Parks. Der Botanische Garten bietet eine außergewöhnliche grüne Oase – mitten in der Stadt. Er zählt zu den größten Botanischen Gärten der Welt und ist mit einer Vielfalt von 20.000 Pflanzenarten und einem großen Tropenhaus einen beliebtes Ausflugsziel. 1700m

+ U-& S-Bahn „Rathaus Steglitz“ – ca. 500m

+ Stadtautobahn Zubringer – ca. 1000m

+ Stadtpark Steglitz – ca. 750m

+ Einkaufsstraße „Schlossstraße“ – ca. 700m

SIMPLY Umgebungstipps :

Original article and pictures take simplysamuels.com site

среда, 7 февраля 2018 г.

You’re Going To Be Obsessed With This Dreamy Bohemian Living Room

Before even moving into her then-new home, Ruffled founder, Amanda Nistor, decided that the living room needed to be among the first to get a facelift—she also decided that it was the perfect opportunity to enlist professional help with the design. To assist in bringing her vision for a cozy, boho living room to life, Amanda ultimately turned to Havenly, and today, she talks about what it was like to work with a pro designer. Take our tour of the finished space below and learn about a few of the family-friendly and personal details that made the cut!

Describe the process of working with a design service. How did you and the Havenly team go from concept to finished space?

Because we were moving to a new home, we weren’t sure what existing pieces would fit in the new space, so we essentially started from scratch. Our main criteria was to have a comfortable and child-friendly space where we could have grown-up visitors, but also have playdates without compromising the look.

What piece in the room (or aspect of the space itself) served as the jumping off point?

We had originally started off with a rug I had purchased in Morocco, but it looked too dark in our living room, so we made a few adjustments while keeping the white slipcovered sofa. I brought the rug we originally had in our master (Abacasa Myan Rug) from our previous house and everything fell into place. From the sand and blue tones from this rug, we found these metal chairs from West Elm in an aqua fabric and they look like they were made for this rug!

Got any tips for working with a designer?

Be open-minded! A designer will see your space with a fresh perspective, and will suggest things you haven’t thought of before—embrace it because this is the best thing about having a professional help you.

Being a mom changed how I see home design. It’s now so much more than just looking pretty. It’s also about accommodating someone else’s needs.

What are your favorite sources for vintage home goods?

I am always scouring Craigslist for unique vintage pieces, but also Etsy and eBay for specific vintage items.

Do you have any kid-friendly living room design tips to share?

Velcro has been my BFF since having our daughter! We use velcro on fragile items and table lamps and everything else she might be able to reach. Goo Gone is my other BFF for when I need to clean up the sticky part.

What about the made-over space makes it work functionally for you and your family?

We love the large coffee table for playing and drawing and how surprisingly practical it is to have a white slipcovered couch. All of our upholstered furniture takes into consideration being easy to clean, like our Chesterfield sofa and zippered cushions from the metal chairs.

Our main criteria was to have a comfortable and child-friendly space where we could have grown-up visitors but also have playdates without compromising the look.

How do you balance work and family?

I didn’t really understand what ‘Mommy Guilt’ meant until I had my daughter. This is a real thing! I usually like to try to get most of my work done when my little one is either in school or still sleeping, so those precious early morning hours tend to be super productive. When she’s home, she has all of my or my husband’s attention (who also works from home) if either one of us is still in meetings or have to finish up work.

Could you let us in on any mistakes you might have made in the space throughout the design process?

I had my heart set on a deep red Moroccan rug for the living room, but without having one and not having keys to our new house yet, we had no idea it was going to look too dark for the space once we got said rug and moved into our new house. So looking back, I would have chosen a store-bought rug I could return in case it didn’t work.

What do you always have on your coffee table?

Books! It’s the one thing that easily makes a room look polished that’s also child-friendly. Now that our daughter is a bit older, we can breathe easier having vases and plants, but that might change again once our second baby comes.

Tell us about the envelope print on the mantel!

We had this envelope from Matt’s grandparents enlarged because it represents so much to us. This was a letter that his grandfather sent to his yet-to-be wife while he was in the Pacific during WWII. The contents of this letter never arrived at her destination, and it wasn’t until 2010 when a professor doing research on soldier survivors of WWII found the envelope on eBay. He was just as elated to hear that both of them were still alive, as Matt’s grandparents were to have that envelope returned to them. It’s an amazing love story with real love letters and history, all in one.

What were some of your must-haves for this living room makeover?

Bright and airy, but also practical and easy-to-clean items. We kept our leather Chesterfield from our previous house and we love how it looks in the space.

White painted fireplace — How has being a mom changed the way you decorate your home?

Being a mom changed how I see home design. It’s now so much more than just looking pretty. It’s also about accommodating someone else’s needs that I had never thought of. To us, that now means no glass surfaces, no towering bookshelves without having a way of securing them against a wall, but I also feel so much more practical about decorating. We used to have a fluffly antique Beni Ourain rug in the living room before having a baby, which is now in our master, away from crayons and juice spills. We now have a flatweave rug instead that’s easier to clean and I won’t worry about ruining it or sending it to a rug cleaner!

Learn a little more about the process of designing the space (including more resource links!) on Ruffled.

Original article and pictures take 47asd344e8mlcccky10ouz21.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com site

четверг, 25 января 2018 г.

понедельник, 22 января 2018 г.

WORK

Original article and pictures take sunanddotter.com site

вторник, 16 января 2018 г.

Women's Fashion

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Original article and pictures take www.shopstyle.com site

вторник, 9 января 2018 г.

Wicker Furniture has Made a Comeback!

Wicker, straw, cane, rattan whatever you choose to call it, it’s back and I’m not mad about it. I’ve been eyeing anything cane, rattan, or woven for about a year now, and it’s pretty clear it’s here to stay for a while. What’s more exciting with older trends coming back around again is hunting for these vintage pieces. Estate sales, thrift stores, your parent’s basement are all great places to start. Cane furniture pieces can be incorporated in countless different ways throughout your home. These pieces give an unexpected texture to your interiors and lend them a tropical vibe– with summer on its way, who wouldn’t want that?! As the weather heats up, think about adding some wicker furniture to your space. Lucky for you, I’ve rounded up some pieces that are sure to meld into any room. Are you digging the resurgence of cane/wicker/rattan furniture?

Wicker Furniture has Made a Comeback! – Wit & Delight

A wicker pendant light over the dining room table is sure to surprise (and delight!) guests. This apartment uses cane in the most beautiful ways!

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Original article and pictures take witanddelight.com site

среда, 20 декабря 2017 г.

Why I Quit Being A Minimalist

If there’s ever a reason to have an aggressively curated wardrobe, it’s that you're a person who moves a lot. It doesn’t matter if you find yourself upgrading to a better apartment down the block, or you're heading across the country for a new job: The act of packing up tons of clothes and shoes and coats and bags is horrifying enough that going through it just once can inspire you to overhaul your entire philosophy toward having stuff.

I’ve moved five times since graduating from college in 2009, and it made me obsessed with becoming a minimalist — until I finally accepted the fact that it just isn’t who I am. While I was doing all that packing and unpacking and reflecting on what all of my stuff actually means, I was quickly learning the same things as every other twentysomething: How to feed myself and manage my budget; how to find some meaning in soul-crushing jobs; and how to not look like a 12-year-old. Having a perfectly sorted-out closet seemed like it would be the ultimate sign I had my shit together.

Of course, I’m not the only one who has obsessed over having a carefully curated rack filled only with endlessly versatile pieces that I love. There are entire books and blogs devoted to teaching people how to attain this. Like a Scandinavian living room or a deserted beach on a winter day, an edited clothing collection is appealing because of everything that isn’t there. No drawers stuffed with random tank tops you haven’t worn since high school. No morning chaos spent rifling through piles of wrinkled whatever in an effort to find something that isn’t awful. No money wasted on impulse buys that you try (and fail) to sell at Buffalo Exchange three months later. And of course, no effort expended. Because you adore everything you own; every item can be mixed and matched seamlessly, and it all fits like a glove.

But after trying and failing at this whole thing over and over, I realized it was a fantasy. For years, I fixated on artfully designed capsule wardrobe pins, authoritative lists on the X number of items every woman should own, and cool blogs dedicated to minimalist style. And I tried to copy them. At the start of each season, I’d start planning out my ideal closet, making inspiration boards and scribbling lists of must-have pieces. If I came across a pair of too-expensive boots, I’d tell myself that it was actually a great idea to buy them because they were an investment. They’d go with everything, and I’d have them forever. This, to me, was how smart and thoughtful and sophisticated women bought new things.

At the same time, I’d start rummaging through my closet, looking for pieces I could get rid of. Not just to make more physical space in my closet, but to “edit” my collection. I’d decide I didn’t need two plaid shirts, so I’d give last year’s version to a friend, or that skinny jeans were no longer my thing, so every pair I owned should be donated and replaced with wide-leg ones.

But inevitably, it would turn out that the investment boots looked weird with anything but one dress. Or I’d get sick of wearing that one plaid shirt all the time. Or I’d suddenly see a picture of some enigmatic girl wearing skinny jeans and immediately feel the need to go put mine on — only to remember that I’d dumped them at Goodwill two months earlier. It felt like the only solution available was to simply buy another pair of boots, or another plaid shirt, or a new pair of skinny jeans.

This cycle of buy-purge-repeat went on and on and on. Because even though it never seemed to work out for me, each time I was convinced that it would be the moment I’d get things exactly right. Especially since, with each failed attempt, I was a little bit older, I knew my style better, and I had more money to buy higher-quality pieces.

Photographed by Erica Gannett.

Until this year. Last winter, when it was too cold to even contemplate leaving my apartment, I read the book that everyone was obsessing over — The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. Predictably, it was appealing to me because it promised this effortless, clutter-free existence filled only with wonderful, beautiful things that I had dreamed of. I could KonMari my sartorial life and solve my apparel problem once and for all.

I was excited and intrigued when I first opened the book. But less than halfway through, everything Kondo was saying seemed a little…stupid, not to mention completely impractical. Not everything I own inspires joy and is of use to me all of the time. But I wouldn’t throw out my okay-but-not-amazing vacuum just because my current apartment has wood floors instead of carpeting, though that's what Kondo would suggest. Nor would I get rid of my high-speed blender just because I haven’t felt like making a smoothie in the last few weeks.

Suddenly, I couldn’t see why my clothes should be any different. To Kondo and her followers, tossing the unused appliances or wearing the same white dress (which Kondo says is "part of [her] brand") every single day is joyful because it eliminates the stress of having too much stuff (and, according to her, any piece that doesn't bring joy should be discarded immediately). But for me, that type of wardrobe would be boring, And getting rid of every piece of clothing that isn’t perfect or that doesn’t serve me at this particular moment in my life would make me worry that I won’t have the pieces I need when I feel like switching things up.

After years of trying to figure out my style, I realized that one of the most defining things about it — one of the things that makes me me — is that I change my mind a lot. I find inspiration in novelty. And even though I love the romantic simplicity of wearing the same black jeans every single day for a year, it doesn’t actually work for me in practice. So, if I’m constantly purging my closet in pursuit of perfection, my wardrobe is always going to fall short. And I’ll always feel the need to buy more stuff.

This past year, I started doing things differently. Instead of trying to mastermind an entire season’s worth of ensembles, I didn’t make a plan. In fact, I didn’t do anything at all. When I found a piece that I really wanted, I’d get it. Not always, of course, and not with total abandon. Usually, I’d wait a few days to make sure the item in question wasn’t an impulse buy, and that it could work with at least three or four other things in my wardrobe. I tried to avoid buying anything that was too similar to anything I already owned, unless the new one seemed like a significant upgrade. And instead of doing massive purges that I ended up regretting, I started moving stuff that I was tired of looking at into the spare closet. At least half the time, I’d end up pulling it out and wearing it again a few months later.

My closet still doesn’t look like those cool, sparse ones on Pinterest that quietly brag, this is all I need to look amazing. It’s far from it, actually, because it’s pretty full and usually a mess. But not putting pressure on myself to make every buy the ideal one for my collection has freed up a lot of space in my brain, making shopping more fun, and less stressful. And since I’m not getting rid of things all the time, I can try more combinations and run into fewer situations where I feel like I don’t have anything to wear. In other words, my very imperfect wardrobe did what the minimalist, edited one was supposed to do. So in my own weird, disorganized way, I do have my shit together.

And it’s really satisfying. At least, until the next time I have to pack up for a move. Then, all bets are off.

Original article and pictures take s3.r29static.com site

среда, 14 февраля 2018 г.