The other day I had seen some adorable cakes at the bakery that I wanted to get the children for a treat. We went for a walk, took the children there, so they could pick which one they wanted. We then went home, popped the…
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The things that really matter
When I was younger, I had the travelling bug and couldn’t get out of here fast enough. I finished school, and off I went to London – and ended up staying for 11 years, travelling all over the world, seeing everything. But every year I…
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Starting your urban garden
I love this time of year where everything starts to sprout, and small flowers are popping up everywhere. We live in the city, but have our own small garden, where we love planting flowers, herbs and some vegetables. Now is the time to begin, so Audrey and…
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Sticky cinnamon buns
One of my favourite flavours, when I bake, is cinnamon. When we go to the bakery here in Denmark, I always pick a cinnamon Danish without a doubt. Usually, when you try and replicate a Danish, it ends up rather dry because we make it…
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Ikea – new collection Spring 2016
Ikea has done it again. By trusting in good design, current trends, and Scandinavian minimalism, their new Spring collection has my name all over it. Ikea has embraced the urban jungle bug (haven’t we all) and has designed cool way of displaying your indoor plants.…
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# Pause for harmony
The other Thursday I attended the press event for Iittala & Issey Miyake collaboration called #Pause for harmony. The day was grey, the weather grim but that all changed when we entered the universe they had created in the flat belonging to Emil Thorup –…
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Hammershøi exhibition Ordrupgaard
The other day I had the exquisite pleasure of attending an exclusive tour of the new ‘At home with Hammershøi’ exhibition at Ordupgaard – a beautiful museum located just North of Copenhagen. Even though I have grown up close by, I had never visited the…
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Springtime in the woods
After a slow start to Spring here in Denmark; the sunshine returned with a vengeance and we have been basking in it for the long weekend. This Thursday, we went on a picnic with our fab friends and their daughters, and we walked through a…
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Dreaming of Spring
Today it started to snow, which is a change from the grey and dark skies of the last few weeks. The winter in Denmark are usually cold, dark and fairly grim, so when it is this cold outside, I always long for Spring and warmer…