The bedroom swap

6 Feb 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today is another rainy day here so we’re staying in (again) to beat the bronchitis completely. I’m on day 9 of coughing but both Alva and me are feeling better. Two weekends ago we decided to make a bedroom swap. We only have two bedrooms and when we moved in here it felt natural for […]

Early morning and fudge

14 Dec 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Yesterday it was St Lucia in Sweden and it’s a tradition that I want my kids to grow up with as well. So Alva and I got up early to watch the celebrations on Swedish tv (thank you internet) and tried to sing along with the children. She was mesmerized I can tell you! And so […]

Changing table corner

4 Apr 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

We finally have found a solution to our “diaper station” problem. Since we live in a house with 2,5 floors we needed one table in the bathroom and one in our bedroom. But to find a chest that doesn’t take up 3 square meters or that costs 500€ is not easy. We have both something against […]

New year, new interior

8 Jan 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hi there and happy Sunday! We’ve been working on DIY’s all day long and I’m so pleased with the result. We put up a shelf in the dining area, one for the shoes in the entryway + jacket hanger for the kids. We also changed place on a lot of furniture and it’s really like […]

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I'm Åsa, a Swedish girl born in -79, who ended up in the south of France. This is the place where a share my ideas on sewing for the whole family, carpentry, decoration, photography, DIYing, gardening, french thrifting and so on. I like to paint and scrapbook too. I'm the mama in our blended family to my son Viggo (7), my bonus son Gaétan (8) and our daughter Alva (2). I met the man of my dreams and we decided to start over together and share this ordinarily extraordinary thing that is called life. Hope you'll enjoy the read!