Being in love with contemporary art I always pay museums of modern art a visit when I am abroad. And what always is a hit for me is to stop by their design stores to be inspired or to look for something special to give away. It could be a colorful card or a design […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen The fun part about travelling is to get hold of all those handy products that cannot be found in your own country. Therefore on a local market on our favorite island Sicily, I simply had to buy these colorful and solid pegs. And when I discovered that almost every household had […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I love this beautiful, organic and fragrant little tableau by the sink in our kitchen.
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen A trip up in the attic today, and all of a sudden I was back in time; I heard the noise of two children , their laughter, remembered the joy and the constant chaos. It was yesterday, wasn’t it?
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen This is my homemade, woolen rug. I have been knitting and crocheting on it for years. Lately I made it bigger due to a complain from my tall son. He wanted a rug that could cover his legs. Now it’s done. I love the fact that there are faults here and […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I live in a white, traditional wooden house which is typical for this region in the southern part of Norway. My house was originally built in the late 1800s, but has of course been remodeled many times since. When we had a new window put in in our living room, we […]
Photos: Arild De Lange Nilsen When I returned from warm and lovely Rome to rainy Norway the other day I realized that I really miss the summer. So this morning I enjoyed looking through some pictures from last summer where I literally could smell the roses and feel the warmth from the sun. The day these […]
After being diving into the wonder of ancient Rome for some time, it was actually rather refreshing to visit MAXXI, the National Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture (Il MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo) where we enjoyed this major architectural work. MAXXI was built in 2009 and is designed by the Iraqi-British […]
Gelato or ice cream is to be found in Rome at almost every corner it’s seems like. The Romans do love their gelaterias. When we discovered this ice cream heaven where the sensation in each spoonful was intensely real, we decided to skip the well-known and touristy ice cream places. At Gelateria del Teatro they […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen Safe, fresh and super-cold water still free-flows out and through the 2,500 small drinking fountains placed around Rome. They are often named as Nasoni because of their nose-shaped spigots. The trick is to plug up the bottom where the water comes out, forcing it to pop out the little hole on […]
