1 Billion Hungry

I'd like to ask you to sign this world wide petition to end hunger. Just click <a href="http://www.1billionhungry.org/pamola/">here</a> to cast your vote. It takes about 5 seconds.<br /><br />Today's post is right below this one.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Kifus

1 Billion Hungry

I'd like to ask you to sign this world wide petition to end hunger. Just click here to cast your vote. It takes about 5 seconds. Today...

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Swedish cottage

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Swedish cottage

Photography : Beatrice Ugland

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Celebrity Home: Malcolm McDowell

Today we are visiting actor Malcolm Mcdowell's renovated 1920 farmhouse in Ojai, California. His wife, designer Kelley McDowell's decorated it in a Spanish Country style. Kelley says:"It's in the middle of an orange grove, under a canopy of ancient oak trees.It was almost a ruin. It was so dark, you couldn't see without the lights on in the daytime. The former owner was a tile setter, and he had tiled over doors. He tiled the front door shut! The kitchen was almost pitch-black. He had built cabinets over the windows."<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7HGlqA_uYSAtdq28NzWfe87W8YXVWU4Z4yAFlnAOrNf0ff5kMrPAgzh51yZyiFPNZUO2e_XH7JhYbuxrBEesrSLLJ-XFNn81X6UH3l9qHLP_z4bfpj3IkwKNTwDpEqpOcAtj7Rboteg_/s1600/Malcolm+McDowell+and+kelly.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533406613562930530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7HGlqA_uYSAtdq28NzWfe87W8YXVWU4Z4yAFlnAOrNf0ff5kMrPAgzh51yZyiFPNZUO2e_XH7JhYbuxrBEesrSLLJ-XFNn81X6UH3l9qHLP_z4bfpj3IkwKNTwDpEqpOcAtj7Rboteg_/s400/Malcolm+McDowell+and+kelly.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 283px;" /></a><br />Malcolm and Kelley McDowell<br /></div><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/9u/mcdowell01-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />A lofty old oak towers above the classic Spanish-tile roof.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/KW/mcdowell02-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />Antique Navajo rugs form a path on the front porch. She gathered the stones from her property to build the porch: "It looks like a 3,000-year-old road in Rome."<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/lK/mcdowell03-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />This isn't a very feminine house, but women love it," McDowell says. She painted all the walls and ceilings the starkest white she could find: a Benjamin Moore primer, Super Spec Flat. Both Malcolm and Kelley are collectors of American primitive pieces. She also collects old pottery and Mexican religious art and objects, and antique Navajo rugs.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/Ac/mcdowell04-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 499px; height: 637px;" /><br />The dining room's antique table is a mix of birch and pine. The floor is reclaimed wood. Every board was hand-sanded and then assembled in no particular order as they have random widths. They were then treated with Old Masters Gel Stain in Pickling White. Painted armoire from Nathan Turner.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/vI/mcdowell05-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 498px; height: 636px;" /><br />Open shelves in the kitchen hold antique Mexican and French ceramics and mugs by ceramist Karen Donleavy.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/LZ/mcdowell06-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 499px; height: 637px;" /><br />Poured-concrete counters on reproduction 17th-century cabinets in the kitchen. Kelley says: "The concrete is practical as well as earthy. I can set hot pans on it." Early American hooked rugs.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/gd/mcdowell07-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 500px; height: 391px;" /><br />Religious art, stars and stripes, and Navajo rugs in the master bedroom. The bed was made from an old picket fence.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/BC/mcdowell08-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />The bathroom floor is made of Ojai river rock. Kelley designed the shower door in the style of a metal casement window.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/XR/mcdowell09-0410-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />A Suzani quilt and kilim pillows on the guest room's Spanish Colonial-style daybed. The lantern is an early California cowboy lamp.A kilim rug, rocking chair, and a Mexican wood chandelier complete the look.<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">here</a>.

Celebrity Home: Malcolm McDowell

Today we are visiting actor Malcolm Mcdowell's renovated 1920 farmhouse in Ojai, California. His wife, designer Kelley McDowell's d...

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White on White Home

Paula and Artur have 4 kids and live in a white home. This is what each member of the family have to say about it:<br /><br />Paula: ‘What makes our white home work?’ ‘People think I’m chicken for only using white but I came to this through a process. The more white I added, the calmer I felt. I pick furniture that’s designed to rescue life’s mistakes, everything is washable. And I’m neat. Time is a luxury with four kids, why waste it searching for things? For me chores are life’s little pleasures. I share them with the kids. When they’re small like Ella, 3, and Kalle, 1, being involved is enjoyable. Nils, 11, and Noa, 8, are older and have a different idea of what’s fun!’<br /><br />Artur: ‘For my wife Paula it’s important that this place is functional, but I love the aesthetic of our white home. It’s so bright it almost feels transparent. I love the feeling of openness – it’s energising.’<br /><br />Nils: ‘Our home is so WHITE!!!!!!!! I like white, but it would be nice to see some blue or yellow. Life is easier in a tidy house and rules are OK but sometimes they mean I have to do more chores than my younger sister Noa. I like my room best – I enjoy having some space and privacy!’<br /><br />Noa: ‘I have this great idea to paint my room like the sky – light blue with a yellow sun and white stars. Our home is mega fantastic and the best thing is the huge bed in Mum and Dad’s room. On Saturdays we all sit on the bed and watch movies.’<br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/19.jpg" style="width: 499px; height: 720px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/2_9.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br />Even the baby's pacifier is white!<br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/3_7.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/4_7.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 722px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/5_7.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/6_5.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 725px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/7_4.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/8_2.jpg" style="width: 503px; height: 726px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/9_2.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 725px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/14.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/15.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 723px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/16.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 722px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br /><img alt="NLHOUSE" class="tmp3-bigimg" src="http://ikeafamilylive.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/template3_first/sites/default/files/17.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 725px;" title="NLHOUSE" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://ikeafamilylive.com/">here</a>.

White on White Home

Paula and Artur have 4 kids and live in a white home. This is what each member of the family have to say about it: Paula: ‘What makes our wh...

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Provencal Framhouse

This typical Provencal stone farmhouse is located in Aigaliers, a village in the Gard, near Uzès, in the south of France. You might think it's been standing here for centuries but it is actually a new construction. Decorated with antiques and vintage pieces, its spaces take you back in time.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/1/258173-1-fre-FR/1.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.897472;" /><br />A stone staircase outside leads to a guest room.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/2/258149-1-fre-FR/2.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.930371;" /><br /><span style="">This small terrace is right outside a guest room and at the top of the stone stairs we saw in the previous picture.</span><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/3/258161-1-fre-FR/3.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.999861;" /><br /><span style="background-color: rgb(230, 236, 249);"></span><span><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left;">A warm dining room with a massive step-in fireplace</span> with room enough for the fire and a chair. Indian cotton tablecloth. </span><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/5/258141-1-fre-FR/5.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.999861;" /><br /><span style=""></span><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/6/258169-1-fre-FR/6.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><span style="background-color: rgb(230, 236, 249);">Satin pillows on a wrought iron bed by the fireplace in the large </span>living room.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/7/258145-1-fre-FR/7.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.999753;" /><br /><span style="background-color: rgb(230, 236, 249);"></span><span><br /></span><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/une-bastide-couleur-soleil/9/258165-1-fre-FR/9.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><span style="">The bathroom, entirely done by Richard Goullet, opens to the left on a wall with rounded lines behind which hides a spacious shower. Terra cotta tiles. The full length curtain brushing the floor adds drama</span> though I think they are not such a good idea in a bathroom!<br /><br />Photos Ivan Lainville.<br />All images from <a href="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.

Provencal Framhouse

This typical Provencal stone farmhouse is located in Aigaliers, a village in the Gard, near Uzès, in the south of France. You might think i...

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