Kids _ cubby house

 Yep, I admit it. I want one!
I always loved building cubby houses as a kid and these are very creative.

Is it just me, or does this cubby house remind you of these building blocks? I used to play with these as a kid, learing how different shapes fit together and how some shapes are composed of other shapes. They are made by Jovo.

The closed version.

This is the very cool Porqupine Sleeping cell. Perhaps a bit dangerous on the outside, but extremely cool!

Don't have a garden? No worries. If you have a high ceiling you could build this simple cubby house. Just one floor if your ceiling is normal height and the kids could use the roof as a terrace or tower.

I like these mini-versions of the main house style. Giving the kid their very own version of the main house. A well built one with its own veranda and veggie patch.

This Australian design sure is inspiring. What a great hideout! This is The Birds Nest by Ted Ballieu

Cute cute cute! Small doors and windows, semi transparent materials...Love it. This is Salubrious by Modern Cabana.

This is Sustainable room by Super colossal. This castle like cubby would surely become an attraction in your back yard amoungst all the neighbours kids. I wonder if you can climb the pipes and and look out the top?

How cool is this? Build your own! Not easy though, I admit.

Open house by Nixon Tolouch. I love how this opens and is dynamic. The green boards are a lot of fun. Smaller doors would perhaps be more inviting for the little ones. The hiding aspect is taken away.

Wedding inspiration _ bridesmaids dresses

I have been looking a lot at bridesmaids dresses (as well as everything else for the wedding). My conclusion is that the bridesmaids are going to be able to chose their dresses themselves. I don't want them to be matching, but to have the same colour theme. They don't need to be in the same material, length or style. Some of the colours I like the most for the bridesmaids dresses (and for the wedding colour theme) are: grey, apricot, champagne, and blue/grey. I keep changing my mind on the  combination. A few weeks ago I was sure that I wanted grey dresses with warm yellow flowers. Now I am more thinking of blue/grey dresses with champagne details (ribbons around the waist, bows, hair..).
What do you think?
Also I like shorter dresses for the girls. Not long ballgowns. Also remember that the average temperature in the Verona region in August is 25C (considering even nighttime temperature). Average high is 32 (max high 36). Average low is 20C. Since I want my girls looking fresh, I think shorter dresses is the best summer option!

This is a colour I quite like. I think it's quite elegant and modern at the same time. I don't want all the dresses to be the same and I think the width of these skirts looks slightly goofy, but otherwise quite nice.

So I know my bridesmaids aren't as "hippy" as in this photo, but I do think it catches something that I like. Both the colour range and sweetness.

I like both the colour and length of these dresses.

Champagne dresses... are they too formal?

I think this caramel, chocolate, champagne colour range is nice.. Maybe with shorter dresses it wouldn't feel so formal.

I love how these girls don't have matching dresses. They're all following a colour theme, but all the dress types are different. Materials, lengths, and styles. But they still work really nicely together. The champagne colour is a classic and looks very nice. The flowers are a bit too classic for my taste, but this is still one of my favorite inspirational photos.

Grey and apricot works well together, although the yellow flowers look better with the grey dresses. Perhaps they should've considered two different bouquetts? The brides bouquett is very nice with the added apricot coloured flowers. I love the yellow ball shaped flowers.

Grey and white bridesmaids dresses really give a lot of attention to the bride. I don't think the dark green bouquett works very well, but otherwise I think it looks nice.

This family have  matching clothes and don't they look lovely? I especially like the babys pokerdot dress!

This couple must be popular (or have desision problems) 9 bridesmaids and 6 groomsmen.The shiney grey and black looks good together and really gives the bride attention.

The girls are working the dark grey and warm yellow combination. I like how some of the girls also have yellow shoes and two of them have apricot coloured shoes which also fits very well together with grey.

The grey bridesmaids dresses give a lovely background for the white wedding dress. The yellow flowers go perfectly with grey and get much more attention than what they normally would.

Alberto Burri

 Alberto Burri, Italian artist born 1915 died 1995. I first saw Burri's work at the modern art museum in Rome and fell in love instantly. I love his use of materials, simple cuts and colours. The first work of his that I noticed was a canvass sliced open with a red screen visible through the cut. The other work was like the bottom of a crusted lake. I love the use of rust in artwork, and Burri uses it in an amazing way.
His urban planing could be frowned upon though, and although I hate it in a nature-loving way, being the eco-monster that it is, I adore it in an artistic and filosofical point of view.

Herzog & De Meuron

 Herzog & De Meuron are probably one of my very favorite architecture studios. The main reason for this is their lovely use of materials in inovative ways. One of my favorites is the Caixa Forum in Madrid, which I was lucky enough to visit last summer when we went to Madrid and Valencia.

The rusted metal becomes more and more porous as it reaches up towards the sky. The lovely patern creates an amazing light on the inside.

The entrance of the museum is under the main floor. The stairway is the only part touching the ground (as well as the pilars).

A close-up of the rusted material

This is the entrance area. The whole part underneath the floor where you enter the building is highly reflective creating a greater sense of space.

This would have to be one of the most impressive green walls ever! The plants on here are huge! Also the colouring and shapes of plants has been very well chosen.

Inside the resturant on the top floor. The light in here is amazing. It's almost like natural light one would get when light is filtered through tree branches.

The lovely shadows created by the porous material.