The details are our house and our bike-trailer. (I found the idea on the internet but the link doesn’t work anymore – Thank you, inspirer!)

Now he’s two years old and going to daycare soon. And I’m going to have to find out what happens with my „professional life“. Scary.

This is a nice patterned one by the Swedish company Klippan.

And those Livingstones are absolutely comfortable and great (and really looking like stones!) By french company smarin.

Dot cushion by Hay Denmark (of course…).

How great would this bed cover look on our bed (Hay).

Also this lamp would look lovely above our new not existing table (Norman Copenhagen).

And: As it’s Levi’s second brithday very soon, I’m dreaming of this bObles sitting-playing-elefant to give him:

(via roadtrip in finland)

After I finished school I moved out of my parent’s house – in autumn. I changed university and therefore cities several times – always in autumn.

This year’s autumn changes aren’t determined so much by the weather (as we didn’t have a real hot summer in Berlin) but by going another step towards separation from my boy: he will be going to kindergarten. And I will be going to work.

I’m really looking forward to having more time to being with myself again. But at the same time I’m having lots of respect (not to say I’m a bit anxious) about letting him go. I’m going to miss our 30 minutes in bed after waking up when he talks and shows all our bodyparts and is rolling all over the bed and me. I’m going to miss his funny moves while learning to eat lunch with a spoon himself. I’m going to miss bringing him to bed after lunch and staying in bed as well.

But I will love seeing how he makes friends and will be able to play stuff that I’m not patient enough to show him or don’t have the experience than they do in kindergarten. Also I’m going to love doing something to earn my own money and not to depend so much on the man anymore. I’m going to love having spare time for reading the newspapers. I’m going to love being more confident because of feedback that doesn’t have anything to do with childcare or housecare. (However also I’m anxious about that future feedback already because I believe I can just do childcare and housecare…)

Also, as the comsumist-kid that I formerly was – I’m still like that. I still don’t like shopping in real shops. But I don’t do it with catalogues neither. Holymoly internet of course is a never ending source of desires. My desires. Here come the ones that I desire mostly nowadays:

Frye boots. I’d love to have a pair of these. Unfortunately they aren’t sold in Germany. I suppose I’d have to try them on because my (fucking sensitive) feet usually aren’t made for heels (even if they are just 4 cm). I could order a pair online and send it back on my own expenses. In the end I will probably to that.

These chino pants from Knowledge Cotton Apparel! I already have them in navy for a year now and wear them pretty much everyday. This colour is lovely and would be a bit crazy in my otherwise navy/grey/black wardrobe. The best thing about them? These danes make all their apparels from 100% certified organic cotton.

Who would have thought. I’m still obsessed with having a new table. The above one is pretty similar to the one I’ve actually wanted. But even a bit nicer. And made in Berlin. Which I like, too.

Other things I’d like to do this autumn is cooking seasonal vegetables more. Like all kinds of root vegetables, preferably stewed in salt in the oven. I’m going to knit jackets. Little ones, though, because I’m too impatient for big ones. I might be going swimming more regularly – one should have bigger goals. Most of all I’m going to enjoy the afternoons: Playing with Levi after kindergarten and hoping he will still like to talk bodyparts and kiss my belly.

What I love most about their stuff are their green matters: certified UK or European wood plus everything hand made in the UK. For sure a sustainable and long lasting investment.

(Chris Benz via designlovefest)

(Beautiful icelandic blanket by Vik Prjonsdottir, isn’t it? via kitka.ca)

For the first weekend Johannes accompanied us which wasn’t just great for the journey:

We discovered my greater childhood area by bike. I grew up in southern Thuringia which at this time of the year has lovely soft hills, green meadows, yellow fields and little villages (always). We saw a peacock (among others!) in a very small eclosure and therefore lovely but heartbreaking as well:

Little oasises and colourful flowers all along our way.

canola……corn poppy

My cousin and I even went to see a live show of an old friends-band of ours from really REALLY former times. It was an Irish pub and they did (as they always did) Irish folk music.

I read the new book by Paul Auster „Sunset Park“ in the garden and loved it even as much as being outdoors all the time.

Most important (because making me as relaxed as could be): Levi loved being with his grandparents and they loved being with him.

Months ago I made curtains for our sleeping room. I sewed a layer of simple black fabric to the back and hoped it would darken the room for longer sleep. And voilá it worked.

To colour up our bed I made two simple cosy cushions.

Then I made the same curtains for Levi’s room. Except in other colours and a lot bigger because the windows in there are huge. I really like the colours. And I’d really like to take better photos. Oh well, again.

Last but indeed not least I made some big cushions for the balcony. As we’re having our balcony in the fourth floor and are also having Levi who eventually would like to be taller than he is, we thought removing furniture from the balcony would be a good idea. Couching on the floor comes along. Not wanting to lie down on a hard wood floor we’d need some soft whatevers. So I came up with the idea of sewing some sturdy fabric around some small cheap pillows. Which looks like the following:

I haven’t had any lovely yellow to add, you might have noticed…