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An inspired moment...

The world of interior blogs is a deep and bubbling ocean of inspiration and ideas. As much as I like soaking up page after page in my favourite magazines, peering into some of the tasteful and creatively composed bloggers' homes can be equally stimulating. Or perhaps even more inspiring, as it is more personal, feels real and very often something I feel I can relate to more than some of the incredibly flash and fancy homes that appear in the magazines.

So what can one do with a piece of wood, a band-saw, some white paint and a bit of blogged inspiration? Well, after having for a long time admired a wooden box with a handle in the kitchen of the gorgeous http://www.lillablanka.blogspot.com/, I decided to have a go at making one. Not entirely straight perhaps, but a few flaws can be covered up with a sprawling basil, maybe? Kitchen roll holder, heart and small stars on string were soon conceived in the same saw dust frenzy, inspired by products by Elisabeth Berg, ebcountrydesign in Västerås, Sweden.

The ivy rests in a tall glass vase covered in twigs from the garden, an idea actually born without my having sought enlightenment elsewhere. Yes, I think I may simply have had an uninspired inspired moment...