Gosto disto

- do meu quarto cada vez mais branco

- da nova opção do blogger de responder a comentários
- deste bolo de chocolate
- da correria e canseira que o 6º aniversário do meu filho mais novo me trouxe, que implicou fazer:

um bolo para a escola (o tal)

um jantar de anos para a família

uma festa de anos para os amigos (com o tal bolo também)

Things I like lately

I have to admit, I'm kinda tired of summer and vacations (school vacations, to be accurate)... 

I've been organizing and decluttering my home and my life for the New Year (that's September to me), and we're in the middle of renovating the kids' room.

Here some of things I've been loving lately:

- planning our big trip to Ikea (here and here)

- renovating the kids' room

- getting my oldest son ready to go to first grade

- trying to stay on track with Jillian Michaels' "Making the Cut" program

- School Sparks, a website and blog with lots of information and tips to help kids start school (and a lot of printables for kids, too!)

- Life... Your Way, a website and blog about finances, food, motherhood, success, parenting, everyday life (with a lot of printables, too!)

- Modern Simplicity, a blog about a "simple green living with modern style"

-  Creative Organizing, written by professional organizer Abby Garvey, is filled with a lot of organizing tips and printables (and it's a joy to go through her pictures of beautifully organized spaces)

- Simple Organized Living, is a blog about a simple and organized living (focusing on frugallity and downsizing), also written by a professional organizer, Andrea Dekker

- Becoming Minimalist, focusing on the advantages of owning less and living more

I wish you all a perfect weekend!

Again Ikea

Oh boy, I'm excited! I've been seeling some of my furniture (already sold everything in the kids' room), and today I sold my kitchen table and chairs. We're going to Ikea in Sevilla in 2 weeks, and this is what I'll get for the kitchen: a Melltorp table and Laver chairs. Can't wait! 

Estou toda entusiasmada! Tenho andado a vender mobília (já vendi tudo o que estava no quarto dos miúdos), e hoje vendi a mesa e cadeiras da cozinha. Vamos ao Ikea de Sevilha daqui a 2 semanas, e eis o que vou comprar para a cozinha: uma mesa Melltorp e cadeiras Laver. Mal posso esperar! 

Preparing a big trip to Ikea

Oh boy, I'm excited! I'm planning a big trip to Ikea to buy new furniture for my kids' room and some other things for home... Here's a sneek peak of some of the items on my shopping list:

Estou super entusiasmada! Ando a planear uma grande visita ao Ikea para comprar mobília para o quarto dos miúdos e mais algumas coisas para casa... Aqui está uma amostra de algumas das coisas que já estão na minha lista de compras:

For my office
Para o meu escritório

For the kids' room and their office
Para o quarto dos miúdos e seu escritório

For the kids' bathroom
Para a casa de banho dos míudos

There are a few other items on my list, such as Ikea PS candleholder or a Mysa Rönn quilt and some candles... 

Regarding the Skruvsta office chair, I don't know for sure if I'll get it or not... First of all, I really don't need it, second, it's too expensive, and third, my cats' claws will eventually ruin the fabric...

There's another item though that I would LOVE to get... the beautiful grey and white Alvine Rand rug... But again, it's too expensive, I don't need it now in the summer (and usually it's hot here in the Algarve till early November...) and again, cats' claws... Oh, well, I'll be pretty busy as it is redecorating around the house with all the new furniture I'm buying, so I guess I can forget the chair and the rug for now...

Tenho mais algumas coisas na lista de compras, como o porta-velas Ikea PS ou um edredon Mysa Rönn e algumas velas...

Relativamente à cadeira de escritório Skruvsta, não sei bem se a compro ou não... Primeiro, porque não preciso dela, segundo, porque é demasiado cara, e terceiro, porque as unhas dos meus gatos hão-de dar cabo do tecido... 

Há ainda outra coisa que eu adoraria comprar... o maravilhoso tapete cinzento e branco Alvine Rand... Mas, mais uma vez, é demasiado caro, não preciso dele agora no Verão (e aqui em baixo faz calor até ao início de Novembro) e, novamente, as unhas dos gatos... Seja como for, vou andar bastante ocupada a redecorar a casa com a mobília toda que vou comprar, por isso acho que posso esquecer a cadeira e o tapete por agora...

Pinterest

Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that I've just joined Pinterest. You can check my boards and pins here. I wish you all a lovely evening!

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Olá a todos! Um post rápido só para vos dizer que aderi ao Pinterest (um site para partilhar as nossas fotos preferidas que vamos encontrando pela internet). Podem ver aqui. Espero que tenham uma óptima noite!

Ikea shopping list ~ Lista de compras Ikea

This week I'm going to Lisbon - and a stop at Ikea is mandatory! Here's my shopping list:

Esta semana vou a Lisboa - e uma paragem no Ikea é obrigatória! Aqui está a minha lista de compras:

I like: cool jazz and Miles Davis

I love jazz, particularly cool jazz. 

A few months ago, I found the soundtrack of a 1958 french film noir "L'Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud" at the library, and fell in love with it. 

The music is by Miles Davis. Do I need to say more? It was described by a jazz critic as "the loneliest trumpet sound you will ever hear, and the model for sad-core music ever since. Hear it and weep."