Pizzo Picture Postcards

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I love these two postcards!


I first bought them ten years ago, when I spent my first summer holiday in Calabria together with my husband ('il mio fidanzato' at that time). I bought them again last year. They are yellowish on the back. They must have been on stock for sooo many years...

The first one is really special. I wonder why they printed so many of it? This postcard wins a prize for 'unbelievable, strange' postcard and needs to be collected.

And the second one spreads so much charme. La Piazza Umberto has not much changed in these years. (Just a few more cars are parking on the right nowadays).

I think these two postcards show exactly why I like Pizzo. It is a picturesque, dozy little village in the South that has not been spoilt by tourism. And I hope that will never change.

Inspiring Terrace Gardens

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I found the following great ideas for our garden and terrace by Mylandscapes, UK based contemporary roof garden and terrace garden design specialists via one of my favorite blogs Desire to Inspire.




The alternative is to use planter pots of different shapes and same colour, e.g. blue or terracotta. But the first solution would allow an automatic watering for the plants in the dryer summers.
In China, these pots are so cheap. The biggest would be around 12 - 18 USD. I could ship lots of them...


... downstairs, garden with grass and some tiles for the seating area...
... and as we have no space for a pool, I thought of a cheaper version ...

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And this is our modest reality, the roof terrace, where you can harvest capers at the moment.

And the 'garden' viewed from above. I would keep the floor covered with grass. A purple bougainvillea, a white oleander, a lemon tree and a agave plant, maybe some cactus (outside the fence on the rock) would be typical plants from the region.

Inspiring Entrances

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We finally get started. We have an architect and he might look into my posts - hopefully ;-) That's why I will post some inspiring pictures I have collected recently.
So, let's start today with the entrance - the 'calling card' of a house.


Above hallway is from 'Beach Studios' via Absolutely Beautiful Things blog.
I like the entrance in white - it is simple and clean.
Actually, I mirrored the picture, so it looks more like our entrance.



This is a hallway I discovered via Decor8 blog.
It is similar to ours, but much bigger, wider.
I still like white better. And of course some mirror (Venetian style, if we can find and afford) over a commode/chest.

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And on the right is our modest reality. The entrance is photographed from the first floor. So white colour and a big mirror will lighten it up.






Maybe even a glass door with a second iron grid door in front. I saw that at a neighbours house.


Although a wooden door is classy...








(Last three pictures are taken in Pizzo, my copyright)

... more wallpaper

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I am not going to stick wallpaper allover the walls, but I liked these from Thibaut as they have seaside themes...

Some of them are available as fabric as well. And they come in different colours and shades.

Wallpaper or fabric, both look elegant.
And they are expensive.
I am just dreaming a bit...


I got to the idea of using wallpaper on one wall only to create a certain mood in the room. Maybe in one of the bedrooms or in the so called 'Chinese' room, maybe even in the livingroom. Or just in the bathroom. Here in Beijing I found the distributor for Thibaut wallpaper in the Oriental Kenzo building and I browsed through all the heavy 'catalogues'.




Pictures from Thibaut website