Therapeutic work

The past few months have been rather intense. The new year started with us getting every conceivable cold and flu one after the other, then in late January our 2-year-old was ended up in hospital for a week thanks to the RS-virus. Also I found out I was pregnant in early January; last week I started bleeding and went for a scan at the hospital. I was bleeding because I'd had a missed abortion. I thought I was 13 weeks along, however the embryo hadn't made it past 6 weeks. So it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride lately.

In the midst of all this, what has given me solace and peace of mind is sewing, knitting and a bit of redecorating. I've finished a few UFOs (unfinished objects, that is), such as overlocking ready cut nappy inserts for our daughter's cloth nappies and buttoning an otherwise finished nappy, assembling a couple of knitting projects, and so on. I've also started (and finished!) a couple of garments for my daughter.

First the Bambi T-shirt:



Pattern (modified) from Ottobre 4/2010, fabric from Myllymuksut.

Then a pair of jeans:



Pattern from Ottobre 1/2010, fabric from Stoff & Stil. My girl loves everything pink at the moment, thus the pink button. I'm hoping that detail will make the trousers acceptable to her. ;)

Lastly I've built two Malm chests from Ikea for my girl's room. Up until now her clothes have been stored in a Expedit shelf with inserts, and we've changed her nappies on a separate changing table. However those items of furniture were bought for where we lived when our girl was born, and didn't work all that well here. So the Malm chests were a welcome change. More storage and a less crowded room. Hopefully we'll soon be able to remove the changing pad as well, as she's starting to get the hang of going to the potty again, after a long period of refusing to go near it.

Laundry room

We've been hanging shelves lately. In the laundry room and in the storage room in the basement. And thus we've created two functional rooms, albeit not very pretty. A huge improvement from the messy piles that were there before. The pictures are from the laundry room. The storage room is not very photogenic.

Never quite tidy enough...

... but today I give you a peak into our living room anyway.



The orange sofa is "Emma" from L.K. Hjelle, the black one is a sofa bed that we got from a friend of my grandmother's and then reupholstered. The coffee table is from Naver Collection/Aksel Kjersgaard, and the ottoman is Norway Says' "Boy". The corner table consists of a wire drawer rack and a kitchen cabinet door, both Ikea. The rug is also from Ikea, and is called "Strib".