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CINDY LACKEY

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Old Posts + Life These Days

I recently have been receiving the kindest emails from you. First, I’m so sorry. I know how frustrating broken links are and I’m so touched that so many of you have emailed me asking where the old posts can be found. So here’s what happened.

I switched website platforms so instead of using Squarespace, I’m now using WordPress. I really loved Squarespace, their interface was awesome and clean, the templates were nice. But, in the end, I needed a little bit more customization to create things like my personal website + portfolio. Plus, I totally fell in love with Station Seven and all their beautiful templates. This is Coastal.

So, when I made this big switch, I was able to upload all my blog text, BUT all the images were hosted by Squarespace so they all are now tiny icons instead. I went back and re-uploaded images to this site for my most recent or most favorite posts. However, the really old posts are silently waiting until someone emails me and asks after them.

If you loved an old post, maybe you saw it on Pinterest or BHG and the link is broken, write me or post a comment here. I promise to search it out, dust it off and make that post live for all the world to see.

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And as for what is going on with me? Well, I hope you’ve been following along on Instagram and Snapchat, but if not here’s the update:

I finished up language school last winter and I got a job! I am working as an Interior Architect for a navel engineering firm in Copenhagen, which means I get to design the inside of ferry, cruise and offshore platforms. I hadn’t even ever considered designing for marine but its basically a designer’s dream job because it’s essentially a hotel, just in the water. So we design ever type of space, from the lobby to the restaurants (usually multiple, all with different concepts) and the cabins to the lounges, plus all kinds of specialty spaces like movie theaters and game rooms. It is a pretty darn fun gig.

On top of all the fun professional stuff, we’ve been traveling like crazies. Seriously, we’re averaging one trip a month this year. Mostly we’ve been exploring all Sweden has to offer with trips up to Gothenberg or way way up to Abisko. During our summer holiday (because this is Europe and we all take a month off in the summer) we headed up the Stockholm and just wandered around all their neighborhoods for four days. It feels like there is so much to see right here in our own backyard!

Anyway, I just wanted to pop in and say send me a message if you want and old post and I hope you are having lots of adventures, too.

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Trendspotting + Iridescent Lightness

Unicorns and happiness! It’s not just iridescent darkness that’s trending, lightness is also popping up everywhere in a big way from fashion to DIY to furniture. So cheer up and get your sparkle on!

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iridescent kite / Quantum Field X3 by Hiro Yamagata for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain in 2004 / Glas Italia Shimmer Side Table / A Beautiful Mess vase DIY / cutlery from Zara Home / backpack / Studio DIY, Lisa Frank Markie the Unicorn costume / Tropicalia Chair by Patricia Urquiola

Also, if you don’t know about Maria Marie you gotta go check out her site, especially her Pantone collection which is so joyfully lovely. Happy Wednesday!

 

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Trendspotting + Iridescent Darkness

Purple rain and dark, rock and roll iridescence has been stuck in my head on repeat for days now. I love the ’80s glam-ness of this retro-fresh trend. Do you guys fall down Instagram rabbit holes, too? ‘Cause Tom Dixon has been using #tdiridescence to promote his new Oil and Warp collections and the tag is quite inspirational.

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oil on asphalt (above) / oil on asphalt (below) / Frends Headphones, Taylor Oil Slick / Casamance, The Parallel linen wallcovering / Kate Spade New York, Glitter Stud Earrings in Multi Glitter / Tom Dixon Warp Vase / barber scissors / rug, Linie Design, Grace in Purple / Starbucks stainless steel cold cup / Skye Oil Slick Hologram Bikini / iridescent effects on metal

Light, bright iridescent is also having a moment (hello unicorns and rainbows!!). Check back here on Wednesday for my Iridescent Lightness mood board!

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Trendspotting + Natural Tones

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shift dress / Tom Dixon brick diffuser / LADY Minerals chalk paint in rustikk terracotta

You know how sometimes one color just dominates trends forever that you almost don’t even see it. Then something new comes along.

It seems like we’ve been living in gray and white city for a few years design wise. It’s become ‘safe’ and it’s just about time to mix things up. Shake off the gray skies and let some spring time nature in!

I’m so excited to see browns and neutrals sneaking in to the latest offerings of fixtures and furnishings. Lovely, solid, natural greens seem to exude that perfect a fresh pop of newness and light. My particular favorite is that perfect medium brown leather, like a warm cognac, slightly distressed and with green undertones.

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H&M Home patterned pillows  /  IKEA Sannolik vase in pink  /  Tubéreuse large candle indoor + outdoor edition  /  Rowan pendant  /  West Elm Hamilton leather sofa in Brooklyn Candle Studio’s home  /  Pottery Barn leather pillow  /  plant  /  LADY Minerals chalk paint in cashmere

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Bold and Bright Baby + The Nursery

It’s so hard to believe little P (aka Hazelnut, aka The Nut, aka our good friends’ Jon + Audrey Camp‘s lovely daughter) is nearly one year old (this shot is from back when she was a little squish of just two months old). If you’re curious about how her life is unfolding, Audrey has written some beautiful essays on motherhood and life with P here, here and here and you know what, here, too. Actually better just take a look at all these posts on parenthood. They are all amazing.

As for P’s first room, I think it turned out quite well! Audrey sent over these shots from back when we had just finished and she was still pregnant all those days ago. Since then, well, P’s shown up, but the Camps have also bought an apartment in the super cool Grünerløkka borough of Oslo. So now we have first hand proof that Ferm Living’s wall stickers really do re-stick!

Check out the Mood Board and Product Board for this room. And don’t miss the post on P’s Camp Baby Shower also in the same theme of Bold, Bright and Adventurous!

Have an adventure loving week, everyone!

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Hey there, I'm Cindy, an interiors and graphic designer with a love for all things crafty. I'm also a California expat living in the south of Sweden. This space is a bit about design, a bit about crafting and a bit about travel and my life here in Sweden.

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