All essays — Peace Love Decor

● Kitchen — May 02 · 14 min read

We rolled limewash on one short brick wall in our kitchen and discovered the finish we loved arrived between brushes — in the quiet pause be…

● Color & Paint — May 02 · 16 min read

We painted two A4 sheets in three different rooms over the course of a year, taped them to the walls, and lived with those patches until the…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 21 min read

Every evening for ninety days we cleaned the same thirty-centimetre rectangle of counter beside the sink. It began as a small experiment — a…

● Kitchen — May 01 · 21 min read

We added a 12 cm-deep oak shelf above the kitchen window for spice jars and a small ceramic Mira’s grandmother sent. It started as an aftert…

● Small Spaces — May 01 · 20 min read

We changed one chrome handle for a little brass pull that cost less than a coffee. The drawer it lived on went from stage prop to daily work…

● Living Room — May 01 · 17 min read

We stopped 'tidying' and started 'closing'. Three modest gestures — folding a wool blanket, emptying the kettle, and turning a lamp down — h…

● Bedroom — May 01 · 14 min read

We turned a small upstairs room into a high‑desert hideaway: warm plaster, a thrifted wooden bed that looked like it belonged, a handful of …

● Small Spaces — May 01 · 19 min read

The hook itself was nothing — a small brass crescent from a corner hardware shop, four euros and a bent price tag. The project felt ridiculo…

● Workshop — May 01 · 15 min read

There was a pile of toast crumbs on the bench when I sharpened the chisel. The 25mm blade lay flat, dull from a year of scraping paint and o…

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