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copenhagen city guide

By Marlene | Published: 4. July 2019
When a friend asked me a few weeks ago to share some tips for a weekend in Copenhagen, I thought: I should write down my dozen or so favourites for the blog (and future reference). A dozen quickly turned into around 50. This city makes it easy to keep finding places to love and share. So, here they are – my evergreens and some great new (summer) hits. [...]

at home with theresa rand

By Marlene | Published: 27. March 2018
Out of everything I’ve discovered renovating an apartment – building work will take approximately six months longer than expected, three visits to Ikea in one day is two visits too many, it is impossible to get rid of the last moving box – the thing has made me particularly crazy is how difficult it is to find beautiful bedside tables. (If you think „crazy“ [...]

book love: „wie eine wohnung…“

By Marlene | Published: 18. September 2014
Hanging plants upside down from the ceiling – I want to try that. Or maybe I’ll start by sprucing up the bathroom mirror with rope? No, first I’m going to the cellar to find an old cable for 'writing' something on the living room wall. That’s what reading Steffi’s book „Wie eine Wohnung ein Zuhause wird“ (only available in German – yet!) [...]

wild heart free soul

By Marlene | Published: 9. July 2014
„Do what you love“ – how many times have I seen a print with that line on Instagram, Facebook and blogs lately. It should also hang on the wall in the Wild Heart Free Soul studio. What the three founders and friends Jana, Lena and Beyza have created together truly gives meaning to those words. (more…)