Seanary

 

Var vid denna strand idag och tittade på vad som skall bli strandvillor och hus nära och en bit från havet med havsutsikt. 

Snart står deras visningshus redo. Vi mötte upp med svenska bekannta som jobbar med projektet. Tycker stilen är rätt arkitektoniskt. Titta gärna om du letar efter hus i Thailand www.treenland.com med ca. 5 timmars bilfärd från Bangkok.

 

Almost black Soomkai

 

 In nr 15 of Swedish AIH a black looking Soomkai is presented. I have already been getting kind emails from interested buyers. Fun! 

The fact is we have not started making black ones. First of all it´s actually a dark grey, which you really can not see. Second - it was sprayed this color by Studio Sankt Paul for the X mas presentation. Would you like us to make them in this color ? 

I know I´m in Thailand when...

When I see a truck loaded with coconuts then I really get that I´m not in Sweden anymore. I know I´m not very bright...

When I walk on the beach ( in the rain....yes I know you can not see it ...but it rained the whole walk) for an hour and 30 min and do not get to the end of it. 

I´m reminded of this fact every time I walk by all of these beautiful palm trees.  

Seeing houses like this one also reminds we are going to see a developer that is setting up a village of villas by the sea not far from where we stay. Stay tuned. 

/ Jimmy

Canine interuption

Per Magnus shot a picture of me getting this cute welcoming committée. My place of work have become the outdoor table and suddenly I see this black dog coming up and not far behind the second one. What a lovely canine interruption. Really miss my loved ones at home and right now especially TERRY our Bordercollie/collie.

Must have texitile tree

Must say that this is the only must have X mas textile I have seen in a very long time.

Just love the very sparesly decorated green full size tree on white canvas. 

Like the gift decoration suggestions as well and off course these pictures have been created at Ikea Comunications. 
Like what I see Ikea.

House on the beach

We are staying at a house on the beach close to Hua Hin that is rented out by friends. 

The house is in two floors and has a big roof terrace and lush greenery surrounding it.

Love the outdoor shower pillar in stone. 
Great tip for everyone with a garden. Build your own outdoor shower in the look you want.

It has been raining a lot, but not when I took the pictures of the pool. I went for many laps these past days and I must tell you it´s wonderful to go swimming when it´s raining. Do try it if you never did.

The view of the ocean from the back of the house. We are having a lot of clouds and rain right now, but it makes it very dramatic.  

Starting to loose the jet lag and get into the Thai tempo. Last night I slept really well with the sound of the ocean and the rain pitter patter on the roof. 

She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

Not really...but, I do love seashells. 
Here the whole beach is full of them. 
You just have your pick.

This is such a wonderful place, I would have loved to share this with my beloved.   

Back in Thailand

Landed in Bangkok after a 9 and a half hour flight from Stockholm with friend and photographer Per Magnus Persson where we were picked up in style by his wife Ann. 

Ann drove us down close to Hua Hin which takes about 4 hours if you do not stress, 
and stop on the and have some nice thai noodle soup which we off course did.

We are in Thailand to donate part of the profit from the Soomkai lamp. 

To start you from the beginning of the story, Per Magnus love Thailand and asked me many times when I would come and visit him there.

I did at last two years ago now and fell in love with everything I saw. When I laid my eyes on this, my first thought was to make this. So we did.  

I made the design for the lampshade. Ann found the right company to produce the lamp that hand make the chicken coop which is what Soomkai means, which is also the name of the lamp. 

My first instinct was that the lamp have to have a purpose and give back to a good cause. Ann helped us find the HIV Orphanage that is run by a Buddhist Monk in the city of Lopburi.

When we presented the lamp and the charity to Watt&Veke they just loved it. The lamp has now been sold very succsessfully by Watt&Veke and we will present a sister to Soomkai in the  spring.

We call it Soomkai LEK. Lek means small in Thai. We could not have found a better partner than Watt&veke, there has just been joy in this whole project. 

 --- THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!  

This is a dream come true for me. The thought that DESIGN CAN  MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
I am so happy to prove my point!! 

THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED MY DREAM COME TRUE. IT´S NOW OUR DREAM!