~ the Penthouse @ Ikea Family Live magazine

hello everyone!

 isn't it quite a nice date today, that is if a detail like that matters to you at all in any way?

 09.09.2011

 numbers have a symbolic meaning to me

 and am quite a fan of them,

 asides from having been quite good at dealing with them back at school and university

 it seems to be connected with an easiness in evaluating spaces,

 visualising complete rooms put together

 {without even having made one sketch by hand or on the pc}

 make the best possible use of their space, 

 maximising their performance with simple & easy solutions

I guess this characteristic allows me to be successful as 

an interiors consultant & designer

speaking of that, I'm quite happy to be sharing today with you,

after a week that the edition has arrived in our mailbox,

{I just wanted that a few very dear friends had the honour of finding out in person by me,

before making a post here & I just loved their reaction and input!}

that our current home,

this so beloved & charming, little {loft Penthouse} of ours,

is hosted in the German Fall issue of Ikea Family Live

it is a wonderful feeling being hosted in the pages of a publication I adore,

which has also marked the beginning of my life in Germany,

the magazine being something totally new to me back then{3 years ago},

as it wasn't published in Greek.

and the best of all, it is connected to a company I love!

having not the time to momentarily translate the interview into English for you,

I'll just state a few facts:

 1.  the interview took place on the phone

and the Penthouse is mentioned as my current residence,

which I share with my life partner.

 2. I'm also mentioned as their co worker, as since a year now,

I'm blogging for their online website,

which by the way since yesterday has launched totally new!

you may check it out {here}

& visit me {there}

3.  Ikea Family Live's editors have contacted me twice more than a year ago, asking if I would be interested in having their stylists and photography crew come over for a

detailed feature in their magazine

 4. I was "dying" to meet the crew and see how they work on the spot

 5.  what went wrong? 

my life partner didn't wish to be part of this

& 

we were trying to arrange how he would be away for the three days that the crew would be here

  6. I clearly decided that him and our relationship is more important than my wish

to have our home published in a magazine and a favorite team work

 7. in the meantime he is {through living together with somebody who blogs}

much more relaxed about such issues,

so perhaps a new home in the future could be a potential feature 

 8. I was thrilled when the editors suggested that we make a small feature instead,

me sending my own pictures as an interiors photographer

and voila:

so it happened!

isn't life the most fabulous adventure my dear all?

and aren't true love & patience always rewarded?

it seems so....

anyway, I'll have to leave you with some of my portfolio's favorite pictures

 which were used for thefeature:

our living / lounge / sofa area

our reading corner, as seen from the kitchen with a view to the stairs up

my favorite box carrying always my latest paper creations {like these ones}

our reading corner's art wall,

the creation of which you may follow in two parts

as blogged for Ikea Family's live website

{here} + {here}

and a quick, tasty solution for a Sunday breakfast as blogged {here} about a year ago

below are the scanned pages of the magazine

and promise as soon as I take some time off during the weekend

to catch up with... myself amongst all craziness,

I'll post the translation cause it has some humourous parts, too!

wishing everyone the happiest of Friday & weekends ahead!

see you soon my dears ~

Love,

Iro - Ivy

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photography & interior styling by Iro Ivy Nassopoulos for Domestic stories with Ivy 2011 & Ikea Family Live {all rights reserved}