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‘A day in a life’
Monday is my Sunday.
09:45am
TGIM! A day off from Forest Bake. I got up pretty late specially during this rainy season, no surprise my body clock would automatically slow down to meet the Monday pace. It’s best to just stay cosy in bed, listening to the rain, what a beautiful moment of the day.
10:45am
What should I wear..?
Every time when it comes to a decision making of ‘what to wear’. I’d often go by the weather, or places I plan to visit. Since Monday is an easy for me, I’d rather go for something comfy with a style. So I picked out my Matter Prints dress.
11:45am
Late brunch at “Meena Rice Based Cuisine”. Finally I got myself there after hearing from friends and seen so many delicious posts on Instagram.
The restaurant located on an outer ring road of Chiang Mai, though not so far from the main city but peaceful enough for you to enjoy a good meal. The place was built from an old Northern Thai style houses, surrounded by trees beside a small pond. Everything was decorated in Thai hand-dyed fabrics, wood and ceramics. What a coincidence I happened to wear an artisanal hand printed shirt dress myself!
As new comers, we had no idea of what to order so they recommended us to try some signature Lanna (Northern Thai) dishes. The highlight was the coloured steamed rice cooked in different kind of herbs and flowers to get their wonderful natural dyes. Mind you all of the dishes were sprinkled with edible flower petals, beautiful!
3:30pm
Back home for an afternoon retreat in the garden. After rained walk is always the best. Loving how everything switched from lemony green to foresty green, the scent and the freshness in the air are just marvelous. In fact, I’m often here for a purpose, either to do some foraging or to get some inspirations, but for Mondays, I shall enjoy myself for nothing.
Our Carunda trees are bearing their fruits. These are edible, you can have them fresh like having strawberries or even bake them in one of your recipes, you choose :)
4:45pm
Looked like it’s about to rain for the third round, meaning, it’s time for me to stop wandering. I shall get back in and waiting patiently for mum’s best dinner..
The day was short but I did accomplish my slow-life kind of day with well received energy from nature.
Hope you guys had a great Monday.
Goodnight.
Nalinna*
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It’s been many years since I’ve been traveling back and forth constantly to Bangkok, either for leisure or sometimes, work. I’ve noticed continuous changes all time, whether it’s about new developments, places to shop, cafes to visit or night markets.
A couple of days ago, I dropped by Bangkok for a short while, 2 nights and 3 days, I got to make it worthwhile, and so forth I came across Metropole Bangkok, again, through Pinterest.
Metropole Bangkok, one of the luxury serviced residences under The Crest Collection under The Ascott Limited, offers a unique and inviting aesthetic in company with an unprecedented personalized serviced standard. The design from inside out is inspired by the Colonial architecture fused in with the elegance of Thai ‘Golden Age’ like in those Gatsby era (which I adore most!). Likewise Metropole provides a unique juxtaposition between classic and contemporary, which appeal to both international and domestic guests.
Metropole Bangkok located at the end of Soi Thonglor, Bangkok’s well-known upmarket residential district. You will surely spot the beautiful building from all directions as the European inspired design is so outstanding. Its convenient location provides easy access to Sukhumvit and Petchburi roads, as well as the expressway. Thonglor BTS skytrain is also only a 10 minutes’ drive away.
So..there I was, getting surrounded by an amazing interior from lobby to the studio room. Design combinations of wood, leather and marble blended really well giving the heritage yet contemporary touches to the place. Loved how accents of brass and gold were added to enhance the extravagance ambience..
The bar.
Small kitchen corner to make some tea. :)
Late afternoon vibe at the balcony, I watched the sun went down with favourite book in my hand.
Breakfast time! The swimming pool is connected to the breakfast section. If you are keen enough to wake up early for a swim, go ahead before you lead yourself to full course breakfast just a step away!
Mood and tones are just superb for photohraphy to those who love vintage style, like me, of course. I wished to stay a little longer but my Forest Bake was calling me.
Let’s travel with a style the next time you visit Bangkok! Pop by and take a look at their site. You’ll find another wondrous world bringing you back to the Thai Gatsby era :)
Nalinna*
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Instagram: @metropole.bangkok
Hotel Site: www.the-ascott.com/en/thailand/bangkok/metropole.html
Site:www.lioandlinn.com
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The strong bond of Forest Wanderer and woodcrafts has introduced me to Bianca and Sons last autumn while I was serving on Etsy. With a long list of what to find for the new kitchen in my hand, I went on and on for days till out of the blue, these beautiful collections of wood work caught my eyes, they urged me to find out more about them.
The beautiful story about how they have started this business, the perfect country life style that could make you envious of, the deep passion for nature lead them to create these charming but quality products made by heart, what a wonderful story to share.
Most of the products are artisanally crafted from wood, green wood and spalted wood. Other than that are clay, pottery, ceramic, wild herbs, oil, macerated oils, century old wood planks and materials that have their own story and character. Every little detail linked up so wonderfully. I had to go through bit by bit, one at a time to pay full attention to all, and I came up with these at the end.
Two olive wood plates by Bianca and Sons.
Walnut wood chopping board by Bianca and Sons.
Forest Wanderer food styling x Bianca and Sons for Forest Bake.
So I went onto different occasions of photo styling for Forest Bake. Their shapes and design aesthetics compromised with my bakes really well. They enhanced the texture of what was on them beautifully, making my food styling looked even more interesting and vintage-like than ever.
Halloween pumpkin menus with Bianca and Sons’ olive wood plate.
Autumn apple tarts with Bianca and Sons’ olive wood plate.
Thanksgiving brioche with Bianca and Sons’ walnut wood chopping board (and my Ninja the cat of course!).
Let’s take a closer look at the beautiful grain.
Christmas cinnamon rolls with Bianca and Sons’ olive wood plate.
Apart from all these beautiful wood collection that I’ve got, you can actually drop by at their site for more hand crafted goodies. I’ve heard that they have just started another vintage treasures line, hint hint! vecchiabottega.etsy.com
Have a good day to all!
Nalinna*
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Jewelry says everything about you.
Have you ever been asked ‘what is/are your favourite fashion item(s) that say(s) everything about you most?’ For me as a vintage collector I would give myself a good treasure hunt wherever I visit, scouting for either vintage or vintage inspired pieces to keep as memories.
When digging deeper into details of your everyday wear. Jewelry may seem small in size but to me they do play big part in dressing. They are what I called 'accents to your fashion’, which say everything about your personality and characteristic . I often observe and get to know people through their senses of jewelry choices they put on them. It’s just my kind of thing :”D
Recently, I came across Royal Orchid Collection, one of the most well known handcrafted jewelry and decorative gifts store based in Chiang Mai for 30+ years.
After a few clicks to take a good look of their products on www.royalorchidcollection.com and having seen their products up close. I have to say that my adoration towards these beautiful pieces grew more and more. I admire the thought behind each collection and the brand philosophy regarding Mother Nature’s partnership awareness in order to bring magnificent products to customers. Nevertheless, every piece is handcrafted from real flowers or leaves which fit perfectly in with my styling direction of being a Forest Wanderer.
Moreover, what caught my attention first was the touch of vintage in every design which you could just mix and match with anything you have in the wardrobe. It is interesting how an item from Siam Royal Orchid could enhance your look of the day effortlessly no matter how plain your dressing looks. Just a piece on your neck or a piece on your finger, it creates a big different and surely will make your day.
I have picked a few pieces from Siam Royal Orchid to work on some stylings as I usually do. To be honest they were pretty easy to mix and match with all most anything I could grab around me from home decoration to fashion.
The sweet sensation of lacquer wear.
Finale fashion styling with one of my most favourite piece from the fine silver wear collection.
These are just a few items I have selected from both of their collections Silver wear and Lacquer wear. If you are a collector like me, I definitely recommend you to take a look at their website or drop by at their stores (locations on the credit below) for more inspiring pieces.
Perhaps you may want to keep them for yourself or give to your love ones, any ways they would charmed you up from top to toe :)
Nalinna
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Royal Orchid Collection Instagram: @SIAMROYALORCHID
Royal Orchid Collection (only fine silver collection is available):
www.royalorchidcollection.com.
Royal Orchid Collection store locations which stock both lacquer and fine silver collections:
ROC Chiang Mai
Kad Klang Wiang
Ratchadamnoen Road (walking street)
ROC Bangkok
Level 3 (Istanbul)
Terminal 21
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