You opened the Anne Getty book commenting that you could never afford her work but took inspiration from many of the colours ...and there you were with your navy walls and red couch and a picture of a room with navy walls and red accents. Brilliant!
Thank you for sharing your home and your treasured books with us--it was as though we were right there with you having a cup of tea and the warmth of your hospitality. We are so pleased that you are feeling better, Carlos, and are back home with Arne. We look forward to a time when you are able to travel again we can be together again in person. Happy Valentine’s Day to two wonderful people 💖 Grace and David
It has been so much fun looking through the books with you. Hanging out at your house looking at books sounds heavenly. Maybe you should give us a tour of the giant bookcase you mentioned. Each shelf could be an episode. Kind of like how Kate from The Last Lonely House takes us with her when she goes through her boxes, suitcases, and drawers. This has been fun. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this tour through your books - both getting peeks inside as well as hearing your enthusiasm for them. I am still marvelling over the depth and breadth of art and design inspiration on that one table. A real visual feast - thanks for sharing!
Your books give you inspiration, but your home is also an inspiration ! Your colours, your books, your treasures can also inspire. Some people have a hard time imagining what they would like their home to look like, or are afraid to be bold, but when they see a place like yours, they can say "That's it!" That's what I'm looking for! I love your eclectic look. Everything flows.
So much fun to see you together and to hear you sharing your enthusiasm for some beautiful books! What a pleasant way to wind down this evening! ❤️❤️❤️
It has been a super busy week and I am finally watching this. Books! I hope they never stop making books. When the power goes out and you have nothing to do, well if you have books you do have something to do. Getting lost in books of any kind is so much fun. I am so happy to see you both together again
I love the warm generosity of sharing the stories you do. The books are beautiful (says a once librarian) and they give us so much, even in a digital age. The feeling of opening a new book is special and one I still love. Thank you for sharing your coffee table with us.
Arne and Carlos it was great seeing both of you and Freya and Helmer. Loved when Freya warned you about the Moose. Hope you are both well and continuing to heal. Please pet both pups for us
As a fellow bibliophile I admire your ability to find wonderful bookshops around the world. I am extremely fond of the publishers Phaedon and Rizzoli. They publish extremely beautiful coffee table books.
It is interesting the way the two of you weave your thoughts/sentences together; one will speak, the other will comment, then the first will complete the thought. It flows so naturally..
I like it, to watch the stuff of other houses or flats, to get some inspiration. But we like to live with less furniture and not to much colour in one room. A part of our home is royal blue and white. Our livingroom is painted in orange with black and white furniture. Our fireplace room is painted in a warm red with yellow chairs. All space with us is clean, cosy and picked up fast. 😁😊 And we have lots of books, too many books. 😁 I love a book from Anne Geddes, with photos of newborn babies, decorated as flowers, animals and so on. Its too cute and I must smile all the time while watching them.
I really loved this episode. I love books and dogs as well! I like how Arne always says that everything is beautiful. 🥰. Carlos, I'm so glad you're back where you belong. It's good to see y'all putting out episodes again! ❤️
So enjoyed book tour I think we subscribers share a brain and a heart with you two knitting,crafting, crocheting, cooking, gardening, good art, interior design, and BOOKS🌹THANK YOU💞🐾
I’ve fallen in love with your curtains which reminds me of Kaffe Fassett’s ‘Glorious’ designs of the late 80s. I now have 2 extra books on my coffee table: Glorious Needlepoint and Glorious Interiors. So much inspiration for bringing colour into our lives.
Those books ! Wow what a collection. That Kenzo design book was fascinating with all its facettes. Thanks for our beautiful Valentines Day Culture get together. Really enjoyable. 🎓💖
As a former editor at the Metropolitan Museum (I revel in my note of appreciation from Diana Vreeland), I am tickled several shades of pink to see that we have many of the same books within immediate reach. Now, you are unfolding the Kenzo. I’m so happy! Have a glorious evening.
A couple of videos ago you recommended Norwegian Knitting Designs: 90 Years Later. It just arrived today! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I love it and can’t wait to delve deeply in to it.
OH Books...BOOKS... BOOKS...I love books! Take away all of my furniture BUT don’t touch my books! I can relate! Piles everywhere! LOL These are all so lovely! Had to watch this twice to really see then all..and will probably watch again! This was so FUN!
This is a beautiful antidote to today’s worries ... thank you all 🙏🏼 We were very lucky to be able to install a small summerhouse in our garden this year...My design inspiration was an Indian Cottage and of course I had to buy a book about Indian interiors. Books can be like journeys
Thank you for sharing the wonderful collection of books on your coffee table! I can just imagine how relaxing it must feel to sit together, with your pups, mugs of tea, lit fire and candles ... Reading and picture browsing quietly as snow flies outside.... With the occasional "Moose, Moose!!!!" reminder from Freja🤗
I love Charlie Harper, too! He was from Cincinnati, Ohio where I raised my children. Now I'm in Maine waiting until you can travel and come back to our state!
What wonderful books! Thank you for sharing them with us. You spoke of dream homes, designed where money was no object. Well I have to tell you, that for myself YOUR home is a dream home! So colourful, so cosy and welcoming xx
Thankyou so so much for sharing your books with us. I love that you love your books but are not precious about them. You are both both so generous. And funny!
I was at Grace Robinson yesterday. Grace was delighted to hear you talk about her shop and the Charlie Harper needlepoint. I just finished a Charlie Harper puzzle I received for Christmas. Charlie Harper's designs are wonderful!
I love books. When I was younger and traveling, I would often spend my food and gas money at the local book store and then hope I could get home again! You have a beautiful collection.
Happy Valentine’s Day to my Norwegian friends! Carlos, you look wonderful and Arne, your beautiful curls are back. This was a fun and informative video. In December, you shared many lovely illustrated books by Roberto Innocenti. It took some “hunting” but I was able to find them. I now own The House, Rose Blanche, and My Clementine. I also found the big (and expensive $$) book about Gnomes. Amazon wanted $300, but I was able to find it and the other books in thrift shops. They were like new and are now on my coffee table. I hope that your friend is going to let you keep Helmer. She loves Arne! Enjoy your week and I look forward to seeing you soon! ❤️ 🥰 ❤️
Thank you for mentioning Thomas Tjapaltjarri❤️ Glad you visited Melbourne, my birth hometown. But havent lived in Victoria since 1990. As an Australian, I didnt know about his tribe emerging from their nomadic life in the Gibson desert, to the Kiwirrkurra community, Western Australia in 1984. Dubbed the last nomads or the Pintupi nine.
I felt sorry for myself I couldn't watch this the moment I got the notification, but we were having a power outage from an ice storm. Now we are normal and this is the first thing I watched this morning. Beautiful books, and a wonderful sense of diversity you show there, also. I've always assumed that very creative people like you can just make your own version of something "unaffordable" you admire in those grand interiors. I'd bet you have done something like that many times in your own home, which is beautiful. Thanks for the tour!
I love it when a book falls open to your favorite page like a good friend opening their arms and saying welcome. Thank you both and bless you dear ones .·:·*·:·.
Aaah books. I just love them. Thank you Arne and Carlos for sharing your books in this episode. Totally different insight and very interesting indeed. Loved it. Take care and be safe.
Hi Arne&Carlos, Love seeing the artistic books🥰 My father was a semi professional artist he painted wild animals, landscapes. And he also worked in a large store on displays and the grottos in the store. He sold some of his paintings to Norway,:) He is now nearly 90, so his hands are to shaky to paint now. Lovely to see you both💕 KimX
Before I moved to small quarters I too had a collection of museum books.and really enjoyed seeing what you both enjoy seeing in person and buying the book, Thank you One of my unusual collection was a collection of art from the Sukarno collection It was published in limited edition and has all the works that Sukarno had in the palace.
I don't have 'coffee table books'. There are books on my coffee table, but those are books I am busy reading, or needed to look something up (information on crafts like knitting or needed for the garden). All my books are like that now. Long ago I had one such a book on wooden 'self made' houses, with beautiful photos, I think it is with someone else of my family now.
If you don’t mind shopping Amazon they sell used books as well - perhaps you can find that one book you’re looking for in hardback? Unless part of the fun is searching through second hand book stores!! 😉 Thanks again for another lovely installment!!
Due to circumstances I missed 'Knitting by the fireplace' I have seen it now and it took me to I think 2013 Norwegian National Television, Knitting Night. Also slow TV. I saw it online because of living in The Netherlands. I love this kind of streaming, broadcasting. Arne, thanks for recording! Ahead to part 2.
I love Charley Harper's bird and other designs! I have boxes greeting cards that he created. One is with two cardinals, beak to beak. Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper. This is probably the same book that you have. There are coloring books, greetings cards, and postcard packs you can buy as well as other stationary art by him for sale at amazon.com. What a lovely look into books that you love! Looking forward to the next Sit & Knit for a Bit.
This was very enjoyable, being I have not traveled much at all in my 74 years I feel like I was on vacation. I relax with books also , when it is really inspiring I will reread or browse many times. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this. Four years ago we visited Museum Ludwig in Cologne - sort of by accident, One of my nieces was so inspired by the Op-Ed and Socially inspired art and she incorporated art into her engineering college curriculum. Definitely worth a visit. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for showing us such inspirational art! Very eclectic! I love it. Very nice of you to share! I look forward to your next coffee table fashion show🥳 have a great week!
Loved this episode! I love that you put coasters on top of the books instead of moving the books away! I, too, keep things i love close at hand. And i love that you share this love of books and museums and art!! P.S. i have purchased a set of DP’s by Prym and I’m knitting a pair of Fair Isle mittens. Thanks for the info and encouragement for this brand of needles....I LOVE THEM!
sooooo lovely to see your books. sadly most of my hundreds of books are in a storage unit and i cant get to them. alot of people dont understand how just looking at the pictures fills your soul and allows you to create and be inspired in your mind. so happy when i see people enjoying book clutter-- it makes sense to us. enjoy your lovely books. i am now searching for that Kenzo book. he inspired me when i was very young and pushed me into my fashion career. his mixing of patterns speaks to me. LOVE. thanks for showing that book. its made my day. my week.
Wow thank you so much Arne and Carlos for such an amazing tour of your coffee table books I was in awe of such a collection of Inspiration and beauty , truly enjoyed so much thank you both and look forward to Wednesday X
Did you ever do a video about the history of your "railway" house ? I would love to hear about it and see old and current photos, and see what you changed and what you didn't change. Many years ago, I was considering a decommissioned railway station or a barn, but I was too young and ill financed to be able to pull it off properly. I love to see conversions.
I really enjoyed looking through your coffee table books. I am a book lover with a great many books, and like you - not enough book shelves to house them all! Please do a 'show of books' again another time. Books, whether picture or text, are a great inspiration.
I love my books too and it is exciting to see what books you like. You should publish about the development of your home and grounds when the studio is completed. I enjoy both seeing what color and pattern, sculpture, dishes, flowers you have in your dwelling. So good to see and hear you both today.
That was a wonderful walk round your coffee table books. Our coffee table is the same. So lovely being able to sit and pick up a lovely book to browse through. I had to stop my knitting to make sure I didn’t miss any pictures. So good having you both back. Do take care and looking forward to Wednesday 🍰👏
Oh My Goodness. All of the artists that you showed are favorites of mine too, especially Chinese contemporary artists. Thank you for the great tour. Very inspiring.
What a wonderful collection of Books, thank you for the delightful video. I just adore your Livingroom. Good to see you are looking so much better Carlos. Big Hugs to the both of you xxxxxx
Thank you so much for bringing us into your home... and sharing your coffee table. I think I would get lost in the pages in your house, as I too love books.
