About

THIS IS ME

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Hi, I'm Trudi - I've chosen to use the English nickname version of my name because it's easier to relate to and remember for everybody. I'm from Norway, I'm in my thirties, and I'm a piano teacher by profession. I've been interested in interior decoration my whole adult life - from the time I bought my first interior decoration magazine, which was House and Garden.

I started my first interior decoration blog in March 2008. At the time, I had barely seen a blog! The main goal in the beginning was to document my own makeovers in my rental apartment. With time, The Deco Detective evolved into what it is today; a mix of my own projects and things I find on the web.

On August 17. 2009, I moved to a new blog home; beauty comma. This blog is going to be about everything I find beautiful in life - interior design, photography, art, my beloved Argentine tango...

Things I want to do in the near future: practice my photographing, experiment with drawing and generally try to carry out more of my creative ideas.

PHILOSOPHY

My blog is a reflection of everything I find beautiful and important.

First and foremost: beautiful interior design should be for everyone. Lots of the images we see, are from homes that belong to people who are well off. I often blog these interiors, but I always try to find inspiration for budget decorators like myself.

I've discovered that people often suffer when making the things we love to buy. A harsh example of this is how children are treated in the Asian rug industry. Lots of adults also work under poor conditions and with low wages. And the manufacturing of stuff isn't always as eco friendly as we'd like it to be, either... So I've decided that if I blog about specific home decoration companies, they should always have a strong social profile regarding the above.

Everyone who reads interior design blogs and magazines is beginning to appreciate how beautiful, cool and personal our homes can become by decorating with vintage, thrifted and flea market finds. This is also something I feel strongly about - simply because it's more eco friendly to take care of the things that are already made instead of throwing away and buying new.

I only blog what I love. I hope you'll love what I blog!

You'll get to beauty comma by clicking here.

GOSSIP PAGE

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I live in a small rental apartment where I constantly do mini-makeovers. My challenge is to do this with things I already own plus maybe some new napkins. I love napkins so much that I've named myself The Napkin Nerd. I love pillows and cushions as well - my dream is to make some myself - so I've also named myself The Cushion Queen.

Approximately five years ago, I decided to get rid of my TV, mainly because of a particularly mind-numbing series of Norwegian Big Brother. I've lived very happily ever after.

My Apple iMac, on the other hand, is one of my most treasured possessions.

When I'm not teaching piano or blogging, I'll be found on a dance floor somewhere, dancing (or rather, trying to dance) the world's most difficult dance: Argentine tango.

My boyfriend is the nicest guy around. I met him through tango, and he's the one I always refer to as BF.

For some strange reason, I've loved Html code from the first time I discovered it. I don't know much about it yet, so if my blog suddenly should look very weird or very different, you'll know that I've been at it again.

I'm still not quite sure what to become when I grow up.

(by the way; my logo/profile picture is a modified version of one of the first photos I took with my new camera when I visited Hawaii in 2007. I just randomly chose this picture when I started my blog, thinking that I could always replace it later. But somehow, I've kept it every time I've changed my blog layout - which has happened quite a few times...)

CONTACT INFO

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Emails from my readers are very much appreciated!

If you're a design company, please note the following:

I only feature beautiful things that are eco friendly, fairtrade and made without child labour. Only interior decoration companies with a strong social profile and great, affordable products can expect an answer from me.

About advertising:

I currently have an ad free blog (except for the little webshop I work for) and won't accept any advertising offers.

Email:

beautycomma [at] yahoo.com