Minutes.fi http://www.minutes.fi Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:58:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 http://www.minutes.fi/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-minutes_favi-32x32.png Minutes.fi http://www.minutes.fi 32 32 Beauty Plant: Lavender http://www.minutes.fi/themes/feel-your-life/beauty-plant-lavender/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:54:20 +0000 http://www.minutes.fi/?p=4223 Lavender is a fragrant shrub native to southern Europe. Abundant lavender bushes with purple fragrant flowers are especially common around the Mediterranean. In aromatherapy, lavender is used for its calming and relaxing benefits as the scent relieves anxiety and stress. The Romans added lavender to their bath water for which the plant is also named. […]

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]]> Axel Vervoordt’s wabi spirit http://www.minutes.fi/themes/of-wabi-sabi/axel-vervoordts-wabi-spirit/ http://www.minutes.fi/themes/of-wabi-sabi/axel-vervoordts-wabi-spirit/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2016 05:59:38 +0000 http://www.minutes.fi/?p=2109 Belgian art & antiques dealer and interior designer Axel Vervoordt was one of the first names that came up when I started investigating wabi-sabi. Vervoordt has borrowed the term Wabi from Japanese and created his own personal concept around it. “Elegance in natural materials, nobility without sophistication and timelessness within tradition” are the principles of […]

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