New issue: ISSUE 9 with Anna Maria Damm

Here you can find a short overview of the topics that are printed in the new issue:

• Anna Maria Damm gives interior design tips in an exclusive interview and talks about her life as a mother
• Room furnishing: Everything for your dream apartment!
• Furnishing styles: Find the style that suits you perfectly1

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• FIV Issue #9

Interview with Anna Maria Damm: Her life as a mother and influencer

Model and lifestyle blogger Anna Maria Damm is one of the most successful German women on Instagram, with over 1.5 million followers. She has an immense reach and her feed is now mainly about her family life with boyfriend Julian Gutjahr and their daughter Eliana. In addition to insights into her everyday life, the former Germany’s Next Topmodel contestant mainly represents lifestyle topics such as beauty, fashion and interior design. The model talked to us about her life as a mum, must-haves and things she always wants to make time for.

• Interview with Anna Maria Damm

Interior design: inspiration for your home

You want to renovate and redecorate your home? Then you will find here the right tips to make your apartment really beautiful. Whether it’s your walk-in closet, your office, bedroom or kitchen, let us inspire you to make your entire home new and modern!

Wardrobe Furnishings: Plan and furnish a walk-in wardrobe

Who doesn’t know it? Your wardrobe is bursting at the seams. The amount of pants, dresses, shirts and shoes don’t fit in the front and back of your closet. There just isn’t enough room to store each of your beloved pieces. So there’s only one thing to do: sort it out, right? No! We’ll show you how to easily create your own walk-in wardrobe, incorporating places like sloping ceilings. We’ll also show you the pros and cons of each option and explain how you can create your own individual wardrobe so that all your precious treasures finally find a place! Click here to return to the overview: Room furnishing. Tip of the editors! Interior trends and styles presented at a glance: Furnishing styles.

• Wardrobe arrangement

Office: design ideas and tips

The office should be a place to feel comfortable and work. The key to success is often a pleasant atmosphere at the workplace. It is important to create a positive working atmosphere so that you can always pursue your work with motivation and achieve success. Starting with the choice of the right room, through ergonomic working conditions of desk and office chair to the choice of the right room plants, we explain to you in the following article all the important aspects that need to be considered in office design. Successful working! Are you interested in furniture and furnishings in general? Then check out our guide to the most popular luxury interior brands – from Fendi Casa to Gucci Décor or Boca do Lobo! Tip of the editors! Interior trends and styles presented at a glance: Interior Styles.

• Design office

Furnishing styles: Industrial Look, Skandi Style & Co.

In our great overview of different interior styles, there is something for every taste! Industrial look, Maritime style or Skandi style, whatever style you are interested in here you will find the right tips to furnish your home in the respective style.

Furnishing styles: overview of all styles

You have moved and your house or apartment still needs to be furnished? Or you are simply tired of your current surroundings and want to redesign and refurnish your own four walls? There are virtually no limits to your imagination and the possibilities. You can furnish completely individually, or orient yourself to an established furnishing style. However, the choice and variety is huge and it is not easy to keep track of everything. Country style, Skandi style, industrial look or more retro? Maybe even a mix of several styles? Here we present the most popular and trendy interior design styles with features, definitions, tips and pictures! You want to redesign your bedroom or dining room? Then take a look here: Guide – Furnishing a room.

• Furnishing styles

Industrial Style: Furnishing in industrial style

The trend from Great Britain and the USA: Living like in an old, modern factory. When you think of the interior design of an apartment in New York City, you immediately think of the industrial loft style. It features a striking look with dark colors and raw materials like red brick walls or untreated concrete. No matter what apartment or type of house you live in, the industrial style of decor is not just for a loft! Learn more about the interior style that is currently so trendy here and find out how you can also design your own four walls in the industrial look! Back to the overview of many styles here: Furnishing styles.

• Industrial style

Mom and Influencer: Mom Life and Video Editing

FIV: Hey Dani, we are happy to welcome you for a follow up interview. Three years have passed since the last interview with our magazine.
These 3 years ago we talked about your future plans and you said you would like to start your own family. You have fulfilled that goal. Congratulations on being a happy wife and mother. Mum and Influencer – how do you balance these two jobs?

Dani: Hello dear ones, I am very happy that I can exchange myself with you again today. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Madness, how fast 3 years have gone by and what all has happened in this time. 3 years ago I put all my eggs in one basket and quit my job to focus full time on my blog & Instagram channel.
Today I am still of the opinion that it was the best decision and probably also the best time I have had in recent years. Not only professionally, but also privately I have grown with this task and have fulfilled my desire for independence.

2 years ago we had our son Milo Noah and since then I’ve been trying to balance both jobs as best I can. Not always easy and stress-free, but you know what you’re doing it for and my heart is in both and filled with happiness. Milo’s well-being always comes first though – I love the mommy life and I’m so grateful that I get to experience it. My daily routine with two jobs usually looks like this: during the day I concentrate fully on Milo, as soon as he is asleep I sit down at the laptop and take care of the bookkeeping, emails, image editing, video editing, content submissions,… at the moment my day has far too few hours and I sometimes have to force myself to close the laptop and go to sleep.

Since a few weeks we are in the Kita-Einewöhnung, where Milo can play with children of the same age for 3 – 4 hours and I can arrange my time management a little better, so that I can also relax in the evening (which unfortunately happens far too rarely). But for the last 5 years I’ve known it no differently, back then it was my second job in a travel/event agency and now it’s everyday mum life. Nevertheless, organization & the support of my husband or my family is the A&O.

I am very grateful and also very fulfilled with what I do.

Going Offline: Family & Me-Time

FIV: Do you have your smartphone or laptop at the ready 24/7, or are there times when you are offline and stay that way to spend time with yourself and your family?

Dani: For me, family time always comes first. I specifically try to give myself this space, whether it’s working on my laptop or my mobile phone. As soon as Milo comes home from daycare, the laptop is closed and all to-dos have to wait until the evening.
I still reach for my cell phone automatically from time to time – on certain days you notice how often you unconsciously reach for your cell phone. In the meantime, however, everything has settled down quite well, so that I can keep cell phone-free time and enjoy it very much.

FIV: Two full-time jobs make for a busy day. It’s important to find some peace and not to forget yourself. Take a bath, read a book, go for a walk: What’s your favorite relaxation ritual?

Dani: I would love to have time for a good book again, but unfortunately I don’t get to do that at the moment. I don’t even manage to flip through a magazine. But I enjoy walks with our dog Lilly, walks in the woods or we go to the sea with the family. Here I definitely still have to learn and accept to take the time for such things.

FIV: Whether you’re traveling or at home, it doesn’t matter if it’s an absolute dream location or your own private bedroom. When you get up in the morning, what makes you happy?

Dani: That we are all healthy. And that we have renovated our own home with a lot of hard work, in which we feel very comfortable.

Enjoy beautiful places: Nice, New York, Miami,…New Zealand?

FIV: You have always loved to travel and visited all the cities in the world. Nice, Amsterdam, Munich, Vienna. City trips are usually pretty fast-paced, you want to see as much as possible. Now you and your husband have a third passenger on board. How is travelling with a child? Do you approach everything in a more relaxed way?

Dani: We have already been to London, Amsterdam, Denmark, Mallorca, Agadir and the Canary Islands with Milo and I must say that it was totally beautiful. Of course it is much more time-consuming and stressful at the airport/plane, but on location the time together and the experiences give so much energy. But I am also much more relaxed by Milo, if something does not work out, I do not get so involved.

You should have respect to travel with children, but do not be afraid.

FIV: On your travel list last time were New Zealand, Canada and Tokyo. Have you been able to visit any of those places in the meantime? Or/and have new places been added?

Dani: Unfortunately, I have seen many other beautiful places, but in New Zealand, Canada and Tokyo I was unfortunately not yet. Then the pregnancy came in between. Meanwhile, I would also only decide for New Zealand. We were in recent years professionally & privately very much in Europe and pregnant in New York & Miami.

Mother and fashionista: stylish street style look

FIV: You yourself have seen quite a few places in this world and have seen quite a bit in terms of fashion. London is also a real fashion metropolis.
How do you see the style of German women/men? Is there something missing here?

Dani: I think there are great dressed women and men who live their style super confidently and wear what they like. There are more and more, also through social media.
Nevertheless, a large part of society is always very insecure and worries too much about what other people think of you. I think it’s a general problem in Germany that togetherness often falls by the wayside and people care too much about what others do/wear & do.

FIV: Pregnancy makes you reacquaint yourself with topics like fashion. Would you say that your clothing style has changed as a result of being a mother? Do fashion and the perfect look still have the same importance as before?

Dani: My style hasn’t changed because of pregnancy. Even during pregnancy I didn’t just wear mom-to-be styles, but what I wanted to wear. After all, I’m not just a mom, I’m still a woman. I wear what I like, but it should still be comfortable. I love street style looks and I like to try things out. I love fashion.

A look into the future: Home sweet Home

FIV: In the last interview you wanted to dedicate the coming years to family planning. What are your plans/goals for your professional/personal future now? Anything coming up in the near future? Is there anything special coming up in our news feed?

Dani: Of course we would love to have another sibling for Milo at some point, but we have no plan and no pressure. It comes as it comes.
In general, we would like to finish the renovation of our house and arrive. We long for a day when we feel bored again.

Professionally, I have arrived at the moment and am satisfied. But I already have a few new ideas and goals that I would like to implement soon, as soon as the time is there.
I would be very happy if you continue to accompany me on this journey.

LOVE Dani