A Small Swedish Studio With a Beautiful Sleep Area!

Well heeeej there! I hope you had a great weekend? I went on a girls road trip to a log cabin in the forests of Skåne. We went for walks, lit fires and chatted until the early hours over a glass (or three) of wine. It was just what the doctor ordered! Today, I'm heading up to Stockholm for a meeting with TRIWA (see previous features here and here). Sweden's capital city is 600 km North of Malmö (it's going to be cooold - brrrr!) but it certainly beats my usual Monday mornings! I hope you've got some fun plans to liven up the start of your week too? Anyhooo. There's a home tour to share! What really grabbed my eye about this beautiful, small apartment in Gothenburg is the bedroom stroke living room area - it's got a real boudoir feel about it. I'm loving the dusty pink cover combined with natural linens. Look out for the owner's fab boot collection too...























Photography by: Anders Bergstedt for Entrance

What do you reckon? Could you imagine padding around here?

It would make such a great pied à terre (dreaming again). Perhaps I should make this Monday travel a regular thing?!  I quite fancy a trip to Gothenburg next and popping in to Artilleriet!), have you been? If not, why not join me?!

FYI - this independent online store makes beautiful made-to-measure natural linen curtains, and I love this hand knotted diamond rug.

I'd love to know where that ceiling light is from - any ideas?

Right - got to run, my flights boarding now. Stockholm.... I'm coming for you!

Have a great start to the week!

Portuguese speaking friends - my Lagom book is now available in your language - yaaaay! You can pick up Lagom: A receita sueca para una vida feliz e equilibrada here.

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Feeling the Hygge: My Holiday Table Setting

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The winter solstice is a few weeks away and the sun never really gets very high in the sky here in Southern Sweden (is it the same where you are?). This can only mean one thing: it's time to get cosy over casual, candlelit dinners. In preparation for my favourite time of the year (admittedly it's also birthday season so I'm a little biased!), Genevieve Jorn and I had a fun afternoon creating this holiday table setting using beautiful items from the Nordal homeware collection (my Danish partner who are not only the loveliest team ever, they also design the most beautiful items - seriously!).  We selected natural linens, cast iron candle holders,  tactile stoneware  and mouthblown glass combined with a foraged wreath, dried poppies and age-old wood furniture to create a rustic vibe. Bring on the hygge!

Photography - Niki Brantmark,  Styling - Genevieve Jorn  / My Scandinavian Home). 

Ahhhh, so pleased with the natural materials and layers of texture. I feel completely ready for the holiday season now!

In case you'd like to know where any of the items are from, we've mapped out an entire 'get the look' below. 

And here's a styling tip I learned from the pro (Gen!): linen tablecloths will arrive ironed and folded. To get the 'relaxed crease' look, wet the entire linen cloth and then hang it up to dry (if it's curtains you can simply hang them in place) - and then simply throw over the table.

And finally... the wreath! This year I'm really into rustic foraged wreaths. I'm hoping to create a DIY post shortly so keep an eye out!

Get the look*

1. Burgundy velvet quilted cushion 2. Pure drinking glass 3. Retro drinking glass 4. Retro red wine glass 5. Cast iron candle holder (short) 6. Cast iron candle holder 7. Glass vase 8. Cast iron server spoons (small) 9. Tapas board 10. Black cutlery 11. Stoneware bowl 12. Stoneware cake plate 13. Stoneware dinner plate 14. Table cloth 15. Napkins 16. Stoneware pitcher 17. Stoneware mug.

 *Nordal ships throughout Europe. Find a webshop stockist near you here.  


If you'd like to know anything else about my dining space just give me a shout in the comment section below.

Hope you feel as inspired as I do to get together over long lunches / dinners under candlelit!

I'm heading off to a friends cabin in the woods with friends and family for a couple of days (weeeeee!) - back Monday - see you then! Have a lovely weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to all American friends and family!

PS I feel very honoured to be a part of the world's first influencer-specialised magazine - Le Buzz. Thank you so much for the lovely interview / feature!

This post is brought to you in collaboration with Nordal, however all words are my own and I only ever work with brands I love and think you will too.

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