The perfect blend of modern and traditional in a Paris home

Hello! I hope you're having a great start to the week? We're back in Sweden and the snow (shock to the system after the soaring heat of Sri Lanka! - not to mention the start of the working week!). But the good news is, I've got a home tour that is set to put a smile on all our faces! It comes in the form of the fab Parisian home of Morgane Sézalory - founder and designer at Sézane the first online French fashion brand. Clients are invited to try on the collections in 'The Apartment' (now that's what I call my kind of changing room!). Morgane's private home is the perfect blend of modern and traditional which is both relaxed and stylish. I sense a touch of Scandinavian influence too. Yay!

Photography: Hervé Goluza - shared with kind permission. Found via French by Design with thanks. 

What a truly lovely home, don't you think?! Relaxed, personal and homely. It's really brightened up my day!

Get the look: this lovely blue velvet mid-century chair is very similar, House Doctor floor lamp and rug, source a vintage Japanese cast iron teapot here, or a new one here. Keep an eye out for an industrial table lamp here and pom poms here.

Other spaces with a mid-century touch I love today include the fab home of Natalie Myers, an LA pad (one of my favourite homes!) and a beautiful Swedish space.

Have a wonderful start to the week!

PS  If you order a copy of my book through my book store before Friday18th March 2016 I'll happily sign it for you.  Simply send me a separate email with your order number and the message you'd like me to include. Your book will be shipped week beginning 20th March 2016.

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A serene Swedish space with pretty pastels

It's starting to feel a lot like spring in this lovely Swedish apartment. Floaty linens, soft pastels, the double doors to the balcony thrown open and a pot of tea waiting to be enjoyed. What a perfect home to welcome in the first weekend of March, don't you think?!

Sadly these photos have been seperated from their owner - does anyone know the photographer / stylist / source so I can pair them up once again? 

What a dreamy space!

Get the look: rattan chair, round vintage stool (absolutely love this vintage milking stool too), Thonet chairs, rag rugs (especially loving this handmade teal one, buy beautiful linen by the metre here, source a dream catcher here. Storage baskets.

Other homes full of the joys of spring include this lovely Dutch home and a fab green and cognac space.

More Friday finds:

Don't miss Jeska's lapland trip part I and part II - something for early spring perhaps?!

Ten best office spaces.

Latest rug shop find - Semikah Textiles (this isn't sponsored - I'm just spreading a little Friday love as the textiles are divine!).

The nicest children's classroom I've ever seen.

I haven't seen a sofa in this colour for years - and I kind of like it, how about you?

We're leaving colonial Templeberg Villa today. Time to fly home to Sweden after three amazing weeks in Sri Lanka. What a wonderful country - the people, the scenery and the culinary delights. We'll be back!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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A grey-scale Swedish apartment with a dreamy bedroom

I know I'm not alone in my love of grey-scale Swedish apartments - it's hard not to have a weakness for this style isn't it?! And this newly renovated space in Gothenburg (again!) has it all - including a beautiful light wood floor, high ceilings, a beautiful 'kakelugn' (or masonry stove) and a lorry load of white paint! But what really captured my imagination is the bedroom with it's large, airy feel and beautiful mix of classic and contemporary pieces. Not only that but it also has plenty of storage space too - hooray! I also love the contrast against the charcoal coloured walls in the adjoining room. I could wake up here every morning, how about you?!

Alvhem Mäkleri

Such a lovely space, don't you think?! Is there anything that stands out to you in particular?

Get the look: white linen bedding, this light grey knitted blanket is similar, butterfly chair (loving the cognac leather!), 7 chair, AJ floor lamp.

Other links I love today:

A cabin surrounded by nature.

Coming from a sailing family my first love will always be the sea, which is why this 'beach vibe' interiors post hit a chord. Roll on summer!

Lovel, love, love H&M's urban jungle theme for Spring / Summer 2016.

Fancy a pear and nutella tart for pudding tonight? (I'm not sure the Nutella would last long enough to create a tart in our house)?!

We're leaving Sri Lanka tomorrow after three wonderful weeks sniff, sniff. To get a taster of the rhythm of the South of this beautiful country, take a look at this film clip shot by two swedes who have set up a surf and yoga camp here. Tempted?!

Have a lovely day! 

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