Guest post: 2013 interior trends

Hi I'm Mette from Make Living blog...New year and new energy. Do you feel the same? As always this time of year I like to look at what interior designers think will be the trend for the year. Even if I don´t follow it all the way, but a lot of inspiration for a new fresh year. Therefore I “took a walk” in the cyberspace and found some interior designers that has shared what they think will be the hot stuff year 2013.

One of the sources for interior trends is Swedish Formex and the Milan furniture fair. Camilla Julner at “Vi i Villa” has met with some experts and have summarized some trends below.

• Use the colour grey as a base colour and complement with “dirty” or washed out pastels
• Lamps with an industrial feeling is still a trend
• Change silver to brass, copper and bronze
• Dare to mix brave patterns or don´t use patterns to get an elegant look.
• Use textiles such as curtains to get a soft feeling in your home
• Dare to use black with black

Washed out pastels

Copper lamp

Grey colour as a base

Black with black

Pictures from 1: Via Items by Designbird, 2&3: vtwonen, 4:Tumblr

Louise Karlsten from Colour House, a company that works a lot with trends also emphasize that our homes will more and more be influenced by the trips we have made to other countries. To reuse and combine old with new interior is still a trend as well as washed out colours.

Lotta Ahlvar, VD at Svenska Moderådet summarize the coming years with that more and more people question the behaviour buying and then throwing away their belongings. The simplicity and the nature influences us a lot, and that we will see with more natural colours together with white and material such as concrete. Transparent glass, rough wood together with colours such as white, grey and beige is also a trend for 2013. Lotta also mention that brass is very popular in general in interior design and industrial lamps.

So much inspiration for 2013!  What plans do you have for 2013 and have you seen any special trends so far that you will bring in to your home? I just feel like start changing already. How about you? At home we have starting to plan for our new guest room. That and other journeys I will share with you at Make-Living and as always...some DIY. Some DIY projects that I made during 2012 you can find at the blog such as the outdoor sofa, the cloth stand and the magazine shelf.

Have a lovely day all!

/Mette

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Guest post: Feel Inspired, Iceland

Hi everyone! I'm Dagný Björg the blogger from Feel Inspired. I was absolutely thrilled when Niki contacted me regarding doing a guest post for her blog, this is my first time doing this sort of thing. Normally when I see guest posts on blogs they usually show bits and corners of the writers home, but I don't have any proper pictures of mine - need to get on that. So after a long time of browsing through homes I stumbled upon this one which I really like and I thought it would be fun to share in this post. It's located in Gothenburg and with it's white and neutral color scheme it's really quite charming. I really like all of the details in the decorations, see the stripes underneath the coffee table for instance. 

Alvhem

Hope you enjoyed and hope to see you on my Feel Inspired blog. Love, Dagný Björg.

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Guest post: Nina's beautiful Norwegian home

Hi everyone! I´m Nina, the girl behind Stylizimo.com - the community site where we all can share our home to inspire each other. I love to inspire and since sharing inspiration is what I also do for a living, I thought I might as well share some corners of my home here in Norway as inspiration for you today.

I hope my home gave you some new decorating ideas..

You´ll find more pictures of my home on my blog or on my website Stylizimo.com - I hope to see you there!

Love,
Nina Holst

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Beautiful Italian designer's studio

As the new year rolls in and most of us have either started or just about to return to work, it's time to dream about beautiful work spaces. This artist's studio in Reggio Emilia, Italy is simply stunning and the perfect base for Secondalinea, an upcycling furniture design company owned by Giovanni Mazza and Francesca Dalla Costa. Would you call it work if you sat here everyday?

Photography: Fabrizzio Cicconi via French By Design

I am in love with every item in the entire studio, simply beautiful pieces! What about you?

Speaking of work I'm heading off for a few days next week but don't worry, I won't be leaving you high and dry - I've asked some fabulous Scandinavian bloggers to write guest posts while I'm away! First off is the talented Nina from Stylizimo blog on Monday.

Before I head off I've got some exciting news too, a new sponsor! A big warm welcome to Loja Dada, a fab online shop selling children's clothes with attitude for 0 to 6 year olds! If you get the chance pop by and check out their very cool shop (shhh - the sale starts Monday!). 

Have a wonderful weekend all!

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