A charming norwegian home in green, grey and cognac

Hello Friday! There's just time to squeeze in one more fabulous home tour this week - that of Henriette Amlie Kalbekken and her two children in Oslo, Norway. Henriette is a freelance interior designer and stylist as well as an avid painter. She also drives the award winning Norwegian blog Designlykke (which is written in english - yay!). Henriette's home is in a state of constant change (no exaggeration - this is how her home looked this time last year). Right now her home is a beautiful blend of greys, greens and white with a delightful cognac touch. Look closely for lots of innovative and inspiring ideas too....

Photography: Henriette Amlie Kalbekken shared with kind permission.

What a wonderful home, don't you think?!

Loving how an old leather handbag has been used as a plant pot! Great idea...

Here's a round-up of where items are from: the paint in the kitchen is 'dark lyon' from Nordsjø. Sitting room: vintage sofa by Erik Jørgensen, side table by Bolia. Hallway: Muuto dots. Hay bag. Bedroom: AJ lamp, linen bedding.   Children's room: the green colour is 'intense paris', shelf from Elfa. FYI there's a charming vintage school bench for sale here  - hurry though, they only have one! Others available here.

Impeccable style clearly runs in the family as her sister also has a lovely home - check out a tour of her sitting room here.

In case you feel like taking it a little easy today - after all it is POETS day right?!...Here are some links I love from around the web:

Would you dare to go bold on your walls like this?!

 I love rue magazine's list of favourite breast cancer awareness products (that rug?!).

I spent a good few minutes trying to work this picture out - is it the entire neighbourhood that's at an angle - or the girl?

I don't know about you but I'd quite like to kick off the weekend with a 'Harvest Sparkle'?! And then I might just tuck into some yummy pumpkin soup followed by a chocolate cake or dark chocolate and peppermint pie. Mmmmm! Fancy joining me?!

Back tomorrow with an exciting new book review which includes a home tour of one of my favourite Danish artists! See you then!

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Snapshots from a Scandinavian inspired Bulgarian home

Today is an exciting first on My Scandinavian Home- this wonderful Scandinavian inspired kitchen and dressing room are snap shots from Ivelina's Bulgarian home. Ivelina is the editor behind FriChic - the 'journal of a visual creative, social influencer and scandinavian design lover'. She's also a full-time stylist and a dab hand with a camera- which I think shines through in the way she's decorated and captured her fab monochrome kitchen and dressing room. Let's take a peek....

 

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The kitchen was very much a labour of love  -  that fab ceiling light is the 'Arigato' from Grupaproducts. The two chairs were flown in from the UK (the Bertoia chair is similar). And the table was from Ivelina's childhood - which she has sanded down and painted. Keep an eye out on Etsy or your local flea market for similar. Source lovely white sheepskin rugs here.

Is this your kind of kitchen?

My favourite clothes rails can be found here (as seen in the hallway of the home of a Finnish design blogger)

Lots more beautiful international homes with a Scandinavian touch can be found here. Some of my favourites include this Biarritz home, a cool apartment in Moscow and a mid-century inspired home in Berlin.

Although I'm not usually a numbers person (maths was never my favourite subject!) - I was soooo excited to reach 60,000 followers on Pinterest and 20,000 on Instagram yesterday - what wonderful communities to be a part of!  Thank you!

Have a lovely day!

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