A Swedish country home at Christmas

As promised, I've got the most beautiful Christmas home tour to share with you today. Located in Vetlanda, Småland, here in southern Sweden, this wonderful turn of the century country house belongs to Sofia, who has been painstakingly renovating it back to its former glory. Think magnificent period features, white floors and walls, a roaring fire and lovely, subtle festive touches including a Christmas tree with pure white candles, paper star lanterns, pine wreaths and the fresh scent of hyacinths. Carina Olander and Anna Truelsen paid a visit and captured these beautiful images for the great Swedish country magazine Lantliv. How magical would it be to spend Christmas here?!

Credits: Photography - Carina Olander. Stylist - Anna Truelsen.  Featured in Lantliv 12/ 2016.

Oh so lovely and cosy, don't you think?

Apart from, well everything, I especially love the coffee table which looks like it's been made from a door?

Is there anything that caught your eye?

A few items from Sofia's house I know and love: porch / conservatory - paper star lantern, woven jute rug. sitting room - this white linen sofa is similar, sheepskin throw, the Z1 pendant is similar.

And before I head off for the weekend, here's a little Christmas link love:

This Swedish country home decorated for Christmas is an old favourite of mine!

9 ways to decorate with eucalyptus (my favourite festive foliage!).

A gentle yet giant DIY Christmas wreath.

Moss hearts. So simple to create, so pretty!
 
This merry garland makes me, er, merry!

Alternative Christmas trees for small spaces.

Looking for a personal pressie? how about entering this give-away to win a Danish typographic poster?

All christmassed out already (or never been into it in the first place)?! How about hanging out (literally) here?!

Have you got any fun plans for the weekend?! P is taking me away somewhere as a birthday surprise and I have no idea where. All I know is that I need a long formal evening gown and we're staying over night somewhere...?! So intriguing! Any guesses?!

I hope you have a great couple of days and see you Monday!

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The winner of a typographic poster from Kortkartellet....

Thank you so much to everyone for entering the give-away to win a fab typography poster from  Kortkartellet - I absolutely loved all your entries!  Sadly I could only pick one winner.....

Congratulations På Fri Fod! We hope you enjoy your poster! 

It's not to late to pick up a truly personal Christmas present for friends and family - I'm loving the selection of Danish design Scandinavian letters and all the different typographic maps of cities, countries and regions. If you're feeling stuck for choice, there's plenty of inspiration to be found on Instagram and Facebook too! 

Photography: Niki Brantmark / My Scandinavian Home

This competition is now closed. 

This post is brought to you in collaboration with Kortkartellet.

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A soothing Swedish space

When it comes to a colour palette there's nothing more calming then soft shades of grey. And this lovely apartment in Gothenburg, Sweden has got the blend just right. It helps that it also has beautiful period features, high ceilings (painted fresh white), and large airy rooms with big windows which flood the space with natural light of course! And I spy a few of my favourite design pieces right now too (more details below!), I'd so love to be padding around here today, how about you?!

Credits: photo - Fredrik Karlsson styling: team Sarah Widman for sale through Alvhem. 

....and breathe!

I recently spotted the Bold chair by French brand Moustache in a home we photographed this summer for my book, and it's equally striking in real life. Love it!

Get the look: sitting room - Bold chair by Moustache, white silk chandelier, TS marble coffee table, crumpled linen throw. dining room - cluster light, pick up a vintage bust here, Series 7 chair, marble chopping board (I love this one-off vintage French one - there's only one though! Hurry!). bedroom - white linen bedding.

Other beautiful grey-scale homes (you knew that was coming....!) include this serene Swedish space, a dreamy urban beach home (love the sound of that right now, how about you?!) and a soothing home on the island of Gotland. I'm not sure if I dare say this, but there are actually over 120 grey and white Scandinavian homes in this archive too!!

Have a lovely day!

PS You'll notice I've been taking a two day breather from Christmas as I do like to shake things up a little! But for those of you looking for a little festive inspiration I'm back with a great gift idea for design lovers this evening and a Christmas home tour tomorrow - eeeeee! There's always my Christmas archive too?! 

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A Stockholm apartment with fabulous touches

Hello there! I must admit I'm feeling decidedly ropey today - always a sign of a good birthday right?! But the fab touches in the Stockholm home of Edin Kjellvertz - Swedish stylist and founder of vintage furniture store Dusty Deco, wife Lina of 'The Way we Play' and their two children has brightened up my morning no end! Crazily this is their 13th home in ten years (makes me feel a tad boring!). Their latest kitchen is inspired by the 'bistro' and includes subway tiles and a fantastic bench with a series of built in tables - so fun! I also love the quirky art and of course, the fabulous furniture. So happy I stumbled across this in the latest Alco trend (via Johanna Bradford). Let's take a peek. 

Credit: Home owner  Edin & Lina Kjellvertz. Photos: Klas Sjöberg. Alco Trend.

The more I look at this home, the more details I spot (I love the photograph with the strategically placed wine glasses in the kitchen - so fun!).

Is there anything that caught your eye?

A few items I know and love: Mantis wall lamp,  Tulip table with marble, pick up beautiful vintage mid-century chairs here, Dusty Deco sells a wonderful selection of vintage pieces.

See more pics of this wonderful home here. 

Have a great day.....think I might have to go for a little snooze....!

PS Excited to announce the winner of the Abbott & Mosley watch here  and the great news - they're offering 15% off with the code Xmashome15 so we're all winners really - yay!  

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Abbott & Mosley watch winner / 15% reader discount

Thanks so much for entering the give-away to win an Abbott & Mosley watch. I absolutely loved reading your entries, they were so imaginative! It was soooooo tricky to pick a winner, but in the end I was taken with a poem by Siv. Congratulations! Please send me a mail so we can organise for Santa to bring you your watch on his sleigh this Christmas!  And for everyone else - the wonderful team at Abbott & Mosley are offering a 15% discount with code 'xmashome15' until 7th January 2017  -everyone's a winner! Yay! 

Featured watch: Rose Carrara Cream. 

This post is brought to you in collaboration with Abbott & Mosley.

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