A pretty Gothenburg apartment with a fab work space

Hello Tuesday! It's a beautiful morning here in Southern Sweden. The sun's shining, the sky's blue. Spring's finally arrived and it's time for morning coffees in the garden- yay! This Gothenburg apartment is so Scandinavian fresh with it's white walls, light wood walls, muted tones and natural textures. I'm inspired!

Stadshem

Such a beautiful space don't you think?!

The work space is truly wonderful and not that difficult to achieve. You can get the look using String system shelves, a bright coloured cardboard basket or boxes for stationary, an industrial-style frame fitted with cool Moroccan style tiles (love, love, love these!), a chrome desk lamp and basket for paperwork.

The other thing I like about this apartment is my breakfast's already laid out waiting for me.....boiled egg anyone?!

For other beautiful homes in muted tones it's worth taking a peek at this apartment in Helsinki, this fresh Stockholm space and Tine K's stunning Danish home. *Sigh*.So pretty!

Have a lovely Tuesday!

A perfect Parisien home

Iiiiiiiit's Friday - woohoo! Any great plans for the weekend? After spotting this absolutely stunning home in Paris over at Anna Gillar,  I wish I was heading to the French capital for the weekend. The space was designed by A+B Kasha and photographed by the talented Swedish photographer Idha Lindhag. It's simply beautiful in every way.

Photography: Idha Lindhag with kind permission, A+B Kasha, via Anna Gillar. 

I'm not even sure where to start with what I love about this home so much, so I'll just say every image brings with it a new surprise and refreshing style. What do you love about this home?

Other inspiring Parisien homes include this beautifully simple Parisien apartment (also available to rent - perfect!), a Paris pad with a pop and a fizz, and the home of Vosges Paris blogger Desiree.

I hope you have an absolutely lovely couple of days and see you Monday. Bon weekend!

Pretty white and grey home in Primrose Hill

To follow what's turning into a vintage inspired week, here's a home in Primrose Hill, London, owned and designed by photographer Paul Massey. The space has been designed using an eclectic mix of styles with touches of industrial, vintage,  rustic and french country. Add a touch of white / grey Scandinavian (am I missing a touch?!) and what you get is a beautiful, relaxed, light filled home in London. Could you live here?

Pictures copyright - Paul Massey (used with kind permission)

You can see more pictures of this home here if you'd like to.

We have a Swedish Gustavian chest of drawers which is currently in the guest bedroom / dressing room, and now perhaps I've found a new home for it.... the kitchen?!

My other two key take-aways - the copper tap in the kitchen (beautiful!) and using a nook as a home office. This is the perfect little place to sit and work! I kind of want to find a nook in my home now!!

What do you think of this style?

Have a lovely Wednesday - half way there already - yay! 

Monday's home: shades of grey

Hello and happy Monday to you! I'm finally back in Sweden and despite the jet lag (although it's actually quite useful to be up at 4.30am!) it's lovely to be home. It's cold, grey and gloomy compared to Thailand and Singapore but sometimes that can be beautiful too. Take this apartment for example. Decorated in black, white and grey it's the oh so cool apartment of Josefin Hååg of 20 kvadrat photographed recently for Residence Magazine.

20 kvadrat, Lotta Agaton, Sara Mortensen. Photography: Kristofer Johnsson for Residence

I am loving that it has the real Lotta Agaton stamp (check out another styling project by Lotta here and her own home). Lotta is my absolute favourite stylist of the moment, she has such a unique personal style. She is also a firm believer that grey will be the go-to colour for interiors in 2014 like in the home featured here.

What do you love about this home?

Oh and I have some exciting news: the book featuring my house:  Design Bloggers at Home by Ellie Tennant launches in March. I can't wait to see a copy! I only hope there were no socks lurking under the sofa or something...!

And the second exciting thing is I'm holding a fab give-away here tomorrow so be sure to pop back for your chance to win.

Have a lovely Monday!

Cool grey and brass in a Gothenburg home

I was overwhelmed with the popularity of the swedish apartment with a mid-century touch featured in Monday's post- especially on Facebook! This Gothenburg home channels a different trend: the combination of light grey and brass. It's a completely different style but very cool too. I've been coveting a brass faucet with a light grey marble kitchen surface in my kitchen, what do you think? I absolutely love the rest of the space too.

Alvhem

What do you think? Are you a fan of this look? Anything in particular you love about this home? I love it. I guess my only concern is that it could become outdated quickly.

For more brass-in-the-home inspiration it's definitely work checking out this oh so stunning home and this very cool Norwegian work space.

Have a lovely Wednesday!

A lovely white and grey Stockholm home

This Stockholm home was once beautifully captured by Patric Johansson for Elle Interiör (as shown in a former post by Anna Gillar here). It's now for sale. One of the key things I noticed is the wall painted in two tones in the kitchen dining area, it's extremely subtle but makes a big difference to the room don't you think? I also love the striped cushions on the sofa (it seems stripes are everywhere again this year too, did you see this fab bedding the other day?) and of course I'm a big fan of white and grey. What do you like the most about this home?

HusmanHagberg via Anna Gillar

It's been styled for sale so the style is very clean here. But when you look back at the pictures Patric took it looks very cosy.

Other white and grey homes I love include this, this and this one.

Speaking of home shoots, a photographer is coming to shoot my home in a few weeks time - so much to do still eeeek! But very exciting. More to follow soon.

I hope you have a very lovely St Valentine's Day and a wonderful weekend!

PS As regular followers know I'm currently travelling in Thailand with my family for four weeks which is so wonderful! Thank you so much to Hanna, a fellow Malmö blogger, for covering for me yesterday, The wifi hasn't always been great so it's been so helpful to have some fantastic guest bloggers along the way.

See you Monday!

A white and grey Swedish home with touches of Christmas

A few weeks ago I showed the lovely apartment of Swedish interior designer Elin Kickén which was for sale through interior stylists and estate agents Västanhem. Now I've spotted this charming Swedish apartment in Jönköping is for sale on the site too. The space is decorated in white and grey but I think it's the rugs and subtle Christmas decorations and candles which give it the warmth. 

Västanhem

Rugs and lights are the two things I don't have enough of in my home. An investment for 2014? Are you missing in your home?

On Friday it's my birthday - yay! I already cheated and celebrated a little last weekend with a night in Copenhagen with my man, sister and her fiancé - we went to Höst (such a beautiful restaurant!) and I can tell you the food is fantastic too) and Bibendum (still recovering!). Yesterday I also got an early birthday present from my Uncle - a Tom Dixon candle holder in copper. I feel like one very lucky and spoilt lady this week!

What's on your wish list?

Swedish home in white. grey and brown

Good morning and hello December! I hope you had a lovely weekend? Today I love this cosy Swedish apartment decorated in grey, white and brown.

Stadshem

I think what makes this apartment so cosy are the slightly rougher white wood floor, the mix of cushions on the sofa, throws and sheepskin rugs as well as the warm brown accent colour.

I've never seen a vintage drinks trolley as a bed side table before have you? How cool. Perhaps I should move my mid-century one to my bedroom?!

I also love this stunning home in Oslo which also uses lots of brown - wow! What do you think?

Have a lovely day!