Home Design Ideas

Welcome to Home Design Ideas . Today we will share for you about A Cosy Small Swedish Apartment With Earthy tones. It's back to the city for today's post - and a tour of a charming boho Swedish apartment.  The cosy space measures a mere 49 square metres (527 square feet) but it's been kitted out for maximum comfort with a kitchen, small dining area, sitting room and bedroom. As with all small spaces, flow of light is important, and wide doorways and open shelving allow natural light to leak into every corner and create an airy feel. But for me, what really steals the show are the use of rich tones, and earthy patterns, all of which make the space warm and inviting!   I especially love the nook in the dining area - made from an antique bench - I'd happily sit there drinking coffee and chatting for hours!  Enjoy the tour!  The apartment building dates back to the 1940s - evidence of which can be seen in the kitchen cabinets, windows and windowsills....

Welcome to Home Design Ideas . Today we will share for you about Gen's Playful Swedish Summer Cottage. Only three weeks to go until midsummer and Swedes are counting down the days until they lock up their city homes and head out to the country to relax! My dear friend Genevieve Jorn will be spending her last summer with her family at her summer cottage in Almåsa, just outside Malmö - as they have decided to put it on the market .  An interior designer and creative director at Farniente Beach Club , Gen has added her signature style with pops of colour and pattern throughout the little 40 metres square (430 foot square) cottage - giving the space a fun and playful touch, while the predominance of white, natural materials and wood panelling ensures it remains somewhere you can come to relax and kick back for the weekend or entire summer. Let's take a little look around!  What a lovely getaway! And so near Malmö too.  It must be with a very heavy h...

Welcome to Home Design Ideas . Today we will share for you about Snapshots from our Little Summer Cabin - and a Gift for You! . Sponsored by Skandinavisk - I only work with brands I love, thank you for supporting the small business that make My Scandinavian Home possible.  Hej kompisar! Do you have a place which is close to your heart? Somewhere special where you feel instantly happy and relaxed? The Swedes refer to this as your 'smultronställe' meaning 'wild strawberry patch'. It might be a secret picnic spot you've been visiting since your childhood, a beach you love, or even a corner of your garden.  Mine is our summer cottage. When we arrive in the small fishing village in Northwest Skåne, Sweden all my worries fall away and I flit about with my family, barefoot and fancy free! It's a laid back place where the forest and sea meet and the scent of the salt spray and sea kelp from the Kattegat Sea blends with the scent of beach rose and hawthorn.  I kn...

Welcome to Home Design Ideas . Today we will share for you about A Charming, Traditional Red and White Swedish Summer Cottage . If you ever visit the Swedish countryside in summertime, the chances are, you'll stay in a red and white cottage just like this, tucked away in the forest by a lake or the sea.  In fact, from the outside, it looks very much like the summer cottage I stayed in on my first ever visit to Sweden at the tender age of seven - and the memories of those magical few weeks came flooding back to me when I took this tour!  What lies behind the facade of these cottages varies greatly. Some have given their cottages a modern update with a fresh lick of white paint and no doubt plenty of patterned wallpaper, others - like the owners of this one have chosen to leave it just as how it has always been over the years.  But there is one thing that all Swedes agree on: the essence of a summer cottage is to lead a relaxed, back to basics life, with work and othe...

Welcome to Home Design Ideas . Today we will share for you about Step Inside Mary's Cosy Family Home In Halle, Germany . Do you love to redecorate your home or move everything around once in a while? I featured Mary's home in Germany , four years ago and there have been so many lovely, small changes, I felt it was time to revisit!  Mary is the founder of @hyggeligt_hjem and lives with her husband, two sons, two cats and a dog in a beautiful old building in Halle. When they first moved in nine years ago, they decorated it in black and white tones (as was de rigueur back then) but slowly, over time, softer tones have crept in. Read on to hear about this lovely home in Mary's own words.  "At the beginning our walls were white, and over the years, I have become bolder and colour has crept in on the walls in the kitchen, master bedroom and children's bedrooms." "I love Scandinavian design and like to combine my furniture with vintage pieces." ...