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5 Simple yet Impactful Ways to Add Interest to a Room, Swedish Style

Good morning! Yesterday was a big day, Sweden celebrated 500 years of independency – and the sun was shining for the occasion! I feel very honoured to have called this beautiful country my home for over nineteen years. To mark…

Design | Interior Design

Elevate Your Dining Experience: Inspiring Dining Room Design

Interior design is important in dining rooms because it goes beyond functionality to create settings that convey feelings of beauty, warmth, and togetherness. The dining room is where precious moments are shared, discussions flow, and beautiful meals are enjoyed, so…

Design | Interior Design

10 Game-Changing Interior Design Trends That Will Transform Your Home

In this post, we’ll look at ten game-changing interior design trends that are currently generating attention. Whether you want to redo your living room, bedroom, or any other room in your house, these interior design trends will inspire and guide you in…

Design | Northern Design

A Danish Family Home with a Warm, Golden Touch

Good morning! How’s life with you? In Sweden, it seems like the weather gods have been storing all the sunshine up for May and June and we’re certainly not complaining! In fact, we’re busy trying to make the most of…

Design | Northern Design

This Tiny Swedish Cottage is a Perfect Summer Oasis!

I can never resist a tiny living space – especially when they are this pretty! This cottage is located in Slottsskogskolonien – Sweden’s second oldest allotment! It is a mere 19 m2 (204 ft2) but has everything you might need for…

Interior Design

Drawing Inspiration from Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Bridgerton is back – this time as a spin-off following Queen Charlotte’s remarkable life. And, much like the original Netflix series, it has captured our hearts in more ways than one. Featuring an epic love story and a unique glimpse…

Design | Northern Design

Prints, Splashes of colour and Playful Pattern in a Vibrant Danish Home

The country of Denmark is divided into three main land masses – the mainland (Jutlund), Zealand (the island on which Copenhagen is located) and then Funen – there island tucked in between. And everything is connected by spectacular bridges! I…

Design | Northern Design

12 Simple Style Tips For a Serene Scandinavian Home

Sometimes, when confronted with a completely blank sheet, it can feel completely overwhelming to decorate a home. Where to begin? How do you make sure it creates that ideal Scandinavian balance where form meets function? And what about the final…

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Design | Northern Design

The home of a Swedish book lover

Are you a book lover? I love a good read. Novels, autobiographies and biographies, design books…. basically anything that catches my attention. And of course, being the author of three books, with a new one coming out in January 2024…

Interior Design

Marvellous Marble: 5 Ways To Style Your Home With Stone

In recent years, marble has transitioned from a classic interior design choice to a fabulous feature for even the most contemporary of homes. From walls to flooring to luxury furniture, its unrivalled versatility makes marble the ultimate addition to any…

Design | Northern Design

Stay in This Beautiful Victorian House in Nottinghamshire, England?

You can take a girl out of England, but you can’t take England out of the girl – as the saying goes. Despite having swapped my morning tea for coffee, bicycling in all weathers and celebrating midsummer, I will always…

Architecture

Architectural Narrative: “New York City: The Edge of Enigma” by…

In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, (Princeton Architectural Press), a visual essay that retraces the myth of the foundation and development of New…

Architecture

Matmata: Underground Dwellings for an Extreme Climate

The ancient Berber village of Matmata in South Tunisia, located between the Eastern coast and the desert, is characterised by settlements of dwellings dug into the clay-gypsum layers of the ground. The dating of the first inhabitations is uncertain. In…

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Architecture | Modern Homes

Timber and hempcrete form patchwork facade of London mews house

Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse, a three-storey home that local studio Cathie Curran has added to a derelict site in east London. Located in Forest Gate, the home was built around a gridded structure made from…

Architecture

Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior

Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms are framed through opened doors and walls while opening on uneventful exteriors…

Architecture

A Building to Tell the Time: The Toghrol Tower in Rey, Iran (1063)

The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was conceived as the…

Architecture

A City in Retreat: Les Devantures by Sandrine Marc (2018)

Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made editions. She investigates urban and suburban territories through slow, long walks immersing herself in mutating environments. In December 2018, after the first demonstration by…

Architecture

Claude Bragdon: Drawings of the Fourth Dimension (1913-1915)

American architect Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) was also an artist, writer and stage designer. He was based in Rochester, NY where he built his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad Station in 1909. His design work and philosophy were influenced…