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    my scandinavian home: Tiny cabin update: Our Outdoor Sitting Room

    Thank you to Brafab for a great collaboration  Hello friends. I thought I’d share a small update from our cabin in the Northwest tip of Skåne today. As many of you know, we finished the build last spring (full tour here). And we’d been so busy counting down the days until we could move in that we hadn’t thought about the garden. So much so, that when we arrived the cabin was like an island surrounded by mud! Eager to rectify this before the summer, we rapidly had a deck built and set about sowing the lawn. Admittedly the grass…

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    22 Fresh Aesthetic Living Room Ideas –

    Decorilla aesthetic living room ideas with coastal accents Do you ever look around your lounge and feel it could use a dash of magic? Well, say hello to aesthetic living room ideas! Let us take you on a creative journey filled with diverse styles that can transform your living room, one decor piece at a time. 1. Sink Right In: Inviting Aesthetic Living Room Ideas Cozy aesthetic living room ideas by Decorilla What’s better than a family-friendly living room with a warm, inviting feel overflowing with soft pillows? And, don’t forget the tactile surfaces, and carefully sourced decor. A fireplace…

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    How to Choose Dining Room Light Fixtures

    The dining room is an important space dedicated to home entertainment and enjoying homemade meals with family and friends. The lighting in this room helps set an inviting ambiance and also impacts the overall design.  A stylish fixture that matches the interior style will anchor the dining table, fostering a pleasant environment for entertaining. This post highlights some expert insights and practical tips to help you choose the perfect dining room lighting. Pick the right size Style isn’t the only consideration when choosing your lighting. The size determines whether the fixture will fit perfectly or stand out oddly. According to…

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    The One Thing I’m Glad I Did When Designing My Daughter’s Room

    In case you missed it, I am officially designing my daughter’s “big girl room” (see the design scheme here, if you’d like!) It’s wild. In my mind she is still THIS. But apparently time has other plans (*rude*). And though I intentionally designed her nursery in a way that could grow with her, it never really occurred to me that I would actually be presented with this phase of life. At the time it felt like I was planning for way (way) in the distant-never-going-to-happen future. RELATED: THE ORIGINAL NURSERY But alas, here we are three and a half seconds…

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    My Closet & Dressing Room Reveal: Before & After

    Today I’m sharing my new dressing room! Dressing in colour is a joyful part of my creative life. And the best way to do it well is to have a well designed space to create outfits in.    Learning to dress with colour At the beginning of the pandemic, when I discovered this fashion stylist and started to truly master how to dress with colour, my closet got a lot bigger. Okay, crammed. Here’s the bottom line, if you want to wear colour and you want to do it well, you need to have options.  This is what it looked like in our…

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    A Swedish House with an Outdoor kitchen and Living Room

    While up at our cabin, rather than relaxing, I can’t help but spend my time plotting our next update. A long way in the future, we’d like to have an outdoor kitchen! Do you love them too? There’s something about cooking alfresco (and I don’t just mean on the barbecue!), don’t you think?  The swedes who own this house have got there outdoor space right!  The outdoor kitchen has a gas barbecue, sink and all the utensils you might need to throw together an evening meal. We recently bought a portable plug-in induction stove from IKEA for our cabin and…