Yellow, Black and White

Love this little apartment in Sweden with white walls and black and yellow accents! Wonderful texture and patterns make this home sweet and fun...this is for the young at heart for sure. Nice open plan floor layout with a big, bright kitchen and office space nestled in between the living space and eating area. Another great Swedish home to inspire me!

Sorry for the sporatic posting these days. A lot of family issues with aging parents that are keeping us very busy these days. We were lucky enough to get away for a few days to the south which was a welcome relief from these difficult times. Hope you all had a great weekend!

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Enjoy!

Trudy

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via: Stashem

Bright White

Beautiful house with pretty pale floors and a bright white interior. White with wood and touches of black throughout keeping it very simple on the accessories and the drama. I am really loving the plank headboard that would be so easy to make yourself! The dining room table is also great with the wooden sawhorse legs. So expensive if you buy a table like this at Restoration Hardware but again not difficult to make and it looks so chic and modern. 

This is a great site to see wonderful Scandinavian homes Bolig Plus. For more photos go here...

Photos by Jeanette Baekkevold

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Trudy

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Photos: Jeanette Baekkevold

Via: Bolig Plus for more photos go here

Fantastic Real Estate

I really like these Swedish websites that feature real estate in a new way. The homes are styled to the max and look so appealing and fresh. You feel like you could just move in and everything is ready to go. The two real estate sites I really love are Fantastic Frank and Stadshem.  This great apartment is from Fantastic Frank and is pretty typical of what you would see on the site. Lots of white decor with some wonderful, mid-century or industrial and often vintage touches. Very often the kitchens have wonderful finishes and they always feel super modern and hip. Remember they are for sale so...any takers?

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Trudy

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via: Fantastic Frank

Interiors: Black and White + Brights

Such a cute apartment all done in black and white with pops of bright green and yellow. Even the little garden table in the brick backyard is a bright spot to sit and enjoy an early morning coffee. The best part has got to be the bedroom though....such pretty wallpaper in a leaf and floral pattern and a wonderful bench at the end of the bed styled to perfection! I would love to try one wall of paper in my bedroom as I am feeling ready to change the colour of the room.. What do you think? 

Photographer: Janne Ohlander

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Trudy

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Photographer: Janne Ohlander

via: Stadshem

Stylish Open Plan Apartment

This wonderful open plan space has lots of great elements. The concrete floor has such a fantastic glossy finish, beautiful beams all around the apartment and white, white everywhere. What could be better! The owners of this apartment in Copenhagen are both in the fashion business and you can see their good taste throughout the space. They have used really perfect classic pieces that will stand the test of time matched with great modern design.

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Trudy

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via: Rumhemma

Photos: Peter Kragballe

Swedish History

This great Swedish apartment is located in a building over 100 years old. Wonderful open plan and meticulously renovated it really looks like a wonderful place to live. Decorated in a young and fun style with little touches of red throughout to give a pop of color. I really love the lamps over the dining room table and the cool floor lamp in the living room.

I would love to visit Sweden again and really get to see some of the country. I went for work once and flew in and out so quickly that all I saw was the inside of the office and the train ride to and from the airport. I loved the people I met though and I feel a real connection to the Swedish style. Someday..

Enjoy!

Trudy

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via: Alvhem

Blue and White Mix

These photos are all of one small room but there are so many fun ideas here! First, I love blue and white and have a lot of it in my living room. Second, I love the mix of patterns which start at the door with the two market baskets with blue stripes...so cute! Next, the pillows are just beautiful and mix and match so well, really creating a nice statement. The rug adds another pattern into the mix but its not too much at all. Lastly the quilts on top of the armoire with still more pattern...but it really works. The three tables, the two white and the metal table also look super. Take a look at a couple of other blue and white posts HERE and HERE.

photos: CLIVE TOMPSETT

Enjoy!

Trudy

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via: Skonahem

Interiors: Great Design

I was doing my usual read of one of my favourite blogs, Decor 8, and I happened to see a photo that led me to the website of Piet-Jan van den Kommer who is a wonderful designer of furniture and interiors in the Netherlands. I simply adore the work I see in his photos. Very simple designs made with wonderful materials like concrete, steel, stone and leather, that together create such beauty...wow really...look at how the materials are mixed in this design.. and I especially love the bathroom vanity. So much space and the counter is just beautiful...well done!

Here are a couple of other designers that are wonderful to follow..ONE and TWO..

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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via: Decor 8 and Piet-jan van den Kommer

Home with Style

This is the very creative home of blogger and freelance stylist Johanna Laskey from Lovely Life. She not only blogs about stylish homes but follows her own ideas in her home by combining vintage and industrial into this very personal space. I love the light fixture hanging from the ceiling covered with tulle and how the doors are painted blue to add a nice pop of colour. She says they are like jewellery and add that final touch to the home. I think she is right!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Bolig plus

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Inspiration in White: Oversize Chandeliers

There are so many incredible lighting alternatives for every different style of home. I have a board on Pinterest for lighting and I just love some of the new simple industrial lights that are available.....BUT my first love is, and always will be, crystal chandeliers. One of the first posts I ever did on my blog was about chandeliers and mirrors here..

The best way to do a crystal chandelier is oversize..and by this I mean a real statement in the room..not a little one over the dining room table. The effect one of these large chandeliers can have in a room is amazing! The reflection and sparkle it can bring is like nothing else...

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

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