Scandinavians are famous for their cheerful yet practical designs. But most furniture fans tend to stop at mid-century modern, which is now ubiquitous thanks to big box stores like West Elm and CB2.
It’s almost taken for granted in the United States that Scandinavian design is just better. Simple, functional, and minimalist, Scandinavian furniture, housewares, decorations, and even toys have ...
The beauty of Scandinavian houses is in the simplicity of their designs. The simplicity, of course, can take an unlimited ...
Scandinavian design, at its most classic, is typified by the use of natural materials, light or pale colors, clean lines and shapes and functionality. In a region that battles with long nights, the ...
“When you’re in love, you don’t see the bad things,” Andreas Ullenius says. Ullenius is calling from Skarpö, an island of about 250 residents in the Stockholm archipelago, to talk about the ...
One common complaint concerning tiny houses is that they can all have a very similar look to them. However, Baluchon offers a break from the norm with its Tiny House Sauvage, which eschews the ...
The Swedish Design Museum To Go is like takeout—for art. Handcrafted plates crafted from wood derived from Swedish forests so you can have a picnic beside the water. A simple lamp to read a book under ...
In a country house on the Baltic coast, Nina Norgren and Bengt Thornefors, the founders of the textile and furniture brand Magniberg, have made a home entirely their own. By Aimee Farrell For Nina ...
Textile designer Cathy Nordström has a plan. ‘I’m working on my fellow Swedes to encourage them to incorporate more color and pattern,’ she confesses to Jennifer Morgan. ‘I think it’s going well; we ...
Svenskt Tenn, the home-design shop in central Stockholm, is many things—always colorful, often folksy, sometimes urbane, mostly Swedish, but never somber in a chilly, Bergmanesque way. For the company ...
IKEA, the giant store known for its inexpensive put-it-together-yourself furniture and Swedish meatballs, is inching closer ...