Boovagen Home

Inspire Notes: Light and airy. Skandish and homely. Angles, straight lines, white, black, smokey greys, pink and greenery. It’s a great combination and a great way to use pink which can very often be a bit sickly sweet. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     Skandi chic doesn’t mess about does it? To try this home for size, eschew the fluffys and multi-colours for pale hues and smokey darks against crisp pure white. Rebellious features include the artwork and the polite attempt at anarchy in the wash room area. Other than that there is a clean, rustic order to the space. Smokey tiled floors, …

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Skandi Chic Sundyberg

Inspire Notes: Love this place. Even though the space is white, white, white with white ash wood floors and white handle-less kitchen cabinets and walls, white furniture, white accessories, there is still just enough ‘grime‘ there to make this place. Polite grime, but grime none the less. The dark grey felt pendant removes some of the purity and reasonable-ness. The decorative ladder, (which is quite hot right now), and the extra large black and white portrait all do their bit for balance.   Nice oversized grey Under The Bell Pendant to add some ‘grime’…kinda. Mushed cushions and extra large black …

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Swedish Home

Inspire Notes: This bright Swedish home / workspace is a very accessible set up in terms of recreating it’s vibe. It’s personality comes from the rather nice accessories dotted about. The bold, fat bottomed ceramic vase, the magazine racks, the Arne Jacobsen chairs, the Saarinen-esque round coffee table and of course the character-full daybed.   Light meets white. Plenty of daylight is allowed to flood through this apartment lifting the colours, the atmosphere and the inhabitants spirits! The space manages to be full but not cluttered, with plenty of use made out of simple, efficient and striking Ikea storage, magazine …

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Stockholm House

  Inspire Notes: Lovely, fresh and open with a light rug on the chevron wood flooring. The space is blessed with high ceilings and walls that could, from this angle, be made a little more of perhaps as there seems to be an invisible watermarked height restriction imposed on accessorizing the walls. Perhaps an ultra large print to break up the space a little bit? One leather ottoman is a good support to the matching sofa and perhaps a one-off statement armchair to mix it up a little in place of the other ottoman?       Lovely expressive chair, …

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Scandinavian Apartment

  Inspire Notes: This space by Wench Holth is almost painfully beautiful. It reminds me of halcyon days spent in Scandinavia and indeed it is fairly typical of a home there. Gosh, where does one start? The floor? Mon Dieu! Just beauteous. Natural wood stained black to contrast and anchor the crisp white walls. The exuberant basket chandelier works because there is enough height and width here. The chilled, calm space below it prevents it from looking overblown and pompous.     There is so much communication and follow-through with the accessories, fixtures and fittings. The sleek doors, the occasional …

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Nina Bergstern Home

    Inspire Notes: Like most people involved with style to earn their living, it invariably crosses over and spills into other areas of life. Acne fashionista Nina Bergstern is no different. Her home is a veritable mix of calming whites, light chevron wood flooring, quirky Swedish design, vintage finds and classic furniture cuts. For example…and just for starters, the scene above features the neat lined Curve Sofa with slightly overly-staged cushions that make you want to have a cushion fight and mish them up a bit. Then there’s the kooky Baklava lamp from Swedish design powerhouse Claesson Koivisto Rune. …

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