Rococo In The Nordic Countries

Rococo In The Nordic Countries

The Rococo style, which emerged in the early 18th century,…

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3 Swedish Must Haves – Decorating A Home Around Swedish Antiques

You love Swedish style but don’t know exactly where to start.…

Embroidered Fabric, Needlepoint Pillows And Gustavian Furniture From Chelsea Textiles

Chelsea Textiles, is a family company, which was originally started in…

The Home Office – Why Not Make Yours Unique ?

The Home Office When the country was instructed to work from…

35 Pictures Show How To Decorate Around The Swedish Rustic Country Look

Country living is wrapped up in modest, yet meaningful details. The…

A Look At The Castle Behind The Movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

If you have seen the previews for the movie The Girl with…

Les Indiennes Fabrics

Mary Mulcahy’s designs, first developed for her block-printed textiles, now grace…

Andrea Palladio- The Most Influential Architect At The End Of The 16th Century

Palladianism was based on the writings of Andrea Palladio (1508–80) who…

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Stunning European Paint Colors For Painted Kitchen Cabinets

The Beautiful colors found in the Farrow and Ball Paint Line…

Swedish Antiques From Debenham Antiques

19th Century Swedish Birch Neo Classical Sofa US $5,540.37 On Ebay…

The Mallery Hall Collection Brings You Old World Painted Furniture

Mallery Hall The Mallery Hall Collection  and The European House bring to…

Expect To See More Warm Grays, Blues And Creams In Gustavian Decorating

Christine Adams Wood Finishing Technical Writer at General Finishes January 6…

$439 – Dark Gray Luxury Swedish Sofa

I bet you could find a few different spots for this…

A Look At 19th and 20th Century Furniture In Sweden

A Look At 19th and 20th Century Furniture In Sweden

Meranda Devan Oct 23, 2015 5 min read

19th Century Swedish Painted Cabinets – Find It on Ebay Vintage Mid-Century Daybed by Karl-Erik Ekselius for Dux Guest Post Jason Phillips History can teach us many things; it is full of brave deeds and constantly changing cultural views. These…

Sweden’s Empire Decorated Rosersberg Palace

Sweden’s Empire Decorated Rosersberg Palace

Meranda Devan Jan 7, 2013 2 min read

Rosersbergs Slott From Lennatt Durehed Photography Corridor and Niche at Rosersberg Palace From Corbis Images Rosersberg Palace (Swedish: Rosersbergs slott) is one of the Royal Palaces of Sweden. Situated on…

Embroidered Fabric, Needlepoint Pillows And Gustavian Furniture From Chelsea Textiles

Embroidered Fabric, Needlepoint Pillows And Gustavian Furniture From Chelsea Textiles

Meranda Devan Sep 3, 2013 2 min read

Chelsea Textiles, is a family company, which was originally started in the 1990’s by Mona Perlhagen. Formerly a fashion buyer for Bloomingdale’s, Mona developed an eye for luxurious details, and high…

Reproduction Distressed Furniture And Home Decor From Bliss Studio

Reproduction Distressed Furniture And Home Decor From Bliss Studio

Meranda Devan Dec 1, 2014 2 min read

Lindome Swag Table, H:34″ D:24″ W:36″ Lindome Console Table -H:34″ D:16″ W:62″  If you love furniture with layers of paint, distressed detail, old hardware, and unique looking features, you could…

Jenny’s DIY Wide-Plank Plywood Flooring Studio Renovation

Jenny’s DIY Wide-Plank Plywood Flooring Studio Renovation

Meranda Devan Feb 8, 2018 2 min read

Check out these absolutely beautiful pictures of Jenny’s studio space made over with plywood cut into planks: I found the plywood I wanted, took a photo of the price tag,…

How To Decorate A Child’s Room In The Swedish Style

How To Decorate A Child’s Room In The Swedish Style

Meranda Devan Mar 14, 2013 5 min read

Vintage Children’s Set On Ebay With Neoclassical-style fluted details and a high-gloss finish, this chest is a cross between old and new, says Gambrel—“like a country cabinet dressed up for…

69 Inspiring Pictures Of Nordic Country Style Decorating

69 Inspiring Pictures Of Nordic Country Style Decorating

Meranda Devan Jan 24, 2014 6 min read

Bogstad Manor In Norway Bogstad Manor is a protected cultural monument and one of the few country estates in Norway. The history of the estate dates back to 1649, while…

Magnus Lundgren’s Swedish Gustavian Home

Magnus Lundgren’s Swedish Gustavian Home

Meranda Devan Jan 8, 2012 2 min read

Skona Hem had a wonderful write up on Magnus Lundgren’s Home.  If you LOVE the antique Swedish style, do visit Magnus’s blog, because it is one of the few blogs…

Tropical Twist In An Norwegian Home By Nicolette Horn

Tropical Twist In An Norwegian Home By Nicolette Horn

Meranda Devan Jul 29, 2015 1 min read

An Island-Inspired House in Oslo… Norway Interior designer Nicolette Horn brings a bit of the Bahamas into her Scandinavian home. “I wanted to feel lifted up when I came inside,”…

Swedish Plaster Medallions

Swedish Plaster Medallions

Meranda Devan Jul 16, 2013 10 min read

Make this bee mold for just dollars. Find the original listing here Classic Swedish Interiors By Lars Sjoberg Everyone has their favorite interiors, and one of mine happens to be Ekensberg, a home…

How To Decorate With Botanicals

How To Decorate With Botanicals

Meranda Devan Nov 19, 2013 12 min read

Carl von Linnaeus home, Hammarby 18th century Swedish Today Linnaeus’ Hammarby is one of Sweden’s most accurately preserved eighteenth century farms, with household items, clothing and art from Linnaeus’ own…

5 Styles Of Period Styled Cast Iron Radiators

5 Styles Of Period Styled Cast Iron Radiators

Meranda Devan May 13, 2015 4 min read

The Chelsea cast iron radiator was originally commissioned for the Chelsea Barracks Officers Mess Guest Post- Mike Smith, Woworads Ltd Classic Victorian cast iron radiators have enjoyed a revival over…

Q&A With Swedish Designers Edie Van Breems and Rhonda Eleish

Q&A With Swedish Designers Edie Van Breems and Rhonda Eleish

Meranda Devan Feb 8, 2018 1 min read

Q: Clearly, you are scholars on Scandinavian style. For you, what is the essence of it? A: Recognition of the importance of nature and the impact it has on interiors…

Sweden’s Manor Houses

Sweden’s Manor Houses

Meranda Devan May 11, 2012 4 min read

Krapperup Castle Built in 1570 over the ruins of a 13th century stronghold; near Molle, Sweden From Larry Myhre’s Photstream This Article “Inside Sweden’s Manor Houses” Published Nov/Dec-2002 By Dan…

Swedish Furniture From Laserow Antiques

Swedish Furniture From Laserow Antiques

Meranda Devan May 31, 2012 3 min read

Laserow Antiques has some of the most beautiful antique Swedish furniture around.  Here we see a Swedish signed Gustvian Wall Clock, from the period between 1790-1810.   Signed on face is the…

50 Years Of Breathtaking Reproduction Furniture From Dennis & Leen

50 Years Of Breathtaking Reproduction Furniture From Dennis & Leen

Meranda Devan Jul 3, 2012 2 min read

For fifty years Dennis & Leen has been creating authentic reproductions from highly noted collection of original 17th and 18th century antiques. Known for using only the finest quality of…

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70 Swedish Furniture Pieces That Sell For Less- Swedish Decorating On A Budget

White Lacquer Finish Round Accent Table $321 From Overstock On Ebay…

20 Of The Most Beautiful Swedish Pieces From The Leading Antique Dealers

19th Century Swedish Painted Chest Find It on Ebay Ann Joerner…

Designers Pick Their Favorite Gray Paints

Picture Credit –Scandinavian Antiques Co On Ebay Featured above are the…

Sweden’s Manor Houses

Sweden’s Manor Houses

Meranda Devan May 11, 2012 4 min read

Krapperup Castle Built in 1570 over the ruins of a 13th century stronghold; near Molle, Sweden From Larry Myhre’s Photstream This Article “Inside Sweden’s Manor Houses” Published Nov/Dec-2002 By Dan Hofstadter in Departures In a small rural province called Scania,…

Swedish Furniture From Bukowski Market

Swedish Furniture From Bukowski Market

Meranda Devan Oct 31, 2013 1 min read

Rococo Desk 1700’s Bukowski is the leading auction house founded in 1870 by the Polish nobleman Henryk Bukowski. Bukowski Market also happens to be Sweden and Finland’s largest on-line internet…

Stylish Looks For Slip-covering Your Furniture

Stylish Looks For Slip-covering Your Furniture

Meranda Devan May 1, 2013 5 min read

 Veranda May June 2012 When you think of slipcovers, you may have memories of the 80’s clunky furniture covered with slipcovers that were tied with over-sized bows and small scale…

Nordic Scandinavian Decorating Advice from Designer Alexandra Angle

Nordic Scandinavian Decorating Advice from Designer Alexandra Angle

Meranda Devan Jan 13, 2015 2 min read

House Beautiful Feb 2011 Designer Alexandra Angle shares her Scandinavian design advice with House Beautiful on how she made over a dark cottage in Venice, California. This house mixes Americana…

How To Stain Fabrics With Tea To Get An Antique Appearance

How To Stain Fabrics With Tea To Get An Antique Appearance

Meranda Devan Oct 4, 2010 5 min read

Tea Stained Fabric From Country Living Magazine Tea staining is one of the best kept secrets that designers use to distress and alter upholstery fabric to give an aged look when recovering antique…

3 Spectacular Blue Painted Mora Clocks

3 Spectacular Blue Painted Mora Clocks

Meranda Devan Feb 20, 2012 1 min read

Unusual floor clock from Norway. Crafted in the Swedish Mora tradition, this floor clock is signed by clockmaker Sven Nilsson and proclaims “Bjerke” as the area of origin. This “Bjerke”…

The Romantic Baroque Style: Part 1- Stromholm

The Romantic Baroque Style: Part 1- Stromholm

Meranda Devan Jan 8, 2013 3 min read

If the Renaissance history is of interest to you, chances are you will love Baroque style.  It is a design style isn’t that commonly seen in magazines, because the antiques are…

European Winter Cakes – Maria Altynbaeva

European Winter Cakes – Maria Altynbaeva

Meranda Devan Nov 12, 2021 1 min read

    Look at this winter cake designed by  Maria_Altynbaeva.   If you are looking for a European themed winter treat, consider borrowing this idea by decorating cookies with white icing,…

7 Secrets From Suzanne Rheinstein To Pull Off A European Decorated Home

7 Secrets From Suzanne Rheinstein To Pull Off A European Decorated Home

Meranda Devan Oct 29, 2010 5 min read

Suzanne Rheinstein The photos above and below were taken in a room designed by Suzanne Rheinstein at the Greystone Estate, the site of Veranda’s annual showhouse Picture seen on lusterinteriors.blogspot.com Architectural…

50 Years Of Breathtaking Reproduction Furniture From Dennis & Leen

50 Years Of Breathtaking Reproduction Furniture From Dennis & Leen

Meranda Devan Jul 3, 2012 2 min read

For fifty years Dennis & Leen has been creating authentic reproductions from highly noted collection of original 17th and 18th century antiques. Known for using only the finest quality of…

7 Places To Find Swedish Design For Toddlers

7 Places To Find Swedish Design For Toddlers

Meranda Devan Jun 27, 2017 4 min read

Children are gifts that need to be pampered every time. When you are expectant and planning to prepare your nursery, there are things that you always want. You keep looking…

Book Review: The Swedish Wooden House by Lars Sjoberg

Book Review: The Swedish Wooden House by Lars Sjoberg

Meranda Devan Oct 19, 2011 4 min read

The Swedish Wooden House by Lars Sjoberg  and Ingalill Snitt shows magnificent castles, impressive mansions and simple farmhouses. The beauty and decay in all these houses are an important part…

50 Examples Of Swedish Folk Country Interiors

50 Examples Of Swedish Folk Country Interiors

Meranda Devan Sep 3, 2013 7 min read

Country Style Mora Clocks – Swedish Interior Design.co.uk Interior archive is one of those sites where you can spend hours on.  Looking through their dozens of pictures, there are a…

Get The Swedish Look By Installing Tongue And Groove Paneling

Get The Swedish Look By Installing Tongue And Groove Paneling

Meranda Devan Nov 14, 2013 4 min read

How to Install Tongue-and-Groove Paneling Beadboard Kitchen Island Cottage kitchen Litchfield Designs This wonderful picture was taken From House to Home Tongue and groove paneling is a great alternative to…

Ruby Beets Swedish Rustic Home

Ruby Beets Swedish Rustic Home

Meranda Devan Mar 11, 2013 5 min read

In a corner of the living room, a 1940s mercury glass lamp stands on a rough, round Empire-style table next to two 1920s Scandinavian painted chairs. The graceful wing-backed chaise…

The Romantic Baroque Style: Part 4 – A Collectors Home

The Romantic Baroque Style: Part 4 – A Collectors Home

Meranda Devan Jan 8, 2013 3 min read

The Dienst’s Home A Baroque Wing Chair Upholstered In Gray Linen, sits beside a Baroque Chest In Sweden, the Middle Ages lasted for approximately 500 years, until Gustav I of…

Some Of The Best Swedish Books Are Old And Sell For $4 Dollars Or Less

Some Of The Best Swedish Books Are Old And Sell For $4 Dollars Or Less

Meranda Devan Oct 12, 2010 7 min read

Book Review: Jocasta Innes Scandinavian Painted Furniture Jocasta Innes is the internationally renowned author of over sixty books on paint finishes, interior design and decorating. She is the founder of…