Rococo In The Nordic Countries

Rococo In The Nordic Countries

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

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50 Examples Of Swedish Folk Country Interiors

Country Style Mora Clocks – Swedish Interior Design.co.uk Interior archive is…

3 Spectacular Blue Painted Mora Clocks

Unusual floor clock from Norway. Crafted in the Swedish Mora tradition,…

A Look Behind Sturehov Manor House In Botkyrka, Sweden

Sturehov or Sturehof (also spelled Sturehov castle) is a manor house…

Laminate Wood Flooring, A Swedish Design Must Have – Part 3

Find Durable Laminate Flooring Home Depot Tundra Laminate Pine Effect Flooring…

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…

The Mallery Hall Collection Brings You Old World Painted Furniture

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

Jane Moore, The Successful Woman Behind Jane Moore, Ltd. Which Specializes In Swedish Antiques

18th century French Louis XVI Console with White Marble Top,  19th…

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Wood Plank Flooring, A Swedish Design Must Have – Part 1

Gustavian Trågsoffa, via Skona Hem Wood floors are one of the…

Go Bold With Red- Nordic Country Interiors

To start thinking about how you would like to include red…

3 Swedish Must Haves – Decorating A Home Around Swedish Antiques

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

Jo lee of Swedish Interior Design talks about Swedish Antique Furniture

Jo Lee of Swedish Interior Design talks about Swedish Antique Furniture…

375 Hours Of Machine Embroidery- One Woman Successfully Pulls Off Her First 18th Century Men’s Outfit

This post was featured in the 18th Century Sewing Group Christine…

Locate Hard To Find Danish Antiques From Scandinavian Antiques In Denmark

Locate Hard To Find Danish Antiques From Scandinavian Antiques In Denmark

Meranda Devan Jan 8, 2012 3 min read

Scandinavian Antiques began as a wholesale company based in Denmark 25 years ago, with business in Sweden, Germany, Russia, Italy, France and Romania. The company moved to the U.S. in 1994. Over the past 14 years they have become one…

Transform Your Home By Changing Your Walls – Interior Swedish Decorating Ideas

Transform Your Home By Changing Your Walls – Interior Swedish Decorating Ideas

Meranda Devan Apr 9, 2012 2 min read

  New World Wallpaper Design: Francesco Simeti Buy it on maharam.com/ Modern Wallpaper, Plastic Laminates This Swedish Gustavian interior from Huset shows how marvelous a striped painted wall can transform a room…

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

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

Meranda Devan Jun 25, 2015 5 min read

19th Century Swedish Painted Chest Find It on Ebay Ann Joerner Antiques, William Word Fine Antiques Swedish richly carved Rococo period chair that has been with urn-shaped splat back with…

$100+ Solid Braided Rugs

$100+ Solid Braided Rugs

Meranda Devan Sep 4, 2013 2 min read

Braided Rug 80″ Round Off-White $109 The careful selection of your homes rugs can really bring alive that Swedish look you are after.  Last month, I found myself spending hours…

17th Century Primitive Painted Homes

17th Century Primitive Painted Homes

Meranda Devan Feb 13, 2012 1 min read

La Pouyette featured a unique post of a primitive painted cabin located a few kilometers from Gstaad.  The cabin was originally featured in the  1993 Home and Garden magazine. Gstaad is…

The History Behind Empire Furniture From The Karl Johan Period -Liza Laserow

The History Behind Empire Furniture From The Karl Johan Period -Liza Laserow

Meranda Devan Jun 18, 2013 6 min read

Drop leaf table made in Stockholm, Sweden. Details according to the periods highest fashion such as lion feet and lions head. The drawers keyhole is elegantly hidden behind the gilded…

Buy Antiques WITH A Pro- Swedish Buying Tours

Buy Antiques WITH A Pro- Swedish Buying Tours

Meranda Devan Mar 26, 2014 6 min read

Swedish Period Gustavian Secretaire £3400.00 (approx $5490 / €4013) www.dlarssoninterior.com Scandinavian 18th and 19th C antiques have been highly sought after by dealers, designers and decorators for quite some time.…

5 Homes Decorated Around The Nordic Style

5 Homes Decorated Around The Nordic Style

Meranda Devan Mar 24, 2015 4 min read

New Orleans invid Mälaren- Skona Hem Country House Inspired After New Orleans -One hundred and fifty meters from Lake Mälaren is 1800-century house whose decor is inspired after the famous…

Designer Marshall Watson’s Scandinavian Summer House

Designer Marshall Watson’s Scandinavian Summer House

Meranda Devan Oct 1, 2021 1 min read

In the Swedish archipelago, designer Marshall Watson let the landscape guide his palette. The result is a serene summer house that’s the essence of Scandinavian style. This story originally appeared…

5 Ways to Incorporate the Color Red Into Your Swedish Styled Home

5 Ways to Incorporate the Color Red Into Your Swedish Styled Home

Meranda Devan Apr 4, 2012 3 min read

Tullgarn Upholstered Chair By Nordic Style Red has been known to be one of the richest colors of all colors available to us, and it just so happens to be…

400 Professional Designers Picked Green As The ” Color For 2022 ” In A Recent Survey

400 Professional Designers Picked Green As The ” Color For 2022 ” In A Recent Survey

Meranda Devan Jan 14, 2022 1 min read

HomeGoods Style Expert Beth Diana Smith predicts that, in 2022, many will go green by decorating around green-hued decor. “Green [is] definitely the color of 2022!” the owner and principal…

Helen Olsen’s Rungstedlund Home Revealed In Gods & Gardar Magazine

Helen Olsen’s Rungstedlund Home Revealed In Gods & Gardar Magazine

Meranda Devan Jul 16, 2013 7 min read

Karen Blixen’s Danish Farm godsochgardar.se After 17 years in Kenya, Danish author Karen Blixen returned to her childhood home in Rungstedlund, Denmark ‎. The magazine Gods & Gardar reveal the history behind this…

$530 – Faye Classical Tufted Loveseat In Blue

$530 – Faye Classical Tufted Loveseat In Blue

Meranda Devan Mar 22, 2011 1 min read

If you love the Swedish style, it’s a high probability that you also love the pastel tones that accompany the look.  This sofa comes in a lovely blue, which you…

40+ Ideas For Decorating Around The Swedish Look For Less

40+ Ideas For Decorating Around The Swedish Look For Less

Meranda Devan Feb 15, 2011 45 min read

Howard Miller Red Mora Grandfather Clock Having a Swedish Mora Clock on display in your home is just as prestigious today as it was back in the 18th century. Unless…

Plywood Plank Flooring, A Swedish Design Must Have – Part 4

Plywood Plank Flooring, A Swedish Design Must Have – Part 4

Meranda Devan Jan 23, 2013 6 min read

Pine Plywood | Design Build Love I stumbled across a DIY trend out there where people are cutting their own “planks” out of plywood.  It seems rather unusual at first,…

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

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

Meranda Devan Apr 10, 2013 3 min read

If you have seen the previews for the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it features a captivating estate many Nordic lovers would instantly recognize as Swedish.  This striking castle featured in…

$500 – Wood Louis XVI Loveseat Sofa

$500 – Wood Louis XVI Loveseat Sofa

Meranda Devan Mar 15, 2015 1 min read

This streamlined Swedish styled sofa is white on white.  It is now listed for $1,135 here

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My Best Tips To Doing Upholstery Yourself

Over the last several years I have jumped into upholstery without…

How To Wash Raw Wood For The Perfect Swedish Finish

Swedish Furniture & Decor Ideas – Directoire Chest By Wisteria This…

Outstanding Reproduction French And Swedish Furniture From NOIR

For more than ten years, Noir has been designing, building and…

Gustavian Romance By Melissa Goldstein

A Swedish twist on French neoclassicism, Gustavian décor may date back to…

Jane Moore, The Successful Woman Behind Jane Moore, Ltd. Which Specializes In Swedish Antiques

Jane Moore, The Successful Woman Behind Jane Moore, Ltd. Which Specializes In Swedish Antiques

Meranda Devan Feb 20, 2012 2 min read

18th century French Louis XVI Console with White Marble Top,  19th century Swedish Grey Four-Legged Table, circa 1850,  French Antique Louis  XVI Carved Wood Trumeau Mirror with garden and musical attributes, circa 1760, 18th Century French Coal Burner Jane Moore,…

Decorators Who Have Embraced The Nordic Style – 30+ Pictures

Decorators Who Have Embraced The Nordic Style – 30+ Pictures

Meranda Devan Jan 6, 2015 2 min read

Alexander Doherty Design Here are a couple modern day interiors which incorporate many of the elements found in the  Swedish style.  While we all enjoy looking at historical manor homes,…

The Couple Behind D. Larsson Interior and Antikhandel – Swedish Antiques

The Couple Behind D. Larsson Interior and Antikhandel – Swedish Antiques

Meranda Devan Oct 3, 2021 1 min read

In the nine years since they founded D. Larsson Interior and Antikhandel, Daniel and Cristina Larsson have become among the world’s leading purveyors of 18th- and 19th-century painted Swedish antiques.…

Investing In Mora Clocks – Expert Advice From Jo From Swedish Interior Design

Investing In Mora Clocks – Expert Advice From Jo From Swedish Interior Design

Meranda Devan Apr 26, 2015 7 min read

Swedishinteriordesign.co.uk specializes in Swedish Antique Gustavian, Biedermeier, Rococo and Country Painted, Veneer and Natural Wood Furniture. In the Homes and Antiques April 2014 Issue, Swedish Interior Design was asked to spill…

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…

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…

A Look Behind The National Museum of Stockholm- 14 Pictures

A Look Behind The National Museum of Stockholm- 14 Pictures

Meranda Devan Sep 10, 2013 3 min read

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm | by Dimitry B Nationalmuseum, Stockholm | by Dimitry B Armchair Karmstol Mahogany, gilded details, 1820’s National Museum Stockholm’s Flicker If you plan on visiting Sweden, then don’t…

Gustavian Romance By Melissa Goldstein

Gustavian Romance By Melissa Goldstein

Meranda Devan Aug 1, 2017 2 min read

A Swedish twist on French neoclassicism, Gustavian décor may date back to the 18th century, but its suddenly popping up everywhere–like Selena Gomez. Some tell-tale signs your favorite space is aligned…

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…

Lars Bolander’s New Book- Interior Design & Inspiration

Lars Bolander’s New Book- Interior Design & Inspiration

Meranda Devan Apr 10, 2013 3 min read

Lars Bolander: Interior Design & Inspiration offers a fresh take on Swedish decorating. Lars Bolander has been referred to as one of Sweden’s foremost interior designers and a pioneer 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…

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…

Swedish Reproduction Furniture At Solgarden

Swedish Reproduction Furniture At Solgarden

Meranda Devan Mar 24, 2015 8 min read

 Trågsoffa | Solgården If you are looking for beautiful reproduction Swedish furniture, consider Solgarden.  Solgarden has two lines of furniture, one named “classic”, and the other named “vintage”. Solgarden Classic-…

Transform Your Home By Changing Your Walls – Interior Swedish Decorating Ideas

Transform Your Home By Changing Your Walls – Interior Swedish Decorating Ideas

Meranda Devan Apr 9, 2012 2 min read

  New World Wallpaper Design: Francesco Simeti Buy it on maharam.com/ Modern Wallpaper, Plastic Laminates This Swedish Gustavian interior from Huset shows how marvelous a striped painted wall can transform a room…

Swedish Gustavian Dining Chairs

Swedish Gustavian Dining Chairs

Meranda Devan Jul 9, 2012 3 min read

  Set of Six Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Dining Chairs With Gray Paint- Scandinavian Antiques Co On Ebay Ballard Designs has designed a terrific looking Swedish country chair called…

Swedish Gustavian Decorating: 25 Of The Best Copper Kitchenware

Swedish Gustavian Decorating: 25 Of The Best Copper Kitchenware

Meranda Devan Apr 28, 2012 3 min read

Vintage Angelique On Ebay An 18th Century Copenhagen Apartment (below) shows off great looking Swedish style. Decorating with copper can be just the touch you need in your home. Martha…

Behind The Rundale Palace in Latvia

Behind The Rundale Palace in Latvia

Meranda Devan Mar 23, 2015 2 min read

This week we’re visiting Rundale Palace in Latvia, newly restored to former glory. I can’t wait to go there. This summer, New York-based photographer Christopher Flach discovered this world-heritage Latvian…