For The Love Of Collecting Antiques – A Swedish Interior
“After about seven years, I could buy a really nice piece of furniture once a year,” she says. “I was reading Architectural Digest, World of Interiors and every shelter magazine and design book I could get my hands on. I was just enthralled with design. The spectrum of collecting was appealing to me.”
She began what she calls “guerrilla hunting” for antiques to furnish her own living space. In New Orleans, she found a European ambience in step with her affinity for European antiques, renovated the first of two Victorian cottages and turned her collecting pastime into a wholesale business that immediately had legs via word of mouth. She sold her first container of antiques in front of a mini storage space in 10 minutes and quickly became a valued resource to well-known interior designers.
Along the way, she opened a warehouse on Camp Street, started her own line of European antique reproductions — Tara Shaw Maison — designed homes for a list of clients that includes celebrities, and inked a lucrative licensing deal with Restoration Hardware that allowed her to cut back on her travel schedule.
Read more at nola.com
The Beautiful Wall Paintings Of von Echstedtska gården In Sweden
See more pictures of these wall paintings on Miras Mirakel’s blog.
Picture Credit – naturbilder.biz
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
I stumbled across a post from Miras Mirakel’s blog about an enchanting farm called “von Echstedtska gården” located in Saffle, Sweden. The pictures immediately caught my attention.
What is really captivating about this mansion is the beautiful wall murals. You have to wonder whose talent that was through history. Was it one woman, or a few talented residents? I really don’t know. When you look at the pictures, pay attention to the faux marble panels and trim. My goodness, someone in time had some incredible talent!
Here is what Wikipedia tells us about this beautiful mansion:
The farm was built during the years 1762–1764 by the assessor Bengt von Echstedt . The outside has a Carolingian touch. On the inside, the rococo blooms in the murals, among other things. A gazebo and secret house flank on either side of the main building, below are double pairs of wing buildings. The secret house has unique ceiling paintings that depict the landlord with his first wife elegantly sitting on the exit with courting servants. At the farm there is an apple farm with old Värmland apple varieties .
The farm was threatened at the beginning of the 20th century to be moved to Skansen but avoided this by Värmlands Museum buying the farm in 1939. The buildings and interiors were thoroughly restored in the 1950s, 1992–93 and even later.
More Pictures To View :
Von Echstedtska Gården, Västra Smedbyn, 661 94 Säffle, Sweden
Textile exhibition at Echstedtska gården in Säffle – 5/29/2021 – tellerreport.com
Värmlands Museum has had the help of the art historian Lars Sjöberg, he has borrowed from his collections and is an expert on 18th century interiors.
– When you furnish a home, you dress it in textile, he explains.”
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit Trip Advisor
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit Trip Advisor
Picture seen on spokhistorier
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit Trip Advisor
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
von Echstedtska gården – Picture Credit – trippa.se
400 Professional Designers Picked Green As The New Color To Watch
19TH Century Painted Pine Wall Cupboard – www.antiquefurniture.tv
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 designer of Beth Diana Smith Interior Design tells SheKnows. “Six paint brands opted to choose green for their color of the year inspired by the latest fashion and home trends. Additionally, green has been trending in wellness as greens are associated with self-care, nourishment and zen energy. So, as consumers continue to prioritize mental health, we’ll continue to see green throughout our spaces as we look to infuse calming colors.”
Look at this:
A recent survey from Sherwin-Williams, which included more than 400 professional designers, found that emerald green was the top prediction for the most on-trend color in 2022.
Interiors decorated around the color of green. Do you see anything here you love?
Darker Green Inspired Interiors
Gustavian Chest –chairish.com
Swedish Inspired Furniture
Swedish Inspired Furniture
Swedish Inspired Furniture
gustavienne.com
5 Scandinavian Interior Design Tricks – Megan Slack
Lighter Colors are used in this interior, whose picture appeared on the cover of Classic Swedish Interiors
1. Use large windows to emphasize natural light
Thanks to the nation’s famously dark winters, Finnish designers are experts at emphasizing light in the most effective ways possible, and Villa Lumi is certainly no exception. The home uses large window panes and no window dressings to ensure the home is illuminated as efficiently as possible. While all homes may are not designed in the same way as Villa Lumi, we can still the architect’s technique with any kind of window, as Helsinki based Interior Designer Helena Karihtala shares:
‘Due to long winters, the use of natural light is considered to be important, and we usually prefer large windows. Keeping the windows bare or using light curtains helps make the space feel open and full of natural light. The walls are also almost always a shade of white, making most of natural light.’
Read more at livingetc.com
Mirrors are another classic Swedish design trick to add more light into a room. Face the mirror opposite of a window to bounce light off of.
30 Gray Toned Paint Colors For Swedish Styled Interiors – Behr
In this link, Quinn pieces together 30 of the best gray paint shades from Behr. Where it gets interesting is for you to determine exactly what undertones you like.
In this article, there are 5 categories of undertones. Blue, Purple, Green, Orange and Red. Over time, most people usually lean towards either a cool collection, or warm arena.
Later in the article, what really makes the choice more complex is LIGHTING. An example is given in the article, where a room is photographed at different times of the day. One picture shows a light gray, and another showing a very clear blue. Long story short, test your samples before buying large quantities of paint.
Have you ever found a paint color that looks absolutely incredible day and night in a particular room, only to bring it into another room, and have it look entirely different?
I recently painted over my basement this summer. I had a color that worked in any room in my upstairs, so I figured, I would just go with that color downstairs too.
Many years ago I hand mixed colors, and found one that worked. It works night and day. It just looks incredible. Its a darker gray, with undertones of green. Its not overly dark.
I had it made up for my basement, and it turned out awful in that room. No matter how hard I tried messing around with the shade, the simple fact, the lighting is different in my basement. I shoved the paint in a closet, and started over.
You need to read the article- Behr
Bringing The Garden In For The Winter
Chinoiserie Green Gold Late 1700s Gustavian Rococo Mora Clock – 1st Dibs
Swedish Long Case Mora Clock, Kramfors, Sweden, 1st Dibs
Swedish Mora Clock, In Texas – 1st Dibs
Beautiful distressing of old Swedish furniture
Louis XV Style Bergère Chair – $1250 Chairish
Light and Airy Sunroom – Vibeke Design
vibekedesign.blogspot.com – Scandinavian Blog
Have you ever thought about these peg boards as full walls? Its not a bad idea.
Scandinavian Kitchens – Classic shaker kitchen in green — Nordiska Kök
Foxglove Sage Botanical Sage Wallpaper – Home Depot
Canvas Organizer – food52.com
Thifty garden storage – bhg.com, Potato cleaner – Grit Magazine,
PVC Pipe Trellis – remodelista.com, Shoe container garden starts – almanaquesos.com
Image Seen On gucki.it
7 Ways to Love Copper and Green
Rust on brown. Isn’t this a fabulous way of showing off your tools? –
Photo by JerBear2010 on Flickr
Isn’t this an interesting way of organizing your garden planting ?
Must-Know Storage Secrets for Your Garden Shed – Better Homes And Gardens
Spectacular Dream 19th Century Swedish Green Panted Chest From Chairish
A pretty wallpaper with charming woodland creatures trees and toadstools. Swedish designer Hannah Wendelbo. – wallpaperdirect.com
Tones Of Green – johnderian.com
The Home Office – Why Not Make Yours Unique ?
The Home Office
When the country was instructed to work from home if possible, there were some happy novelties- namely endless cups of tea and waking up ten minutes before your first meeting of the day. But then Zoom calls became exhausting, interrupted by children or pets, and the home WiFi cracked under the pressure. The line between working life and free time became increasingly blurred.
Love it or loathe it, working from home for lots of professions is going to remain prominent. Creating the perfect home office space is vital for the most productive and aesthetic work environment. A study ought to provide an oasis of calm amidst the chaos. Technical equipment is the interior designer’s worst nightmare and the key to reconciling cables and screens with attractive furnishings is storage and clever use of space.
Read more at lorfordsantiques.com
The Light And Airy Furniture Of Sweden
Dawn Hill Antiques
Swedish furniture is in a class of its own. From the exuberant decoration of the Rococo style with an abundance of curves and natural motifs that gave way in the late 1700s to the restrained Gustavian style, Swedish furniture appeals to many. Owing to its clean lines and simplicity, it mixes well with other styles, both traditional and modern.
“You cannot talk about Swedish design without first considering the natural environment of Sweden. It is a country of islands, with the sea on one side and the interior populated by dense forests,” said antique dealer Paulette Peden of Dawn Hill Antiques in New Preston, Conn. “In the winter months there is a very short period of daylight, so the Swedish people craved the light, and created rooms painted with pale colors, and light furniture to make the most of the precious daylight.” The Gustavian style was named for Sweden’s King Gustav III (1746-92), during whose reign the talented craftsmen of the Stockholm Guild made well-designed furniture like chairs, tables, secretaries, cupboards and settees.
Read more – liveauctioneers.com
Slipcovers Have Always Been Popular Through Time – Swedish Decorating
Larsson, Carl (1853-1919)
Among the Swedish artist Carl Larsson’s many watercolours of the house he shared with his wife, Karin, and eight children, is one of their sitting room that radiates a pleasing sense of domesticity — a discarded newspaper and shoes, a sleeping dog, a rug hung nonchalantly over the arm of the sofa. But it is the blue-and-white striped loose cover of the sofa that does most to enhance the relaxed feeling of this elegant space. Larsson painted it in 1895, a time when Victorians, such as the family of another artist, Linley Sambourne, were living among buttoned, fringed and tightly upholstered splendour at 18, Stafford Terrace that remains a monument to the Victorian decorative exuberance (both artists’ houses are open to the public).
As with so many of the key ingredients in classic decoration, there’s a deeply practical rationale behind the loose cover: namely, that it can be washed and changed at will. In the past, they were often fitted to protect furniture or changed according to the season. They also soften the look of a sofa or chair by hiding its legs.
Read more – countrylife.co.uk
The Couple Behind D. Larsson Interior and Antikhandel – Swedish Antiques
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. Yet just 12 years ago, they were both on very different paths.
D. Larsson Cristina and Daniel Larsson
Married couple Cristina and Daniel Larsson, of D. Larsson Interior and Antikhandel, specialize in 18th- and 19th-century Swedish antiques, which they mix with vintage and modern pieces in their own home. Top: Their living room features an 18th-century Swedish Baroque table, a 1970s coffee table and a ca. 1775 Gripsholm armchair. All photos by Francisco Caires
Swedish-born Daniel was in Amsterdam working in customer relations for KLM airlines and dealing in vintage modern furnishings on the side. This was a hobby he picked up while living in Stockholm. Finding inexpensive pieces at Swedish flea markets, he would finish them himself — “Woodshop was my best subject at school,” he says with a laugh — and then drive to England to sell them at the country’s open-air antiques markets to British and American dealers.
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