Look at me... a home I adore, and not a flower or splash of pink in sight! This amazing Swedish home has a black & white palette with mustard yellow and warm brown tones. Vintage pieces sit comfortably beside their modern counterparts. The entrance with it's spiral staircase, row of hooks, and portrait wall is one of my favourite parts of this home, and also that awesome bar cart - have I told you bar carts are back?!
Stine A Johansen is a Danish jewellery designer, and, as is the case with most artists, she has created a vibrant and beautiful home to live in. It sometimes happens that I come across individual images that I fall in love with, and then am thrilled to find the entire home on another occasion. This happened here - I'd seen Stine's bedroom before and loved the large painting over the bed. Now that I see the other rooms it's obvious that her choice of artwork has a huge impact on the style of her home. As is typical of Scandinavian design, the backdrop is white & natural wood with burst of colour & design. The strong, vibrant colours are balanced by the white and the limited, but carefully chosen, objects and furniture.
I posted this photo on my Facebook page earlier today of a hand painted floor, and it reminded me of a beautiful lace stencilled floor I fell in love with last year.
The beautifully intricate lace stencil was used at Maryam's Peacock Pavillions in Marrakech, Morocco, in her daughter Skylar's bedroom (below). I am still looking for the right place to be able to recreate this beautiful floor. You can purchase the stencil, called 'Skylar's lace' at Royal Design Studio.
