My Scandinavian Home: May 2014

House for Mother

Good morning! I hope you had a lovely weekend (and enjoyed my rare Sunday home tour). It's so gloomy here in Southern Sweden today but it's OK because I've a beautiful project to share! 'House For Mother' (great name?), is the brainchild of Förstberg Arkitektur as their contribution to the Linköpingsbo 2017 housing exhibition. While the outside will be constructed of raw corrugated aluminium, the inside will be designed using exposed timber and walls lined with plywood to add warmth. This is definitely going to be categorised under my 'fabulous architecture' label! What do you reckon?

Förstberg Arkitektur via La Maison D'Anna G

I'm a big fan of plywood (more inspiration from this, this and this home) although I haven't channeled this in my own home. How about you?

Oh and I love the Bumling lamp, featured in House for Mother (had to repeat the name as it's so lovely) in white.

I hope you have a wonderful start to the week!

Home Interior Decorating

In order to do apartment interior design on your own, you have to have some type of plan and some type of budget. If you know how much you can spend, you can start thinking about what you want to spend that money on. If your landlord grants you permission to paint, that can really change things up for you. If you are in a smaller apartment, you can go with one color and paint with variations of that color to keep it uniform. You can mix and match different colors in different rooms with a larger apartment. Spend as much time as you need because you are going to have to love what you choose. Next, go for curtains, throw pillows, and even a couch cover to add color that compliments what you have put on the wall. Go with a neutral color for your couch, as you can add color to it with the pillows. If you are not sure about pillows, sew your own. You may love something bright and colorful, but you always want your couch to match anything, making neutral essential for this piece of furniture. The pillows are interchangeable and are much less expensive to change. Your curtains can be the same as the pillows ?change them as your mood changes for apartment interior design. You may not want to spend a lot on finishing touches for apartment interior design, so see about saving money. Go to rummage sales, thrift stores, and even take a trip through your parent's attic to see what you can find to fill your walls or sit on your shelves. Even old books can look great, even if you will never read them. Look for old glass bottles and vases, small boxes that may have been jewelry boxes or small chests, aged photographs and even old jewelry as decorative accents for your new design ideas. These can make a good room into a great room.

Home Interior Decorating

Home Interior Pictures

For home owners who are redesigning their home, or considering a new design or interior style, considering the many options you have, and different interior home design options, are some things to consider. When choosing the new style, and when considering the interior design ideas, a home owner has to know where to look. From the many TV shows about interior home design, to the different magazines, and professional interior design ideas professionals that charge a fee for their services, the more places a home owner searches, the more ideas and concepts they are going to have to choose from. So, in selecting the home design, considering: color, material, set up and layout of the furniture, paint ideas, and the modern concepts and ideas, are all factors for home owners to keep in mind as they are deciding how they are going to decorate the home owners who are redesigning their home, or considering a new design or interior style, considering the many options you have, and different interior home design options, are some things to consider. When choosing the new style, and when considering the interior design ideas, a home owner has to know where to look.No matter what their budget is, or what kind of style they like best, modern or classic, there are various places to turn to for ideas. Considering what the professionals have to say, as well as getting some ideas from online sites, magazines, and TV shows, are all factors that are going to give the home owner some idea as to which way to go with their own home's design, and new interior style.

Home Interior Pictures

Interior Home Design

Today interior designing has become a profession in itself and there are courses being offered for this. Every room in a home can be designed in a different and innovative way. Some designs are theme based and the decorative items are compatible with the theme. In case the home is present in a scenic location, which too is taken into consideration while designing the interiors. For example the natural landscape like sea or mountain view is taken into account while deciding the interiors. These days, the interior decoration is kept in mind from the project planning phase itself. Interiors give a new meaning to each and every corner of the room. Interior design can take many forms like paintings, decorative items, sculptures, antiques, etc. Illumination from day light is an important part of interior design. Designs are available to take care of privacy by blocking direct view more so in the case of bed rooms. Interior design doesn't mean that the rooms should be stuffed with decorative items. Some people are interested in bed rooms with minimal design and to cater to this segment of market, rooms have pleasant modularity, soft ceiling and walls along with soothing ambience. Some bed rooms have a swimming pool within the room itself. Living room can be made lively with elegant and stylish items made of wooden handicrafts, coloured glass and other articles. Fabulous chandeliers are yet another great addition to the living room. It is worth considering an aquarium with colourful fishes which would become cynosure of the eyes.

Interior Home Design

Home Improvement Ideas

On the back of the success of the series came Grand Designs Live, which has now blossomed into the United Kingdom's most popular contemporary home event. This year it is returning to Excel London for the eighth year in a row. With everything from new green innovations to kitsch kitchen appliances, this event has it all. This year over 500 exhibitors, dispersed among seven different sections, will be taking part. It is the ideal place to visit for home inspiration and, let's face it, many people would rather do our own DIY and home improvements allowing us to can stay put in our properties rather than trying to climb up the property ladder in the current market. Home improvement can be placed into different categories: from the minimal and basic, like a new lick of paint; to the dramatic and big, like extensions and loft conversions. If these large scale renovations are a little out of your price range right now, don't fret. There are plenty of ways to quite dramatically improve your home without costing the big bucks. First impressions count. Make your external doors stand out. Get rid of any crumbling, old and out dated front doors in favour of fresh, contemporary and stylish doors that fit the new image you are trying to create with your home. Don't forget about the internal doors either.

Home Improvement Ideas