Party time!

I moved to Sweden exactly ten years today. Crazy! In that time I married my wonderful Swedish husband, had  my two lovely little girls, created this blog and renovated our home among other life adventures. Thank you Sweden, for being a wonderful hostess, here's to many years to come! In my dreams I'm celebrating with a fabulous alfresco party and of course you're all invited. Hope you can make it?!.....

Image 1 via Grey and Scout, 3: Ann Street Studio. Final image via Lay Baby Lay. If you can supply the photographer / stylist name for any of these beautiful images please let me know, it would be wonderful to accurately credit them. 

I love the last picture in particular - who needs a babysitter? This is such a great way of keeping the little ones entertained while we dance the night away don't you think?! And of course, that's you in the second picture arriving?

Waterfall and cluster fairy lights and vintage champagne glasses a must as well as lots more inspiration on my new party and food pin boards. There's always my alfresco board for the morning after brunch too. Party on people!

Back tomorrow with a Scandinavian house tour to enjoy and inspire us all over weekend, see you then. And in the meantime, have a wonderful Friday!

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A very cool Swedish space (with a bike!)

I can't tell you how much I enjoy reading your comments, I've always intended this blog to be interactive and I am so grateful to everyone who takes the time to leave a note. It's also a great way to get feedback. For example yesterday, Brian Hurst commented on how helpful he finds the 'where to buy' tips (phew!) and on Monday someone highlighted the unsolved puzzle on how people store items in these clean, minimalist style homes. Which actually inspired today's post. I saw the bike and thought - now here's an idea! Rather than cluttering up the hall, make your bike a statement piece (not exactly new, see previous post: bicycles as the hot home accessory) but it gave me inspiration to find a place to hang my shiny new Skeppshult! If you visit Stadshem you can also see the smart bedroom storage. Course there are other reasons to show this apartment too, it's fab!

Interior desigm: Home owner Åsa Alvhage with support from Charlotte Ryding - @blackbirdstyle. Stadshem

I love the large windows flooding the rooms with natural light and the combination of high street finds (chest of drawers + shelves with hooks from IKEA) and designer items (Ant, Eames sidechair and Butterfly chairs and could that be an Asplund rug?). I picked up my industrial scissor lamp like the one you see in the bedroom after a successful Etsy search (I have to say they're so practical too). The illustration in the window is called 'black and white thoughts' by Trace in Face.

What do you love most about this space?

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A carefully laid out cosy Swedish apartment

It's pouring with rain in Southern Sweden today but it hasn't been like this for so long there's something strangely comforting about it! Do you find this sometimes? Today's home tour is of a fairly small (I have to be careful here, I've been told before how spoilt we are in S.Sweden!) two room Swedish apartment. I love the way the stylist has created different areas within each room so that it not only looks lovely but is practical too.

Alvhem

I love how they have squeezed in a cool home office area in the corner of the bedroom which is flooded with natural light. A perfect pad to wile away a rainy day don't you think?!

Anything you love in particular about this home?

Next weekend I'm attending The Hive European Blog Conference over the bridge in Copenhagen, Denmark. I'm so excited as it will actually be my first ever blog conference! Plus it gives me a great excuse to nip over to one of my favourite design cities (I hope I don't get distracted on my way to the venue....!). Will you be attending?

Have a lovely day and I hope the sun's shining for you (or you're enjoying the rain!).

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