Norrgavel

I'm trying to get my mind on something positive after friday's nightmare in Munich and distract myself by browsing through my favorite websites. Therefore I'm showing you some pictures from the Swedish shop Norrgavel which is an important source of inspiration for my apartment:

picture: Norrgavel

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picture: Norrgavel

picture: Norrgavel

picture: Norrgavel

picture: Norrgavel

First glimpse of my shopping in Copenhagen

I promised to show you some of the things I found during my holidays in Copenhagen and Malmö/Sweden. When I saw these 2 salt containers in an antique store in Copenhagen I simply couldn't resist. The bigger one I now use for my tea lights and the smaller one is truly used for its real purpose. :)

Sommar med Ernst 2016

The TV series I look forward to the most is Sommar med Ernst, that will finally start on July 14 at 8 pm CET in Swedish TV channel TV4. This house seems to be his new project for this summer. I really love this series as it is so cozy and has such great pictures. And often during Christmas ( as you all know my favorite time of the year) he returns to decorate for Christmas, so the best 2 seasons in 1 Tv Series :)

Picture Aftonbladet

These are pictures from former seasons of Sommar med Ernst.

Picture TV 4

Picture TV 4

SØSTRENE GRENE OPENS SHOP IN HAMBURG

End of June the first SØSTRENE GRENE shop will open in Shopping-Center Hamburger Meile, Hamburger Straße 27, 22083 Hamburg. Finally it also arrives in Germany! They often have nice Scandinavian furniture and accessories at a very nice price :)

Picture: http://sostrenegrene.com

Copenhagen

End of June I will not only be in Sweden but also in Denmark in Copenhagen. I look so much forward to going there too. It's such a cozy city with these narrow streets and the long light days. Summer in Scandinavia is something special!

Picture: Süddeutsche

Anna's pepparkakor- Anna's gingerbread

My sister came home from her trip in Stockholm and brought me gingerbread  in this beautiful cookie jar, with some of the traditional Dalarna patterns. It is a real summer cookie jar for me and I look forward to eating these with a glas of fresh buttermilk.... this is what I always did together with my grandma in Sweden. It was a little snack before we went outside to pick berries and cycling to the sea.

L:A Bruket

One if the things I found in Hossegor which I really liked where the products from the Swedish brand L:A Bruket. They are using natural ingredients and I like the packaging. I currently change our bathroom into the colors black and white ( I will show you soon :)) and these would be a perfect match. The price was the only thing that kept me from buying it immediately but as the ingredients are natural and organic I will buy one. I found a shop in Munich that has it too :)

Picture: L:A Bruket

Picture: L:A Bruket

Swedish grace winter

I've truly made a winter sleep this year... you can tell by me not even having realized the Rörstrand had a winter edition of my favorite china " Swedish grace"  named "Swedish grace winter ".  I really like the pattern and will try to get the little cups when I'm in Sweden in June. I look so much forward to (hopefully) buying these!

picture: Rörstrand

picture: Rörstrand

And while I'm still dreaming of a white Christmas... it is finally May! My second favorite month together with December :)

Hering pattern

My sister has asked me to paint something for her and she wanted it to be truly Scandinavian, so I've been browsing all morning to find some patterns that she might like for her new apartment. One of the patterns that I like a lot is the hering pattern ( "sill") from Marianne Nilsson , who designed it for Almedahls in 1955:

pictures from dukat bord

I'll show you once I've decided which one to use and the result of course. :)

Ikea Bråkig

"You certainly buy everything from Ikea..." I hear that a lot from people when they hear that I'm half Swedish and well- I must admit I like Ikea. I feel really bad that I missed the Ikea Bråkig series in 2014. It was a special edition they had produced in cooperation with art rebels

picture: art rebels

My favorite from this cooperation pattern is the grey geometric star pattern:

picture: art rebels

Which has been used very nicely in this hall:

picture: solebich

I hope to get some pieces on ebay ;)

Isabell

Lantliv Jul magazine Christmas 2013

As you know I like to listen to Swedish radio, watch Swedish TV Series and I also read Swedish magazines. It's important for me to keep the Swedish language up-to-date, as I speak German most of the time. I found a very nice app which is called Qiozk, where you can find many Swedish magazines and also one of the best when it comes to Christmas and Pre-Christmas Joy :) : It's "Lantliv" with their Christmas Special for 2013. No hesitation, not for a second, I had to buy that immediately and now I'm sitting here after work, with a cup of cinnamon-apple tea and I'm scrolling throw the wonderful Christmas decoration pages, here are some of the pictures :

Picture: Lantliv

Picture: Lantliv

Picture: Lantliv

Picture: Lantliv

Kram,

Isabell

Doing things you like..

... for me painting things is an extremely relaxing thing. As I'm on vacation it's great to do things you like but can't do everyday, because I'm at work. Like the candleholders I bought here that are wooden and I changed the colour into black because it will fit perfectly to the one I already have and which you can see on this picture and to the ballerina picture.

This is the one I've already painted black:

And here you see the original color of the candle holders.

And all 3 ones painted black:

It will be great to see them together with the one I already have!

Have a great day!

Isabell

Small Scandinavian Details

I'm currently visting a lot of friends and relatives here in Sweden and I like the small Scandinavian furniture details like using a porcelain for flowers and basil. These are bowls and cups from an old Danish porcelain. Together with the typical white and grey or beige colors used here in Scandinavia it makes a perfect match, don't you think so?

Kram,

Isabell

Nyborg Wedding

I'm finally in Sweden after the wedding in Nyborg, Denmark. Here are some pictures where I've been the last days. I'm really enjoying Scandinavian summer and the calm days. The first pictures have been taken in the Best Western Hotel in Nyborg:

And of course the married couple:

It was a long weekend and I'll go to bed now and write more tomorrow!

Have a good day!

Kram,

Isabell

Nyborg - Wedding Invitation

I just got my first wedding invitation for this year from my best friend in Copenhagen, she will have her wedding in Nyborg in August. She will celebrate it in the castle of Holckenhavn. I have just found some pictures on the internet, which I would like to show you:

Photo:holckenhavn 

Photo:holckenhavn

Photo:holckenhavn

Photo:holckenhavn

Photo:holckenhavn

It looks really nice, doesn't it? And the best thing about it is that this means I will also be 2 times in Scandinavia this summer... I'm so looking forward to it! I would like to book the flights immediately, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow as I will have to talk to my boss first.

Kram,

Isabell

Klippans Yllefabrik

On my trip in Berlin, I found a Swedish brand that is called Klippans Yllefabrik. We where in a shop that sold all kinds of things like books, toothbrushes from Pantone, letter paper etc. and also wool blankets. I liked the colours the wool blankets had and looked on the label, where it said "Klippan Yllefabrik". I didn't even know that it exists, even though that Klippan is a place in Southern Sweden and my great-grandfather lived there and it's not far away from my parents' house. It seems that I have a knack for finding Scandinavian things :)

These are some of the pictures that show their products, they also sell a lot of things for the kitchen:

Photo: svd

Photo: svd

These are the wool blankets I found in Berlin: 

Photo: klippanyllefabrik

Photo: klippanyllefabrik

I know where you can find me this summer in Sweden : For sure at the factory shop in Klippan ;)

Kram,

Isabell

iittala Shop Berlin

You know I like porcelain and especially Scandinavian, so Tim went to the iittala shop together with me. iitala is a Finnish brand which was founded as a glassworks in 1881. They really have nice design objects, but I only had a look at the things and didn't buy anything. (Tim was happy about that :)) Even if it was nice to have something from iittala, I wouldn't want our cupboards to explode. And I would like to go to the outlet in Höganäs in Sweden this summer...

This is a picture from the main entrance, they've decorated all the walls with plates:

And one of the design objects, which made it very hard for me to leave ;)

iittala

Kram,

Isabell

Musselmalet Mega - DIY

My best friend in Copenhagen has some items from this porcelain from Royal Copenhagen, which is called "Musselmalet Mega". She loves it, but it is very expensive :

royaldesign

I also think that it looks very nice and I like the design of the sauce boat :

royaldesign

As she will turn 30 this year I would like to give her a present that she likes, but that is also personal in a way. While going for a walk in the snowy Munich city center today, I've found a shop where you can decorate ceramics. They have different ceramic forms and you can decorate them with colours and a glaze. Then they burn it for you and you can pick it up one week later. I'll use the Musselmalet Mega pattern and I guess I'll have to exercise a little bit ;), but that would be something she definitely likes.

golocal

I'll show you my result as soon as it is ready!

Kram,

Isabell