My dining room: touch of spring

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you all had a lovely weekend? My family and I headed off to a lake here in Southern Sweden called Krankesjön to enjoy some ice-skating and a barbicue on the frozen lake.  The sun was shining and the snow sparkled like diamonds. The only disconcerting noise was the eerie creaking of the ice! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of sparkling, I also got down to a little spring cleaning. All Christmas decorations are out and the first signs of spring have arrived in <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/12/my-home-christmas-tree.html" target="_blank">my dining area</a> and it feels wonderful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIVlFPbJl3jKmBL8v4PUMFKSpUCGZDGlNnutsHIoVHxdg3YJmE3WgP5B6xDyGC1l2T6pZ1vmUpoS2851v6CMEiZIF96UpewWZmwGzCWqeAVsMH4DtIO-Esk8-vWSeJWbGuu9dnAz_YRc/s1600/IMG_8450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIVlFPbJl3jKmBL8v4PUMFKSpUCGZDGlNnutsHIoVHxdg3YJmE3WgP5B6xDyGC1l2T6pZ1vmUpoS2851v6CMEiZIF96UpewWZmwGzCWqeAVsMH4DtIO-Esk8-vWSeJWbGuu9dnAz_YRc/s640/IMG_8450.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38GWSoSc5yUbCRKvpPuPNdoE2uy78ECB_1HH7fTlYEgffz9_naAbmOv26as3SC2Bj-J54Rod-uL8f9m5lTR5QZcDsx9gUb4Y4IHPFfEG-x1Thsp06miRpQswTCw2rpfRQIIYlKxmtrSY/s1600/IMG_8489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38GWSoSc5yUbCRKvpPuPNdoE2uy78ECB_1HH7fTlYEgffz9_naAbmOv26as3SC2Bj-J54Rod-uL8f9m5lTR5QZcDsx9gUb4Y4IHPFfEG-x1Thsp06miRpQswTCw2rpfRQIIYlKxmtrSY/s640/IMG_8489.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaS4JA7LiyWpmfHR74zQtg0SuICea2Xsn86bu7Z6LKYeNv91UYPsIVdh3kIDjHLw5578C2_KxnJjWyZJcNpJxJVRqWHSVsoH5d7V0ZlNn4P6EOf86ebOxxV-BnE8MOihgQ7LjH0iUAqc/s1600/IMG_8437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaS4JA7LiyWpmfHR74zQtg0SuICea2Xsn86bu7Z6LKYeNv91UYPsIVdh3kIDjHLw5578C2_KxnJjWyZJcNpJxJVRqWHSVsoH5d7V0ZlNn4P6EOf86ebOxxV-BnE8MOihgQ7LjH0iUAqc/s640/IMG_8437.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photography: My Scandinavian Home</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS Incidentally I asked a friend from Stockholm about the sound of creaking ice and he said that it can be a sign of 'good ice' but you need to be a pro to know the difference. I certainly wasn't going to wait around to find out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How was your weekend? </div>

My dining room: touch of spring

I hope you all had a lovely weekend? My family and I headed off to a lake here in Southern Sweden called Krankesjön to enjoy some ice-skatin...

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Beautiful home of danish fashion designer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the fabulous home of Danish fashion designer and co-founder of clothing company <a href="http://www.muntheplussimonsen.com/" target="_blank">Munthe plus Simonsen</a>, Naja Munthe. Naja commissioned Martin Koldby to take the pictures for her book '<a href="http://koldby.com/portfolio/munthe-living/" target="_blank">Fashionable Living</a>' and spring summer 2012 catalogue. I'm not sure what to say except I love every last detail, from the colour scheme, to the patterns and the personal collections to the architecture, kakelugn fireplace and <a href="http://www.tomdixon.net/products/eu/beat-light-tall" target="_blank">Tom Dixon beat lights</a>, this home is a dream. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtUOP811osmXjcjY8z_hPuXINHRdLeLcXedolfSpPxfUkSeIneXv_P6HO1wJhyphenhyphenplGSxnEWrbg3wNZimIdVOx9YwR2S6c3HF-oUlPGLOTJDYrwb9ndlpNvC1Ugz3ueXuFGPgQnv4VPzsk/s1600/TFD1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtUOP811osmXjcjY8z_hPuXINHRdLeLcXedolfSpPxfUkSeIneXv_P6HO1wJhyphenhyphenplGSxnEWrbg3wNZimIdVOx9YwR2S6c3HF-oUlPGLOTJDYrwb9ndlpNvC1Ugz3ueXuFGPgQnv4VPzsk/s1600/TFD1.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIvqpPWr_Kq_bzYahXxnV8IDFNmVU-f-25pKwwTxk2DdgFDRMcYWKSO0FrFcpX0l7wJ8LEJjsS9nJhwOn6rO6-b66cHBA9AD8_tNRnUIHgsXCc8VlnC8kD9KFBG-ismS9AF_qx9D2530/s1600/TFD2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIvqpPWr_Kq_bzYahXxnV8IDFNmVU-f-25pKwwTxk2DdgFDRMcYWKSO0FrFcpX0l7wJ8LEJjsS9nJhwOn6rO6-b66cHBA9AD8_tNRnUIHgsXCc8VlnC8kD9KFBG-ismS9AF_qx9D2530/s1600/TFD2.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF5e7VLJrnSSrkLzSmMiZKEVQy0AenbfLfZFQNZ6HH8f8Yf9zjs6Hx879nmy5HeIl_8GjdqS019cMLh8l6YDPml5PUmZE6bDzTZq23CoW9-3SJJ_wCfAb_9scPwcdFN179UpHRnDBWqI/s1600/TFD3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF5e7VLJrnSSrkLzSmMiZKEVQy0AenbfLfZFQNZ6HH8f8Yf9zjs6Hx879nmy5HeIl_8GjdqS019cMLh8l6YDPml5PUmZE6bDzTZq23CoW9-3SJJ_wCfAb_9scPwcdFN179UpHRnDBWqI/s1600/TFD3.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnrTg4t2k5z5dmgWW-QnJKACsCk4pHRYfTKXizzUp32Y4BykafbLObAD5_CZU_XeChX69GC2QBNMVa5SeVwfJRSQ5QdfG8HX08uw11z6NTpoZmi_0ODUp7Ymg7ona4oseldIMVHddk3Q/s1600/TFD4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnrTg4t2k5z5dmgWW-QnJKACsCk4pHRYfTKXizzUp32Y4BykafbLObAD5_CZU_XeChX69GC2QBNMVa5SeVwfJRSQ5QdfG8HX08uw11z6NTpoZmi_0ODUp7Ymg7ona4oseldIMVHddk3Q/s1600/TFD4.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs14GhAihFjGYJtPgu2Ciud0hdTi2C8vJonniux0zVf2mT8aor3Uw8APhDsMMp4MHQicLdf10QhcHTMXjiKEd7uHGjjyje_CI4SAU7BwbEJ-aeKKnNNPNvLT0WPowjP0FkfT7_DgLyEps/s1600/TFD9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs14GhAihFjGYJtPgu2Ciud0hdTi2C8vJonniux0zVf2mT8aor3Uw8APhDsMMp4MHQicLdf10QhcHTMXjiKEd7uHGjjyje_CI4SAU7BwbEJ-aeKKnNNPNvLT0WPowjP0FkfT7_DgLyEps/s1600/TFD9.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUQLG2p8Oj-X-PRXn2KVdM9mhloyVwUiulSdd6JmEHyXIVe9qD4gZqiKOxLFSGPtvEtkjUP5G7wju138cWOUowdhVemney4yqpvKxiziikzobEbo175NWMftTaxWbIdbNuPCR0xKyZ8o/s1600/TFD6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUQLG2p8Oj-X-PRXn2KVdM9mhloyVwUiulSdd6JmEHyXIVe9qD4gZqiKOxLFSGPtvEtkjUP5G7wju138cWOUowdhVemney4yqpvKxiziikzobEbo175NWMftTaxWbIdbNuPCR0xKyZ8o/s1600/TFD6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographer: <a href="http://koldby.com/" target="_blank">Morten Koldby</a> with kind permission spotted at <a href="http://www.79ideas.org/" target="_blank">79 ideas</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />What do you think?<br /><br />Before I leave you to enjoy your weekend I've got a little exciting news.<br /><br />I'm really excited to introduce my new sponsor: '<a href="http://www.buysomedamnart.com/" target="_blank">Buy Some Damn Art</a>' (fab name!). If you see the <a href="http://www.buysomedamnart.com/" target="_blank">website</a> I think you'll want to (I have my eye on <a href="http://www.buysomedamnart.com/products/beachcombing-61" target="_blank">Beachcombing</a> 61 by <a href="http://www.buysomedamnart.com/blogs/bsda/7056890-jennifer-steen-booher" target="_blank">Jennifer Steen Booher</a>). Owner, Kate, also author of  blog <a href="http://arthound.com/" target="_blank">Art Hound</a>, works closely with some of the best up-and-coming artists to bring you new, original artwork every week so keep an eye on the site!<br /><br />I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Any great plans? Here we're knee deep in snow and it's freeezing BRRRRRRRR so I will be hibernating like a bear :)

Beautiful home of danish fashion designer

This is the fabulous home of Danish fashion designer and co-founder of clothing company Munthe plus Simonsen , Naja Munthe. Naja commissione...

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Melbourne home with fab accessories

There are three things I love about this Melbourne home of Justin and Jeanne Roebert; the round mirrors (I am after the <a href="http://hay.dk/#/site/products/accesories/strap" target="_blank">Hay</a> strap mirror), the pretty, light grey marble in the bathroom and the fab <a href="http://www.skandium.com/product-viewer.asp?id=2510" target="_blank">PP225 Flag Halyard chair</a>. Note the cheese plant too - big leaved plants became popular in 2012 and will continue to be a part of  the home in 2013. The only problem is, I've already managed to kill my <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/09/my-home-kitchen-blackboard-wall.html" target="_blank">Fig tree.</a> looking so healthy in <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/09/my-home-kitchen-blackboard-wall.html" target="_blank">these pictures</a> only a few months back sniff sniff.....<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCq-zFfyQ6APhJKHST_O_CeDIM5aCqNi3MT51WIFHN2rE9CAt8opQzh6YfbfXKvTAjvpOaDcdN9MMNHu0I9D7FlJcYhyphenhyphen8R4ao2bzMMKwSrkc_X_GPj6NVM3pZcMUrivvwOY_zAZGam_g/s1600/df2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCq-zFfyQ6APhJKHST_O_CeDIM5aCqNi3MT51WIFHN2rE9CAt8opQzh6YfbfXKvTAjvpOaDcdN9MMNHu0I9D7FlJcYhyphenhyphen8R4ao2bzMMKwSrkc_X_GPj6NVM3pZcMUrivvwOY_zAZGam_g/s1600/df2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwv0Npg9GVAo4kkdyIJKJA1ZIvhVp9OgdgUyUp6qQDX6z1Jccqi6BZVd-xBFqi4sSYAAKccN3flir3EFztmD1CcueHbpvZCilACsTq4FLMVicgiwi5m5R17VkDZcPpYr-JRnv5lXbWK0/s1600/df1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwv0Npg9GVAo4kkdyIJKJA1ZIvhVp9OgdgUyUp6qQDX6z1Jccqi6BZVd-xBFqi4sSYAAKccN3flir3EFztmD1CcueHbpvZCilACsTq4FLMVicgiwi5m5R17VkDZcPpYr-JRnv5lXbWK0/s1600/df1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Bgw8LLn6uqPQZtmsKJc_T1tujpBenWsQDx75RpZCQkXteMvmgZt7DFfqmiTugWiYsTBjnPvY28kVaNzoO2x5s3scBLX9YjfkUimuO8vxkiD72LnIZl6DWlQFF84iQwTsEYRnNugnG1M/s1600/df4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Bgw8LLn6uqPQZtmsKJc_T1tujpBenWsQDx75RpZCQkXteMvmgZt7DFfqmiTugWiYsTBjnPvY28kVaNzoO2x5s3scBLX9YjfkUimuO8vxkiD72LnIZl6DWlQFF84iQwTsEYRnNugnG1M/s1600/df4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r96eF1g8YdBwKK0xLcbCUKRKA6YyQq2LaZQfJFe64hRvY63w6K3gP6cZzxa2rGnINy7QzS8fZp2M-Ws7uu-fV0Jq9AwYJ1IGB1B7pY0DHCdJzGdWoK17e4a_1xgveRcpUD7ZjRrOGYI/s1600/df5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r96eF1g8YdBwKK0xLcbCUKRKA6YyQq2LaZQfJFe64hRvY63w6K3gP6cZzxa2rGnINy7QzS8fZp2M-Ws7uu-fV0Jq9AwYJ1IGB1B7pY0DHCdJzGdWoK17e4a_1xgveRcpUD7ZjRrOGYI/s1600/df5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUPs7ohDru43lFbWq81CQ3SUzVus2Ow2ZZk_1SZnUPI57tVMcGC9DEhwcnu22EmetXamGvWyzYNYNX8xVYgKJy3YXCRLD_aagAY_ggIJC_OK77uNBVOTCgZlAsOSDlgn96D8rv_X6yeU/s1600/df7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUPs7ohDru43lFbWq81CQ3SUzVus2Ow2ZZk_1SZnUPI57tVMcGC9DEhwcnu22EmetXamGvWyzYNYNX8xVYgKJy3YXCRLD_aagAY_ggIJC_OK77uNBVOTCgZlAsOSDlgn96D8rv_X6yeU/s1600/df7.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9rEH_JdkzUAgvv4ISeTrkR-sx5LNoh7Z-cdEso5rRpeduR2kkt60Y6b06fEzAd9IUeK21CO4kVJhvkQz4ESGf2u1a-sxRVPmSC6Dy1EmzyXXWVBpTfreI4mYmaEUIRv-DooVurVifAE/s1600/df8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9rEH_JdkzUAgvv4ISeTrkR-sx5LNoh7Z-cdEso5rRpeduR2kkt60Y6b06fEzAd9IUeK21CO4kVJhvkQz4ESGf2u1a-sxRVPmSC6Dy1EmzyXXWVBpTfreI4mYmaEUIRv-DooVurVifAE/s1600/df8.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h5><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Interior design and styling by <a class="external" href="http://www.heckerguthrie.com/" target="_blank">Hecker Guthrie</a>.  Photos – <a class="external" href="http://www.derekswalwell.com/" target="_blank">Derek Swalwell</a>, production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.Interior design/stylist: Hecker Guthrie, Photography: Derek Swalwell, producer: Lucy Feagins for the <a href="http://thedesignfiles.net/2012/12/melbourne-home-justin-and-jeanne-roebert/" target="_blank">Design Files</a></span></span></h5></td></tr></tbody></table>What are your top picks from this home? Or perhaps something you would change?<br /><br />PS Anyone got any tips on how to look after a fig tree (much needed)?! Or perhaps you can recommend something else err, a little less high maintenance?!

Melbourne home with fab accessories

There are three things I love about this Melbourne home of Justin and Jeanne Roebert; the round mirrors (I am after the Hay  strap mirror), ...

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