design bloggers at home

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last Autumn I had a visit from the very lovely, talented English duo: stylist and writer<a href="http://ellietennant.com/blog/about/" target="_blank"> Ellie Tennant</a> and photographer <a href="http://www.rachelwhiting.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rachel Whiting</a>. The photo-shoot and interview now appear in an exciting new book: <a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/home-and-garden/design-bloggers-at-home" target="_blank"> Design Bloggers at Home </a><i><a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/home-and-garden/design-bloggers-at-home" target="_blank">- fresh interiors from leading online trend-setters</a>.</i> The tome is a collection of 15 in-depth case studies of bloggers online realms, homes and styling ideas. It's available for pre-order from the publisher<a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/home-and-garden/design-bloggers-at-home" target="_blank"> Ryland Peters & Small</a> and will be on the shelves from 10th April. Eeeeee, so exciting! Here's a sneek peek of the book and some of the images they took of my home. I hope you like them!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFf17d_FXurjSEkZWrmu_XOdNLxoODxgO1TqKNJm4UFBz0MOgMJQ6IK90sFz7ZkhuQzYQZzOawxPDiAwnQvRozrVbSt7QCsNDHRFxaRpRD-2sk1oIA43PrRVCKL-RouCLjaYxYhus2-VY/s1600/Design_Bloggers_new_book+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFf17d_FXurjSEkZWrmu_XOdNLxoODxgO1TqKNJm4UFBz0MOgMJQ6IK90sFz7ZkhuQzYQZzOawxPDiAwnQvRozrVbSt7QCsNDHRFxaRpRD-2sk1oIA43PrRVCKL-RouCLjaYxYhus2-VY/s1600/Design_Bloggers_new_book+(1).jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XRkDcKHeqTbw54uwVZ9Eqc3YVz7AOogQPalqO-BPs_W7VHf2JFcG586nziPvZJzHejhFrO2CQVERHxrlB8y8daXCglSwAuULaI7K7J6FAfJn4NnXm9LUbHS9ED0v1gokaevG_-mxmqo/s1600/RPS1677_NIKI_DINING_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XRkDcKHeqTbw54uwVZ9Eqc3YVz7AOogQPalqO-BPs_W7VHf2JFcG586nziPvZJzHejhFrO2CQVERHxrlB8y8daXCglSwAuULaI7K7J6FAfJn4NnXm9LUbHS9ED0v1gokaevG_-mxmqo/s1600/RPS1677_NIKI_DINING_03.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEc9Bd-hsFKkDq_Mq9xWRg_TwXm4f3sjT2-Goi5WvE42oOwpRMvtSs38GfEsQc0y4DeUiRo1gevZOrWFtoSne9oCsHeypcZXDGKWI5LZzCdciI8D1qbkOfE10OG8vuyuxV5O4Faiub30/s1600/RPS1677_NIKI_SITROOM_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEc9Bd-hsFKkDq_Mq9xWRg_TwXm4f3sjT2-Goi5WvE42oOwpRMvtSs38GfEsQc0y4DeUiRo1gevZOrWFtoSne9oCsHeypcZXDGKWI5LZzCdciI8D1qbkOfE10OG8vuyuxV5O4Faiub30/s1600/RPS1677_NIKI_SITROOM_02.jpg" width="502" /></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/AVvXsEh0DAjTNBIeHRPoQ5duyr3igVJJomByzdlhd1jKx4JGe9i4mHQ-Q-0d-RdxJJKfBAIY4_CNoLy2mzHxFxjLLlAW7yjWhNEp8Lx5Gg4muxA6vpWRnSojdU5qvCaigwGuuX0sp6TAbmrABNc/s1600/MSH9781849755078new_office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DAjTNBIeHRPoQ5duyr3igVJJomByzdlhd1jKx4JGe9i4mHQ-Q-0d-RdxJJKfBAIY4_CNoLy2mzHxFxjLLlAW7yjWhNEp8Lx5Gg4muxA6vpWRnSojdU5qvCaigwGuuX0sp6TAbmrABNc/s1600/MSH9781849755078new_office.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Scandinavian Home</a>, Shoot stylist<a href="http://ellietennant.com/blog/about/" target="_blank"> Ellie Tennant</a>, Photographer:<a href="http://www.rachelwhiting.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Rachel Whiting</a>. Publisher: <a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/" target="_blank">Ryland Peters & Small</a></td></tr></tbody></table>You can read more about the book <a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/home-and-garden/design-bloggers-at-home" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />I must say I've been pretty nervous about seeing my home in print but now that I've seen the book I'm thrilled with the result and so incredibly proud to be a part of Ellie's first book and in the company of so many wonderful, inspiring bloggers!<br /><br />Thank you all for following my blog and all your invaluable support, without you I would never have been included.<br /><br /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px;">Design Bloggers at Home by Ellie Tennant (photography by Rachel Whiting) is published by Ryland Peters & Small and is available to pre-order from <a href="http://rylandpeters.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">rylandpeters.com</a>. </b></div>

design bloggers at home

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Desiree's beautiful black and white home

There are so many fabulous blogs out there. One of my recent favourites is <a href="http://vosgesparis.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Vosges Paris</a> and it seems Desiree's home, which recently appeared in <a href="http://decor8blog.com/" target="_blank">Holly Becker's</a> interior design book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Decorate-Workshop-Design-Style-Creative/dp/1452110646" target="_blank">Decorate Workshop</a>, is as beautiful as her blog. <br /><br /><div class="gsc-clear-button" id="uds-searchClearResults" style="display: none;"> </div><br /><div class="widget Blog" id="Blog1"><div class="blog-posts hfeed"><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=default) --><div class="date-outer"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqjrDvCh7xt62guaxh6k22ZeKIV3j12vjAnHSmoSkdNqFg8ja4Eq2IofVRCUdZuKb5gB-P1fjNdlQdqcVEOjRfANa-2Tnfi7gLtumIsh5k8N5FruJhBxjKiK2v069ikaDn-IvWdJaS5o/s1600/VOSGESPARIS_WORKSHOP_HOLLY_BECKER_KITCHEN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqjrDvCh7xt62guaxh6k22ZeKIV3j12vjAnHSmoSkdNqFg8ja4Eq2IofVRCUdZuKb5gB-P1fjNdlQdqcVEOjRfANa-2Tnfi7gLtumIsh5k8N5FruJhBxjKiK2v069ikaDn-IvWdJaS5o/s1600/VOSGESPARIS_WORKSHOP_HOLLY_BECKER_KITCHEN.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkjhW6cN9kwH1sWFWhs_5e1lSo-dJGmHGpvAIAEhCnnhydFdg-x2fzVmRb1D4fOBois1pUCM2ESkjh11YyEvRdd-T6ZyQI526QBEgWSzjZJrxdvs9MhdcIx-2BwuCeaSHDE6Ep1yOK6g/s1600/VP3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" psa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkjhW6cN9kwH1sWFWhs_5e1lSo-dJGmHGpvAIAEhCnnhydFdg-x2fzVmRb1D4fOBois1pUCM2ESkjh11YyEvRdd-T6ZyQI526QBEgWSzjZJrxdvs9MhdcIx-2BwuCeaSHDE6Ep1yOK6g/s1600/VP3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlayWIxtS7YFXN1yDpq-ddY4k9fVZwRtO4CwS1RWONSQfgVL3fpHoxhcko5uNpWSRdR7HxXyawPzbGfiP6i37gp8hCMgPyHTg43LupMFXYlsxsB9gVCK6S20VGy9BfIfigJDZnFrlxPuM/s1600/VP4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" psa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlayWIxtS7YFXN1yDpq-ddY4k9fVZwRtO4CwS1RWONSQfgVL3fpHoxhcko5uNpWSRdR7HxXyawPzbGfiP6i37gp8hCMgPyHTg43LupMFXYlsxsB9gVCK6S20VGy9BfIfigJDZnFrlxPuM/s1600/VP4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSEEAKnlHk1lZprEDZW5-6Ax2oWVjwxQgBopxY2vtqC5JI0LZwIFWx0unTv6ZnedZ1nhGRHiGhf6DrHxzxaSFQ38uVTlrMaIl85qRqVz9FVQoD0qgExs-82vVydC1xl93YWFTBZApSR8/s1600/VP5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" psa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSEEAKnlHk1lZprEDZW5-6Ax2oWVjwxQgBopxY2vtqC5JI0LZwIFWx0unTv6ZnedZ1nhGRHiGhf6DrHxzxaSFQ38uVTlrMaIl85qRqVz9FVQoD0qgExs-82vVydC1xl93YWFTBZApSR8/s1600/VP5.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/AVvXsEiDE1RTEajrYlnoyHM3OSMxbf4StvUYfJDrfQoXAGyKXOlW847mZcNhOQYfzTHDblp0iIPVa-a_NZ3kd2987NoXCPCO3VeExjDxI65xmurJGG3KfxnNmRpMRic8w_Bi6R2cTxg5Aoje8Ao/s1600/VP6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" psa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE1RTEajrYlnoyHM3OSMxbf4StvUYfJDrfQoXAGyKXOlW847mZcNhOQYfzTHDblp0iIPVa-a_NZ3kd2987NoXCPCO3VeExjDxI65xmurJGG3KfxnNmRpMRic8w_Bi6R2cTxg5Aoje8Ao/s1600/VP6.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vosgesparis.blogspot.nl/2012/12/my-home-in-decorate-workshop-book-by.html" target="_blank">Vosges Paris</a> photography: <a href="http://www.debitreloar.com/doubleexposure/" target="_blank">Debbie Treloar</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Monochrome - a girl after my own heart :) <br /><br />Are you more for black and white homes like Desiree's or a colourful like <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2013/03/a-little-ray-of-sunshine-from-la.html" target="_blank">Bri's</a>?<br />

Desiree's beautiful black and white home

There are so many fabulous blogs out there. One of my recent favourites is Vosges Paris and it seems Desiree's home, which recently app...

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Fab Nordic interior decorating book

I am often asked via e-mails or Facebook if I'd recommend a Scandinavian Interior Design book. Then this little gem of a book by Danish couple Iben Ahlberg & Niels Ahlberg popped into my inbox. Developed for iPad and downloadable from the iBook store; <a href="http://www.newstylegen.com/NGS/MAIN.html" target="_blank">'New Style Generation GEN.TWO'</a>, presents 'an elegant mixture of cosmopolitan, wilderness and vintage' and in my eyes ninety pages of general Nordic interior fabness! <br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKBnfuEkBPHVt2bvMD151F2In46yEaYsocvIHFMyqDZPlGf2IsGQzte25W0o0NY3B2WTv1aJ0OhXH5eY9te-4D6TFRl0uvPuY8XTk36XTqh1J_wl9hS5GAcGGfplbEiG-oLoFOWcrhBo/s1600/Niels1A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKBnfuEkBPHVt2bvMD151F2In46yEaYsocvIHFMyqDZPlGf2IsGQzte25W0o0NY3B2WTv1aJ0OhXH5eY9te-4D6TFRl0uvPuY8XTk36XTqh1J_wl9hS5GAcGGfplbEiG-oLoFOWcrhBo/s640/Niels1A.jpg" tea="true" width="489" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu-870GIdgbxoP7Uu1XYA-GE9BBHTOfOSmAiYxlD39Lj02C-uV69RB5bgvRwid0OmfirMUL31XM9mZohmCVbq3voAKeCpox788VQbVKnWC-w5LmUa56h3bSk812XOJMDSxukkCQ2071Q/s1600/Niels1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu-870GIdgbxoP7Uu1XYA-GE9BBHTOfOSmAiYxlD39Lj02C-uV69RB5bgvRwid0OmfirMUL31XM9mZohmCVbq3voAKeCpox788VQbVKnWC-w5LmUa56h3bSk812XOJMDSxukkCQ2071Q/s640/Niels1.jpg" tea="true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEugVXeuZ44R6lbmNOQlj-wZWMRiLmg-zsT9IuCG8ejUf5LLILA3CXe7UzZxbBxwAQ__H-lNiHb_VE5gAp-iA3UlWhByHm45saG4x9DnHUGr5B7tbE4Jx_l0Gp-2Des7fDPt9zRLuCHk/s1600/Niels2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEugVXeuZ44R6lbmNOQlj-wZWMRiLmg-zsT9IuCG8ejUf5LLILA3CXe7UzZxbBxwAQ__H-lNiHb_VE5gAp-iA3UlWhByHm45saG4x9DnHUGr5B7tbE4Jx_l0Gp-2Des7fDPt9zRLuCHk/s640/Niels2.jpg" tea="true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe3f8l57rlSTfITRLdSPlVTws2tQ3Sce7WMd-vQaLCeyB7AqgjfROWvSTP5cdeWou_knLtU-XFbDxHZBp7-Q5W_Rxst6MAJHeXsMRchaAo1HRDt9p1iwEdLiJcxb2kHJl7WsILWflRuo/s1600/niels2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img bea="true" border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe3f8l57rlSTfITRLdSPlVTws2tQ3Sce7WMd-vQaLCeyB7AqgjfROWvSTP5cdeWou_knLtU-XFbDxHZBp7-Q5W_Rxst6MAJHeXsMRchaAo1HRDt9p1iwEdLiJcxb2kHJl7WsILWflRuo/s640/niels2.JPG" width="640" /></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/AVvXsEi-Kpej4f7Nl9mWxcRdAZEIU2UJu3EbsnPs1HXo4_nccbgyRypsGDOXDjJE61upMpHCR6VNYy176ye8cwbiAQeoM9A1FrACuCQbKAfm4WzevoIcON1OBRO30C9HLZun2ZsPLBSsVxbeXIs/s1600/Niels3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Kpej4f7Nl9mWxcRdAZEIU2UJu3EbsnPs1HXo4_nccbgyRypsGDOXDjJE61upMpHCR6VNYy176ye8cwbiAQeoM9A1FrACuCQbKAfm4WzevoIcON1OBRO30C9HLZun2ZsPLBSsVxbeXIs/s640/Niels3.jpg" tea="true" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.newstylegen.com/NGS/MAIN.html" target="_blank">New Style Generation</a>, Photographers & writers: Iben Ahlberg and Niels Ahlberg  <br /><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 13pt;"></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>I'm planning on stealing half an hour this Christmas to sit and enjoy the iBook in a quiet corner by the fire, luxury!<br /><br />This afternoon I'm off to see my little girls in a '<a href="http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Traditions/Celebrating-the-Swedish-way/Lucia/" target="_blank">Luciatåg</a>' (St Lucia train) at their nursery. My four year old is dressing up as St Lucia with a candle crown and my two year old will be a little gingerbread girl. I told them to sing nice and loud as I left them this morning and my eldest said 'no, the teacher says we have to sing at the same height as all the other children'! Ah well! Since it's well below minus and snowing there'll be glögg and pepperkaka to warm the cockles after the performance :) I can't wait!<br /><br />Have a lovely evening and happy Lucia!

Fab Nordic interior decorating book

I am often asked via e-mails or Facebook if I'd recommend a Scandinavian Interior Design book. Then this little gem of a book by Danish ...

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