Ylva Skarp's Christmassy home

I seem to be in country mode at the moment as I simply can't stop showing beautiful homes from the <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/search/label/country%20style%20living" target="_blank">Swedish countryside</a>! This converted school house over looking a lake near Leksand in <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&q=dalarna+sweden+map&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4667d90f946ad8a7:0x3034506de8c8a90,Dalarna+County,+Sweden&ei=f4mXUMtl0MqyBoiEgJAH&ved=0CB8Q8gEwAA" target="_blank">Dalarna</a> was <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/11/a-charming-rustic-farmhouse-in-skane.html" target="_blank">also photographed</a> by <a href="http://magdalenabjornsdotter.se/" target="_blank">Magdalena Björnsdotter</a> for <a href="http://tidningenlantliv.se/2012/11/01/stamning-i-skolhuset/" target="_blank">Lantliv</a>. It's the home of Swedish designer and calligrapher <a href="http://shop.ylvaskarp.se/en/" target="_blank">Ylva Skarp</a> and her family. Ylva's personal stamp can be seen throughout the house, which is all decked out for a truly cosy Christmas!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGpTy74Bud0XjQuyF09YQmR6scxGuOg1RdlsyJ3pvo0ya9QASvq5RX9XXcks78Ch6ikqiES7oMoapXZogxJ7kHHHc9_Mp1qC1VkXKl9Od3GZYMqSIB9BxcI3io66jKKZWXurU1VqCJhI/s1600/ys3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGpTy74Bud0XjQuyF09YQmR6scxGuOg1RdlsyJ3pvo0ya9QASvq5RX9XXcks78Ch6ikqiES7oMoapXZogxJ7kHHHc9_Mp1qC1VkXKl9Od3GZYMqSIB9BxcI3io66jKKZWXurU1VqCJhI/s1600/ys3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wGfR1VwMaJ2liPXVqWHHXD71Qwp1PwP7VQO-OxJJgNsNFBwqGEZL4aIgJMlmPqsRZvkKMNeldbQfXD38CYJMfvDDL5l3QJWA9E-EfJ6yp3KHywrBaJHUzCFcx9DaJ0SBNoPFc1ym21g/s1600/ys4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What do you think?<br /><br />I know it's only November and the <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/10/dont-mention-c-word-but.html" target="_blank">last time I mentioned Christmas</a> everyone panicked (haha!), but this home gets me feeling so Christmassy! I can't wait until the first weekend in December when we'll drive out to a farm in the Skåne countryside and chop down our Christmas tree (a family tradition always accompanied with a steaming mug of glögg (mulled wine). Do you have a Christmas tree tradition in your family?<br /><br />PS Happy Bonfire Night to all my friends in the UK :)

Ylva Skarp's Christmassy home

I seem to be in country mode at the moment as I simply can't stop showing beautiful homes from the Swedish countryside ! This converted ...

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