My home: kitchen star

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Hello! Well can you believe it, it's still snowing?! And my Mum called me from London this morning all excited as it's snowing there too! ('What's all the fuss about?' I hear you guys North of South Sweden asking?! haha!). Today I thought I'd share a couple of pics from my kitchen. I have a bit of a black, white, light grey and wood theme going on. And of course a star for a touch of Christmas. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfne03yzddRU3Yig9jFtrgBtwUeqeqEGLVhSHF2qOMnn7Yue1B6IcUySpAOq6plB9IsvdO-FCjuAji7t895vDNTV4NIXXgh_U-aMzIdAmTGJw-JMvo1ConxkueHsZj9dXSCvCN2gd4WM/s1600/IMG_9319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfne03yzddRU3Yig9jFtrgBtwUeqeqEGLVhSHF2qOMnn7Yue1B6IcUySpAOq6plB9IsvdO-FCjuAji7t895vDNTV4NIXXgh_U-aMzIdAmTGJw-JMvo1ConxkueHsZj9dXSCvCN2gd4WM/s640/IMG_9319.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe07LDyZlMGRvwLgR8xxcKd-3pGzY4Kpgve7FSYSKAjwz2Z1uBGtzczuhyphenhyphenX0O0B4ZlzS2C4RmXPqfnmhBVRCQ2y8RAsoON3a4tdmFxN5hzrcutUxzeKHZUU1iUDSsphtjEiZ9Nq52QI4s/s1600/IMG_9324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe07LDyZlMGRvwLgR8xxcKd-3pGzY4Kpgve7FSYSKAjwz2Z1uBGtzczuhyphenhyphenX0O0B4ZlzS2C4RmXPqfnmhBVRCQ2y8RAsoON3a4tdmFxN5hzrcutUxzeKHZUU1iUDSsphtjEiZ9Nq52QI4s/s640/IMG_9324.jpg" width="426" /></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/AVvXsEhII0uaGwj7wh05MikeKTAgJ4TchP8k5hMqYhEUHtLO8dNcOKZBip0egeD93ZzkNZsAqhO_j9vHBfC66_MXGIU7PAmYLViwR-PBCyP2aNDzo2GYm5karpFtjHstMi-yGUZufBn46DGpKhY/s1600/IMG_9327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhII0uaGwj7wh05MikeKTAgJ4TchP8k5hMqYhEUHtLO8dNcOKZBip0egeD93ZzkNZsAqhO_j9vHBfC66_MXGIU7PAmYLViwR-PBCyP2aNDzo2GYm5karpFtjHstMi-yGUZufBn46DGpKhY/s640/IMG_9327.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Scandinavian Home</td></tr></tbody></table>The mat on the floor is a traditional Swedish Tasmatta  (rag rug) which are handwoven on a loom using strips of recycled cloth.  Believe it or not, Swedish friends, I bought these two rag rugs in <a href="http://www.jysk.se/210/243/5809500/a/catalog-sales" target="_blank">Jysk</a>! I love that they have strips of silver cloth mixed in with the weave.<br /><br />The tray is the <a href="http://www.designtorget.se/designtorget/en/web_shop/?ew_0_cat_id=2357&ew_0_p_id=FF3BB741-2C42-4DBD-90F5-06C54257D9FF&product_category_id=8da582ed-8b80-43f1-aead-a8136746955e&comment=G1000122&news=false&cat=Kök&relSno=1000122" target="_blank">Bricka Plattan</a> by Barbro Tryberg. <br /><br />Have a lovely day!

My home: kitchen star

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Dreaming of a white Christmas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The world outside my window is covered with a thick blanket of snow and even as I write the snow is falling silently from the sky,  a real Swedish winter wonderland! To celebrate, here's a beautiful home festooned with white Christmas decorations styled by Sarah Ellison for <a href="http://homes.ninemsn.com/real-living/" target="_blank">Real Living</a>. Even the bathroom has a touch of festive spirit which. So for those of you who don't have snow, this is the perfect way to bring a touch of 'white Christmas' indoors!</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/AVvXsEgILKLrlwDaTMya6UeZn054qgtiJJdghAxu5Lhl4IvPvszVLDm9OtB40if3npFqL-3HoKwhZ83pfw1Omoeh_g1JHNRTewyFBaEiS8XYudHgise1BqFEeTK08xKIycJVhA6SV_emyZW6ZRI/s1600/ChristmasRealLivingtree12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILKLrlwDaTMya6UeZn054qgtiJJdghAxu5Lhl4IvPvszVLDm9OtB40if3npFqL-3HoKwhZ83pfw1Omoeh_g1JHNRTewyFBaEiS8XYudHgise1BqFEeTK08xKIycJVhA6SV_emyZW6ZRI/s640/ChristmasRealLivingtree12.jpg" tea="true" width="533" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPotDGRcBdBtCBI7BmrsMsVcHqzZtfqKkarb1XhLpICeFXFDn0MBZir5LvCITdIpVYBg4E67XwjJ7C9aYzQmjJFVFYv23EMvieckIhFPYjVbSxw9yncpydFVV0_7PzddrMyJgyjWqmRbE/s1600/ChristmasRealLivingtreewall12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPotDGRcBdBtCBI7BmrsMsVcHqzZtfqKkarb1XhLpICeFXFDn0MBZir5LvCITdIpVYBg4E67XwjJ7C9aYzQmjJFVFYv23EMvieckIhFPYjVbSxw9yncpydFVV0_7PzddrMyJgyjWqmRbE/s640/ChristmasRealLivingtreewall12.jpg" tea="true" width="532" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></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/AVvXsEiyxE9KlfSP9jOJa4cb3thVBhecp2L8jU-wmhdRWVxRNxMXtWhc_xntngB9Wt45lSCVt-SwiReo0MPuOIyisBbWx6I2lnZhAg8gJVRXmLcLwZ1j-w473oIMgickGvntPyaQ8es0TC675TY/s1600/ChristmasRealLivingbathroom12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxE9KlfSP9jOJa4cb3thVBhecp2L8jU-wmhdRWVxRNxMXtWhc_xntngB9Wt45lSCVt-SwiReo0MPuOIyisBbWx6I2lnZhAg8gJVRXmLcLwZ1j-w473oIMgickGvntPyaQ8es0TC675TY/s640/ChristmasRealLivingbathroom12.jpg" tea="true" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photography: <a href="http://chriswarnes.com.au/" target="_blank">Chris Warnes</a>, Stylist Sarah Ellison for <a href="http://homes.ninemsn.com/real-living/" target="_blank">Real Living</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <br />So many lovely ideas here, any that catch your eye? <br /><br />Many of the decorations are from <a href="http://theminimalist.com.au/" target="_blank">The Minimalist Store</a> in Australia, I have my eye on the <a href="http://theminimalist.com.au/products/wendy-cho-handmade-paper-pandants-small-box-4/" target="_blank">geometric paper pendants</a> on the door. <br /><br />PS Thank you all so much for your lovely comments about <a href="http://myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/12/my-home-christmas-tree.html" target="_blank">my Christmas tree</a> yesterday!<br /><br />PPS 5 days left to enter to win a Danish design Cutlery set from Kay Bojesen worth 325 euros <a href="http://myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/11/give-away-kay-bojesen-16-piece-cutlery.html" target="_blank">here</a>! Only reminding you because I'd love you all to win! :)<br />

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My home: Christmas tree

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you had a lovely weekend! Here in Sweden we were in for a treat - SNOW! According to tradition my little family and I went out to a sustainable forest and chopped down our own tree which we celebrated with glögg and hot chocolate (it was minus 5 after all BRRRRR!). Here are a few pictures of our shiny new Christmas tree!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7k19bSJh4ZeEOxum6DRUB3hwHsQJ-To4dLc1el0neqMkDgsfHWlV3AKql1WM6G3Z_u5vWVYKMeol9fNrbpwJs65YyCGzfwViow50VuRrAiHan4o9miFmlvX1lUSi7pvhkOE4GTBEL9Y/s1600/IMG_9099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7k19bSJh4ZeEOxum6DRUB3hwHsQJ-To4dLc1el0neqMkDgsfHWlV3AKql1WM6G3Z_u5vWVYKMeol9fNrbpwJs65YyCGzfwViow50VuRrAiHan4o9miFmlvX1lUSi7pvhkOE4GTBEL9Y/s640/IMG_9099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhighIZuVVjP5Q5z47ZYyQLAIDU_9jPz-pkCmNWiRc1UrdPnKqtr7hyNur8W1yM4qDVxh_Et5s-ItkOCl_C9g1a8WdqVfCS0oheaYZzgBkpj_LmbswqZQxP28xrZKUuEe4ngyvhhrxI8KQ/s1600/IMG_9081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhighIZuVVjP5Q5z47ZYyQLAIDU_9jPz-pkCmNWiRc1UrdPnKqtr7hyNur8W1yM4qDVxh_Et5s-ItkOCl_C9g1a8WdqVfCS0oheaYZzgBkpj_LmbswqZQxP28xrZKUuEe4ngyvhhrxI8KQ/s640/IMG_9081.jpg" width="426" /></a></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/AVvXsEhnNgsHGwWTIl_QU3l2QrwkhS0-TpmjgOhDxE5OjUwYomGeHyGa-y_5eVxOG9iZi1-MQ-ptSrTTvZ7tjEUDxsxtVJhAHXa3KYPcqte7zHd6YMrQdhTkXcSVUqs7eST5whgI7_05pIPqQLg/s1600/IMG_9143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNgsHGwWTIl_QU3l2QrwkhS0-TpmjgOhDxE5OjUwYomGeHyGa-y_5eVxOG9iZi1-MQ-ptSrTTvZ7tjEUDxsxtVJhAHXa3KYPcqte7zHd6YMrQdhTkXcSVUqs7eST5whgI7_05pIPqQLg/s640/IMG_9143.JPG" width="640" /></a></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/AVvXsEh1a8ruRcqHO93RGCu0UuvY4BJ_l0X3-vOrUDjm4N8ZQmhI2xn-NvAekdkDFc7j-dCOM2EPgt6oaIQOH90dlNxWK6M80DAzGjthrAu8CQbUnAl0MDxMoEo5CKzf2LzAo7xe8CG8LYMQaqY/s1600/IMG_9136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1a8ruRcqHO93RGCu0UuvY4BJ_l0X3-vOrUDjm4N8ZQmhI2xn-NvAekdkDFc7j-dCOM2EPgt6oaIQOH90dlNxWK6M80DAzGjthrAu8CQbUnAl0MDxMoEo5CKzf2LzAo7xe8CG8LYMQaqY/s640/IMG_9136.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOCs3TKUMgDeNHFzNf9gk_2xxJRaZCURs9BbQHZG_7Ms15U_sZlQz3PQ4qpPeJKWccrPHyKXKzcrUlZXqlIacaLj4W0QtalqjFZBmhNgX1rFxRHxHocR-3vuspGtUHKuKrlbF7e7gBxM/s1600/IMG_9177.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOCs3TKUMgDeNHFzNf9gk_2xxJRaZCURs9BbQHZG_7Ms15U_sZlQz3PQ4qpPeJKWccrPHyKXKzcrUlZXqlIacaLj4W0QtalqjFZBmhNgX1rFxRHxHocR-3vuspGtUHKuKrlbF7e7gBxM/s640/IMG_9177.jpg" width="390" /></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/AVvXsEgiSAUriajDQFpbnQVfCsJCHkrhNMapJbX8Hl56k84wpJOCEbUxX5PDBQSDey7gm4ny9nm-VjIwg2lJILe3YeGNw1F13robHFwHEPewPQvxFOYlq05OaJf4T1r8I_TIM-F_NGzkoFZ7SiU/s1600/IMG_9167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSAUriajDQFpbnQVfCsJCHkrhNMapJbX8Hl56k84wpJOCEbUxX5PDBQSDey7gm4ny9nm-VjIwg2lJILe3YeGNw1F13robHFwHEPewPQvxFOYlq05OaJf4T1r8I_TIM-F_NGzkoFZ7SiU/s640/IMG_9167.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographs: My Scandinavian Home</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Altogether now 'Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches....!´:) Notice how much our tree is leaning in the photo with my little girls in their PJ's! TIMBER!<br /><br />What did you get up to this weekend? Did you celebrate the first day of advent or are you not quite there yet with the festive season?!<br /><br />PPS Don't foget to enter the Christmas <a href="http://myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/11/give-away-kay-bojesen-16-piece-cutlery.html" target="_blank">GIVE-AWAY</a>! :)

My home: Christmas tree

I hope you had a lovely weekend! Here in Sweden we were in for a treat - SNOW! According to tradition my little family and I went out to a s...

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