And the Give-away winner is....

There were so many fun, interesting and inspired entries for <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/10/give-away-pappelina-rug.html" target="_blank">the give-away</a>. But there can only be one winner of the Lisa black and white rug from <a href="http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com/" target="_blank">Scandinavian Design Centre</a> and that is.....drum roll please.......<br /><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Elena Gardin!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhis7F5Uo0Dv7UGNc1JieAXNFx-PmKju3T-9-gonmGQj6_TkBUHQ0YbzmH82-EnimEybuISLQT1MgCc095d1sY74H5X1MeVADNrsUmq6bKHhzVnB_E5Oz1DtfSs6rU2WHZttLRBNvu8U4k/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhis7F5Uo0Dv7UGNc1JieAXNFx-PmKju3T-9-gonmGQj6_TkBUHQ0YbzmH82-EnimEybuISLQT1MgCc095d1sY74H5X1MeVADNrsUmq6bKHhzVnB_E5Oz1DtfSs6rU2WHZttLRBNvu8U4k/s320/01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Congratulations Elena! It would be great if you could drop me a mail with your address. <br />Thank you all so much for entering!<br /><br />I'll be back in an hour or so with a beautiful home tour (infact it is one of my favorite's to date!) so come and take a nose if you fancy a little inspiration!

And the Give-away winner is....

There were so many fun, interesting and inspired entries for the give-away . But there can only be one winner of the Lisa black and white ru...

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Yvonne Koné's black and white home

<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Hej! Hope you had a a lovely weekend? My family and I went on a trip to Söderåsen nature reserve. The trees all looked like they were on fire in shimmering shades of gold and red. aaaa, so beautiful. Today's inspiration comes from the Danish home of <a href="http://yvonnekone.com/blog/" target="_blank">Yvonne Koné</a> photographed by<a href="http://lineklein.com/" target="_blank"> Line T Klein</a> and styled by <a href="http://stinelangvad.dk/" target="_blank">Stine Langvad</a> for Elle Decoration DK. It has been deliberately photographed to show a beautiful black and white starkness, however in real life form I like to believe it has some soft, cosy blankets and warm lighting and a slow-cooked stew bubbling away on the stove. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEjlWOzeT9snVIG4l6TB-EK0vOKqmYkrTHdvdmyLGNY3ZW8uDm5FCoIGMdYvuAtShyphenhypheni6BuhM4JNfz4G2wbI5JhyaoiDgRydS58oOi65koj0iORahDccPTPaLSEn2FPFrIUCo_v7yVUk5V7w/s1600/yk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWOzeT9snVIG4l6TB-EK0vOKqmYkrTHdvdmyLGNY3ZW8uDm5FCoIGMdYvuAtShyphenhypheni6BuhM4JNfz4G2wbI5JhyaoiDgRydS58oOi65koj0iORahDccPTPaLSEn2FPFrIUCo_v7yVUk5V7w/s1600/yk2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XtniNuxJKUDXF2M2PHh-M5logefFGbLEz4rpaulkdmPtCNBHoWxZcCbADsNtL5Jknr5J3SVDOc1AIevNsa-lHAwPUyiXIwYwAnXR_LXMtTNvbmzXZhIt2vy3sgkGS6-tJEoyYf3a5vk/s1600/yk12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XtniNuxJKUDXF2M2PHh-M5logefFGbLEz4rpaulkdmPtCNBHoWxZcCbADsNtL5Jknr5J3SVDOc1AIevNsa-lHAwPUyiXIwYwAnXR_LXMtTNvbmzXZhIt2vy3sgkGS6-tJEoyYf3a5vk/s1600/yk12.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home Yvonne Koné, Photography: <a href="http://line%20t%20klein/" target="_blank">Line Klein</a>, Styling <a href="http://stine%20langvad/" target="_blank">Stine Langvad</a> via <a href="http://dagnybjorg.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Feel Inspired</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Looking at the immaculate nature of the home (and most homes shown on here) it begs the question - are people really as tidy as this?! I had a chat with some friends about this the other day and we all concluded that our biggest 'untidy habit' , shamefully, was dropping our clothes on the bedroom floor at the end of the day. I know I'm doing it because I think 'I really should hang this up....but!' Eeek! Do you have a messy habit you can't shake?!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Oh and..today is the last day to enter the </span><a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/10/give-away-pappelina-rug.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pappelina rug give-away</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. We'll be anncouncing the winner here and on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Scandinavian-Home-Blog/242117045903563" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> & Twitter tomorrow at 16.00....there have been so many great entries I wish you could all win!</span></div></div>

Yvonne Koné's black and white home

Hej! Hope you had a a lovely weekend? My family and I went on a trip to Söderåsen nature reserve. The trees all looked like they were on fir...

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Snow white

I am a big fan of white in the home (I live in Sweden after all!). I love the light it creates, I love the calmness and most of all I love the beautiful simplicity of it.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcfL9ICmuc5dzl-8NHTh2gqdImuXcfYDkiCg8zkL4pFtWwM7jo6ZrjGc4MDLkI17mjeQw05_3HBlGltg_IZSOBmGfWAId4vL0QLPvNRpnHCBiFX6nnFn_J_0zWHhCmcFaueneCdy5-3I/s1600/white1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcfL9ICmuc5dzl-8NHTh2gqdImuXcfYDkiCg8zkL4pFtWwM7jo6ZrjGc4MDLkI17mjeQw05_3HBlGltg_IZSOBmGfWAId4vL0QLPvNRpnHCBiFX6nnFn_J_0zWHhCmcFaueneCdy5-3I/s640/white1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEq_vA4j8r3moBF9x5nPvXNMX1f-pOFmd0WAgMF4wQdi-_Qsp6ERl9zEsZ5qMfIT9_OENzq5y-s835L9XXJkOzx3yN9W9SVoFu8RHxG1e3VKvRd_xJ0N2PaCMFl29NMx8xLnTXpL31Q0/s1600/white3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEq_vA4j8r3moBF9x5nPvXNMX1f-pOFmd0WAgMF4wQdi-_Qsp6ERl9zEsZ5qMfIT9_OENzq5y-s835L9XXJkOzx3yN9W9SVoFu8RHxG1e3VKvRd_xJ0N2PaCMFl29NMx8xLnTXpL31Q0/s640/white3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5QNOTTTUj43oCIxeZaM-Fe1RRvMCJimlafiGa3me2r187GW5OVw9SKe8jH-mGkWS0dC-SsD7H4hSfKgzwUtDO3oU1UfaDPTZNbVOwl4sAw-oq6PgcAap1pHtRDAmf5F26FNypN-xrng/s1600/white2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5QNOTTTUj43oCIxeZaM-Fe1RRvMCJimlafiGa3me2r187GW5OVw9SKe8jH-mGkWS0dC-SsD7H4hSfKgzwUtDO3oU1UfaDPTZNbVOwl4sAw-oq6PgcAap1pHtRDAmf5F26FNypN-xrng/s640/white2.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/AVvXsEj97Bl8Rg6xuj2XjCkSwUAHEap4EB74OilwMysKRu1Pz2yeCnXEp9MSJ4yXOFpGhxIDDu6AswLpUsdEmy_Jyz1-V6aNv4Q_EDBSbUSE2mQHoGwZXH5EpAyGDeCnxjD20aQbHb2QyDdM27g/s1600/white6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Bl8Rg6xuj2XjCkSwUAHEap4EB74OilwMysKRu1Pz2yeCnXEp9MSJ4yXOFpGhxIDDu6AswLpUsdEmy_Jyz1-V6aNv4Q_EDBSbUSE2mQHoGwZXH5EpAyGDeCnxjD20aQbHb2QyDdM27g/s640/white6.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the above images via <a href="http://www.followstudio.com/follow-blog/" target="_blank">Follow Studio</a> via Pinterest</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEia7EQI_EuBlh6HP-NahT-AhxEcsYIbHZM9ErfyqN2KhmqwOxVEyoAe0bFxz-ncdJ-FUY7oOr4g92x2xKKO2jB39Fh2SCsEpYlfB8xdmISNTCzyFBi1fVKZeDBHbHmB80stfpN4jWp_uMo/s1600/white7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7EQI_EuBlh6HP-NahT-AhxEcsYIbHZM9ErfyqN2KhmqwOxVEyoAe0bFxz-ncdJ-FUY7oOr4g92x2xKKO2jB39Fh2SCsEpYlfB8xdmISNTCzyFBi1fVKZeDBHbHmB80stfpN4jWp_uMo/s640/white7.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://via/">Via</a> <a href="http://amarodriguezs.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Amanda Rodrigues</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table>What are your thoughts on white spaces?<br /><br />I found all these pretty images on <a href="http://pinterest.com/nikiatmsh/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a>and have done my best with credits but if you can give any tips on photographers etc that would be perfect!<br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Have a lovely weekend! Oh and don't forget to enter the <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.se/2012/10/give-away-pappelina-rug.html" target="_blank">give-away</a>! Last day Monday :)</div>

Snow white

I am a big fan of white in the home (I live in Sweden after all!). I love the light it creates, I love the calmness and most of all I love t...

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