Barnrum goodness

Creative and colourful children's bedroom inspiration from the stylish Swedish magazine Skona Hem.

A strong dose of colour

Once again, the new fabric and wallpaper collection entitled 'Colour for Living' from the UK company Sanderson features a vast selection of beautiful (and colourful) designs that are bound to become design classics. I really admire the collection for the manner in which it gently references historical design for a contemporary market. 

St Ives - a wallpaper and fabric design featuring the hilly streetscapes of this renowned artistic hotspot, carved into lino in a naive style .

 This Rainforest fabric design reminds me of the Austrian / Swedish modernist designer Josef Frank. I love the blue colourway.

The linen textures of this Block Leaf design hark back to the pared-down and graceful 1950's patterns designed by Lucienne Day.

 

Another of my favourite designs from this collection is Bellflower -  I love the Atelier Martine / Dufy influence. 

You can view the entire collection of fabrics and wallpapers from Sanderson's Colour for Living range here.

Perfectly mauve

Beautiful interiors with just the tiniest (and perfect) amount of mauve and lilac.

Photography by Petra Bindel

Elle Interior

A spoonful of Swedish sugar

I think its time for a visit to the creative shores of Sweden. These images are from the always inspiring Swedish magazine Family Living.

Vera's bright and happy nursery

Photo by Jonas Gustavsson

A pattern a day keeps the doctor away

Photo by Tia Borgsmidt

Mint green and mimosa  - a lovely colour combination

Photo by Tia Borgsmidt

Vintage details

Photo by Tia Borgsmidt

 A cosy nook

Photo by Jonas Ingerstedt

Bold patterns and primary colours

Photo by Pernilla Hed

A sweet corner for baby Iris

Photo by Carl Dahlstedt

http://www.familyliving.se

Swedish fun from Brita Sweden

These folky printed fabrics could only come from one place don't you think?

The Swedes have this 70's retro look down pat, and these advertising shots are so much fun. One can never have too much pattern...... 

Textiles from Brita Sweden

Photography by Susanne Walstrom

Vintage Swedish Interiors

A feast of historical interiors are on display at the Skansen open air museum in Stockholm. Skansen is an excellent source of Swedish textile traditions and pattern inspiration. I love those stencilled wall murals...

  

http://www.skansen.se/artikel/inredningstextilier

A sojourn in Stockholm

I had a lovely time wandering around the open air museum Skansen, situated on Djurgarden, just a short walk from the centre of Stockholm.