Christmas; Norwegian style

Hello! I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the first day of advent this weekend! On Saturday my family and I will head out to a special sustainable wood here in Skåne where we'll chop down our own Christmas tree (celebrated with a steaming glass of glögg!). To get into the spirit I thought I'd share some Norwegian Christmas decorating ideas from the home of the extremely talented Nina at Stylizimo blog.

Photographs: Stylizimo

I really love the simplicity of Nina's decorating ideas and am a big fan of white at Christmas. What about you - do you prefer white or cosy red? Or perhaps something bold like neon even?!

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming a new sponsor - The Reclaimed Flooring Company. This fantastic company offers unique flooring that is 'crafted by man, designed by nature'. Honestly, they sell my dream surface; unique wood flooring that tells a story and the passing of time written in each and every grain and knot. And the good news? They ship worldwide - yay!

PS Thanks to all of you who have entered the big give-away so far!

Creatividad con nueces / Creativity with nuts

Originales ideas que he acabo de descubrir en el blog de la estilista y fotógrafa Dietlind Wolf ,para  decorar con nueces, un fruto seco de forma redondeada y corteza rugosa que permite manejarlo fácilmente.

Recomiendo una visita a su blog para ver más de su trabajo,

Give-away: Kay Bojesen 16 piece cutlery set

I am so excited to announce today's give-away offering you the chance to win a luxury 16 piece Grand Prix cutlery set from Danish design firm Kay Bojesen worth 325 euros! 

The stainless steel flatware set includes 4 dinner knives, 4 dinner forks, 4 dinner spoons and 4 tea spoons.

Grand Prix cutlery is know as the national cutlery of Denmark and was crafted by the world renown Kay Bojesen who trained as a silversmith in Copenhagen. 

The luxury stainless steel flatware cutlery set follows the Bojesen craft philosophy: perfect form without compromising functionality. As a result, Kay Bojesen won the Grand Prix at the world exhibition in Milan in 1951. And this set could be yours just in time for Christmas!

Picture: Kay Bojesen - featuring the complete Grand Prix set from Kay Bojesen

For your chance to win this Grand Prix 16 piece cutlery set from Kay Bojesen all you need to do is:

1. Visit the Kay Bojesen website.
2. Choose your favourite item from the complete Grand Prix selection here.
3. In the comment section below briefly state which item you like best from the complete Grand Prix cutlery selection and why.

This give-away is open to everyone! Be sure to enter latest Sunday 9th December and please don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you.  The winner will be announced on Monday 10th December through My Scandinavian Home blog, Twitter and Facebook.  

Good luck! Oh and feel free to share with your friends :)

Christmas Dough Bowl

I hinted that our dough bowl might be getting a Christmas makeover and it happened this weekend.  Just a few additions transformed it from fall to festive.  I'm all about simple yet bold with RED this year.  Last year, all of our Christmas decor was very pure and angelic, with white, silver, gold and green.  This year, I'm breaking out and going with an energetic and strong color.   

The dough bowl is filled with faux snow (an after Christmas find from Pottery Barn several years ago and still going strong), pine cones, red ornaments, two teeny birds, and some real branches trimmed from James' Christmas tree.  

It really brings some holiday cheer to the kitchen.  

I adore the little bird in a nest (from Michaels and Hobby Lobby). 

Are you getting in the Christmas spirit?!

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P.S. Any of you still hanging with me on The Voice?! I loved Amanda's strong rendition of Adele's Someone Like You- just awesome!  I still can't tell who's gonna win- what do you think??



                                               

Encanto Shabby Chic / Charming Shabby Chic

Un toque cálido y romántico de decoración navideña de esta casa  rural centenaria que pertenece a Rusty hinge , una preciosa combinación de muebles antiguos y porcelana.

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The Reason for the Season

Hi everyone!  I hope you are rested and ready for the holiday season! We had a nice Thanksgiving split between two families/houses with way too much awesome food.  The long break was great and I'm really excited for the upcoming weeks.  On Friday, I avoided the stores and opted to stay inside, cleaning house and pulling out the Christmas decor.   We are making use of what we have this year, buying just a few more ornaments for the tree in lime green (a color I didn't already have).  And we bought a mini (3 foot) real tree for James' room.  It was really fun to see him run around the tree lot and then have him help put on the ornaments.  He said the tree looked "beautiful" when lit up with all the white lights!



James also helped me unpack and display our Nativity.  I love this Nativity scene (from Costco).  It's rather large and the detail in each piece is lovely.  I got to explain to James why we celebrate Christmas and to remind myself also.

Wishing you a happy and blessed holiday season. 

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Black, white and grey in Skåne

I promised I'd be back with a home tour, and this is the perfect home to kick off the week! It's the black, white and grey home of blogger, interior stylist and shop owner Daniella Witte here in Southern Sweden. First featured in Sköna Hem at the beginning of the year it has just surfaced again at Husligheter blog and I couldn't help but share it with further with you....

Sköna Hem / Daniella Witte via Husligheter

Daniella is so clever, I absolutely love her home, if I had to pick a room it would be the kitchen. Which room would you choose?

Tomorrow I've got such an exciting give-away coming up, so please stop by if you get the chance, I think you'll like it. :)