This Swedish home has such impressive features, don’t you think? The high ceilings and therefore high windows let in so much natural light and I love that the entire home has a shade of warm grey or white, enhanced with plants and furniture in natural colors.

The living room has a very simple and elegant layout, with a large sofa spread in front of the two windows, a round coffee table, and lots of plants (I bet they grow so nicely with all the light). On the other side of the sofa area, you can find a wooden dining table with bentwood chairs and a beautiful art gallery on these picture frame shelves (Ikea has them as well, just paint them in the same color as the wall). The shelf that has been built into the wall is like a cabinet of curiosities and I love the big round mirror reflecting the sunlight coming from the windows.

The grey shaker kitchen fits wonderfully in this space and I love how the kitchen dining table has been kept simple with two benches with a sheepskin. Just like the rest of the space, the bedroom looks very airy and flooded with light. I love the rattan headboard combined with the simple linen on the bed and the wardrobe goes over into a little floating desk for working from home. The desk is just a simple wooden board mounted between the wardrobe and the wall, but by hanging wall shelving above it in the same size as well, it looks very sleek and elegant.

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Green belongs to the cooler colors on the color wheel, but for me it’s perceived as much more inviting and cozy as blue, which can be much more cold and fresh. Especially when combined with warm tints of wood and different textiles, I think green can add a fresh touch, yet can have a very cozy effect in an interior as well. 

Have a look at this living room as well, which has a similar color on the wall (though a bit lighter and more sage green), but it has been combined with more natural elements in the furniture and sot furnishings for a minimalist look. 

I think sage green was exactly the right color choice for this turn-of-the-century living room and these large windows with the white framing just pop out of the wall color. The large beige area rug has a fluffy texture, which goes nicely with the light grey of the sofa and I love the small chest of drawers by the sofa with the table lamp on top. On the other side of the sofa, there is a cozy round dining table with white Series 7 chairs and an impressive piece of art on the wall. I think the dusty pink floor lamp really adds character to this corner of the living room.

The kitchen itself has a pretty basic design, however the dining area has been personalised with an impressive gallery wall that goes very high up. The black dining chairs contrast so nicely with the black frames of the art prints and I love that the black detailing comes back in the pendant light as well.

The bedroom has been painted in a muted shade of dark blue, which has such a moody effect in this space. I love the way the light color of the bedsheets, the white in the art prints and the Japanese pendant light stand out against this dark wall color.

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I think the contrast between the light kitchen and the dark floor and wall works so nicely in this kitchen. The cupboards are the simplest Ikea ones (called Veddinge) enhanced with brass details and beautiful metro tiles on the wall. Other than the light and dark contrast in the materials, I also love the difference between old and new here. The mixture of chairs around the dining table have a classic look, which combines wonderfully with the dark grey wall and the glass pendant. In the kitchen itself, the minimal cabinet fronts are combined with a classic oven and exhaust design, which is a lovely mixture of elements as well.

By placing the dining table and chairs on an area rug, this part of the room has been visually separated from the rest of the kitchen and it also adds a cozy texture to the look.

Photographed by Alen Cordic for Bjurfors

Every room in this Swedish apartment seems to be painted in some shade of grey, which is enhanced by subtile textiles and accessories to add contrast and variation. I really like how the kitchen seems to be the center of the apartment. The room where the kitchen is located has a window where the dining table is standing, while as the area with less natural light has been used for the kitchen itself. The kitchen island separates the dining and cooking area from each other and I like the grey cabinet fronts (they are standard Ikea Veddinge fronts I think) combined with the brass details and the marble countertop. The three simple black suspension lights hanging above the kitchen counter add a little bit of an industrial touch together with the distressed wine rack placed next to the higher cabinets of the oven.

The hallway has this beautiful old distressed door that hides away shoes and the living room and bedroom are connected to each other with double doors. The color palette of the kitchen comes back in the living area as well, with built-in cabinets in both rooms. In the bedroom you can find a built-in wardrobe, wich comes back in a lower module in the living room that goes from wall to wall. The decor in both rooms is simple and modest, which lets the historic elements of the building speak for themselves.

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This gorgeous turn-of-the-century Swedish home has such a warm and inviting color palette I think. The entire apartment has been painted in a beautiful tint of beige, and all rooms seem to come out in the large living room. 

The living room has a large sofa area, with an eye-catching pendant on the ceiling and a beautiful gallery wall with tints of brown on the wall. I love the String shelf arrangement in wood, which offers both open and closed storage opportunities. The large rectangular dining table fits wonderfully in front of those majestic windows and from the living room you can see straight into the white kitchen, which has the same tint of beige on the wall.

The white of the kitchen cabinets really stands out against the beige of the wall and the black pendant lights above the countertop add a nice touch of contrast. A small round dining table in the kitchen is the perfect spot for breakfast and I love the brown color coming back in the linen table cloth.

From the other side of the living room, you can walk into the bedroom, which has been painted in a darker tint of greige. The decor in te bedroom is quite simple, yet the hotel-like curtains, the built in storage and the sculptural fabric light on the ceiling make it look elegant and inviting.

I usually don’t go for brown tints in my own interior, but this is making me reconsider. The brown in combination with different tints of beige and some small black accents has such a powerful effect in this space.

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This simple bedroom with a combination of beige, grey, and different tints of pink just works so wonderfully in my opinion. I love the subtle warm grey walls, combined with the beige curtains in front of the window*. The white vintage desk adds a bit more romance to this look and I love the way the same vintage chair is used once as a desk chair and once as a bedside table.

The plant with the pink leaves catches the light coming from the window in such a lovely way and matches the overall pink color palette on the bed. The white bed skirt* and the light pink duvet cover* form the perfect base for the linen pillowcases in a deeper tint of pink.

I think pink can be such an elegant color in the bedroom. You can apply this color palette in a subtle way and work mostly with accessories to achieve this look, but you can also go bolder and paint the walls pink, like in this statement bedroom I blogged about a while back.

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This beautiful home in Sweden combines a kitchen with a home office in a very lovely way, separated by a black metal glass partition. Instead of making two entirely separate rooms out of this big kitchen, the owners chose to only build the wall halfway and have the other half made out of glass just like the entry door, so you can still look through it, which makes both spaces look bigger.

The kitchen has been custom-built and the cabinets have this elegant shade of white with contrasting black round handles. The upper cabinets and fridge are built around the window and the L-shaped layout works perfectly in this room. The round dining table works well in the middle of the space and the open shelving above the table turns this section of the kitchen into a separate dining area of some sort.

While the kitchen has a very light color palette, this changes when you walk into the home office which has dark grey walls and dark furniture. By the window, you can see a custom-built desk combined with an open bookshelf, which is built around the window. I think it must be such a lovely spot to sit and get some work done while being able to look outside the window. While the desk doesn’t take up much space in front of the window, the rest of the room is used for a lounge chair and a little table. I think it makes so much sense to have a lounge area in your office so you can switch places to work, which is what I personally do as well when I feel like I’m getting less productive during the day.

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Where to start with this gorgeous home which is such a great source of inspiration. This beautiful home is housed in an old station building and every single corner is designed to perfection if you ask me. The house has so many different rooms and every single one of them has its look. The looks work well together when you look from one room into the other, but add so much variety to the interior as well.

The downstairs living and dining room have beautiful chevron wall paneling on the walls, which stand out and warm up the interior in combination with the hardwood flooring. The giant tree in front of the window makes the dining area look very impressive and the multitude of muted colors make this room pop in a sophisticated way.

From the living area, you can walk into the kitchen, where you are greeted with a pale green and blue palette and brass finishes. The cupboards seem to have been custom built and the contrasting kitchen island in the middle has been made out of a vintage piece, to which a marble top was added. The same color of blue was used to paint the vintage built-in cabinet in the hallway where a different type of brass handles decorate the doors.

Going up the stairs, you can find three bedrooms and an additional living room, which has been decorated in a gorgeous color palette with a bright green couch, brown corduroy armchairs, and blue-green walls. The bedrooms have been decorated more modestly and I like the one with the vintage dresser the most. I love the way it has been paired up with the large mirror above it, which reflects the entire room.

Lastly, even the bathrooms have been designed to perfection in this beautiful house. The one underneath the roof has a full bathtub, tiles going up the angled walls, and a vanity to sit and do makeup. The smaller bedroom has been painted in the same blue color as the kitchen cabinets and I love the way the brass details are coming back here as well.

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I thik this Swedish home looks very cozy and inviting and I love the contrasting elements in every single room of this well-planned space. The living room has been painted in a very light and warm tint of beige, which matches so nicely with the sheer beige curtains* in front of the windows that warm up the daylight coming in. The dark grey fabric sofa adds a lot of contrast to this otherwise very light room and the pillows in beige and mustard tints on the sofa add a few warm accents. What used to be a doorway has been turned into a built-in shelving with lots of carefully selected decor pieces and the sculptural pendant lamp in the middle of the room adds something special to the look.

The old fireplace in the dining room has been painted black, which is such a statement piece against the light walls and the white kitchen. The dining table and chairs are black as well, which adds to the powerfull contrast in this room. The kitchen has been built in a niche, which is very space-saving. While it has been fitted into a rather small space, it doensn’t feel cramped though, which is the most important thing. The length of the dining and kitchen space is quite long already, which has been made even more impressive by the use of the big round mirror above the heater next to the balcony door.

The bedroom, which can be entered from the dining room, has the same overall color palette as the living room. White* and darker beige curtains* have been combined here for a hotel-look and the beige and orange tints mimic the look of the sofa area in the living room.

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Green and blue are cooler wall color options and usually have a very fresh and vibrant effect on an interior. The green walls of this home however are combined with so many warm tints that the interior looks fresh, yet at the same time very warm and inviting. The beige curtains* in front of the window warm up the daylight that’s coming into this apartment and I love the way the white floor lamp pops out of this beige background.

The beige sofa in front of the window has been decorated with a mixture of beige linen pillows*, combined with a mint green linen pillow that goes nicely with the color on the wall. Since the living room has two functional areas: one for sitting on the sofa and one for dining, the area rug serves as a nice visual separator between the two. The large round mirror with the black frame* reflects the space, which is even more impressive because of the wall color I think.

The round wood dining table combined with a mixture of chairs has been visually set into this corner because of the Flos 265 wall lamp* which can be directed towards the table and is a nice alternative to the usual pendant lamp above the table. The bedroom has a very simple decor, with white paint on the walls, but the beige linen duvet cover* and the green pillow on the bed hint towards the color scheme in the living room, which is a nice touch.

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