I love giving the different areas in my home a small makeover and while staying at home so much in the last few weeks of being locked down, I have been doing it even more than usual. Changing a look does not always have to mean buying everything new, this wouldn’t be sustainable and would be so costly as well. I love the way you can use different textiles and textures in a room to change up the mood of a space. I have teamed up with nordery, an online shop for sustainable Scandinavian Design. At nordery, you can find home accessories and natural cosmetics that are both sustainable and great looking. I have used a selection of the nordery products to give my bedroom an updated look and I love how all the different textures combine for a neutral vibe with a touch of blue, perfect for spring.

Jasmin Kirst, the founder of nordery and a Scandinavian Design enthusiast  had a hard time finding interior accessories that were individual, stylish and at the same time environmentally friendly back when she wanted to decorate her apartment in 2016. During a trip to the Nordic countries she discovered great design brands and products with a sustainable approach, which she then decided to introduced to the German market in her inspiring online platform. On her website you can find Scandinavian Design pieces that are sustainable to make your home into a place of wellbeing, which now of all times is so important I think.

She promotes more conscious consumer behavior based on the principle: “Think twice – Buy consciously” – something that I value so much as well. As an interior designer, I always recommend my clients to go for timeless furniture and lighting, which can stand the test of time both in terms of quality and aesthetics and it’s something I apply into my own home as well. I always try to create a different look with what I have at home and introduce smaller interior accessories to a look as I think they can make such a big difference. Pillow cases especially are a great way to change up a room and they are so easy to store and rotate as well.

In my bedroom, I used the beautiful bedding from Midnatt in the color Peddle, which is a very warm grey (like peddle stones as the name suggests). It’s made out of 100% organic cotton and is stone-washed for a very soft look and feel. I combined this beautiful bedding set with linen pillow cases from Lundkvist (made from 100% linen) and the pillow cases from atisan add extra texture to the palette. The oak cutting board from Jack and Lucy is perfect for serving and is made out of one piece of oakwood. I love having coffee and tea in bed and this is the perfect size for that.

I also got to try out the vegan handcreme with avocado oil from Studio Botanic, which is so helpful now as my hands are so dry all the time after washing. The peppermint and mandarine oil scent is so fresh and perfect for spring I think.

I love how this updated look turned out. I was able to introduce a fresh touch with the blue details, while still having a very cozy and tranquil look, which is something I always try to achieve, especially in the bedroom where you spend time resting and winding down.

This post was made in collaboration with nordery, however all words and opinions are my own of course. If you would like to see more of the beautiful nordery selection, have a look at their website. With the code COCOLAPINE15 you will get 15% off your entire order (valid until May 31st, 2020)

I like to combine different textures and materials in every single corner of my home. I just cleaned my kitchen and I like how the Skagerak Sild tray combines so nicely with the vintage cups, my Crinkled no.1 print the beige of the Kitchen Aid and the polka dots on the Urban Nature spoon from Arket*. I love playing around with different textures and patterns and I think it’s a great way to change up the look in any corner of your home.

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Those of you who follow me on Instagram might have noticed that I’m in a blue phase at the moment. Little blue details just keep popping up in every little corner of my home and I love the fresh touch it gives to a more neutral palette of wood, white and beige which is perfect for spring. These small blue items like the vintage cup in blue Delft, or the Muuto Kink Vase* in blue really pop out, which is such a great effect.

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I have been working from home since the last 4 years, so the last few weeks have been nothing new for me. I find that when I change places in my apartment to work from, it gives me new energy and motivation to finish the tasks at hand. I have my large office desk with a big computer where I do most of my work, but also created small corners in my home where I can sit and get some work done on my laptop, draw, or write lists with pen and paper.

This week, a very special chair arrived for my home office: The CH24 Hans J. Wegner Birthday edition 2020 from Carl Hansen & Søn. The brand is the world’s largest manufacturer of furniture designed by Hans J. Wegner and has a tradition of celebrating the late designer’s birthday, which is today exactly 106 years ago (he was born April 2, 1914), with a limited-edition release of his iconic Wishbone Chair.

This year, designer and creative director Ilse Crawford reimagined the chair in a glossy navy blue finish. Wegner had a long standing with Asian design history and craft. Blue has been such an important color in Chinese culture (think blue and white China or dark blue of indigo textiles) and the high gloss finish references the traditional Chinese lacquer finish.

As you might have noticed on my Instagram lately, I have been adding blue elements in all areas of my home and love the fresh touch they give in my otherwise neutral interior palette. The CH24 Birthday edition fits in perfectly and I absolutely love the combination of the high gloss blue finish with the soft and natural texture of the woven paper cord seat. It’s a beautifully crafted piece of classic Danish design that has become such an icon.

The first Wishbone chair was conceived in 1949 and was the first of five chairs that Wegner designed for Carl Hansen & Søn. The chair is still made in Denmark in the Carl Hansen & Son’s factory on the island of Funen, where the individual parts are manually assembled and its’ papercord seat is hand-woven. Each limited-edition chair features a small brass plate engraved with Hans J. Wegner’s signature and date of birth, discretely placed inside the chair’s frame. Every chair is also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

This blogpost was created in collaboration with Carl Hansen & Søn, however all opinions are my own of course. If you would like to know more about the brand and the new Birthday Edition of the CH24 chair, have a look on their website.

In the last two weeks, we have been spending so much more time at home. For me personally, this didn’t really change so much, as I’m used to working from my home office. Though these extra few hours not spend at they gym, meeting friends for coffee or enjoying the sun outside, I have been putting into decorating my home. It’s something I enjoy so much and I love the simple changes you can do with accessories or simply moving pieces around creating different palettes of colors, textures and materials.

Last week, I received these beautiful Koppel pieces from Georg Jensen in my home and I love how they have transformed my kitchen and dining table. My kitchen is all white, which I softened out with different tints of wood in my dining table, chairs and cutting boards. The mirror polished stainless steel of these pieces stand out so nicely against the wood tints I think and they truly add something special.

I think most of you know the HK pitcher (on the top shelf of my kitchen), it’s one of the first Georg Jensen pieces that I got to know a few years back and I have always been drawn to this iconic organic shape. It is considered a landmark in Danish design history and was designed by Henning Koppel. The groundbreaking danish designer made his mark in defining Danish Design as we know it today and his designs are based on clean lines, which mixes the strict rules of functionalism with organic, lifelike shapes. His mission was to make everyday life products beautiful as well as practical. He was trained as a sculptor and began collaborating with Georg Jensen in 1946.

On my dining table, you can see the KOPPEL vase, which is a great example of the beauty of minimalist Scandinavian design. It was launched in 2018 as a celebration of 100 years of collaboration with Henning Koppel. I love that the surface of the vase reflects the dried flowers that I styled in it but I think it’s a statement piece even without them. The vase comes with a matching set of HK candle holders, which look very nice styled together with the vase.

And to match the mirror polished stainless steel and wood theme I now have going on here in my kitchen, there is the Turnip and Onion Bonbonnieres, also designed by Henning Koppel which combine wood and stainless steel, while still maintaining the iconic organic shapes of the pieces. They are great for storage in the kitchen and I’m using one of the Onion Bonbonnieres for keeping jewellery. The lid is perfect for holding rings.

This blogpost was created in collaboration with Georg Jensen, however all opinions are my own of course. If you would like to know more about the brand and the Henning Koppel pieces, have a look on their website.