A Pretty Home in Norway
Don't you love how spoiled we are? We can sit before our screens and travel to faraway places in seconds, free of charge, to peek in on the life and decorating styles of others. I mean, it's amazing and whenever I start feeling sick of the internet I remind myself of how valuable it really is and how I really couldn't live or work without it.
I'm fascinated by trends in other parts of the world and love to see how people decorate and thanks to blogs, there is no end to the inspiration that exists online. In fact, I spend most of my time on blogs that I cannot even read because they are in French, Swedish and Danish for example. Today I came across a beautiful blog called Rosaliga (which seems to translate into English to mean Pink League) in Norway and wow, it's so pretty!
Blogger, passionate decorator and jewelry designer Randi Andreassen (her things are sold in her Epla shop -- Epla is like a Scandinavia Etsy.) created her inspiring blog and on it, she shows many photos from her home, travels and of her interests from the magazines that she reads to the decorating projects she undertakes.
Love this wall color and these trees-as-coat hangers designed by Swedish design firm Swedese.
Randi has such a great eye and I spot lots of things in her home from some of my favorite designers like Tine K Home and Rie Elise Larsen.
Amazing, right!? So many ideas to use from this gorgeous home from the handmade wooden headboard to the wooden coffee table on wheels and the hints of pink here and there to be girly and still grown up. She has many of the same things that I have - like the IKEA natural rug in her dining room and the white metal chairs around her table, so it's fun to see how she is using them differently in her space vs. how I use them in mine. Do you do that? Look for similar pieces in your favorite rooms to see if you could try taking something from one room to use in another to create a new "inspired by" look based on your favorite image? Try it sometime, it's fun!
(images: randi andreassen)