My favorite thing about Christmas is to go back home to Sweden. I get the brutal weather report from my mother every day, 10- 12 degrees Fahrenheit and last night when I checked my Iphone it said -4 degrees!! But I still can’t wait to get there next week!
The whole country is covered with snow and ice, and it’s dark except for a couple of hours a day, but there’s nothing like a cold, crisp winter night, when the glistening snow lights up the darkness. Everything is so beautiful, icy, quiet and serene. Really nothing like it! Some great designers say you should draw inspiration from what you see outside the window. So perhaps there’s no mystery to the much simpler, natural and white Swedish Christmas decor.
It’s a magical white winter wonderland at home right now.
Images: Skona Hem
All that white nature right inside?
Simple natural wreath and all colors of snow right in your bedroom.
Natural wreaths and earth tones mimic the snowy trees outside.
The outdoors celebrated inside?
This is what I see for hours on the long drive from the airport to our house.
Snow and evergreens-do we really need anything else in Christmas decor?
Natural wood headboard and natural floors. The colors of ice and wood.
The Stockholm archipelago on a “slushy” snow day.
Ahh…the simplicity of it all. And much easier to decorate your home.
Do you think Swedes draw inspiration from what they see out the window?
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