The facade of this beautiful Swedish cottage is of an unusual beige hue (and not red, as is customary here) – and this is no accident. In this way the woners wanted to honor the interesting past of the house – it used to be a railway station in a local village, but now, due…
Today is Saturday, which means it’s time for our most heartful series of posts about Scandinavian summer cottages. Jenny and Daniel often passed by the old abandoned cottage during their visits to relatives, but when it was suddenly put up for sale, they decided to book a viewing. The house was in a deplorable state:…
Maggie loves to cook and does it with photogenic elegance – many people follow her Instagram with photos of beautiful delicious little things. And all her culinary masterpieces Meggie creates in this wonderful cottage in the suburbs of Stockholm, where she lives with her husband and three kids. Surprisingly, the house was built several years…
Charlotte and Eric recently decided to change the fast pace of the big city for a quiet and peaceful province – the family moved from their apartment in Stockholm to a beautiful rural area in the suburbs. Here they got a wonderful traditional cottage from the 1940s with a white facade. The couple decided to…
Today we have an incredibly charming summer cottage in Sweden. It is small in area, but its traditional red facade, surrounded by the greenery of a well-groomed garden, can evoke nothing but tender feeling. The house is very old, it is definitely over 100 years old, so inside the rooms are cramped and ceilings are…
This home is for the soul, not for trendy design and noisy parties. Its interiors are old-fashioned, but necessarily they bring a smile to your face and give a lot of comfort. Its facade is traditionally red, like most summer cottages in Swedish villages, and the house was built back in 1848. A young couple,…
This lovely Swedish cottage has a larger terrace around the house than the interior space, which is only 30 sqm. But this does not prevent the house from being a very charming and cozy nest, where you can escape for a weekend for solitude or in the company of your closest person. The interior is…
If the Swedish traditional houses are red, then the Danish most popular color for the facades of old cottages is black. But this is the case when black brings joy and pleasure. Just take a look at this beautiful Danish cottage, that could be rented for the weekends (and not only). Even if it is…
A young family from Denmark decorated their wonderful summer cottage on their own, without the help of a designer, so the renovation took longer than planned. Plus, the owners had to solve unforeseen issues and problems associated with design errors on the go. But the result turned out to be very soulful and bright –…
Marine style in design was at the peak of popularity 20 years ago, since then such projects have come across on the web very rarely. But Bright Bazaar founder Will seems to have resurrected the style in his Long Island home. This is a small traditional cottage, decorated in all shades of blue with vintage…
