Swedish calligrapher Ylva Skarp's cosy winter home

Swedish calligrapher and designer Ylva Skarp knows how to create a beautiful home at Christmas (see it all decked out here). This winter she's created a cosy feel in her country home using sheepskin throws draped over armchairs, ottomans and dining chairs. You can see evidence of her work in various forms throughout the home- on fabric, in prints, engraved in the concrete floor and spontaneously written on blackboards. Such a personal home, don't you think?!  

Expressen. Photographer Helena Blom. Ylva Skarp.via The Style Files with thanks

I love the mix of rustic and industrial and how she has made her home a personal work of art. Is there anything that stands out to you?

Source sheeepskin rugs and throws here, You can get hold of one of Ylva Skarps beautiful prints here.

Thank you to everyone who entered the Occa-Home weekend give-away. The winner will be contacted by e-mail today and mentioned in the give-away post.

Have a lovely day!

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Win a very cool Muuto E27 socket lamp

To celebrate the second week of Advent I've teamed up with fab online interior design store Occa-Home to offer you the chance to win a Muuto E27 socket lamp in your choice of light green, black, light grey, orange or rose.  Occa-Home is one of my go-to stores for Scandinavian items including favourites from &tradition, Bestlite, Ferm Living, and Muuto and many others (see my product pick here). Find how to enter to win a Muuto E27 socket lamp below.

How to enter:

1. Visit the Occa-Home online interior design store and take a look around
2. Comment below which product you like the most and why.

And that's it! The competition is open to everyone until 7th December 2014, Midnight GMT. The winner will be contacted by e-mail on Monday 8th December 2014 so make sure you leave a way for us to contact you.

Terms & Conditions
We are not responsible for lost shipments. You must be age of majority in your country of residence. We are not responsible for any duties, import taxes that you may incur. Only 1 entry per person. 

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A lovely monochrome and light wood Swedish home

Hello! It's the weekend, yay! I have three reasons to be excited: I'm holding a really fab give-away which I know you're going to love, we're going to bring in our Christmas tree and thirdly it's my birthday (yes, I do love a little birthday love!) and I know my girls have been working away on little cards, sweet!  But first, the all important home tour. And today I'd like to share an oh so fab Gothenburg apartment for sale through Entrance.  The home has been decorated using a monochrome theme throughout softened by lovely light wood. Oh how I could see myself padding around here this weekend, how about you?!

Entrance

I particularly love the touch of pastel and original wood flooring. Is there anything that stands out to you?

A bit of a what's what in terms of the items we see: the mid-century style pendant light in the kitchen is by Gubi. The string lights are from Granit (I have the same in the corner of my sitting room). The dining chairs are Fritz Hansen 7 series. The shelving in the sitting room is String. On the top shelf I spy the By Lassen Kubus candle holder and the Design House Stockholm Nordic Light candle holder. Anything missing?

If you're planning on a little Christmas decorating this weekend, I came across this really lovely DIY wall hanging yesterday.  There's also a ton of inspiration here and here and some of my favourite Christmas home tours ever here (so cosy) and here (so cool). Deck the halls with boughs of holly.....

See you tomorrow for the big advent give-away - Exciting! Have a lovely day!

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