DIY

Just in: Luxury hacks for IKEA Furniture – Introducing Superfront

Swedes can now enjoy luxury hacks for IKEA A new kind of home design company opened its doors this week in Sweden allowing people to revamp their existing IKEA furniture to look like a higher…

DIY: How to Make Lavender Soaps

Hooked on handmade soaps Handmade soaps are our everyday luxury item. Nomadic lifestyle makes you really reconsider what everyday luxury means. Last year when we moved from New York to Sweden we had to sell…

Holidays: Christmas Craft & DIY Inspiration from Sweden

Christmas DIY Ideas from Sweden I feel like I have a new hobby: it’s scouting for different Christmas markets every weekend. The first Christmas markets opened here in Sweden already three weeks ago, and it’s…

Weekend DIY Project: Nautical Adirondack Chair Paint Job

Weekend Project: Adirondack Chair paint job Paint is probably the easiest – and the cheapest- way to transform a look to completely new, and I love small weekend-sized paint projects, like painting furniture and giving…

Scandinavian Summer Party

Enter the Scandinavian State of Mind Welcome to Holiday Headquarters and my Scandinavian Summer feature at Skimbaco Lifestyle! Holiday Headquarters is a collaboration between several lifestyle, decorating and party experts and we are happy to…

Links We Like: Last Minute Halloween Ideas

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Are you ready for Halloween? I think every year there is one thing that I am prepared with and then the rest of it… I fail. This year I focused on the costumes but not…

Decorate With Maps: Ideas How!

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I love to travel, and I love it to show in my home as well. But I like to keep my home very minimalistic, and try not to buy souvenirs, and things that, well, don’t…

IKEA hack: Two Dollar Clock Gets A Map Makeover

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I love decorating with maps, and I love IKEA and I combined the both loves by giving the $1.99 Rusch clock a makeover with a map from an old wall calendar. It took less than…

Book Swap Party: Upcycled Invitations

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We hosted a Book Swap party in our home this summer for kids to promote reading and recycling! My kids read a lot, and we were running out of space in the bookshelves, and thought…

Home Improvement Trends for 2011

I really like this Infographic by eLocal showing some of the home improvement trends for 2011. Source: eLocal.com

Tips How to Tackle Painting Your Fireplace

Warmer weather is here, and I doubt you are using your fire place much these days. Now however is the perfect time to give your fireplace a face lift by painting it. I got these…

DIY Fringe Napkin Tutorial from… Sheets!

I prefer cloth napkins to paper ones any day. Not just that they look better, and make your party look more festive, but they are also eco-friendlier and come less expensive in the long run.…

Kmart Backyard Makeover: Patio Ready for Entertaining for under$1,000

DINING AREA AT THE PATIO The patio is very large and I surrounded it with tiki torches and added a lot of flowers to bring the garden already to the back porch. The fabrics and…

Soup Can Craft – Easy Flower Vase or Pen Holder

I love recycling and using common items in decorating. Like Ball canning jars, or heck, even just regular jelly jars make great flower vases. Lately we have been eating more canned foods than usually (did…

Fragranced Coffee Filter Flower Pom Pom Tutorial

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Stay tuned for more home decorating posts and never miss a post – subscribe to Skimbaco Home feed. Coffee filter pom poms / flowers are inexpensive way to decorate your home, and they are great…