SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN

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…

Pop-Up store in NYC during NYFW: Paloni Goes New York

If you are in New York during New York Fashion Week (February 11.-28.) you should definitely stop by at Ivana Helsinki -store in Nolita, 251 Elizabeth Street. You’ll find there an amazing Ivana Helsinki collection…

Interiors: New from Scandinavia – Kauniste

New from Finland: Kauniste I’m so excited to share design news from Scandinavia that are not from Sweden, but from Finland. Kauniste is a new multi-designer brand from Finland, and their shop in Helsinki was…

Spirit of Scandinavian Christmas: Hantverksgården in Linköping, Sweden

Christmas Markets in Sweden The best about Swedish Christmas markets: you don’t have to go far to find one. Most communities here in Sweden have their own Christmas market, and they are held in castles,…

Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Design Lovers under $50 {from Katja}

Note: We use interactive images – click on the product info and links in the photo. Design gifts on a budget What is great design? Great design is beautiful, functional, and high quality. Typically with…

My Living Room Update

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Slow progress, I know! But here are a few latest pictures of our living room, it’s starting to look more like “us” and not just all plain white. I Instagrammed a few photos (taken with…

Lotta Jansdotter Store Closing Sale

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Illustrator, artist, designer Lotta Jansdotter is closing her online store and her store in Brooklyn. The next few weeks is your last chance to shop Lotta’s exclusive collection of linen bags and accessories, hand screened…

Scandinavian Summer Party

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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…

Set the Mood for Scandinavian Summer Party. Tips from the Interior Design Store Werannas

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Scandinavian Summer Home tips from Weranna’s I’m excited to introduce you to a new interior design store Weranna’s Warehouse offering you the best of handmade Scandinavian products, heirloom quality linen mixed with the trendiest home…

IKEA Limited Edition MYRLILJA Textile Collection

IKEA MYRLILJA now available in the stores

Stay tuned for more home decorating posts and never miss a post – subscribe to Skimbaco Home feed. IKEA’s new limited edition textile collection called MYRLILJA hits the IKEA stores world wide tomorrow June 1,…

My Living Room Stage 2

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I have a feeling it’ll be a while before we have this new house decorated. Like with any house, it is better to live in first and then see what you really want to do…

Modern Turquoise & White Tea Candle Tray

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Create an easy tea candle tray.

The New IKEA PS 2012 Collection

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Stay tuned for more home decorating posts and never miss a post – subscribe to Skimbaco Home feed. I know… I promised our new home in Sweden will not be completely decorated with items from…

Pictures From Our New IKEA Home

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Excuse our mess while we are moving in.. I’m literally still in process of moving in to our home in Linköping, Sweden, and at the same time SkimbacoLifestyle.com is going through some changes. All Skimbaco…

Finnish Design: Gedigo Home Organizing Products

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I’m in love with Gedigo. Gedigo is a Finnish company that makes organizing and other home products. Gedigo’s products are made of durable natural materials like cotton, linen, wool, wood, reindeer skin and leather. Yes,…