These illustrations are sold (in limited editions) in cooperation with Save the Children Sweden – Design for Children’s Rights. The dachsies all originate from different corners of the world and the design shows that despite our differences and regardless of where we were born – we are all very much alike.

These sweet personalities also form a fun medallion pattern. Three of them in close-up, in either blue or gold, are available through textiles company Mairo as fabric by meter and as cushions. There is also a pattern with 12 dogs, which is also available in oilcloth. The pattern is called Tillsammans (Together). This one is definitely a new favourite!

| pics via sköna hem & the style files |

The splashback in the kitchen was created with the textile ‘Brazil’, protected and kept secure by a glass sheet. Such an excellent idea for creating an original feature in the kitchen! Same textile pattern for the blind and cushions. Very light and pretty…and those Wegner Wishbone chairs look right at home.

The home above was featured on Skona Hem.

In a different home (also from Skona Hem), Josef Frank makes another appearance. This time in the form of a the wallpaper pattern ‘Springbells‘. Much more retro, much darker… Not sure whether I’d be able to live with this design style, it’s a bit full-on… But hey, I’d love to visit in a kitchen like this and I do love the colour bravery!

Second point, curtains need not to match, or miss-match, the room’s other fabrics and furniture. You can combine whatever patterns and fabrics you love to form a nicely mixed whole that is your style. And 3rdly, windows are angular and hard, fabrics are soft and pliable. Let the curtains live and form their own life.

Above are details from some lovely rooms featured in Danish magazine RUM June 2010 issue. To the left, pillows made out of ponchos from Peru and rugs from Iran and Yemen create an inviting and homely ethnic/folk traditional look. To the right, a startlingly interesting space (a circus wagon in fact) is made even more interesting by the pretty and colourful folk art textiles. I’m warming up to this style, which is all about handcrafted textiles and furniture, patterns and multi- colours.

Some shopping inspiration below:

[Top left: Suzani bedspread from Yurdan, approx. 200-700 USD; Top right: Chair from Niki Jones 250 GBP; Bottom left: Plant pots from Graham & Green 39.50 GBP; Bottom right: Cushions from Niki Jones 38-60 GBP]

The popular Swedish slipcover company Bemz has today released a dream collaboration: Two fabrics from the talented designer Lisa Bengtsson are set to enliven almost any bland IKEA couch or armchair. It’s the rosy fabric Baronessa (top pic, on an IKEA Karlanda sofa) – a pattern reminiscent of blooming gardens and romantic castles. It’s also the modern nostalgia fabric Sir Harald (bottom pic, on IKEA’s Klippan sofa) – a pattern inspired by Lisa Bengtsson’s ancestors.

Baronessa is – together with the pattern Ros-Mari - on my top list of this season’s absolutely nicest fabrics. Baronessa is developed in collaboration with the textile company Mairo. The pattern comes in two colour options as runners, pillows, panels, lampshades, etc..

 

 

 

 

 

“My time has no inhibitions
my mind has no limits
I provide the scent of the loving life.”

Here’s our other Lisa Bengtsson stories.

As for Himla, I particulary fancy their Spring New Linen Look (below). It has a pale and rough-dry expression that feels vintage and bohème. The collection is based on uncomplicated and resistant febrics that can “withstand being loved”. In stores in March.