a lovely lovely bathroom w grannyesque / faded glamour vibe

faded walls & full simplicity, just on the edge to look like a prison cell…

and an effortless, whiteish but homey kids room

| click pics to sources |

In the meantime, while Trendey sisters focus on their regular careers & professions, we have the greatest blog tips for you: Dos family. As always, you might already know all about it, but if not: this is a blog by decorator (slash designer, columnist, TV-presenter, etc)  Isabelle Halling McAllister and photographer Jenny Brandt (who also has the sammy rose blog + shop) The lovely pics above are shot by Jenny at Isabelle’s. I think the black wall display is fabulous! And there’s loads of more inspiration on playful and charming kids’ rooms (like the one right) on their site. It’s undoable (and unnecessary) to define their interior style tastes, but I’d summarize it Happy Scandinavian :) Clearly creative, retro, personal, arty, homey, free-spirited and fun. Below is a really nice example of a ‘Dos Visit’, photographer Jenny Brandt visits Lisa Grue’s home. More of this lovely retro charm can be found here.

I think these two rooms below are very interesting! The decor is simple, yet the Josef Frank wallpaper looks nicer than ever together with the retro/vintage caramel sofa. The bathroom could have been downright boring but the pink pastel door (and a photo display or something hidden behind it) and the orange rug on the grey patterned floor is ‘all it takes’ to give the place some interesting character.

| all photos: Jenny Brandt @ DosFamily |

Now, lastly, I will join DosFamily’s upcoming blog battle – no idea what it will be about, but I will take the challenge :)

| stylist lara hutton – the names agency & petra bindel – agent bauer |

| the house that kat and fred built via solid frog |

Let me clarify I do not have any children of my own (yet) and thus no credibility (or insight) in the field of popular kid’s toys. But isn’t there a sudden explosion of retro cars? In the very same issue of Swedish magazine Allt i Hemmet, april/may 2011, two different homes are featured, each with a kid and a red retro/vintage car. Man, that’s over-explicit! In the left picture, the boy’s car is a replica of a car from the 30s. In the right picture (from a 30s house), nothing is said about the car but it surely is a signature piece in the kid’s room. Well now, if you want to live the happy glossy (Swedish) magazine life – then get your kid a good ‘ol retro vehicle! ;) I’d love one of those above…

It’s ultra-trendy and no surprise an interior decorator lives here.

The bench beneath the breath-taking painting is vintage gymnastics equipment.

This is what a home office looks like á la 2011 ethnic style! And below, a globetrotterish room for kids.

| all pics: mixr |

Update: More pics from this lovely home can be found at the blog Solid Frog

Saturdays, the papers are always filled with housing ads. I thought time is right for another glimpse of Stockholm style! And this one, above, feels very typical today. A living room, a kitchen and a kids room – all in contemp Scandi style. Pics via Fastighetsbyrån.

For alternatives to a strict girlie or boyie choice of interior the Scandinavian style in itself offers an excellent foundation. Many Swedish kids live like this, in colourful rooms with a white base. Often you can not determine whether it is a girl or boy living there. Needless to say, I like that!