| images via the fab magazine AD France, april 2011 issue |

…is what I’m in, choosing hues and preparing new decor – and I like it more and more.

It’s the perfect backdrop for a French-Eclectic-Romantic-Boho-vibe…

| pics via shootfactory and sarah kaye representation |

I’m leaning more and more towards wallpapers in the bedroom. They can do so much more than paint!

| upper pic via living etc, bottom via Canadian House & Home Jan-11 issue |

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful start of 2011! If not, It can only get better :)

You will see some changes in Trendey this new year and one of those is I’ll post less often. Sad but true, need to finish some work. And that’s why this post is looooong! Can’t stop you know. Last year Trendey saw a huge rise in visitors and it has been great researching the field of interior decorating giving you the trendiest of trends right on spot. The two people me and Henen have inspired most the year passed is……tada, Mia and Henen! Nevertheless, we are sincerely thankful and very happy for all the comments, all lovely words, all advices and ideas you, trendey.com-readers, has given us along the way. You rock.

Now here’s a roundup of major style trends happening right now. First of all, the Dark Painted Walls and the Boho-charm. Two longlasting favourites.

Moving on, we of course have the retro styles. The 50s came very strong in 2010, but we have a hot 70s on and also a 80s vibe surely even 90s waiting around the corner. Retro is the word, design pieces are key. Orange and caramel are two smokin’hot colours.

And let’s not forget the 40s and the decades behind. Personal favourite. Within this lies what I refer to as Faded Glamour, the granny-esque vibe and the Granny and Grandpa-style. Also a retro style, but one with war times, family, nostalgia and memories written all over it. It’s feminine, rough romance and/or Grandpa-ish.:)

Lastly, as we’re speaking of more lasting trends, not mayflies (there are a lot of those, look out for recent themes in the Decor Trends & Tricks section), we have on the one hand the recent ethnic-eclectic very globetrotter-inspired theme, and on the other  -  the trendy countryside: countryish and simple spiced with something. For example: art.

| pics: photographer lucas allen, photographer mark roper, stylist leesa o’reilly, leva & bo and house beautiful UK, feb 2011 |

Discuss!

We’ve featured some hot Stockholm apartments lately and it’s now time for this weekends poll! Question is: which of these trendy styles do You prefer? White or boho? The Stockholm White Style needs no further introduction I think, one extremely well-represented almost iconic example is the Rapace’s apartment. Scandinavian all-white with an (industrial) edge. Alongside, we have the Stockholm Bohemian Style, of which this apartment, and this, are eminent examples. Two main characteristics are the bold colour choices ( dark painted walls) and a personal mix of things, often vintage finds, and a retro-touch.

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Sunday Evening Update: Wow, that’s an interesting result! 55 votes: 29 for boho, 26 for white. Even Steven! Trendey readers are split between favouring the Scandinavian white edgy style and the darker bohemian.Or, you fancy them both and blind picked :) Either way, this shows both white Scandi and boho-styles are of interest to you. And that’s great, because we like both styles.

We’ve seen mid-century meet bohemian modern, now here’s another interesting interior style fusion: Mid-century meets Moulin Rouge. The Swedish musical actress Hanna Lindblad is mixing styles in her Stockholm apartment:

While the open plan kitchen/living room above has rather futuristic 50s vibe going on, other rooms are more boho-French and dramatic, yet very stylish and homey. See, a different Stockholm style from the utlimate Rapace-model. Personally, I’d choose to live in this one!

| pics via DN Bostad |