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1. Pink Sugar by Patricia Stuever @RiciS
2. We Live in Brooklyn (from a series of hand drawn type posters featuring some classic and some obscure song lyrics) by Claudia Pearson @claudiagpearson
3. When I Put Your Coat Collar Up (from the Missed Connections project) by Sophie Blackall @SophieBlackall
4. Swoon by Jen Renninger @pleasebestill
5. Young Barack Obama by Oliver Lake @lakeillustration
6. liksom andra by Annika Bäckström @Annika Bäckström blogfolio
7. Everything is going to be ok by Jen Renninger @pleasebestill
8. Red Fox (an eccentric gardener) by Ryan and Lucy Berkley @berkleyillustration

It is now only minutes before HRH Crown Princess Victoria and her Mr Daniel Westling will give their wedding vows in Stockholm Cathedral. Trendey ™ wish the bridal couple the very utterly best of luck and love with many joyous years to come at beautiful Haga Castle.

…and since the decorating of Haga Castle is our foremost concern, we attach to our best wishes some trendey advice: Make something sparkling our of Haga Castle. Spring from traditions, but create something contemporary with your personal interior edge. Surround yourselves with lots of love and items dear to you. The decor is your unique mix. Let the interiors be as glamorous as your dresses, Princess! Let the interiors be as earthy as yourself, Prince Daniel!

There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that’s for thoughts.

OPHELIA said.

I’m not influenced by the Olympics and the roar popular hat, I promise..!! But I recognize the colours are hot these days (at least in my home country :)) There’s plenty of inspiration around, I got mine from images of browsing past. Think I fell for the light yellow colour on the cover of the book Cheap Chic (an excellent book btw) and various funny stool and chair ideas blogged, such as paint company Beckers’ inspirational photo via the blog Husligheter and Chair Personality Socks from Charles & Marie via High Fashion Home Blog. And not to mention the lovely Wood & Wool Stools. Imagination is the only limit when it comes to chairs and stools!

|pic: video from svt.se/os |

I really like the thought of Swedes sitting in their sofas crocheting like mad right now. And as for olympics hats, I fancy the Swedish Olympics hat of ’94 as well. Little did our athletes know their style would stand the times. Pernilla Wiberg in Norwegian Lillehammer:

By pure chance I stumbled across the knitwear online-shop Maska. It may actually have been through the blog finelittleday. The knitted cardigans that met my gaze looked so nice, well-made and high quality that I ordered one immediately! “Mirja”, below. A light-weight cardigan with eyelet pattern in Italian extra combed wool. It was as nice as I imagined. Very soft and a well-cut style. Fine as snuff!

I haven’t found the story behind Maska, so I can’t tell you taht…but I believe the shop is brand new. It’s created by knitwear enthusiast Maria Svensson and Lisa Leierth, based in Gothenburg, Sweden and they sell exclusively online with free deliveries worldwide. They have a blog and yes, almost forgot!, maska means “knitted stitch” in Swedish.

All other fine features set aside, it has a high-resolution, 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display. A digital photo frame is of course the most basic home decor use of the iPad, but given that it has the whole world in its shell – it can display anything. Anywhere in a house. Just imagine the possibilities… Change poster with the touch of your finger. Or display a bookself with the iBooks app. Or, hang the iPad in the kitchen and use it for jotting down your grocery list, or week menu, with Notes. Or to-do’s (although that is a more boring example of use).

And wait, there’s more! Are you – like me – one of those TV-opponents? You do not like the eternal flicker, the hollow-eyed viewing and especially: detest the appearance of the huge TV and its wires, even if it is a slim lcd? You ponder whether you should hide it in a cupboard or embed it in a nice looking frame-arrangement? Well, you keep the iPad in a box or any drawer – it’s just slightly smaller than a magazine -  and if someone (your hubby maybe) promply must watch TV just pick it up and voilà!.. let him hold it in his lap.

OK, these were the most obvious home decor uses of the iPad. I would let it into my house. As long as there is plenty of wall mounts to it.

…and reindeer from Lapland on Louis Ghost.

[pics: style.com]

How does this fresh denim style this translate into the home decor part? Well, easier than anything! Who does not hold a bunch of old jeans? Too small, too large, too worn, out of style? I have loads, enough for a fine bunch of pillowcases, lampshades, and even a curtain length. This season’s denim style is perfect for DIY. Make your own denim pieces and mix with brown leather furniture, beautiful lace or some fluffy or sleek material. Or combine denim with something plaid patterned. I think the denim-curtain idea isn’t too bad; with the nicest part of a pair of suspenders or a piece of a belt as curtain tiebacks – It’s great fun to translate clothing into interiors!

Never before has interior design and (clothings) fashion been such close friends. Home decor has always been affected by general trends, mirrored fashion a bit afterwards and partly led its own course – but today the two parts flow in parallel. They are intertwined! An (almost too) obvious sign of the interaction has been the growing number of collaborations between fashion and interior design; with fashion companies going ‘home’. When it comes to fashion-fitting collaborations Boomerang (bottom) and Diesel (the two top pics) are two brands with nice denim or denim-looking home items in their current collections.

Personally, I think the ‘fashion fusion’ is both interesting and enriching. Ideas on clothes outfits and room decor:  many elements coincide. Let ‘em! Denim your house :)

|photo: Côté Maison|

Today, I want to grab your ATTENTION. The last month we have seen our visitors’ numbers doubled. Last few weeks we have had more comments and hearts than ever. Thank yous! Keep it coming! Sincerely, we love to hear from you.

We are not decorators or interior designers by profession, we’re just madly interested. Therefore, we’d like to tell you this: If there is something you would like to see featured here, tell us! If there is anything you would like to share, let us know! If you are a designer or reseller of any interesting decor, don’t hesitate to make yourself heard! We (our internet Guru: Mike) is working on a column list of great interior/home decor blogs, if your blog wants to be there – wave! Do it! And do it by dropping a comment, use the contact form or simply send an e-mail to: mia at trendey dot com. We are all ears! Happy Wednesday!

Maybe we can apply law here! In copyright law, the term ‘threshold of originality‘ (Sw. verkshöjd) determines when a creator of a work has certain exclusive rights. Threshold of originality means that something reaches a level of artistry – it is a measure of originality, individuality and independence. The threshold of originality does not include the ideas, the subject or contents of a work, but its unique shape, expression and interpretation. Originality has to do with a reflection of the author’s/creator’s personality. You see where I’m going with this..? :)

The main characteristics of the eclectic decor style is that it radiates authenticity and originality. It is telling of its creator. Furthermore, the eclectic style has been associated some benchmarks: a mix of several styles; design elements should coordinate or have a unifying component; main decor principles should be followed; harmony created. I’m a qualified lawyer but I am no judge. So I’m turning to you: what do you say about the level of artistry in these decors, 1-5? Does the decor reach the threhold of originality?

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|All photos from real estate agents via Hemnet|

The threshold of originality is a legitimate question in the artistic eclectic category, but also in terms of interior design in general. Can the interior at all be original if you slavishly follow trends? Is originality the main objective in decor? And one step further and broader: What is Your main objective in decorating?