In spring 2012′s colour scheme, faded pastels, beiges & greys are the main ingredients. Dark graphite grey provide the contrast. Add wood (preferably blonde) and glass or transparents. So says the trend oracles. Typically springish & nice! Above pic is a shoot of our dining area; pics below via sköna hem & skeppsholmen.

Love this composition! This is actually the same home as in this post (taken nearly 4 yrs ago; it’s quite cool to compare two gorgeous versions of the same room, and see how tastes & trends evolve).

Faded & beautiful. Top-trendy for spring 2012 and a slightly granny-esque or Faded Glamour vibe.

Lastly, I think the grey wall in this kitchen below is awesome.

Here’s two loungey living areas I really appreciate. First one, for its composition of textiles, the petit and retro tables, and especially for the double/overlapping rugs. I find the last-mentioned feature very trendey-ish and inspiring.

This next one suffers from the lack of quirkiness, but the combination of seating furniture is splendid in my view. I also like the slightly beige/powdry walls – they make the whole room much more beautiful and nice than white walls would have done. The same but differently coloured lamps are also a great feature, they bind the two parts of the room together in a nice way. Shame they don’t have more books in the shelves, i would love them to be packed like a library and maybe some nice art, mirrors etc sporadicly hung over it. Oh and the curtains are not there yet.

And hey, imagine that black lamp was a huge, over-sized, Jeeves & Woostery hat lamp, hung lower…With heavy curtains – maybe red or dark green velvet ones – flowing from the left and a library to the right. Then I would only miss the drinks trolley.

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This is a IKEA catalogue 2011 roundup: some interior styling details, colours and overall trend themes. We’ll start off with a couple of styling features.

Examples of tricks we knew.. :p On the whole, I think the styling in the IKEA catalogues only gets better for each year. No doubt they are keeping pace with time. As for colours, IKEA fancies red and blue in particular the year 2011.

Good choices imho! Not too exciting and groundbreaking, but lagom (you know the Swedish word ‘lagom’? It’s like a National Word. Things must be moderate and pretty average, i.e.”just the right amount”.) With that said, however, the blue armchair might be a little too blue. Anyway, in terms of interior style trends the catalogue content comprises at least two more recent, apparent ones – a follow-up on the folklore style and a partially new industrial style.

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We think that what is called eclectic style is soooo interesting we’ve given it its own category. We want to dig deeper into this: It is really the style of the times. Winds are blowing towards your own personal creativity. It is without doubt trendy/-ey, but is it anti-trend or trend-free? Not really or not yet, I’d say. Because….if you fill your home with all sorts of things you collected from all the corners of the world, paint it freely and boldly in the colours you like best, mix furniture from the local dealer, relatives’ treasures and mass productions – and season it with your best DIY-projects – you can not be sure the Interior Designer will classify your home as eclectic style. No. There are rules to eclectic style too. No 1: Design elements should coordinate. Note below the selection of rugs to the furniture, and in the last pic how the red frame mirrors the shade of the painted figure’s turban. | pics: HouseToHome |