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The Swedish fashion company Boomerang has, since the start in 1976, said to define “Scandinavian Preppy”. Their concept is a preppy style with a Swedish heritage – less sporty than the American style, yet more casual and less formal than the British style. Tonight, the Boomerang Home Collection will be previewed.. and from tomorrow Friday, it will be sold at Boomerang stores. Exiting!

| photo from Design Delight |

Those stools look very appealing! The Home collection is developed in collaboration with designer Jens Fager. And there’s a Boomerang Effect – lamps, carpets, stool-seats, etc, are made from recycled clothing and fabrics – waste material from the production of Boomerang clothing. The Boomerang Effect also means that you can return your old Boomerang garments to the store and receive a 10% discount on your next purchase – some of the returned garments will be given a second chance. Super – thank you Design Delight for sharing this news – I feel an urgent need to go there tomorrow and check it out!

IMHO, Diesel’s Liftestyle collection – the home textile and furniture & lighting range – has led a secluded existence. If my information is correct, the “home collection” is 6 months old – and I haven’t yet seen it everywhere! The furniture is manufactured in collaboration with Moroso, lighting with Foscarini and home textiles with Zucchi. There are some really nice pieces in the Successful Living design. I particularly fancy this cool stool and the lovely-coloured textile below.

At the moment, the Swedish Residence magazine is holding a vote on whether to love or hate the Diesel Nebula Nine sofa, below. This stone-washed linen sofa is “soft like a large cloud”! I couldn’t say I love it, so I reluctantly pressed hate. At the time of my vote, there were 90 participants: 79 % for love, 21 % hating. And oh, there’s a great comment to it: “The sofa looks like an unmade bed.” It surely looks inviting for a nap. Would you?

I had a plan to make a series of Study Room Details, but as my dream of a spacy apartment is increasingly fading (due to the overheated and interest-doped housing market) I now re-vistit the study room with less grandiosity. There will only be study (working) in this room – sewing, hobby-ing and crafts are consigned, at best, to a bigger model closet. I will still have the Crying boy Tee and the “Drottningen von Savannen”-poster hanging, and some String Pocket Bookshelves, but as for the rest of the interiors I figure something like this:

The pic to the left I found via Creative Activity, it’s from a house boat. I like many things in this photo: The big brown table, the sofa – I will have a day bed in my study room, for overnight guests – the lamp: a Jielde lamp attached to the roof (great inspiration!), the black table lamp (a Kartell Bourgie lamp?) and not to mention the cuckoo clock (tho I would go for a more antique model). Pic to the upper right: how I’d love to have an antique typewriter on a bureau or shelf! And of course a gold-framed chalkboard. The lower right stool – this piece of design reaches to me bluntly. The Wood & Wool Stool is made from colourful scrapwood planks with a cover that’s square pattern-crocheted cotton or nylon. It has so much character! There, my study room detail-mix in a nutshell.

My dear, until yesterday I have lived in bleak unawareness of the existence of a webshop called anyhow! Anyhow offers a hand-picked selection of goods from wellknown suppliers and less-known independent designers. When found, I could easily identify some favourites.

I regret that the industry-shabby metal stool is sold out, if not I would probably have bought one without a blink. It’s the perfect piece to imperfect a room arrangement that’s become too polished and set. I also favour the simple luminaire with fabric-cord, and I would not protest if someone put this Madonna in my house. She is stone-coloured and made of a heavy stone-like material.

Oh, and today’s bargain: the kitschy and glamorous table clock. It has a vast amount of (non-precious!) diamonds, rubies and topaz, and measures 14×14 cm. Due to some minor blemishes on the top of the item the price is reduced to approx £17 (195SEK). Anyhow, this gold-mine discovery goes beyond the Swedish borders – anyhow gladely delivers to Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Great Britain (with an extra delivery cost of 100 SEK and with an maximum weight of 3 kg).