The Helsinki home of a design blogger

I'm transporting us all to Helsinki today (now, wouldn't that be fun?) for a tour around this beautiful Finnish family home. The space belongs to the blogger behind #lagerma and has been beautifully captured by Riika Kantikoski (who's home I recently featured here). Monochrome reigns supreme against a backdrop of high ceilings and fresh white walls. Glass doors in the hallway and a lowered wall in the bedroom help to bounce light around the space. Loving the sleek white furnishings and light fixtures. What a truly fabulous home, don't you think?! 

Home owner: #Lagerma. Photography: Riika Kantikoski. Post inspired by Decordots with thanks.

Love, love, love this space! I actually once posted it here but didn't recognise it at first. And guess what....it's for sale! I know! Helsinki anyone?

Quick guide on where are a few things are from: kitchen- Molecular pendant, white Thonet 214 chairs. Sitting room- STORSELE rattan chair, Eames DAW chairs, New York print. bedroom: Hay tray table, Sebra cot. Hallway- clothing rail.

I'm well aware that this has turned into a bit of a monochrome week (on Monday it was all about the greys in Sweden and yesterday about the crisp black and white in Denmark so I promise to scour the web for some colourful home tours to complete the week! In the meantime here's a truly fabulous Australian home for a quick 'colour fix'.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered the fab One Must Dash give-away over the last few days. The winners have now been announced here!

Have a lovely day!

PS There are only a few days left to vote for My Scandinavian Home in the Amara interior Blog Awards. You'd make my day if you feel like stopping by and casting your vote here. I'm so honoured to be nominated - thank you so much to everyone who has voted so far - I'm overwhelmed! And the sponsor - luxury gifts and designer homeware store Amara! 

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A Danish home is given a fresh, monochrome make-over

I remember when we were looking to move house here in Sweden and looked around a ton of homes (which you can imagine, I loved!).  Sometimes the apartments looked so far from my own style it was hard to imagine myself living there - it can be hard to create a vision of what it could look like, but anything is possible. This Danish apartment in Køge, South of Copenhagen, belongs to Louise Oest Larsen, her husband and little girl and is a perfect example of this. Once a fairly dated space (see the 'before' picture here), the apartment has been transformed into a truly wonderful, fresh and light-filled family home using a splash of white paint, design pieces, mid-century finds and a splash of sunny yellow (that door!). Let's take a peak...

Tia Borgsmidt, with kind permission. Bolig.

Loving the graphical, monochrome look, how about you?

There are some really clever space saving solutions at work here - the white floors and walls immediately visually enlargen the apartment. Floor to ceiling shelves in the sitting room provide storage and display. And, although long and narrow, the couple have installed a built in bench in the kitchen to create a small dining nook.

There are so many pieces I know and love in this home: dining area: Eames DSW chairs, AJ floor lamp, Flos 265 wall lamp. Sitting room: Tom Dixon etch tea light holder, wall sconce candle holder, By Lassen Kubus candleholder, Lucky Boy Sunday fancy finger cushion, By Lassen Flow cushion. Kitchen: Tripp Trapp chair, Royal Copenhagen jug, letter mugs. Bedroom: wooden birds. Children's room: Sebra cot, House Doctor striped storage. Hallway: TRONES shoe storage, Muuto dots.

The Swedish artist behind the 'Creativity' print - Ylva Skarp has the most incredible home in Dalarna which I have shown previously shown here and here.

When we moved into our house there was some crazy stuff going on with colours - including blue walls and green ceilings. Since then we've painted the entire house white, lighten the floors and built an extra wall! What was your home like when you first bought / rented it?

Have a lovely day! 

PS could you paint your door a zesty yellow?

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