Now that I’ve finally come around to doing some design posts every now and then, I thought it would be fun to share a handful of classic Scandinavian design pieces. These are the items that I have noticed again and again in people’s homes. In fact, I dare say that if you walk into almost any home in Sweden you…
Beautiful Things
It’s Time to Talk About Ikea
I’ve wanted to include design—interior and industrial/product—in this blog since its inception. That’s actually the main reason I included the “Beauty” category you see in the top menu. It’s taken me this long to get to it, but I’m glad to be here finally. So this is the first in what *should* become a weekly…
A Couple Swedish Singers to Love
While plenty of American music is played on the radio here in Sweden, there aren’t enough Swedish songs on the radio in America (though Jose Gonzalez is half Swedish). Of course we all know ABBA, but there’s a lot of great music being made in Sweden right now that you probably don’t know about. Here are two Swedish singers I’m…
Gorgeous Prints from Artifact Uprising
About a year ago I realized we had a problem–a major problem. We had thousands of pictures of our kids, all of which were on the computer. We had approximately zero pictures of our kids that existed out here in the real world. If we wanted to reminisce with August and Leif about their babyhood, their cousins,…
Visiting the Carl Eldhs Studio Museum in Stockholm
Last week I finally had the chance to do something I’ve been wanting to do almost since the day we moved to Stockholm: I visited the Carl Eldhs Studio Museum. It’s a small museum situated near the top of a hill in a park on the northern end of the city. The first summer we…
Thinking About Clothing
I have an uneasy relationship with clothes and style: I don’t really care about fashion and I don’t enjoy shopping, but I do like to look nice. I like the confidence that can come from wearing a well put-together outfit–I just can’t be bothered to put one together! Keeping up with fashion feels expensive and futile and energy-draining, but…