An American Habitation Gets A Scandinavian Makeover

You may desire to pick out your difficult chapeau to today's tour! My name's Valentina as well as Niki invited me to confine inwards spell she is away (hopefully soaking upwards the Sun as well as eating tons of tapas inwards Spain!). As I'm writing this, at that spot is massive ability sawing going on inwards the background equally my novel windows acquire into the kitchen, hence nosotros welcome you lot inwards the House of Valentina, fifty-fifty if it is nether a cloud of dust!

 

You mightiness retrieve me from the terminal fourth dimension Niki as well as I were together. We spent the twenty-four hours running some Malmö as well as shot a Guide to the City as well as and hence solely weeks after our menage unit of measurement packed what lilliputian nosotros hadn't sold as well as moved. 

We lived inwards Copenhagen for six years (one of the many versions of that draw of piece of occupation solid was featured here dorsum inwards 2015!). But our fourth dimension inwards Copenhagen had come upwards to a unopen as well as nosotros establish ourselves heading dorsum to the US. We bought a draw of piece of occupation solid unopen to all the menage unit of measurement nosotros had been away from for the terminal 12 years nosotros had spent abroad as well as pick out been renovating it e'er since. You tin run across the earlier photos here. 

Leaving Scandinavia was hence difficult for us! We absolutely loved living at that spot as well as tried to pick out dorsum equally many things equally nosotros could. Even now, spell our draw of piece of occupation solid is undergoing a major renovation, nosotros discovery a
peace as well as happiness that actually is indescribable equally pick out Scandinavian mode into our American home.

In the side past times side few weeks nosotros volition complete upwards the origin flooring alongside reclaimed pino flooring as well as a build novel Scandinavian mode kitchen. We can't wait! We've for sure learned throughout the procedure of renovating that aiming for perfection is unrealistic as well as when you lot know you lot are virtually to empty the draw of piece of occupation solid to set inwards novel floors, buying tons of slice of furniture likely isn't smart.

In the meantime, though, nosotros are hence delighted to percentage a few favourite corners of our dwelling draw of piece of occupation solid fifty-fifty alongside their imperfections because Scandis are pros at making a bed on the flooring await amazing or a living room that is one-half empty await similar a ane thou 1000 bucks.

As nosotros elbow grease to channel a lilliputian of that Scandi chic, nosotros promise you lot volition come upwards as well as catch us as well as chime inwards alongside your advice virtually colours, furniture, as well as hence much to a greater extent than because fifty-fifty though I run inwards pattern making my ain determination is awful... as well as it's means to a greater extent than fun alongside friends anyways! 

Find us on YouTube, Instagram as well as our blog, House of Valentina. 

Some of my featured brands; Mobel og rum

Some of my featured colours*:

Family room as well as main bathroom: Sonic Silver

Fireplace: Nightclub

Master bedroom: Euro Gray

Boy's bedroom: Granite Boulder

Sunroom: Polar Bear

Studio: Hematite

Jack's office: NYPD 

*I purpose the Behr Marquee pigment because it comes alongside a primer inwards it. 

Some of my go-to sources for Scandinavian mode inwards the US:

DWR 

Cb2 

West Elm 

Project 62 at Target.

Valentina

PS Niki volition live on dorsum blogging in ane lawsuit again on Monday, pick out a non bad weekend!