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I'm Swedish. Okay, half-Swedish.  But I relate the most to my Swedish relatives…   And here we go…this new-to-me blog is a Swedish blog!  It's called Green Is the New Black.  I love Sofia's personal style, and she has a bedroom I'll be using for inspiration for mine.  Here's a sampling of photos from her blog.  I hope you'll visit her.

[In my bedroom, I have a huge walk in closet in which I feel claustrophobic when I enter it.  So upon the advice of organizer Laura Cattano who suggested I decide if the closet should be for clothing or non-clothing storage, I am going with clothing in the bedroom itself (ha! that sounds like clothing optional then in the closet..I mean clothing STORAGE in the bedroom) and the closet will be more like a storeroom for the odds and ends from my apartment: yearbooks, photos, papers, files, mementos, out of season clothing, etc. (ooh..is that allowed, Laura?!). So then I saw the bedroom on Green Is the New Black and found a room which will be my inspiration as I set up my bedroom.]

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Orange chairs!  Love it.  And putting small appliances on the windowsill?  Creatively lovely.

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Open storage.  It works!

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See that orange bowl in the background?  Beautiful.

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I'm jealous of this white cabinet that she found for this corner.  What a great storage piece!

images: sofia of green is the new black    

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4 responses to “a fun, new-to-me blog: green is the new black”

  1. Russian Doll Avatar

    I’m Swedish and I love Swedish design πŸ™‚ It’s just great! Scandinavian design is great! Especially the retro stuff and the super sleak modern stuff.
    Do you speak Swedish, where do you live?
    You said you were half Swedish, what’s the other half?
    I just got really curious! πŸ™‚
    They have a simular cabinet in IKEA
    http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90116176
    I have it in red πŸ™‚

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  2. Sunny Avatar

    I do have a fondness for Scandinavian design. Β Without even knowing about it when I was 10, I was asking my parents to paint my bedroom furniture a glossy white…. I wanted to be surrounded by white and pretty colors even as a child! Β Who knew I was just following my family background!
    And naturally, I love IKEA and have been coveting that cabinet forever! Β πŸ™‚

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  3. Russian Doll Avatar

    response to comment:
    haha it’s funny that you say that. my little sis that that when I showed her the photo too but it took me a while to see it πŸ™‚ I wish it WAS that big πŸ˜‰

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  4. Brenda Copeland Avatar
    Brenda Copeland

    I love this whole apartment. I like having different chairs at the table. Oh, btw – I like the mud room @ Jannes house.

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