A beautifully renovated Finnish cabin

Spring has sort of arrived in Scandinavia and summer cottages are starting to be prepped for weekend visits and the wonderful month of July. This newly renovated cottage in the Finnish archepelegoes belongs to the editor behind inspiring blog Time of the Aquarius, and her partner and three children. It really has been a labour of love through the winter (trust me, I've seen the 'before' pictures!) but the work they've done so far is simply stunning.

Time of the Aquarius

The cottage is about three hours from their home (by car and ferry) and they plan to spend their long summer days their with their three children. How idyllic! Do you have a summer cottage or a weekend retreat?

Before I shoot off for the weekend, I have an important announcement......

.....the Lucky winner of the fab ML Design industrial pendent light (drum roll please...) is Britta Högström. Mette will be in contact with you to organise delivery. Thank you to everyone who entered!

And here's my round-up of fab not-to-be-missed interior news from the web:

If there's one interior site you must visit this weekend it's this Tumblr - it made me laugh so much. Thanks for the tip Mariela!

If you love Finnish style (errr hello!) and a great make-over, check out Varpunen for a fab before and after.

I have a friend who has been talking about getting a new sofa for two years (not even an exaggeration, it could be longer). This uber cool list of top ten sofas is for you Ullis.

And finally, because we all love a home tour.....check out this East London home tour courtesy of Living Etc complete with beautiful Wishbone chairs. And a beautiful Scandinavian inspired Melbourne home.

I hopy you all have a wonderful weekend! See you Monday!

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Sneek peek: Covet Garden interior

You know it's a beautiful morning when....the sun is shining, it's nearly the weekend and the latest edition of Covet Garden pops into your mail! For those of you who haven't subscribed to this fab online interior magazine, here's a sneek peek into Michelle and Glen's home from the latest edition.....

Photography: Valerie Wilcox for Covet Garden with kind permission. 

LOVE the hallway. Must be the gold and raspberry colour combination. And look at that collection of vintage fans? Beauty in numbers. And just  imagine how cool you'd keep on a hot summers day? Ha! Do you collect anything?

Have a lovely sunny day!

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Swedish home tour: white with splashes of colour

This sunny Swedish home currently for sale through Stadshem is doing the blog rounds and I maybe a couple of days late to the party but never one to miss out on an all white apartment (especially when it features so many Scandinavian design pieces and pops of colour!).



Stadshem (also seen on 79 ideas and Feel Inspired)

Get the look?
Pick-up  the Eames RAR and Eames DSW chairs at Design Collectors (15% off with code MYSCAN!), the barcelona chair and Bestlite wall lamp from Nest and the Flower  Pot VP3 table lamp from Finnish Design Shop.  The fab Enzo Mari La Pera print is available here. Try the cute yellow and white Svenskt Tenn elephant cushion.

Do you have a favourite corner / item?

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