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Thoughts about a kitchen redo in the Swedish style

I am in the middle of preparing a redo design of a client’s kitchen. It has to be a completely new designed kitchen. When I suggested my clients to go for a Swedish styled kitchen and after showing them some images of what I meant, they were completely overwhelmed!

The 3 first pictures are of the kitchen situation right now. It is not a huge space, so I really have to be thoughtful about bringing in all the required kitchen appliances. But first of all I am thinking about the atmosphere, the cozyness, the colours I would love to use, the Swedish furniture I want to bring in,…

1. View from the dining corner towards the kitchen isle.

2. View from the kitchen isle towards the dining corner.

3. The window with the radiator about which I maybe have already an idea (see further in this post).

I would love to use the Swedish white-grey tones as in some inspirational images here.(Of some images I really don’t know the source. Please forgive me for using maybe one of yours!)

We really need to bring in a round table as my clients have in the dining corner at this moment, because of the lack of space to use a long straight one.

5. Image from Inspiring Interiors blog

Love all the white in this image. It brightens the room.

Here again the white colours and typical Swedish chairs.

I certainly want to hang a chandelier above the table!

8. Image from The Essence of The Good Life blog

One of my favorite images! That corner bench is so beautiful! And I love the identical checked fabric for table linen and chair upholstery.

Do you notice the window seat?

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This is the type of Swedish panelling I definitely want to bring in!

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So that is how I want to cover the radiator under the window in my client’s kitchen (see picture 3). I know that I have to use a grid on top and maybe make an opening in the skirting for heat circulation.

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Love that floor!

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Or this terracotta floor!

In a lot of Swedish houses you will notice the beautiful Gustavian benches as in the picture above!!

I really hope that I can bring in one in this kitchen.

14. Image from Brabourne Farm blog

Notice the panelling I want to use.

Maybe it would be nice to bring in a dark coloured bench to contrast with the paint of the panelling…?? Mmm, I will think about that. And hopefully I will find some place for a Swedish clock!

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What do you think about using these wall tiles?

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I also want my client to have a cabinet to display some blue-white china.

So after defining more or less the atmosphere for my client’s new kitchen, I was looking around on the internet to find some suitable Swedish furniture.

I found a few antiques dealers here in Belgium , of which on their website are showed some pieces of Swedish furniture.

At THE OLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in Antwerp, I found all this :

Gustavian bench

Late Gustavian sofa

Gustavian chairs from the province of Norrbotten

Exceptional royal clock (1785) from Skarfa Gard (Karlskrona), the summer house of the admiral of the Royal Navy.

Corner cabinet Mid-Sweden.

Gustavian 1-doors chest

Gustavian buffet

At AXEL PAIRON in Antwerp I found these beautiful pieces :

Swedish buffet

Beautiful Swedish chairs

At ODEHOF SWEDISH ANTIQUES in Riemst, I found :

Gustavian bench. Isn’t it just a gorgeous piece of funiture!! With his original patina!

And a pair of 8 Swedish chairs.

Now I have a lot of work to designing my client’s kitchen in a way that is at the same time stylish, cozy and practical!!!

I still have some thoughts about the choice of the floor and which material to use for the countertop,…

Any thoughts, remarks or ideas ? You’re welcome!

A B&B in a Swedish farmhouse

The bed and breakfast of the Swedish couple Johan Nilsson and Ulrika Hall is located in Skane, outside Stockamöllam in southern Sweden.
At the same time this couple, with their 2 children, lives in this beautiful 18th century farm, and runs an antiques business.

The mood is one of rustic simplicity, crackling fires burn in every hearth, candles cast a flickering glow over the textured walls and evergreen foliage gathered from the woodlands brings the hues of nature inside, with an all-white palette that lifts the spirits on even the darkest of days.
The house is built in a vernacular style from brick and timber.

Small potted firs add a green flourish.

The couple wanted to keep everything as authentic as possible and then stamp their own style with carefully chosen furniture and accessories.

It has low wooden-ceilinged rooms.

Candles and chandeliers and sconces light every room from breakfast to supper, while there are 6 different fire places.

Traditional Swedish china.

The white colour theme is continued with pieces of painted Gustavian furniture but nothing too decorative or elaborately carved.
The day bed is piled with pale accessories.

A stone bust suits the serene atmosphere.

Candles cast a warm glow.

Natural table in the garden room.

Beautiful detail.

A seasonal still life.

Even the main bedroom is in a white palette.

In this charming Swedish farmhouse you will find antiques, modern design and a decorative interior.

Year around bed and breakfast and a summer café in a relaxing environment.

If you want to know more about the B&B farmhouse and antiques business, please visit the website www.stenhusetantikhandel.com.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Greet

All pictures from Country Living Magazine, January 2010 issue, except the last three are from the Stenhusetantikhandel website.

Lars Sjöberg and his Swedish manor Ekensberg

Lars Sjöberg is an art historian and curator of the National Museum of Stockholm.
He is a well-known author of beautiful published books about Swedish furniture.
He is mentionned in a lot of international magazines.
In the 1990's he designed a Swedish furniture line for Ikea.
Lars Sjöberg owns 6 beautiful houses in Sweden.

The most impressive of his houses is the house Ekensberg, located on the banks of the Lake Mälaren, about 40 km away from the Swedish capital Stockholm.

The house was built in the neoclassical style and was finished in 1790. The house became a monument belonging to the very neoclassical period which invaded the country of Sweden after the return of king Gustav III from Italie in 1784.

Lars Sjöberg is renovating this house since 1976 and claims that the work is never finished!

Gustav III was living for a few years at Versailles and became passionated of the neoclassical style.
So that explains why this elegant style exploded in Sweden and why a lot of houses were built in a neoclassical way, with french, english, german and dutch influences.

The images on below are all from the house Ekensberg.

The sitting area at Ekensberg.

A Swedish bench in the entrance hall.

Beautiful chairs.

Again the red and the blue fabrics in this place.

The dining room with the typical blue colour for wall paper and tablecloth.

The sofa, dated ca. 1790, is painted in grey and the fabric is a copy of an 18 th century original fabric.
The wooden column is painted in a "faux marbre" technique.

The wall-paper designs are in a french directoire style.

And on the wall medaillons of Johan Tobias Sergel, the sculptor of king Gustav III.

Beautiful Swedish clock.

A french bed "lit à baldaquin".

On the walls you can see panels covered with a fabric with flowers and bows.

And again that blue even for the bed!

And of course a mora clock will not be absent in a Swedish interior.

I love that chair!

Another charming room.

Another beautiful clock in the house.

One of the many busts seen in the house Ekensberg.

Books published by Lars Sjöberg.

The Swedish Room

The Swedish House

And for those who are intrested in finding Swedish antiques in Belgium, I will give you the webaddress of an antiques dealer in Antwerp The Old and The Beautiful. http://www.the-old-and-the-beautiful.be.