Miss Svendsen's colourful and wonderful Christmas universe
When one enters the Miss Svendsen and her family's home, you are met
by a diverse universe of colour, joy, funny and bold compositions. The
family consists of Rikke, owner of the shop Miss Svendsen in Vanløse,
Tormod a musician and their two girls, Mathilde and Kathrine. Rikke has
been gifted with a creative gene from childhood and she has always stood
out with her personal and colourful style. Her childhood home was
filled with recycled all-natural ingredients and the mindset has
followed Rikke her entire life. Rikke has made it one of her
characteristics to "make the ugly beautiful" - adding just a well needed
small element to create the whole... View feature
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Abigail's Party
Entertaining doesn’t have to be a Victorian extravaganza of garlands and
tartan. At her East London home, Abigail Ahern keeps it cool with muted
tones, strings of lights and flowers galore... View feature
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Modern Victorian
Sara a small-business accountant and lounge DJ, and her husband Paul,
a director of dMFK Architects, employed imagination and elbow grease to
transform a terraced house in south-east London – which had not had an
update in three decades – into a distinctly personalised space for
themselves and their young family. The couple have extended and
reinvented a dated terraced house, using creative design ideas to make
their space unique. A glass-walled courtyard, stone ‘carpet’ and
wardrobes that appear to float in mid-air are just some of the more
unusual design ideas that have been incorporated into their newly
refurbished Victorian home... View feature
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Children's Craft Christmas
What could be more special than a Christmas filled with handmade
decorations and homemade treats made with the children... Here in this
Danish house the grownups have been keeping their little ones busy with a
Christmas craft workshop. Step-by-step ideas for advent wreaths, small
decorations in delicate cups, hanging mini Christmas landscapes, silver
bells, gifts with glitter decorations, and a charming brooch for
grandma! View feature
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Feminine and Modern
The fashion designer Eymele Burgaud’s creations are both ultra feminine
and modern, sophisticated and refined. This same frame of mind and
subtle lines we can find in her apartment because it also serves as a
showroom. Some and a "We were looking for somewhere bright that would
combine a place of life and work. When we visited the apartment we found
it extremely dark and very 1970s... but we also quickly realised what
we could do. We wanted a place full of life, somewhere the gaze can
circulate.”The interior is filled with an old club armchair, large white
sofas, craft furniture, antiques and a leg of dummy... a little wink at
Eymele’s business. Everything is concealed behind large doors and
bright white or matte white. “We put a lot of thought to the choice of
materials, to keep it all very clean, very air.” At the centre of Paris
and its busy lifestyle, Eymele was able to create her own universe where
serenity reigns... view feature
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Getting dressed up for Christmas
A family preparing for Christmas at their home on the Welsh borders.
Three generations of the family get involved in seasonal decorating
which take place indoors and out, from dressing a dead apple tree in the
orchard with treats for the birds, to putting up tinsel and a tree in
the dining room and hall. The dining table is covered with baubles and
decorations that have been handed down from grandparents, to ones bought
specially for this year... View feature
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