A rich and wonderful antique store and gallery in Bornholm, Denmark, filled with beautiful vintage things and handcrafted pieces of art in various forms. I would have loved to take home that tile mural, but it was extremely heavy. Next time I’ll make it happen. Enjoy the textural beauty!
I LOVE the new background image for my scandinavian kitchens & design blog. Here is the original image I took it from. I had wandered around back roads to discover a wonderful view of rooftops and the sea in Bornholm, a tiny island off the coast of Denmark.
Tile in a shower in a gorgeous, stylish, new hostel in Copenhagen that my two boys stayed at while attending a family event. A common tile pattern in Scandinavia, simple and rectilinear. (image by Susan)
I can tell you that Scandinavian design means lots of interesting color combinations…just for the fun of it. This combination works beautifully. Medium warm blue/gray, white as a foundation, and then a shot of red. Why not??
For kitchen inspiration, let’s see: I’m thinking white cabinetry, a blue/gray finish on a wood floor and small touches of red, or hey, maybe a red hood over the cooktop in one red block. Sometimes when you tie in color too evenly and balanced, it’s a touch contrived, which leads me to the red hood idea… Soft gray for countertops and backsplash and white walls round it out. (image by Susan)
This is Part I of a series on Scandinavian grays - images I took in Scandinavia of grays used in different ways on different materials. The real thing! I hope it is inspiring.
Above: Rich, dark, gray sign, against lighter and warmer shades (image by Susan)
Above: Here it looks more blue than gray because it’s against a warm shade. With a bluer blue next to it, the door would appear very gray (image by Susan)
Above: Who doesn’t love the herringbone pattern? (image by Susan)
Above: Ever so soft gray… (image by Susan)
Above: Seems to be a more gray/brown shade (image by Susan)
Above: That deep, rich, tint-of-blue gray is just beautiful (image by Susan)
More exterior color inspiration for our interiors. So many possibilities for the use of these colors - what if the cabinetry in a kitchen was painted in the creamy caramel shade and the wood floors were painted in the deep turquoise? I think that would be unexpected and stunning. OR, the lower cabinets were deep turquoise and everything above, including surrounding walls in shades of cream caramel? Mosaic tile in the deep turquoise would be beautiful, even in just one area, say, over the range or cooktop, perhaps with everything light. (Image by Susan)
