You may have noticed my background is a little different in this video! We had a burst pipe in my old apartment 😭 and we are in an Airbnb for a couple of months. So the house tour I had planned is put on hold until the new year! Sorry folks! ❤️
Sorry to hear your news...Yet, on the bright side, it's an opportunity to make some decor changes. Hope it won't take too long to get back into your home.
There is also variation within the Scandinavian style that’s worth pointing out. For example, the Danish style has more international mid-century elements with metal materials (see Arne Jacobsen), the Swedish style is generally more derived from traditional carpentry and more of a modernist interpretation of a traditional style (see Carl Malmsten and Josef Frank), and the Finnish style is a bit of a mix of the two being very much based on wooden techniques-like the Swedish style-but with more avant garde forms like the Danish style (See Alvar Aalto). Really enjoying your videos!
Actually this I think is crucial as both add more saturation - the Danish in the teak, the Sweden in the prints. I know very few Swedes who do lights neutrals only. There is usually something very colourful somewhere
I grew up in Northern Europe. We love white, cream, beige, light, big windows, open windows and doors, candles, heaters, fireplaces, plants inside, wood smell, macrame, straw, wool, linen, evergreen branches, but also anything green winter time like cranberry bush. It's ok to bring anything inside from outside - plants, sticks and stones and even animals. Parents made us take the animals back. As far as color goes, we were happy with yellow sun, green forest/grass and blue sea/sky. Orange/red sunset was extra special.
Yes here in Scandinavia carpets are considered dirty and disgusting. We don't wear shoes indoors and need our floors to feel clean. Therefore carpets doesn't add the feeling of coziness to us. So not that weird when you think about it 😀
I agree. I hate carpeting because feet should be clean and germ free. My feet are Scandinavian and my heart loves a very eclectic look. It is challenge when every apartment I have ever rented in California has wall to wall carpeting. Very disgusting.
@ExposingMiLabs Sometimes people have heating in the floors but definitely not the majority, and house shoes aren't that common. We just like bare floors and wood is actually quite warm.
@ExposingMiLabs in new houses it's a lot more common to have heated floors. Old homes; not so much. That's the first thing my husband and I did when we renovated our house, heated flooring is amazing in winter ☺️ we would never consider carpets though. The only place I've ever seen carpets as flooring in Scandinavia is in hotels 😂
@ExposingMiLabs we don't use top sheets, since we change the duvet sheets on a regular basis 😅 until I saw a video about differences from Britain to the US (in regards to bedroom stuff) I didn't even know what a top sheet was 😂 that's probably why they looked at you like an alien, they have no clue what you were talking about 😉 I hope you're able to come back to Scandinavia again. I love my home country Norway, I hope you get to visit someday ☺️
@ExposingMiLabs If you ever get to go to Svalbard, Longyearbyen - you should. I grew up there, and in dark winter the northern lights are beautiful! Tromsø is also very nice ☺️ ofc the fjords. The country looks so different from south to north, so experiencing one isn't enough 😉 Hehe. Yes, take a top sheet with you. We just don't have those. We have one duvet for summer and one for winter, and that's that. And yes, we use 100% cotton covers, and some - if they like it - use flannel. It's also nice in winter, when it's almost snowing inside (we still have the windows open, don't care how cold it is). I hope you're able to travel here someday ☺️
I love the Scandi style, but I recently discovered “Japandi” style. I would love to see a video on that since I think it’s going to be all over the place in 2021
I second this. I just purchased a home recently and I'm loving the Japandi style [although I think the name is tacky haha], Would love to hear more about it
This is hands-down best interior channel!!! You're super informative. I am a mix of boho and minimalist style, would love to see a more detailed video on that.
I love how informative you are, without being condescending. You acknowledge that people have differing tastes, and one preference is not better than another. Thank you. You have a new subscriber in me 💚
I've always loved Sandnavian design. I'm adopted but my adoptive father is Finnish and visiting my grandparents home as a kid I just loved it. It was so beautiful the Finnish traditional style. My Ukki made his own furniture, all wood, he even built the house all on his own.
In north Norway the sun is gone for some places more than two months in mid winter. It gets dark around 2 - half past 2 pm, we have a kind of dim daylight between 10 am and 2 pm. In Svalbard it's even darker, but then we have sun around the clock in mid summer.
"affordable" in Scandinavia we are all about the designer furnitures and that my friend, is not affordable 😭I think something to remember is that though it's simple we care a great deal about quality and design here, the things you do have are often timeless classics and people do care to have the real deal. Also, I love colour, like actual colour, you can definitely incorporate colour in Scandinavian design, I usually do it in small items, like pillows and blankets and posters cause they can be easily changed but I never compromise on furniture and get something colourful there. And please do get curtains, when it's dark out it's very very easy to look inside your home and see EVERYTHING and privacy is important 😂
Soooo true... chair from Gubi 500€, table from Muuto 2000€, sofa from Menu 4000€.... that’s not affordable😂 But from the moment you try one of the real deals, you never look back❤️
Oh yeah we love our designer stuff! 😂 While not being affordable I think when buying designer we're buying things to last us a lifetime and be timeless so imo it will be worth it in the end. I've gotten some very expensive designer stuff from my parents that they bought in the 80's and those pieces are still sold today.
hahah I remember when I was on a trip to Norway and I was riding a train near Trondheim I could see ALL the interiors via gigantic windows! I tried not to stare, but they were just so cute...
I think with Scandi as a style it is more heavy on IKEA and similar which is relatively affordable depending on which furniture you chose. Of course it is a income angle there and the bigger cities like Stockholm will likely have way more expensuve furniture than more rural/countryside. Also, I feeling pulling curtains together isn’t as common here excluding bedrooms. Instead we more often have blinders (persienner) we pull down to shield from view and sunlight.
As a Scandinavian (Stockholm, Sweden) it is really interesting to learn about what people in the North America considers “Scandinavian style”. I think all the furniture in my home are designed in Sweden or Denmark, with some design elements from Finland added. However, it certainly doesn’t look much like the what you showed in this video. For instance, I have no issues at all using printed curtains or throw pillows. And I love to use art and kitchen utensils that I picked up when traveling.
I visited Sweden and I loved the traditional Carl Larson style. I’m not a fan of modern and have no understanding of the present fascination with gray. It’s everywhere and not Scandinavian cozy. Someone mentioned that it’s interesting to see what others consider Scandinavian. There are as many variations of Scandi as there are American styles.
As a Swede i feel like Swedes LOVE 1950s design. Everyone i know have a lot of old tables, lamps, bookshelves etc. Maybe it's Still minimalistic bit def more cozy and warm with that teak color
Watching this as a Scandinavian really shows how subjective "traditional" is, because of course we find the Scandinavian design aesthetic to be classic and traditional here. XD Still loving the video!
I’ve been stressing out trying to figure out my own style without spending all this money on something I’m not sure about. Your videos are so helpful thank you so much for the tips and tricks.
Blending Scandinavian & MCM together creates a warm, inviting & interesting look if balanced properly. Scandi can appear bland, but add a MCM rug or art work and you now have pizazz!
that is actually what most Scandinavians will consider #Scandinavian interior design" or actually "Scandinavian interior styling" as the term Scandinavian design is only used on designer items and more precisely the Scandinavian mid century modern design items is what we call Scandinavian design because that is how it started and everything else comes from that in terms of design in the Nordic countries, but anyway in styling our homes we mix MCM and contempoary, old and new, expensive and cheap , simple and rustic
"Despite living in a tropical country (Brazil), I really like the Scandinavian style, given the fact that I live in São Paulo, where we can have four seasons in one day. For this reason, I enjoy the style that Scandi provides. Not only does it give a timeless, modern style, but it also creates a cosy atmosphere."
Scandinavian design sounds perfect for me...light airy simple yet cozy...no fussy details love it💕 your videos are so helpful and informative Thanks for sharing with us all😊 your awesome! Always look forward to and enjoy watching! My favorite channel on design 🤗👍
Having just watched this and your mid-century modern video and realising these styles aren't for me, I would love to see you do cottage and traditional style videos! 😊
Done right Scandinavian can be cosy, unfortunately it rarely is and ends up feeling cold to me. Most Scandinavian homes I've visited in Norway and Sweden had a very distinct summer and winter feel. All light and bright in summer, but winter saw the addition of deep, rich colours and chunky textures to the light backbone. It's hard to pull off a good winter Scandinavian if you don't have a fireplace or wood stove; the sight, sound, warmth and smell of a wood fire is so important!
As a Norwegian, I mix my typical Scandinavian design house/style with muted coloured velvets. We have alot of oak (ofc, which Scandinavian doesn't). Atm many scandi houses that are refurbished have more dark colours, and combine more blacks and industrial with scandi style. It's a very pretty combo ☺️ and yes. We don't have carpets, but most new/refurbished houses have heated wooden flooring. We love our wood. And fireplace☺️
I live in the North of Norway (above the Arctic circle) and I approve this video, haha! About the light, we have 0 hours of sunlight in the winter and sunlight 24/7 in the summer. So the two extremes! There are even reindeer that live near my town and northern lights in winter. We definitely value our homes and having cosy homes. 😊
WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF COLOUR :) And also, curtains are crucial (at least for bedrooms). While in december it may get dark at four (I'm in southern Scandinavia), in June it's only dark between 1 am and 4 am. So if you like sleep ...
I love this style, could you possibly do a video like this on industrial style? I don’t find much videos on industrial design and I would love to watch something like that.
One of the more interesting books I've thrifted is called High-Tech by Joan Kron & Suzanne Slesin. It's from 1978 and mostly black and white, but it's got a lot of ideas about commercial/industrial products that could be used in the home, if that's the kind of industrial style you're into. (Like steel shelving, factory lights, laboratory glassware)
Absolutely the best interior channel. I love your straightforward, to the point, informative videos. I also love the Canadian content you add to every video. . I hope to see a video on boho chic, more feminine style one day. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so generously.
I wish I would’ve found your channel before I did my flooring a year ago!!!! I couldn’t figure out my design til I already put in the dark flooring and a year later wishing I could lighten it up because I absolutely love this color palette.. this and Japandi style. And well if I had lighter flooring it would’ve been better.
2:33 this is exactly why I like Scandinavian style. I think minimal furniture and white colour palette makes home look clean and sharp. I currently live with my parents since I’m a teen and this home is so traditional, packed and cluttered all around. It makes me stressed and since Im in charge of cleaning things I’m never satisfied with how it looks 😭
Hi Nick! Just discovered your channel and you are awesome!! So nice to see another Canadian too!! Your videos are really top notch. Looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you for this video. I am decorating a beach house in Scandinavian/minimalist style. I’ve already made some mistakes but your video has set me on a better path. I look forward to your videos every week. Happy Holidays.
I have a small thing to add about curtains, I would add that blackout curtains should also be part of the style out of necessity, as in summer in the northern part of Europe the sun rises as early as 3-4am.
As a Scandinavian 🇧🇻 I agree with a lot of these points, but there are some things I would like to add. - Cream is really not common in scandi style, if it is used it's usually a cold cream. Cool tones are more common than warm tones. Warm tones usually comes from natural items like wood furniture. - Carpets are used in scandi homes, but with purpose. Single colour, boho or oriental rugs are the most common in actual scandinavian homes. - Yes, we only get a few hours of daylight here, if any. In the north of Norway there is no daylight what so ever in the middle of the winter, but here in Bergen it's dark by 15:30. So outdoor Christmas lights (mainly warm white string lights) are super common to use to decorate outside. - Scandi homes usually have at least a couple old (often inherited) vintage pieces. It's great to break it up with some texture and character so it doesent get too modern and looking more minimalist.
more recent trends I've been seeing for scandi homes is the incorporation of warmer tones like beige in walls, furniture etc. Cooler tones are still relevant but not as 'trendy' and is taking the back seat of things. Just my thoughts and observations.
Found your channel a few days ago and I’m already binging it! Such good tips! I fell in love with Scandi Design while living in Norway and I’ll definitely incorporate some of it when I finally get my own apartment!
I am a new sub, and I'm so happy I found you. I've been binge watching your videos because I'm in the process of redecorating, and I have found your videos to be helpful. I know this is an older video, but I would love to see this style of video about the dark, moody, romantic style you mentioned. I'm going for that vibe, however, I'm feeling a bit lost/overwhelmed lol! Have a lovely day! 💙
You're speaking my language, Nick! Love, love, love Scandinavian design! 😁 I don't care my geographical location is not ideal for it. I'm going Scandi!! I'd like to incorporate these bar stools that I have inherited and are chrome and burgundy. Not sure how I'm gonna pull that off, will definitely keep the burgundy to the 10% (in the 70/20/10 color design theory). 🤔 Will be following the rest of your tips, though. 😉 Thank you so much for the advice and the links! Excellent video, as always!! 😁👍
I'm sure you will find a way! I know, I actually find myself being drawn to Scandinavian design too! I think it's all this time being spent at home this year. It's just created such a real sense of wanting a relaxing and comfortable home that you can feel cozy in, y'know?
Thank you for this informative video. I really love the way you explain your subject : clear, concise, well-formatted and well-researched. Other RU-vidrs have a lot to learn!
I recently discover this channel, and I've found myself binge watching your videos, I've loved everything so far, the way you put everything in a such simple way to understand, and just go directly to the point, is perfection, to me, congratulations!!! I would also like to make a video request, I've found myself really loving this Scandinavian and also mid century modern aesthetic, but since I live in a south american country without seasons, and in a very hot town, the whole year it makes around 30° C (86° F) and it is a town by a river (not a beachy environment), I wouldn't know how to apply this decoration here, since everything of the styles that I like seems to be more directed to the cold weather, I'd like to see how you would apply this styles in hot weather, without necessarily leaning to the coastal aesthetic. Thank you so much for your content!
Thank you, thank you so much Nick. I appreciate this entire series of design styles. I have been lost until now. I am happy to say that after watching your videos, I’ve discovered my style 😍 is mostly Scandinavian with some Mid Century Modern into it. 🙏🏼🙏🏼😍😍 By the way I found you through one of Arvin’s video’s where you made a sassy comment. 🤭😄🤣💚💋
This described my style to a T! I just sprinkle in muted blues and greens to add in a Pacific northwest coastal vibe since I live by white rock beach in a 1 bed loft (fellow British Colombian).
@@sl3772 Going to have to respectfully disagree, as a fellow British Columbian in Victoria, which is I think one of the most South West locations in Canada. We often hear announcers on PBS out of Seattle refer to their area as The Pacific Northwest, which it is, in the United States. I think you could say that Prince Rupert is in the Pacific North west, but over all, it seems to be a phrase used when referring to parts of Washington state. I think it has bled over the Canadian Southwest border. 😊
Thank you for these very informative videos! And also for adding so many pictures/videoclips to make it interesting. It helps understand your point. Keep going, love it
Some might disagree, but I think the reason a lot of us don't use carpets much is that most of our bathroom piping is infested with silverfish that munch on natural textile and sometime wander outside the bathroom, so it's best to keep floors clear. We just wear slippers or thick socks with non-slippery rubber soles to keep our feet warm when needed. If you really want to make your home look scandinavian, it's not so much about the colour palette and whatnot, but more about details and quality. For example, most scandinavian homes have at least one Nordic (we like Finland too) design classic, whether it's a Dala horse, a Morderna poster, a PH lamp, Rörstrand plates, a Gustavian painted cupboards, a sink waste gatherer, a cheese slicer, or Marimekko fabric etc. We all have at least one of these and we can spot scandi interiors right away by recognising them. Design is part of our cultural heritage, we often inherit those objects from our parents, and shops are never out of stock of them. If you go visit a Swede for instance, their home might just as likely be neutral and minimal or have warm colours with lots of wall art and flea-market finds, but you'll always find one of these design classics somewhere. We also tend to put accent lights on our windows in the winter, preferably the same type as everyone else in the building, for homogeneity. And traditionally we have little flags in the summer. Not because of nationalism but as a way to greet the warmer season and guests. We have them on our xmas trees too. It's just meant to be festive. Another thing: if you see something at IKEA that you don't consider to be Scandinavian, it just means that your definition of the style is too narrow (possibly restricted to modern Danish), because IKEA is the quintessential scandi store.
I’m loving the Scandinavian style I just got Scandinavian chairs for my dining room I love all of your videos they’re so great and gives so much good info straight to the point and I love the photos that you provide I’m so glad that I subscribed!!!!
Agree on your shopping recommendations but very mixed feelings on Rove concepts. While all the others do their own Scandi designs that are inspired by the origins you mention in the video, Rove does pure knock-offs of the classics like the Wegner wishbone chairs, Jacobsen Egg chair, Saarinen womb chair, etc. To me this is like buying counterfeit designer handbags. A lot of these items can be found vintage on ebay or other auctions, or it could be worth investing in a couple of pieces that are the real thing if this is your style. Design within Reach carries quite a few of these.
Watching this whole playlist to figure out what kind of style I even currently have in my home😄So far I think I'm somewhere between Scandinavian and Boho? Lots of simple wooden furniture + a few thrifted and diy elements and colourful wall art. Thanks for helping me sort of put a name to it so I can buildl on that! 🙃
Your videos are SO informative and helpful. We’re moving into our first home this Friday and have been kind of lost with how we want to decorate. Your channel is helping me find our style and learn tips to create a beautiful space. Thank you!
As a lazy person... a good benefit of scandinavian design is that the simplicity and open spaces makes it really easy to clean. Yup. That's my nr one criteria. Easy to keep clean.
Thank you 🙏 for sharing this design! Would you be willing to do one with Japanese and Scandinavian interior design together? I am forgetting the name for it!!
I absolutely love your channel!❤️ I’m definitely a Scandinavian girl, but I do like pops of the Luxury look here & there lol Can you share information on a Scandinavian/Glam mixed home design? Thanks! 😊
Love your channel. Thanks for the tips. I wish there was an Ikea near where I live, but since there's not, I just thrift where I can and look for Scandinavian decor and such. Im also a minimalst so this style suits our home quite well.
Your videos are really helpful for me, the way you talk about interior design gives tons of answers for me. Could you please make a video about how to decorate coastal too?
Wood floors are warm. Tile is cold. Also a lot of people have underfloor heating... I have wood flooring and rugs.. Just the normal heating pipes running under the floors to the radiators keeps it warm. I use bordeaux, bottle green, midnight blue.. And have scandinavian style.. It works great
If you're a Scandinavian yourself you can see differences between the styles in our countries. Swedes tend to like white neoclassical pieces (sekelskifte), big tile stoves if you're lucky to have one. Danes are more midcentury modern with a lot of pieces from their own designers, they can sometimes be a bit more bold in their choices than Swedes. But a pretty spot on video. And take your shoes off indoors, no self respecting Scandinavian wears shoes indoors.
SO sorry about your burst pipe! That's awful! But you are a GENIUS about all this decorating stuff. Thanks for this video about Scandinavian design. It was wonderful. And I LOVE that you gave us some vendors to go to for appropriate products. You just rock! And if you're looking for direction about future content, do you think you could do a video about Transitional Style? Or one that focuses on Midcentury Modern? I'd LOVE both of those. Thanks for all you do for us poor non-designer types out here. We greatly appreciate YOU!
Oh thank you so much Sheila - I really needed that comment right now! ❤️ So I have plans for both! I am doing a deep dive in mid-century modern like this one in the next few weeks and I am doing another top 10 design styles overview video where Transitional will be covered!
Beautiful design here! I'm watching all your different design style videos to figure out where to start in my home. I don't want to have to do a particular design style because I have knotty pine walls and ceilings. I'm not going with farm house and I'm not paiting over them :) Thanks for posting so many videos.
I just discovered your channel and love how you talk and explain things. You have a really likable voice! But I hate it when these design styles are explained like they existed in a vacuum. Scandinavian design isn’t just one thing, and it isn’t in contrast to styles like mid-century modern (MCM). For one thing, Scandinavian design and MCM are deeply intertwined because Scandinavian designers (and manufacturers) of the mid-1950ies were very influential figures in MCM. Similarly, Japandi has become an online trend but its principles are actually pretty old, because Scandinavian and Japanese design have a *long* shared history. And when “farmhouse” is mentioned, people usually mean “American farmhouse” - but many things you see in articles about Scandinavian design could also be referred to as “Scandinavian cottage/country”. Keeping these terms separate gives easy 101 introductions but I think to fully understand them and take advantage of them, one needs to understand how many of these interior styles are interconnected.
So my style is very Scandi-meets-Mid-Century. I love the open, natural, earthy, comfy, and purposeful/functional aspect of scandi with the design lines and geometric shapes and wood finishes of the mid century furnitures and decor. HOWEVER haha my girlfriend has a style that is Industrial-meets-Boho. She loves bare wood and exposed iron and brick, but natural materials like jute and cotton and plants everywhere! We are trying to make our apartment feel like a happy combination of our styles and your videos are helping so much! I would love if after you finish these deep dives into each style, maybe you could do common combinations of different styles and what elements of each overlap and where to focus on blending the styles together!! Your video on combining two styles was helpful but i need more examples that breaks down the similarities of different designs 😊 loving your videos! Ive never subscribed to a channel faster than after discovering yours ❤️
Thank. Terrific info on design. I have a typical condo gas fireplace and would like to make it more scandi. Would love to see what you could do with affordable fireplace redesign
