Although bright pops of bold blue and orange are scattered throughout the house, the colors are generally simple and bare to echo the landscape outside. While the more pale palette connects with the outdoors, the blue and orange accents throughout the home were designed as elements of comfort and nostalgia — they remind the clients of the time they spent living in China and of the summer days they spent at a nearby beach.

The sauna is a Swedish invention (even the Vikings took saunas), and the look of unfinished wood paneling seen in a sauna can be carried into the home as well. It's clean and unfussy, but it adds warmth and texture.

Swedish Modern

materials

The books

Bright shelving - could look really nice with a colored or white wall behind it

light colored concrete floor, hooks embedded into wall, stone? windowsill...

Colors

Blue contrast shelving

clean design and pop of color

Blue

cool contrast

Ceiling

Bright bookcase

half wood floor half tile

Blue c unfinished wood

Beau style béton et bois

simplicity

blue and beech

clean space

colorful bookcase for beach house

window-can do it like this?

blue

Contemporary use of wood paneling, blue accents on white

John

wood + blue

The coat racks... One for adults... One for kids...

color

Blue looks good with pine and white.

Soothing

Natural wood

unfinished wood, knots and all!

Like use of wood paint colour

studio

like light simple pine, white plaster, with blue and/or other color accents used sparingly. Like the simplicity

color

blue color

joann's

scandinavian house

Blue book shelf

natural wood with accents of color

Shelves color

Modern Style Decorating Styles How to Get That Modern Scandinavian Look It's not all stark design and clean lines. Scandinavian decorating is surprisingly warm and ventures well beyond white Follow Samantha Schoech I am a former magazine editor specializing in travel and design. I just... More » 17 Bookmark Like Email Embed Click "Embed" to display an article on your own website or blog. Share: I just spent three weeks in Sweden and Denmark, where good design is woven into the DNA of the culture. But while we may be familiar with the famous names of Scandinavian design, there is still the question of putting a room together. How do we achieve that warm but clean look? Here are a few pointers. What you need to decorate like a Scandinavian: 1. Wood. There is no such thing as wall-to-wall carpet in Sweden. Warmth comes from wood and area rugs, and shoes are never worn inside the house. 2. Light, light and more light. We stayed in a house with 20 hours of daylight and not a single window treatment. There is no such thing as too much light. 3. White walls. Bright white is the color of choice in Scandinavia (but don't worry, there's still a lot of color). 4. Accent color. It's not as stern as all that. In fact, Scandinavian design is playful and fun. Colorful rugs, art, furniture and flowers abound. The backdrop might be white, but color is everywhere. 5. A mix of styles and eras. While Scandinavian design is known for clean, geometric lines, that doesn't mean there isn't room for an ornate chandelier or a flamboyant Louis XVI chair in the mix. 6. A fireplace. No Swedish home is complete without a fireplace or a stove. eclectic dining room Lake House in The Berkshires Add to ideabook Natural wood is ever present in modern Scandinavian design. Even upholstered furniture keeps its wooden bones exposed. And wood always looks great with bright white. modern entry by LASC Studio Add to ideabook by LASC Studio by LASC Studio The sauna is a Swedish invention (even the Vikings took saunas), and the look of unfinished wood paneling seen in a sauna can be carried into the home as well. It's clean and unfussy, but it adds warmth and texture.

Shelves

Bright blue cottage

vertically oriented.... orient diagonally for stairs?

Piso madera y pared blanca

continue wall material to ceiling

All white wood

shelf

We like the colors, natural

floor and hooks

bois

love the untreated wood....

Lovely color for shelving

propere manier om haken te zetten in de gang

Built-ins

Wood juxtaposed with teal

Swedish influence

Azul, blanco y madera

the simple thing

knotty Pine contrasting Lake Blue

Blue accent shade on wood

the wood layout along walls and ceiling is a great idea, wish there were more angles to view.

Bright color of the shelving unit.

How would the concrete and wood flooring react to changing seasons?

Turquoise Olof shelves.

Cor estante home office

like the built ins and the use of color

Country

Natural wood. Color.

stuff

Love the shelf in this photo. can build and pain this ourselves

Wood and color.

Wood panelling and bold blue = Yurp!

Reuse of materials, Accent Color

Clean sharp lines.

Light wood

Tone

Sfeer wand

the color

pine wood

Bookcase color

love!! looks airy light floating water and fire elements

Strong color with neutral wood

wooden floors, walls, ceiling

Accent shelves

ccolor para tom

blue shelves

Painted Shelf in bold color

color

Front entry

Unfinished wood paneling; blue shelves

Darker blue shelf with light blue backing

Wood paneling

turquoise shelves

Tim and Emilee's colors

good colour for shelves

your use of bamboo onwalls reminds me of this

Blond wood walls

wood on walls

Love the wood and the blue.

שילוב של לבן עץ וצבע

the wood color

window sill

Colored book shelf

blue bookshelves

Concrete entrance beside wood

blue bookshelf?

whole thing

White walls with wood panelling like in a sauna - Scandanavian style

I like the bright book shelf and wonder if it would be ok in the dining room.

brightly colored shelf

BOOKSHELF COLOR

beautiful wood

basement bedroom wall

שילוב התכלת עם כל העץ

blue shelf

flooring and wall treatment

unfinished wood ceiling, walls

wood

for the cabin

walls and floor

מדפים תכולים

ceiling

wood and white

estante

windowsill

book cases in color

the colors

Great use of wood and colored bookshelf.

natural wood with color accent

sauna

玄関

Repisa

wood

Blue

wood and concrete floor. color pop.

Fun

Do everything Pine for stairs down to basement ceiling, walls, steps!

Floor

Color

Contrast between color and wood

Color match

nice light simplicity

Simple is beautiful

Pop of color adjacent to natural wood

This amazing crisp blue in this neutral field!

Two level Hooks

Color accent

librero

Color scheme

Downstairs

pine floors

color of shelves

Minimalism

pop of color, matching books

Colori

I like the pop of blue with the neutral colors

Pine? Like!

Although bright pops of bold blue and orange are scattered throughout the house, the colors are generally simple and bare to echo the landscape outside. While the more pale palette connects with the outdoors, the blue and orange accents throughout the home were designed as elements of comfort and nostalgia — they remind the clients of the time they spent living in China and of the summer days they spent at a nearby beach.

Downstairs bedroom area

color blue

clean

color

simple lines

color scheme

Like the thick window detail

wood and concrete

Color for gibbs

color

a ni fino?

Swedish minimalism and color

bare, blond wood

Farben im Haus

Subdued background and the lovely blue

Colour of shelves, open space, light, empty

Colored shelving in minimalist area