Weekly Wrap-Up: The Organized Home, Scandi Style

Here, in the Northeast, the spring equinox has come and gone, but we’re still awaiting the arrival of warmth and sunshine. Thank goodness this week of Scandi design, across all three sites, brought a host of soothing and airy Nordic style to hold us over.

Simmons Living Room — Above: Remodelista contributing editor Izabella Simmons shared images from her labor of love, her beautifully remodeled home in Little Rock, Arkansas. It’s filled with thrifty and stylish storage solutions, like this vintage French brass vitrine, which she bought from a toy store that was going out of business. She lined the back of it with Swedish botanical prints. See Before & After: Remodelista Contributing Editor Izabella Simmons Shares Her Scandi-Inspired Remodel. Photograph by Matthew Willams.

The built-in bench with a high shelf in Detour Café, in Canada, is just stunning. See Mjölk Made: A Canadian Cafe Gets a Scandi Revamp from Toronto’s Cult Design Couple.
A new line of kitchen cabinets that can be painted any color—now and years from now? Sign us up! The firm, Stilleben Kitchen, also sells great wall-mounted shelves. See Kitchen of the Week: The Updatable Kitchen from Stilleben Kitchen in Copenhagen.
The case for dishwasher drawers. See Hygge Supply: The Kit House Reimagined from Northern Michigan.
Armed with a pegboard and chalkboard paint, Michelle overhauled her garden shed, making it easier to store and organize her tools. See her inspiring DIY in A New Use for Chalkboard Paint: Toolshed Makeover, Garden Edition.
A great roundup of streamlined mailboxes over on Gardenista. See 5 Favorites: Scandinavian-Style Mailboxes.
We’re digging, heh, all the nice-looking compost bins Michelle found. See 10 Easy Pieces: Wood Compost Bins.
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