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A Vintage Danish Floor Lamp Goes To Live At The English Seaside
1970s Style 1980s Style Danish Design Danish Family Danish Lamps Danish Life Denmark Good Design Home Improvement Homewares Design Hygge Life Independent Business Lighting Living Danishly Mid Century Mid Century Lamps Mid Century Lighting Mid Century Modern Photography Product Photographs Restoration Retro Scandinavian Design Scandinavian Home Scandinavian Lighting Scandiwegians Self Employed Small Business Surrey Sustainability Sustainable Sustainable Business Sustainable Living Traditional Danish Vintage Vintage Danish Lamp
There can be few items of furniture or homewares as archetypally Danish as the floor lamp. As many Danish homes don’t have light fittings in the centre of the ceiling, as is standard many other countries, floor lamps are routinely used as a main light source, especially is living rooms. But as much as we love floor lamps, we rarely sell them. For us they are difficult to get home, tricky to refurbish, awkward to photograph, they take up valuable storage space and, lastly, they are a complete and utter pain to pack and post! This beauty was therefore a...
The Scandiwegians Return to The Gingerbread Cottage Part 1
Changing Times Danish Design Danish Life English Cottage English Gate Lodge Gate Lodge Gatekeepers Lodge Gingerbread Cottage Good Design History Home Improvement Home Renovations House Design House Refurbishment Hygge life Interior Design Kitchen Kitchen Design Lime Designs Dorking Living Danishly Lodge House Pancake House Refurbishment Reigate Scandinavian Design Scandinavian Home Scandiwegians Surrey Traditional Danish UK Lockdown Victorian Cottage Victorian Cottage Meets Scandinavian Modern Victorian Gate Keepers Lodge
About the Scandiwegians return to their beloved house after nearly a year away while building work was carried out. In part one we discuss how the limited budget affected the build, especially the kitchen. Our Gingerbread House is a bit of a mix of styles that we call Victorian Cottage meets Scandinavian Modern, which may sound strange but we think works rather well.
The Scandiwegians Become Excluded
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When I moved to the UK ten years ago, I studied Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Straight after graduating, I got work as a technician, installing and maintaining the fibre optics used to broadcast sports events, primarily English Premier League football matches. It was good to travel all around the country (and even overseas) but it meant a lot of time away, and working outside in all weathers, often in cramped and dirty conditions - we are often called to repair cables that have been chewed through by rats! Meanwhile Corinna commuted every day into London's financial district to work as an...
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