Malmo and Moss is a northern girl living in North London with her husband and three sons currently renovating a 1930s house into her dream Scandi inspired family home.
Growing up in the North-East my love affair with all things Scandi began in 1994 when my mum took me to the newly opened Gateshead branch of Ikea for the first time. Since then I have traveled extensively across Sweden, Norway and Denmark, bringing home inspiration from each trip on how to create a calm, cosy Scandinavian inspired home.
Having pursued a career in sustainability, I love the emphasis Scandinavians place on sustainable design and creating strong connections to nature in their homes. I love mixing reclaimed and vintage materials into my home design and in my spare time have helped to organise a vintage and contemporary homeware market called The Occasional Home Store with two fellow north londoners. In 2020 I wrote my first interiors book ‘Scandi Rustic’ with my fellow interiors blogger Reena Simon.
This blog is my way of sharing my home renovation projects, my love of modern rustic Scandinavian inspired interiors and what my family refer to as my "database" of stylish Scandi places to eat, stay and shop!
“MY DREAM HOUSE WOULD BE...
Anywhere within spitting distance of Hampstead Heath, a Georgian townhouse in Bath, a farmhouse near Lewes, a place overlooking the sea in St Mawes or a hygge apartment in Copenhagen.”
“MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO STAY ARE...
For adults only, No 38 in Cheltenham, Hotel Tresanton in St Mawes or, if I happened to find £1,000 down the back of the sofa, Soho Farmhouse or Ilse Crawford designed Ett Hem in Stockholm. With the trio of todgers in tow, hotels are a trickier beast and these days we have mainly swapped Mr and Mrs Smith for Air BnB. Favourite self-catering finds include Kith and Kin apartments in Amsterdam and Antonia’s Pearls in Cornwall.”
“I LIKE WATCHING AT THE CINEMA...
Epic romantic films; give me a pair of doomed lovers and a sweeping cinematic score a la English Patient and I’m happy. Ditto anything with a subtitle and Juliette Binoche in it. Three Colours Blue, The Beat That My Heart Skipped and The Lives of Others are some of my favourites. However, I also have a weakness for a Will Ferrell film (Blades of Glory and the Other Guys are two of my favourites) and I think I have watched the scene where Ryan Gosling takes his top off in Crazy Stupid Love at least 23 times.”
“MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO EAT IN LONDON ARE...
Caravan or the Riding House Cafe for brunch with a side helping of rough luxe interiors, the Swan at Shakespeare’s Globe for afternoon tea with an amazing view of St Paul’s, Eliot’s in Borough Market or Brawn on Columbia Road for relaxed romantic meals, Clipstone in Fitzrovia or the Palomar in Soho for a buzzy dinner out with friends, The Wells in Hampstead or The Rising Sun in Northaw for Sunday lunch with the former often serving up a celebrity spot with your roast. The list goes on...”
“I LIKE LISTENING TO...
The National, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Other Lives, Kings of Leon, Ali Fauke Toure, Birdie, Ben Howard and, if I’m being honest, Little Mix and Take That.”
“MY DEATH ROW MEAL WOULD BE...
Eggs Benedict, Spaghetti Carbonara, Roast Chicken and Cauliflower Cheese, Plain Scones and Clotted Cream, Coffee and Walnut Cake and 5 Terry’s Chocolate Oranges (don’t judge, it is my last day on earth so there wouldn’t be a grain of quinoa in sight).”
“WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I WANTED TO BE...
A vet, until I realised that I have a fear of bovine animals and don’t want to have to put my finger up the bum of a yappy lap dog.”