Here is a delicious recipe for warm Swedish Apple Cake! We love baking this cake for an afternoon Fika (coffee break) shared with friends. Originally from The Swedish Kitchen cookbook by Liselotte Forslin, Rikard Lagerberg, and Susanne Walstrom, we have converted the measurements for their Mum’s Apple Cake from metric to cups. This translated Swedish …
10 key elements that will make your backyard your favorite place be! We spruce up our summer patio and share backyard ideas for our future renovation. From permeable pavers to pebbles and other sustainable surfaces, we show you backyard ideas that can make a more eco-friendly home. This is part of our Victorian Farmhouse Renovation …
Celebrate the summer solstice with a Scandinavian midsummer celebration! We share how we celebrate Swedish Midsummer with our family in Sweden and how we have kept up the tradition with friends at home in the United States. From midsummer party decorations, to midsummer menu planning, to fun midsummer activities with kids, we show you how …
We share our latest cabin trip and our love for Swedish ‘friluftsliv’ (open-air life) from the book There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda McGurk. Staying in the mountains of Pennsylvania, in the adorable Gypsy Spring PATC cabin, we unplugged and got outdoors in Scandinavian Style – no matter what the weather! SWEDISH …
Here are 12 things to make sure you don’t forget to add to your cabin packing list. We’ve stayed at more than 30 rental cabins and share the 12 things that we always pack for our hygge cabin getaways. I love to go hiking during the fall and winter. I can layer up and wear …
Tour our 1900s Scandinavian Style Farmhouse for Christmas! We’ve decked our halls in Scandinavian Christmas decor with straw goats, star lanterns, dala horses and dried oranges. It’s always nice hearing the stories as we dig out our Swedish Christmas decor from the basement. My husband talks of his childhood and his memories fill our house …
Want to host a Swedish Christmas holiday party? We share our sample Swedish Julbord menu and tips on what makes our Swedish Christmas holiday party so special with our family and friends. We love spending Christmas Eve with family and friends. Everyone chips in with a few dishes from this Julbord menu to make a …
Looking for some fun Scandinavian holiday crafts to do with kids? We share our five favorite simple holiday kids crafts that will fill your house with Scandinavian holiday cheer. We have enjoyed doing these fun holiday crafts at our house and we hope you will too! SWEDISH PAPER HEARTS MATERIALS: Paper (construction or cardstock), Glue, …
We revisit The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living to share the 10 things that Meik Wiking recommends to make a hygge home. Use these tips to create this Scandinavian style coziness in your hygge home! With the cold weather approaching and the nights growing longer it makes me crave coziness in …
Simple and natural Scandinavian style fall decor ideas for your fall front porch. We use pumpkins, wheat, and fall flowers from the garden to decorate our Scandinavian farmhouse style fall front porch. We love our old Folk Victorian farmhouse. Built around 1905, it is simple and straightforward. Our front porch is one of our favorite …