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0:09hi guys it's nick welcome or welcome
0:10back to my channel so recently i did a
0:13video on interior design styles as well
0:15as mixing interior design styles and you
0:17guys seem to really really love both of
0:19those videos but what i thought i would
0:20do
0:22is really start to take the different
0:23design styles and kind of drill down
0:25into sort of a buyer's guide that i
0:27think is going to be really practical
0:28for you if you really love the
0:30particular style so in this video i'm
0:32going to be talking about scandinavian
0:33design and how you can decorate
0:35scandinavian in your own home now i'm
0:37going to go through what scandinavian
0:39design is i'm going to give you some
0:40tips on how you can achieve this look in
0:43your own home i'm going to go over where
0:45you can buy scandinavian goods some of
0:47my favorite retailers for buying those
0:48products as well as who the scandinavian
0:51style is for what are the benefits who
0:53is it not for because it's not for
0:54everybody and yeah that's it so let's
0:57get started so what is scandinavian
0:58design well scandinavian design really
1:00started in kind of the 1930s but really
1:02started to take off here in north
1:03america in kind of the mid-century
1:06and it is a design style built around
1:09creating kind of a really cozy and warm
1:11space because in the scandinavian
1:13countries much like where i live in
1:15canada uh winters can be really long uh
1:17they can be really cold they can be
1:19really dark it tends to like get dark
1:21here around 4 p.m so you want to really
1:23maximize the warmth that you can get in
1:24the space and you really want to create
1:26something really cozy and warm that's
1:27going to feel comfortable throughout the
1:29whole winter months so some of the
1:31benefits of scandinavian design are that
1:34it creates a really beautiful warm and
1:36comfortable space
1:37it tends to be really light and airy
1:39it's kind of really great for cool
1:41climates it tends to stick to a really
1:43neutral color palette which we'll touch
1:45on in a minute um and i think that makes
1:47it quite easy for people to mix i mean
1:50you kind of want to make sure that the
1:51tones are sort of working together but i
1:52do find a lot of people find that if
1:54you're sticking to the whites the creams
1:56and the neutrals uh it tends to be
1:58easier than trying to mix really bold
2:00colors that you might see in different
2:02design styles and also a characteristic
2:04of scandinavian design is it tends to be
2:06really simple kind of clean modern
2:08furniture and one of the benefits of
2:10that is it tends to be really easy to
2:12find uh it tends to be quite affordable
2:15and it tends to be
2:16kind of common in a lot of modern retail
2:19stores right now so it tends to be a
2:21really fairly easy design style to put
2:23together okay so who is scandinavian
2:25design not for so i would say it is not
2:28for people that really love color so
2:30like if you are
2:31really eager to put some really bold
2:33cool graphics or different colors or
2:35whatever into your space the
2:37scandinavian design style is probably
2:38not going to work for you you might be
2:40better off with something like a
2:42mid-century modern style if you still
2:43prefer that really modern clean
2:45aesthetic but you just really want those
2:46big big pops of color it's not the
2:48scandinavian design doesn't have any
2:50color in it uh tess tends to really
2:52favor a warm neutral color palette and
2:54so if you really love color it might not
2:55be for you also if you're a person that
2:58really loves like a dark moody space if
3:01you're really looking for something
3:02that's just like really dark and kind of
3:03sexy and whatever it might not be for
3:06you i find that scandinavian tends to be
3:07on the light and airy again we're trying
3:09to maximize the light and that's coming
3:12in so if you're in love with kind of a
3:13really dark moody sexy space uh
3:16scandinavian might not be for you also
3:18if you really love like traditional
3:19design elements if you love to see
3:21um say like furniture pieces with a lot
3:24of ornamentation a lot of detailed work
3:27scandinavian is probably not going to be
3:28for you it typically favors really clean
3:30simple furniture so if you're someone
3:32that prefers more of a traditional style
3:34i have some friends and family that just
3:36really love that design style
3:37scandinavian might not be for you
3:39because it might look a little plain and
3:40maybe a little bit boring it just might
3:41not be your taste so if you prefer that
3:43sort of traditional style i wouldn't
3:44recommend scandinavian okay so let's go
3:46over some tips on how i think you can
3:48achieve this look so first of all my
3:51first tip is to really maximize the
3:53light that comes into the space so you
3:55want to keep those windows open you
3:57don't want really big thick kind of
3:59heavy curtains weighing it down you want
4:00to go for something really light maybe
4:01in a cotton or maybe even bare not
4:04having any curtains at all because again
4:05you're really trying to maximize that
4:07light again these are countries where it
4:09gets dark at four o'clock i don't know
4:11maybe even further north it gets dark
4:12even earlier they might only get a few
4:14hours of sunshine a day you can't
4:16exactly close off the light that you're
4:17getting when you're in these spaces
4:19right so uh you really want to create
4:21that really open
4:22space and so you want to maximize those
4:24windows as much as possible also you
4:26really want to work with artificial
4:27light as well so different light sources
4:29coming from different corners of the
4:31room is just going to really sort of
4:32create that warm space because you
4:34really want to maximize the light that's
4:35in the home so the second tip i have for
4:37you is to use a really light neutral
4:40color palette in the home and the reason
4:42for this again is because we're
4:43maximizing the light that comes into the
4:45space so if you think about what light
4:47bounces off of it bounces off of really
4:50light especially white sort of furniture
4:52pieces and things like that right so it
4:54bounces off that white elements to
4:56basically kind of light up the room this
4:58makes sense right if you have like an
5:00inner room in your home if you paint it
5:02white it's going to feel bigger it's
5:04going to feel lighter than if you paint
5:05like a really dark navy or a dark black
5:08and that's not to say you don't see any
5:09black and scandinavian design you do
5:10because you do see a lot of blacks and
5:12grays that really anchor the space but
5:14you're going to want to see like a lot
5:15of light wood flooring and a lot of
5:17white on the walls and white and cream
5:19furniture so really just think of white
5:21cream taupe it's a really sort of
5:23natural off-whites
5:25even into the beige and kind of those
5:27creamy beiges is what's really going to
5:29work for you in this palette third tip
5:31is to really look at
5:33minimal simple clean furniture so again
5:37not a lot of ornamentation here we're
5:39dealing with really clean simple lines
5:41and that really came in through sort of
5:42the modern design movement that we saw
5:44in the mid 20th century and that is true
5:46for scandinavian design
5:47so you're going to want to see just kind
5:49of really simple shapes really just
5:50clean and modern rather than things that
5:52have a lot of detail work you're looking
5:55for things just really clean and simple
5:57so fourth tip i have for you is to
5:59really layer in these different natural
6:01elements that you see so a lot of
6:03scandinavian design is about bringing
6:04things from the outdoors from nature
6:06into the home so seeing things like uh
6:09wool and cotton and rattan and just like
6:13really warm kind of natural substances
6:15that you see in nature and bringing them
6:17into the home so again so one of the
6:18things that's a real hallmark of
6:20scandinavian design is you actually
6:21don't see a whole lot of carpet which is
6:23kind of interesting because carpet can
6:24feel really warm and cozy but generally
6:27in scandinavian design so you see a lot
6:29of really light neutral wood flooring in
6:31scandinavian design
6:33but if you are going to maybe warm up
6:34the space with more rugs you can
6:36absolutely do that just bring in kind of
6:38really warm natural elements again
6:40sticking with that neutral color palette
6:42tip number five is to use plants in the
6:44home again we're talking about bringing
6:45the outdoors in and so scandinavian
6:47design is a lot about that harmonizing
6:50between the interior and the outside
6:51world and so by bringing plants into the
6:53space you're adding life you're adding a
6:55little bit of color and it just really
6:57works beautifully to bring in those kind
6:58of that greenery uh into a space that is
7:01mostly a really light neutral palette
7:04overall looks really beautiful and
7:05really elegant and just creates that
7:07really warm cozy space tip number six is
7:10going to be that if you are going to use
7:12color um stick to really colors that are
7:15really light in tone so this could be
7:18like blues and pinks and greens but just
7:20really try to stick to lighter colors so
7:22again if you've seen my color palette
7:24video you know all about the color
7:25theory so by using like those really
7:27pale colors uh you're able to kind of
7:29stick to that color palette while adding
7:31a little bit of color here and there
7:33again it's not the scandinavians are
7:35afraid of color i know i'm going to get
7:36some scandinavian in the comment section
7:38they're going to say like we're not
7:38afraid of color i'm not saying you are
7:40i'm saying that if you do stick to kind
7:42of lighter paler tones it's going to
7:45serve you better in your really neutral
7:46color palette and tip number seven is
7:49that if you have a fireplace in your
7:50home
7:51i don't but if you do and you're lucky
7:53to have one really use that as a focal
7:55point so again we're talking about how
7:57to create a really cozy warm nice soft
8:00space so speaking of bringing warmth
8:02into the space nothing will quite do
8:04that like a beautiful gorgeous fireplace
8:06so if you have one really show it off
8:09and just sort of make it a focal point
8:11in your space draw attention to it
8:12because that fireplace is going to
8:14really heat the home so it's obviously
8:16very functional uh but it is going to
8:17provide sort of a warm backdrop for your
8:20space it's just going to make it feel
8:21really cozy and warm now if you do not
8:23have a fireplace like me
8:25well you know what what are things that
8:27we can do one of the best things you can
8:28do is to use candles so candles are a
8:31really neat way of just adding that
8:32little touch of kind of fire into your
8:34space without necessarily having you
8:36know like a full fireplace because not
8:37all of us are lucky enough to have one
8:39okay so those are some tips on how you
8:41can get a scandinavian uh design into
8:44your space now let's talk about some of
8:46my favorite retailers that i think do a
8:47really great job with scandinavian now
8:50the first one
8:51you know i'm going to talk about it
8:52they have a their colors are the swedish
8:55flag so let's be honest it's ikea and
8:57ikea is really really great to shop for
9:00scandinavian design for obviously
9:02because it's a scandinavian retailer and
9:03that's kind of what it's known for but
9:05don't assume that everything in ikea is
9:07scandinavian
9:08i would say as a as a scandinavian
9:10design style there's a lot of really
9:13funky and really detailed things at ikea
9:15that probably wouldn't fit so they tend
9:17to try to cater to all audiences but if
9:19you stick to things that are really
9:20simple in form and really modern which
9:22ikea tends to do
9:24and if you're sticking to really light
9:25neutral colors then you'll be fine
9:27there's things like these beautiful
9:28pendants that you see here um i love
9:31these these are kind of in this rattan
9:32makes perfect sense to be here this
9:34beautiful basket uh having this nestled
9:37in the corner of your apartment or in
9:39your home is really going to give it
9:40that beautiful scandinavian look
9:43some of these lighting fixtures really
9:44will work for you there's just lots of
9:46different scandinavian things that you
9:47can do
9:48these rugs from ikea are beautiful and
9:51will really warm up a scandinavian space
9:53so you can see ikea is a really awesome
9:55option and obviously they're really
9:56affordable as well which is why they're
9:58a solid pick for scandinavian design but
10:00it's not just all about ikea if you're
10:02looking to change it up and you want to
10:04do different retailers of course there
10:05are a few and i'm going to give them to
10:07you now article.com is really great so
10:09they tend to stick mostly with modern
10:11design so again things are really clean
10:13and simple so not for you traditional
10:15folks um but they are really great for
10:18mid-century modern a little bit of boho
10:20but also scandinavian as well so they do
10:22a lot of scandinavian pieces that i
10:24think you should check out at
10:25article.com i also recommend checking
10:27out rove concepts which is similar to
10:29article in that it is an online only
10:31retailer they've got some beautiful
10:33pieces that will really work for
10:34scandinavian as well you can also have
10:36some really great finds at target
10:38i've seen some at amazon that i'm going
10:40to show you here
10:41there's some really good ones by the way
10:42anything that i show you here today i'm
10:44going to try to link as much of it i can
10:45in the description if you want to check
10:47it out um but yeah so target uh west elm
10:51is really awesome too they've got really
10:52great pieces it's good it's like i said
10:54at the beginning scandinavian is so
10:56popular like a lot of scandinavian
10:58design elements will fit into lots of
11:01different homes that it tends to be
11:03really really easy to shop for so i
11:05think west elm article rove concepts of
11:07course ikea um
11:10target amazon wayfarer there's just so
11:12many retailers that have really great
11:14pieces i'm going to link to a whole
11:15bunch of stuff in the description for
11:16you to check out so that's it for me for
11:17today guys i'm going to link to my
11:19interior design style video so if you
11:20haven't seen that already you can click
11:22it right here and i hope to see you all
11:24in the next video thanks bye