White & Faded: Touring Janet Parrella-van den Berg’s Tuscan Sanctuary | Smart is Beauty

Borta är bra, hemma bäst  (away is good, but home is best) - so the Swedish saying goes. And really, there’s no place like home.…

Small Space Living: A Stockholm Home Full of Colour and Creativity | Smart is Beauty

Hejsan hoppsan! The weekend whizzed by in a blur—am I the only one? Today in Malmö, the skies have darkened, and the lights are…

A Bromma Treasure: Touring a 1909 Lakeside Cottage | Smart is Beauty

It’s funny how family and friends can take you to places you’d never normally get to. It might be something big, like someone ma…

Inside Elsa Billgren’s Dreamy Södermalm Home | Smart is Beauty

I’ve been following the work of author and podcaster  Elsa Billgren for years, for so many reasons. First and foremost, I simp…