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    How to Buy the Right Modern Front Door

    Karen June 20, 2021

    A follower asked me where can they buy our door and door handle. Surprise! It’s pretty easy to order from big box stores like Home Depot, Lowes and Amazon. And guess what? You can usually ask the millwork staff when the quarterly savings event is and save 15%. We bought all our interior and exterior doors directly from Lowes with the discount. Want to copy our look? Jump down to…

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    Yamazaki Home, the Japandi brand everyone needs

    Karen April 24, 2021

    I am obsessed with this line of home goods that you can get from Amazon. Yamazaki specializes in home organization and space-saving products that are well-designed, simple, and modern. Everything they sell will match your Scandinavian or Japanese-styled home. And the best thing is it’s…

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    Fellow Kettle, a must-have for modern kitchen countertops

    Karen April 17, 2021

    Some things in your kitchen are worth splurging on. My principle is to splurge on things that will predominantly be on display and used daily or a few times a week. A kettle is our most-used appliance for all our morning coffee or evening teas…

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    Best places to buy Scandi houseplants & pots

    Karen March 31, 2021

    A core principle of every Scandinavian and Japanese style home is to bring in nature. This means buying and decorating with indoor plants! Here are the best places to best find and buy houseplants and pots in the US. I may get commissions from links…

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    Freebie: Laundry Care Symbol Artwork

    Karen March 7, 2021

    One of my favorite pieces of artwork in our home is this simple laundry sign I made. It’s both stylish and useful in referencing abstract symbols on my clothing tags to help me follow washing and drying directions. Come on, geez what does a triangle…

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    What is Japandi Style and How to Create It

    Karen March 7, 2021

    “Japandi” (aka Japanese + Scandi) is a hybrid interior design style that fuses traditional Japanese and Scandinavian concepts and aesthetics. It draws cultural influences and ideology from both ‘hygge’ and ‘wabi-sabi’ lifestyles. In my definition, Japandi hinges on simplicity at its core value that blends…

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We’re Karen & Calvin, a husband + wife team. We bought a fixer-upper house in 2017 and transformed it into our Scandinavian × Japanese home.

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