Scandinavian style: a way of life

There is something about clean lines, shades of wood, white walls and pops of colour that gets me everytime. It's not rocket science; it's that Scandinavian style that we've absorbed all over the world. I stumbled across Kit Ka Design, a blog run by the owners of Mjolk, a Scandinavian interiors and design store in Toronto.

They say they love Scandinavia because "it enthralls us. Soft, quiet snowy forests and streets in the winter. Glittery, blinding sunlight on colourful buildings during the summer. Swedish style. Grass roofs. Hot dog streetside snacks. These are a few of our favourite things."

The shop already has everything you need for summer meals al fresco; Swedish blankets, Norwegian water carafe; bits of blue, and lots and lots of white...

... and naturally, the owners practice what they preach. You can read more about the couple's house at their blog, Kit Ka, but meanwhile, take a peek at their blue-white-grey bedroom that they've just finished doing up.

It's nothing fancy, nothing over the top - but simple, clean, fluid, unfussy and informal. The way, surely, a home should be...

...with space for him...

...and space for her...

Plus, on the theme of clean blue and white, there's a whole spread on the scheme in the August issue of Elle Decoration. See, it's a way of life.