Summer Dining

The summer is struggling to produce nice weather and if you are anything like me, I'm sure you are just as disappointed to need your central heating on in the middle of July! I can count on one hand the number of times I have been able to enjoy a meal outdoors this summer. 

This, however, does not stop me from trying to put a summery touch to my dining room and I try as much as possible to decorate my dinner table with freshly cut flowers and lovely fresh table linen. The way I see it is - if you cannot enjoy al fresco dining, you can create that summery feel indoors.

At House of Norden we are now having a 20% sale on all our 'Lilly' table linen to try and entice you not to give up on this summer. The Lilly range is designed by Moltex made of 100% linen fabric, woven with textured yarn to give it a wonderful rustic, yet soft look. We carry four pastel colours of this design (blue, lilac, pink and green) and in two product types (table runners and matching napkins).

The Lilly Table Runner measures 150 x 43 cm in size and can be displayed as one runner along the centre and long axis of your table. Alternatively, two or more runners can be placed across the short axis of your table to function as place mats.
The Lilly Napkin measures 44 x 44 cm in size and is easily folded into interesting and contemporary napkin arrangement, alongside or on top of your dinner plates.

You can mix and match the colours and co-ordinate with a simple display of summery flowers, or keep your table arrangement monochrome - either way, the result is guaranteed to have a beautiful summery look.

Below are some simple decoration suggestions using the Lilly Blue Table Runner and Lilly Blue Napkin to try and inspire everyone to make the most out of their dining experience. I hope you will enjoy this!

Lilly Blue Table Runner & Napkin
Design: Moltex
Photo: House of Norden

Detail of Lilly Blue Table Runner & Napkin
Design: Moltex
Photo: House of Norden

Feeling A Little Rustic?

Rustic Living. Spring Edition 2011 Collection
By Moltex

THE NATURAL, RUSTIC NORDIC LOOK
In this second introduction post to the House of Norden products, I am going to stay on the topic of textiles and would like to talk specifically about three fabulous cushions currently in stock and on sale in our web shop. These are the Farmers Cushion, the Demi Cushion and the Postman Cushion. They are all designed by Moltex and form part of their Spring Edition 2011 and Urban Romance Collections, respectively.

I selected these wonderful, large and textured cushions as I believe they would be a perfect way to add a bit of a rustic touch to anyones living room or bedroom. The combination of the natural linen colour of the Farmers' and Postman cushions, with the deep blue colour of the Demi cushion, is a perfect way to introduce that little bit of Scandinavian 'Lantliv' (county living) quality to your home. 

Farmer's Cushion, Demi Cushion & Postman Cushion
By Moltex

CUSHION TALK
The Farmers' cushion (45 x 45 cm in size) in 100% natural linen fabric is made to resemble an old fashioned potato sack, with dark brown and green text and picture print on the obverse side.

The Demi cushion (50 x 50 cm in size) in 100% blue cotton fabric is made to resemble denim fabric. The slight winged edge all around the circumference, gives the cushion a small but interesting extra detail.
The Postman cushion (50 x 50 cm in size), also in 100% natural linen fabric, is made to resemble an old fashioned mail bag. The text print on the obverse side is in dark brown. 

MIX-MATCH COLOURS
Other ways of making the most out of the natural linen is to accent it against various whites and off-whites, such as other cushions, white furniture or perhaps even clean white cotton bed linen...

On the other hand, there is nothing holding you back mixing the blue denim colour and/or the natural linen colour with one or several of the "Fresh" cushions. This would add a splash of colour to the palette and help pull together and co-ordinate the colour shades of your room.
For a bolder statement you could use Fresh Turquoise or Fresh Cerise, or for softer and more romantic feel, perhaps the Fresh Aqua, Fresh Green or Fresh Pink cushions would be more to your taste?

Natural linen and whites for that
100% Scandinavian country feel
By Moltex

 
HOUSE OF NORDEN OFFERS
All three cushions are included in our 10% launch offer now currently on at House of Norden.

To read more about the products, to find out what else is on offer and to shop online, please visit www.houseofnorden.ie/Sale. This offer ends 15th July 2011.
I would of course love to hear from you, so if you have any questions or would like any advice on how to decorate and utilise our products in your home, don't hesitate to get in touch!

Hälsningar // Åsa

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Dear Customer, Follower and Friend,

I am delighted to announce that as of 1st July 2011, the virtual door of House of Norden are opened and the shop is launched.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are kicking off with a 10% sale on selected products from across our departments. Visit our Sales section  and check out this great offer. The offer ends 15th July, or for as long as stocks last, so shop online today to make sure that you don't miss out!

The intention is to continuously update the shop with new, fantastic products from amazing Scandinavian designers and to run various promotional offers and sales on our items. For those of you who wish to receive notification of such upcoming sales and events, why not subscribe to the House of Norden newsletter and be the first to know when it happens? You can sign up by clicking the Newsletter Subscribe button on the left sidebar of the shop home page (This link will get you there). Another sure way to subscribe is to create an account with House of Norden.  

The House of Norden Facebook page is continuously growing with likes from people interested in Scandinavian design. Why don't you also Like it and follow our news posts and updates?

I have received so much wonderful feedback on the design of the web site and I think it is only fair that I thank the very talented web designer Hannes Louet-Feisser of www.hsolutions.ie for the fantastic work he has done in pulling together all my visual ideas into a concrete, stylish and contemporary looking web site. I couldn't be happier with the result!

Without further ado - Welcome to House of Norden - Let the shopping begin!