Tag: Scandi style
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Norlii Box October 2022: Hygge
Norlii Box is a Scandinavian home and lifestyle subscription from Copenhagen, Denmark that features some of the best of Scandi style from renown nordic brands. October’s Hygge edition encourages subscribers to unwind and get cozy with five special items, including a sweet treat from their online shop that I’ve been dying to try!
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Norlii Box August 2022: Welcome
We have a long way to go before we’re organized but I’m so happy with this little vignette in the entryway, made complete with some special pieces from August’s Norlii Box. It’s a Scandinavian home and lifestyle subscription from Copenhagen, Denmark that features some of the best of Scandi style from renown nordic brands. This…
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Norlii Box June 2022: Swedish Midsummer
The latest edition of Scandinavian home and lifestyle box Norlii Box honours one of the most celebrated holidays in Sweden — Swedish Midsummer, held this year on June 25. It’s the longest day of the year and famously marked by singing and dancing around the maypole, making flower wreaths and enjoying a traditional lunch outdoors. June’s Norlii…
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Spring has sprung Scandinavian-style with April’s Norlii Box
Spring has been slow to arrive here in Ottawa (we had snow just last night!) but according to the forecast it’s going to turn around this week with a mix of sunshine and rain to help all the good things grow. 🙌 In the meantime Scandinavian home and lifestyle box Norlii Box has inspired me to…
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Norlii Box February 2022
So many of us are struggling to find balance in our everyday lives. Lately I’ve really been grappling with finding that happy medium in my media consumption, specifically related to the occupation here in Ottawa. The Swedes have a word for that happy medium: lagom or “not too much and not too little.” It’s a…
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Norlii Box December 2021: Scandinavian Christmas
Scandinavian Christmas traditions speak to me. There’s a lot of baking, a lot of candles, and elves leave little presents in your boots (as long as you keep them well fed 😉). So a box celebrating Christmas Scandi-style speaks to me in a BIG way. And it happens to be the theme of December’s nordic…
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Norlii Box October 2021: Nordic Bed and Breakfast
Happy Saturday, everybody! I hope you’ll get the chance to enjoy at least one slow morning this weekend lingering over breakfast and coffee. Tomorrow we’ll be getting up early to put the turkey in the oven and start on the vegetables so that’s out but Monday I’m going to relax, Scandi style. “Nordic Bed &…
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Norlii Box April 2021: Fika
I received the April Norlii Box in exchange for an honest review. Ska vi ses över en fika nÃ¥gon gÃ¥ng? – Swedish for “Shall we have a coffee together some time?” I miss meeting a girlfriend for tea or having one over for a cup, something I made a point to arrange once a month or…
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Norlii Box February 2021: Nordic Bathing Traditions
I received February’s Norlii Box in exchange for an honest review. The weekend felt like one long squabble and more than once I took to the tub for refuge. Which isn’t something I’m inclined to do; usually I try to make my escape tunnelling through a carton of frozen yogurt (‘tho I did some of…
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