Storage is taking up an ever larger part of our homes. Today, some 10 per cent of our living space is used for storing clothes and belongings. That’s a space worth almost SEK 800,000 for the average central Stockholm home, as a report from Elfa reveals.
Anders Larsson is an award-winning architect, active in Sweden and Denmark. Anders is also part of Studio Elfa and this is his thoughts and visions about how people's need for storage changes with time.
The ongoing debate on climate change is having a major impact on consumption habits in Sweden. But it is affecting women and men differently. The shifts in consumption are most pronounced among city-dwellers, young people and women. The figure for women is 66 per cent. While for men it is 46 per cent.
Nina Campioni, fashion journalist, reflects on fashion trends and consumption
Check in with Maria and Patrik, who created a playful house with lots of personality, space and smart storage solutions.
Would you like to know more about trends in the way people store cloths and things at home? Or how people’s need for storage change with time? At Studio Elfa architects, trend analysts, interior designers, fashion journalists and ethnologists give their side of the story.
When Jessica Frej wished to turn a lacklustre cellar space into a dressing room, the choice fell on Elfa. Today Jessica and her partner get to enjoy a beautifully sparky room with enough space to fit all their cloths.
A wardrobe’s doors are its most visible aspect. With its clean lines, the new sliding door, Grace, can add style and structure to any bedroom.
It's here! Elfa's new warm interior colour Graphite - a semi-glossy, dark grey finish that is now added to the clothing assortment of Elfa's Click-in system
With the passing years, some of us tend to round up an ample collection of tools, screws, nails and building material in the garage. If you see yourself in that - perhaps too you sometimes wish you knew exactly where to find the tool you are about to go looking for. But where do one start?
Now, how is that for a flashback? According to Elfa's recent survey of Swedes, our parents were right all the time. An untidy home makes our wellbeing suffer.
Media personality, Hannah Graaf, has finally realized a dream and created her very own luxurious walk-in-closet, with plenty of room for her many beautiful things and dressy clothes.
