“You don’t have to choose between looks and function”
Check in with Maria and Patrik, who created a playful house with lots of personality, space and smart storage solutions.
Topics: Interior-design
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Forecasts and visions on living, storage and lifestyle
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.
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“The dark grey makes my colourful clothes pop even more”
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.
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Slide with Grace
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.
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A stroke of graphite
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
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Would you like to find your tools in no time?
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?
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"Tidy up your room"
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.
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“An oasis of aesthetics and order”
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.
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A garage with space for everything
Elise Steffensen and her family live in Tromsø. They recently converted their old carport into a super-practical garage for an active family, with space for sports equipment, tools, garden tools – and, of course, the car. If you need some tips and a little inspiration for smart garage solutions, you may find it here.
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A welcoming hallway
First impression lasts, they say, and the hallway is of course often the first thing people see when they visit you. Here are a few tips for how to make your hallway more inviting, in your own style and easy to keep tidy.
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A hallway in harmony with space for it all
Jannice Wistrand, the Swedish design personality behind the blog Add Simplicity, has brought order to her family hallway with Elfa Décor. The result is an attractive, functional entrance with the perfect storage solutions.
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A closet to stay in
The Swedish celebrity photographer Bingo Rimér has always been well-versed in the Elfa system. His father, who introduced him to the system long time ago, thought it was exceptionally smart to hang everything on the top track.
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"Now we find our things in no time"
Cecilia and Christopher live with their three sons Oscar, Eric and Philip in a six year old house outside of Lund, Sweden. When they moved in they didn’t prioritize the planning of the storage room, which they’ve regretted many times. But now, six years later, they decided it was high time to do it right.
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Do you have a chair in your bedroom that serves as a temporary wardrobe?
Instead of accumulating a clothing stack on the chair beside your bed, try creating an “intermediate station” where you can air and store clothing that is not yet ready to be tossed in the laundry basket. Suggestions for an intermediate station include a clothes rail or hooks and smart shelving systems for your wardrobe.
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Four ingenious minds
At a time of technical expansion and a high demand for something new, four ingenious minds came to simplify everyday life to this day, 70 years later. Who were they?
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Ingenious design with Elfa Décor
Elfa is launching a new design for closet solutions, Elfa Décor, that combines function and flexibility with the style and luxury of wood.
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People’s infinite need for smart storage
Elfa’s Storage Report spotlights Scandinavian consumers’ rising desire for smarter storage at home, and a more sustainable living.
