What do you think of when you hear the words ‘Scandi style’? Many of us will instantly conjure white-washed scenes threaded through with soft accents of muted colour or, alternatively, graphic black or graphite grey lines. Whilst that expression of the Nordic look will never go out of style, we are also enjoying a more maximal approach to the region’s interior sensibility.

The new Scandi style embraces a medley of folksy heritage alongside pops of bright colour, cosy cabin chic, the resurgence of pattern and the use of primary colours that are lifted and lightened by cool undertones.



It isn’t, in fact, anything new. Much of it goes back to traditional Scandi design, embracing a medley of its folksy heritage alongside pops of bright colour, cosy cabin chic, the resurgence of pattern and the use of primary colours that are lifted and lightened by cool undertones. Texture, too, is a key feature of this new take, of which the reigning queen of Scandi design, Beata Heuman, is the arbiter-in-chief. It is all about layering in warmth, fun and playfulness, and these are some of the ways to get the look.