Using nature as a stress buster has long been a part of Swedish life. And now scientists wanted to prove its health benefits. In an experiment, five people in high stress jobs spent 72 hours on a small island in West Sweden, sleeping in a glass cabin and taking part in calming activities. Their stress levels and blood pressure reduced by 70%. These glass cabins…
House plant care for real people… You drool over jungalow interior style Instagram posts and articles. You rush out and buy a tonne of lush house plants, only to watch them slowly die, one by one. Sound familiar? Well, here are some sensible house plant care and styling tips that will see that green foliage feel loved and your natural home interior flourish! As you…
Best homeware websites by Elle Decoration I’m excited that Elle Decoration UK has featured Chalk & Moss as one of the UK’s “best online homeware shops”! In the May 2018 issue (out in shops 5th April), Elle Decoration rounds up some fantastic homeware shops from around the UK. I’m honoured that recently launched Chalk & Moss sits among their best homeware websites. The selection includes…
ICEHOTEL Sweden #28 is now open for the 2017-18 season, and, if you’ve followed the making series on Chalk & Moss, you’ll have seen how it’s all been carved from snow and ice. Now’s the time to reveal the full ice hotel room scheme by British design duo Hugh and Howard Miller! A Rich Seam – an Ice Hotel room design by Hugh and Howard…
The 28th edition of the famous ICEHOTEL in the Swedish Lapland has now opened its doors for the 2017-18 season! During the past six weeks, artists from all corners of the globe have brought their winning designs to life. Each team worked on one of the hotel’s 35 rooms, in Arctic temperatures hovering around -27 centigrade. The ICEHOTEL lies 200km north of Sweden’s Arctic Circle,…
Today we continue our exclusive look into the making of the 2018 ICEHOTEL Sweden. This is the last stage of the build, before the unveiling of the full design! Throughout December, Chalk & Moss has followed applied artist/furniture designer Hugh Miller and architect/landscape designer Howard Miller on their exciting Arctic adventure. They won the competition to design one of the rooms of this spectacular boutique hotel made…
A Swedish Christmas savours natural smells, soft materials, mood lighting and lots of greenery. Here’s a selection of ways to bring nature into your home this Christmas, the Swedish way! (And a couple of Danish ones too for good measure). I love the rise in botanical influences year on year, and no less so than in the pre-Christmas build up. From new interpretations of the…
Biophilic design online shop now open! You can now buy biophilic design accessories, furniture, lighting and homeware online in the brand new Chalk & Moss web shop! Just like the blog, the shop has an exclusive focus on products that fit biophilic interiors and lifestyles. These products connect us to nature to enhance our wellbeing. Many studies have revealed how interacting with nature and natural…
A Unique Look into the Making of ICEHOTEL 2018 Have you seen pictures of the majestic ICEHOTEL in the Swedish Arctic, and wondered how it’s made? This December, Chalk & Moss has been given a unique look into ICEHOTEL 2018. Throughout the 6 week artist project, UK furniture designer/maker and applied artist Hugh Miller along with his brother, architecture and landscape designer Howard Miller, will give us live…
