Have you seen Bridgerton? The Netflix saga has taken the world by storm.

If we had water coolers to hang out next to at the office, this would be the show everyone would be talking about… giggling, swooning & blushing at the same time. Men & women. Young and old. Maybe not together, that might get really awkward!

Compared to the more realistic “ The Crown”, this show is In Your Face, over the top.

I love all the colors, the furniture, the table settings, the décor of this show. The grandeur. The golds and the pearls. The delicate details in the fabric of the ladies’ dresses, the heavy velvet draperies. The music, sounding quite familiar somehow, but played by century old instruments by men & women in wigs. Oh- the wigs. The sensationally stunning British queen.

Let’s make this a dinner theme, an intimate dinner for two, or let it fill a table of 12 one day.

Bring together the colors, the textures of fabric and the flowers of spring to set the table for a grandiose dinner with only the best the kitchen can whip up. Afterwards, relax in the warmth of a crackling fire with a crystal glass filled with your favorite wine.

These pictures are from a photoshoot we did with EngagedCT in Storrs, Connecticut.

Are we there yet?

Back in the mid 70s to early 80s my family spent our vacations traveling through Sweden down south to a rental house on the west or east coast, or in Skåne, the most southern county of Sweden. We drove for hours (at that time with no seat belts in the backseat and no AC) through the country passing fields of rapeseed, dense green forests and clear lakes.

We stopped for gas, ice cream and lunch that always ended up being grilled hotdogs and French fries, the best treat you could ever get!

And we stopped at Antique stores. Millions of them.

My mom had taken up the innocent interest in glass. What started with a collection of old pressed salt cellars, ended up as a lifelong passion for antiques, and landed her a job at Stockholms Auktionsverk as a glass expert.

We HATED the stops along the way to our vacation house. It was the time when many roads still were local winding roads out in nowhere, before the faster modern highways got you from point A to point B faster. We rolled our eyes every time we had to stop AGAIN. My sister and I stayed in the hot car reading comics, or followed her inside to browse to get the time to go faster and to stretch our legs. How could you be interested in all that old stuff?

Fast forwarding to today.

Both my sister Annika and I have somehow gotten this bug that makes us both wanting to stop along the road to check out antique stores. Now our families are rolling their eyes in the car every time we scream “No, turn around, let’s check out that antique store we just drove by!”

I have a thing for old stuff. My home is filled with old & new, antique, vintage and Mid Century Modern. I love antiquing, browsing for containers, vases, paintings and furniture. Old tools. Cast iron fences or urns. Steampunk. Part of my work here at Floral Surroundings will be to offer unique one of a kind containers to my clients homes or events. Colored depression glass or beautiful handmade pottery from the 30s to the 50s. Well known artists/ factories or just unique because of their shape and beauty. Check out my page HOME & PATIO.