I love looking for inspiration from fellow interior bloggers from around the world, and how they’ve designed their spaces. The bohemian-chic trend has gained popularity over the years, and one of my favourite ‘boho’ interiors comes from student teacher, Judith Haugk.
Bohemian or ‘traveller’ in the traditional sense meant an eclectic mish-mash of colourful interiors inspired by global influences and natural materials, like hand-woven rattan or jute.
Judith’s white bohemian and oriental style with a touch of coastal and wooden elements really reflects this. She also has a lot of bright textures, coastal details and silver treasures in her apartment. I can’t wait to take a tour into her bohemian paradise!
WHO LIVES HERE: Judith, her boyfriend and their two cats Polly & Tinka
LOCATION: Flensburg in the north of Germany
PROPERTY:New-build rental apartment
Bedroom: I just love this room. Sleeping here is so comfy and it’s hard to get out of bed in the mornings! I have a preference for rugs – but on the wall!
I love the way the rug over our bed and the throw make a connection. Cushions with different textures and some natural elements making this room to our personal oasis.
Living room: A rug again! I think this jute rug is like our statement piece.
Here you can find lots of throws and textures, also the eye can spot many decor details. It seems the sofa is also the preferred sleeping place of our cats!
The Chakki table is my favourite piece in here, and matches the bench perfectly.
Dining area: I bought this mango wood dining table a couple of years ago and I still love it so much.
It isn’t perfect, has spots and bumps but that is what’s giving this table its character. The counter behind it is a cool element to separate the kitchen from the living room.
My boyfriend adores the lights and as most of the styling is in my hands, he was ‘allowed’ to bring these cool, industrial style lights.
Balcony: I like our balcony so much! It’s bright and big so it’s like a second living room in the summer.
I love our pallet sofa, the white rug and the selfmade cat balcony. I even embellished the cat balcony so it will fit right in.
Having breakfast with a view on the roofs of the old town of Flensburg – that is the perfect morning to me!
Corridor: Our corridor is very long with a lot of doors so decorating here is a bit tricky. I used all the walls to place boho or oriental elements. I do a lot of decorating myself, such as painting drift wood or re-designing flower pots.
I also build furniture myself. The bench in our corridor is my favourite piece and it’s the first thing our guests see when they visit us.
I tried to create a tiny white boho theme here so people will understand the connection with the other rooms.
Guest bathroom: This little room was a real adventure as it can be tricky when you don’t have that much space.
I added statement pieces so the bathroom will also have a boho vibe. I enjoy the flexibility of our home as I can re-arrange pieces to go with any room.
I love to change the decor from time to time, and keep finding treasures in markets, boutiques and Danish stores.
When we moved into our apartment, I finished the decor and furniture styling in three days – I can easily forget about the time and space.
My boyfriend is half Persian, so my love for white bohemian just suits our home perfectly! We often call it our ‘White Boho Haven’, as we get the feeling of a vacation every time we come home.
All photo credits: Judith Haugk
Special thanks to Judith. Do check out her Instagram to see more of her amazing home and design inspiration!
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Since moving into their house, almost six years ago, they have been busy renovating from top to bottom, adding a loft and kitchen conversion. During this time, some rooms were decorated more than once to “keep things fresh”.
The working fireplace is also a favourite feature of this room.
My best buy in here were the Ikea shelves, so inexpensive and a great way to display some of my beautiful home wares.
It is a happy, fun space which is what I was aiming for, as it is mainly used by the children. I used white and dark grey paint to compliment the bright tiles and it works really well. The wire unit provides an practical storage solution for all our bathroom essentials.
When we moved in, we could see lots of potential as there were some lovely original features and we have tried to make the most of these, even keeping the fireplace in the family bathroom when we converted it from a bedroom.
Bedroom: I love how peaceful and serene our bedroom is, tucked away in what used to be the loft.
This is also where I work on my drawings for my business ArtHouse Illustrations. It is an interesting U-shaped room, and I have embraced the boho trend here with hanging planters, white walls and textured soft furnishings.
Dining room: Another of my favourite rooms is the dining room. Here I went for a mainly monochrome scheme, but added a blush pink wall at the end which is absolutely beautiful.
This room leads into our sunny galley-style kitchen. This area used to house a small kitchen and freezing cold bathroom – we knocked through to create one bigger living space which we can all enjoy together.
This, coupled with a large picture window and velux in the roof makes it a lovely bright space.
I really love spending time in here baking with the children and watching my husband cook his delicious pasta dishes.
I’m also having a bit of a love-in with concrete at the moment although it always needs to be offset with something warming like wood.
Living room: My husband liked the modern Scandinavian style, I liked the New England shabby chic style, and somewhere along the way we agreed on merging those two styles. I call it modern chic!
So the walls are dark against the cabinets that are a warm, oak colour. However, we still wanted the sterile white island.
They usually work well in smaller spaces where you have limited storage options. “Ottomans and cubes are great as they are so flexible,” says Hannah, “they’re easily moved around to use at the dining table or your sitting room and also used as side tables.”
I have complimented these items with our mid-century style DFS Zinc sofa and a monochrome IKEA rug. I like to add interest too, seen in the use of hanging branches and eye catching art.
I sprayed the door and drawer knobs and the extractor hood hardware in copper. On the opposite wall in the kitchen, I ripped out the units to create a more open space, and put up a reclaimed scaffold board for open shelving- they’re a lot of fun to style!
I love the loft style look, and love subtle vintage/ boho elements too. I bought the rope and big bulb from I Got Big Bulbs, print with black lips from Desenio, wish you were here print from soouk and the bedside lamp from Aldi.
It has made the world of difference, as I tried neon colour pops and amazing art on the walls before, but for me, the character was still missing. I also primed and painted the laminate floors using Chalk White Rustoleum floor paint, to create a calmer vibe and primed and painted the laminate wardrobes to match the walls.
Again, I was considering ripping them out, but realised they are actually quite nice, they just need to be a different colour.
Blurred Boundaries Within the Blurred Boundaries trend, indoors meets outdoors seamlessly, reconnecting us with nature as well as giving the feeling of bigger living spaces to enjoy.
For those lucky enough to have an indoor and outdoor space, include items such as the MORUM rug and YPPERLIG chair, whilst those who don’t have access to a garden or balcony can still create the outdoor look by dressing a room with plants.
The likes of the upcoming SPANST collection is central to the trend and creates a minimalist but statement look and feel that perfectly suits an Urban Youth lifestyle.
A great way to create the Bold Personality look at home is to step away from an all-white space and introduce colourful and striking patterns.
The Fluid Spaces trend is about flexible products that can adapt to different styles and functions. To keep up with constantly changing trends, buy modular furniture such as the VALENTUNA sofa, which can be added to and moved around at ease to adjust to changing home needs.
The kitchen is Ballingslövs kök Line. The drawers are without handles and the stainless strip gives the kitchen a bit of edge. The counter top is black stone. The corner solution drawers are the best.
We have chosen the same floor through out the whole house. It is Tango Stone grey from Tarkett. It’s a bit darker, wooden floor with some grey/black in it.
Master bathroom A big bathroom was important for us as we love to have a sauna. Also we have a jacuzzi outside and you just open the door from the bathroom and the pool is just there. As the bathroom is so big we choose really big tiles. The colour is brown/grey and matches the wooden floor in the rest of the house.
The accessories and decor in our house are really a mix of things. It could be old stuff from my mothers house, new things I have bought or it could be things H&M and so on. I also love flea markets and often go to search for things. I use spray paint to modernise things.
I really love our house, and together with my husband, family and friends, it completes me!
