What’s Hygge?
The Danish word Hygge (hugh-gah) is a feeling or mood that comes from taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary everyday things simply extraordinary.
It’s about being conscious and authentic from home to work to friends to celebrations to the every day tasks. Hygge can be used to describe a lot of things in a lot of ways.
My favourite? Simple, cosy, charming. That's what I hope to share here.
By the way, I'm alex (the girl). Learn more here.Elsewhere
Author Archives: Hygge House
Home is where the Heart is.
‘Home’ is a very subjective word for me. Having moved a lot as a child and having lived all over the world since I was 18, home has either meant nothing, a house, a cottage, a mansion, an estate, a… Continue reading
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Category Danish Life, Off She Goes
My Bucket List
The saying, “you can’t grasp something new if you’re holding onto something old’ has always carried a great deal of weight with me which is why I don’t like to recap previous years come new ones. I live always looking… Continue reading
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Category Everyday Hygge
Love Notes
When I left home at eighteen I had two suitcases – one filled with clothes and the other filled with books and stationary. My fountain pens, inks, cards, envelopes and other bits were more important to me than anything else… Continue reading
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Category Holidays
My Family Tree (& tips for yours)
I remember this photo of my father’s mother’s family from my childhood tucked away in my father’s boxes of old photos. I always loved it even though I never met one single person in it. And, aside from my grandmother… Continue reading
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Category Everyday Hygge, French Life
My Love of Film
The way I look at it, I was destined to love film. My father set me up to love stories (every night he’d tell me one – two if I hadn’t been wicked) and I was a voracious reader, saving… Continue reading
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Category Wonderment
