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
Category Archives: My Hygge House
My Home Tours
When my Carmel by the Sea home appeared in Apartment Therapy, San Francisco this spring, the interest in how I live from commenters/viewers was completely (and unexpectedly) overwhelming. Because I live pretty simply I hadn’t really thought it would be… Continue reading
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How Much Room?
I’ve always been a small space living girl – even when I took on roomates. My best-friend and I once shared a two bedroom, one bath flat with an assortment of people over a 1.5 year period. At most, we… Continue reading
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Finding the Perfect Bed
I’m not sure why buying a bed is so difficult in both terms of feeling comfortable owning one and then the actual process of selecting one. But despite having lived on my own since 18, I didn’t actually buy my… Continue reading
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Category My Hygge House, Wonderment
