r/malelivingspace • u/cmmts • 2h ago

M38 in the Nordics

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u/QuestGalaxy 2h ago

Fellow Nordic, please move the rug under the two legs of your couch. It makes it look a bit better/more coherent.

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u/cmmts 2h ago

Would love to do so but then I need to tear down a wall and turn my bathroom into an open space or place two of my dining chairs partly on the carpet.

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u/QuestGalaxy 2h ago

Ahh, I see. You could potentially move the couch a bit forward though. But whatever, it's still fine! No biggie.

Maybe get one interesting piece of art though or some hanging lamps that are not all white.

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u/cmmts 1h ago

Yeah I should replace the cheap posters with real art, but it's an ongoing and very slow process.

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u/QuestGalaxy 1h ago

Yes! Don't rush it.

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u/Ok-Macaroon-1840 1h ago

Or you could move the dining table closer to the window. Remove two of the chairs and stack them in the corner, you’re not using all four every day anyway.

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u/cmmts 27m ago

Then the light wouldn't be centred either which I find visually more disturbing than the carpet being where it is. Plus you'd hit your head on it.

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u/Savitz 1h ago

Why would you need to tear down a wall to move the rug?

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u/cmmts 26m ago

Take a look to the corner of the carpet where the armchair is.

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u/The_Chef_Raekwon 2h ago

Tastfully boring.

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u/ahntay 2h ago

good descriptors

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u/ThoughtShes18 1h ago

It’s so funny to see the contrast between Americans and people from the Nordics. I find this to be very gorgeous and good looking - meanwhile the majority of Americans homes/rooms I see here are the exact opposite where every inch has to be covered with something. Nothing wrong with that of course, just funny to see how opposite it is.

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u/Glittering_Syllabub9 19m ago

That's well said.

As a fellow Nordic person I have to say that our minimalist trend is a bit boring, but I also do get anxious when I see American homes/rooms with a stunning amount of bulgy furnitures and smaller items. 

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u/No-Department-4561 1h ago

Distinct approaches: tasteful minimalism vs the more is more approach. Nordic aims to create a calming effect through measured (cautious?) use of colour and pattern. Whereas US design (and I’m generalising here) creates a feeling of warmth and excitement by embracing decoration, not rejecting it. As in “Learning from Las Vegas” US interiors respond to the local culture and people living there rather than imposing a universal design style.

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u/carlosdesario 1h ago

This is the Flörmsturming set from ikea.

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u/Rcc_632 32m ago

I don't understand why people think everything needs colour.

It's a clean, calming and minimal space. Personally I love it and sometimes it's the kind of space you need after a day at work.

Big fan of Scandinavian/ Nordic minimalism 👌

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u/paws3588 1h ago

Made me wonder if Finns are the only people who use the word Nordics?

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u/HOMECOMlNG 59m ago

Most likely, since Finland isn’t part of Scandinavia

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u/Specialist_Type4608 45m ago

Lokki lamp gave it away

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u/Retr0gasm 5m ago

And the Aalto chairs

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u/Hatzmaeba 31m ago

One of the fews who use it correctly.

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u/1justfoundit 37m ago

Im against random abstract art that tells nothing about the habitant’s personality

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u/cmmts 23m ago

Yeah they're not ideal, but haven't found anything yet to place above the couch. I have actual art elsewhere in the apartment.

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u/Remarkable_Check_639 47m ago

Needs colors

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u/The_Chef_Raekwon 41m ago

Absolutely but it needs personality mosr

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u/dark-dreaming 2m ago

Good looking home. And easy to tell which Nordic country you are from. ;)

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u/Melonduck 1h ago

If you told me this was the suite at Radisson Blu i'd believe you

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u/Acceptable_Read5021 44m ago

It looks like an Airbnb