How can you not be drawn to the NY-inspired loft apartment design trend? Large, bright and airy rooms that retain the harsh fixtures and fittings of a buildings past that’s...

Traditional Scandinavian interiors have long been admired for their simplicity. White walls, clean lines, uncluttered spaces and an almost gallery-like sense of calm.

But what happens when that minimalism begins to feel a little too polished?

It seems everyone’s doing it lately. The brave ones, anyway. The people with “the vision”. The ones confidently abandoning white walls in favour of deep greens, charcoal greys and almost-black blues.