Mine is our summer cottage. When we arrive in the small fishing village in Northwest Skåne, Sweden all my worries fall away and I flit about with my family, barefoot and fancy free! It’s a laid back place where the forest and sea meet and the scent of the salt spray and sea kelp from the Kattegat Sea blends with the scent of beach rose and hawthorn.
Now that the warmer weather has arrived in Sweden, we spend as much time at our little cabin as possible. Here are some snapshots from a recent visit – as well as our newly stocked little cabin bathroom! Välkommen!
Per is great at swimming in the sea all year round, but I am what Swedes like to refer to as a badkruka (swimming pot) – i.e. someone who is a little afraid of getting in very cold water! So, before the water temperatures rise, I prefer to shower back in the cabin with the door open, it’s almost like washing alfresco!
Although little, our bathroom is wonderfully cool and refreshing – in part thanks to the stone floor and shelf (made from the same tiles) – but also because the door opens to the garden, so you feel like you’re showering alfresco.
The cool waters of the Kattegat Sea are so refreshing – and a perfect place to collect ‘tång’ seaweed. When I first moved here, I learned that you can use it as a body scrub and it leaves your skin silky smooth, so sometimes I collect a small sample to take back to the cabin. Have you tried this?
I love that the new collection is made from locally sourced active ingredients (which are combined with existing certified organic ingredients) – including Swedish rapeseed oil (the fields are in bloom now and so beautiful!), known for its proven soothing skin protection properties, beta glucan extract from Swedish oat fibre to soothe, care for and moisturise the skin and scalp in washes and shampoos. And Nordic beets is blended into conditioners to reduce friction and help the hair shine. Nature at its finest!
Today, we love to go walking in the forest on a hot day as the canopy provides so much shade. It also shelters you from the wind on a cold day, and a perfect place to collect decorations at Christmas time – and whatever time you visit, you can always here the babble from the stream and the hushed sounds of woodland creatures going about their business. This time round we could hear a woodpecker hard at work, and one of our neighbours tells us they recently spotted an Elk – although we’ve yet to see him!
