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A japandi living room with a low boucle sofa, a solid oak coffee table and a walnut sideboard, lit by a paper pendant

Japandi Style: What It Is, and How It Works Room by Room

Japandi is the overlap between Japanese restraint and Scandinavian warmth. Here is what defines it, what it costs to get wrong, and how it lands in each room of a house.

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A hygge living room in the evening, lit only by lamps, candles and an open fire, with layered wool throws and a basket of yarn

Hygge: What It Means, How to Say It, and How to Build It Into a Room

Hygge is a Danish word for a quality of atmosphere, not a furniture style. Here is what it actually means, how to pronounce it, and the small number of decisions that produce it in a real room.

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