![SWEDE DREAMS](https://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/1775/681600/60d477972d9fd/SWEDE-DREAMS.jpg)
That was the case for Birgitta Örne, a successful Swedish interior designer with her own practice in Stockholm. She and her husband Ove Pihl, a retired advertising head and book publisher turned artist, were used to spending their weekends visiting friends in the country. “We used to rent a cottage near the coast in Sörmland, just south of the capital,” she says. “We had friends in the area and every time we visited them, we’d say to ourselves, ‘This is where we want to live’.”
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July - August 2021 من Homes & Interiors Scotland.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Escape EASTSIDE COTTAGES
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![THE WRITE ANGLE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/VkeiG_8UX1692784757603/THE-WRITE-ANGLE.jpg)
THE WRITE ANGLE
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![Turn back the clock](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/_OA8oREl-1692784299288/TURN-BACK-THE-CLOCK.jpg)
Turn back the clock
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![A place of our own](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/cV7pMrWRN1692783814733/A-PLACE-OF-OUR-OWN.jpg)
A place of our own
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![REFUGE FROM THE STORM](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/oGhIWGnIp1692783420245/REFUGE-FROM-THE-STORM.jpg)
REFUGE FROM THE STORM
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![The starting point](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/7LbiCrV621692783144025/THE-STARTING-POINT.jpg)
The starting point
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![MORE THAN SKIN DEEP](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/RcxrwSf571692782784115/MORE-THAN-SKIN-DEEP.jpg)
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![SPACE TO BREATHE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/M02v_ppSZ1692782217961/SPACE-TO-BREATHE.jpg)
SPACE TO BREATHE
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![MELANIE O'DONNELL - Ceramic artist](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/aDZY2Fiyy1692782036334/MELANIE-ODONNELL-CERAMIC-ARTIST.jpg)
MELANIE O'DONNELL - Ceramic artist
The best thing about creating ceramics is the way you can get lost in another world.
![Reading LIST](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/1775/1411840/nLkXB517k1692781688462/READING-LIST.jpg)
Reading LIST
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