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Cozy living room with stone fireplace, brown sofa, rustic coffee table, wicker chairs, and shelving styled like vintage console tables with books and decor.

Vintage Console Table: Style, Story, and the Spaces They Shape

A vintage console table is the quiet kind of furniture — never the loud centerpiece, yet always the piece that steadies the room. Slim, versatile, and...

Kassina Folstad
Vintage and Rustic Bathroom Design: My Bathroom and a Client Project Inspired By It - Hello Norden

Vintage and Rustic Bathroom Design: My Bathroom and a Client Project Inspired By It

Step inside my own vintage bathroom and the client project it inspired. See how reclaimed wood, stone, and brass create soulful, rustic modern spaces —...

Kassina Folstad
Vintage living room with reclaimed wood coffee table, black leather sofa, brown leather armchairs, patterned rug, and large windows with black curtains.

Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table: Where Texture Meets Time

Some materials hold onto their vitality, offering character that only grows richer over time. A reclaimed wood coffee table carries history in every grain — old...

Kassina Folstad
The Vintage Coffee Table: Weight, Memory, and Style - Hello Norden

The Vintage Coffee Table: Weight, Memory, and Style

A vintage coffee table brings more than utility into a room — it brings presence. Each mark across its surface carries a story, every variation...

Kassina Folstad
Living Room Accent Chairs: Adding Depth, Mood, and Flow - Hello Norden

Living Room Accent Chairs: Adding Depth, Mood, and Flow

Living room accent chairs do more than add seating — they shape flow, create mood, and anchor the room. From dark leather to black statement...

Kassina Folstad
Accent Chairs: How One Seat Can Redefine Your Living Room - Hello Norden

Accent Chairs: How One Seat Can Redefine Your Living Room

A room is never still. It carries pauses, pivots, and focal points that guide how you move and where you land. Accent chairs are one...

Kassina Folstad
The Reclaimed Wood Console Table Your Home’s Been Missing - Hello Norden

The Reclaimed Wood Console Table Your Home’s Been Missing

Reclaimed Wood Console Table: Functional Art with a Story to Tell The console table might be the most underrated piece of furniture in your home....

Kassina Folstad
Dark, moody entryway with a reclaimed wood bench, textured plaster walls, rustic wooden door, vintage dough bowl, woven basket, and a potted olive tree in a vintage planter.

From Salvage to Statement: Why Reclaimed Furniture Feels Different and Enhances Modern Spaces

Did you know the brain reads texture as safety? It’s true. When we see natural materials—like the uneven grain of a reclaimed wood dining table...

Kassina Folstad
How to Design a French Countryside Kitchen With Soul - Hello Norden

How to Design a French Countryside Kitchen With Soul

This week’s Kassina’s Edit breaks down the grounded beauty (and nervous system science) behind the French countryside kitchen: tonal stone, raw wood, iron, and that...

Kassina Folstad
What Designers See in Quality Furniture (And You Should Too) - Hello Norden

What Designers See in Quality Furniture (And You Should Too)

Designers see what most people miss. The weight of solid oak. The way seamless joinery almost disappears into itself. The upholstery that keeps its shape...

Kassina Folstad
Room by Room: A Home Furniture Guide for Living Room, Dining Room, and Bedroom Furniture - Hello Norden

Room by Room: A Home Furniture Guide for Living Room, Dining Room, and Bedroom Furniture

The wrong sofa makes the whole room feel off. The right one? It changes how you breathe. From awkward dining chairs to cluttered bedroom setups,...

Kassina Folstad
The #1 Design Mistake & How to Fix It with Vintage Pots & Home Decor - Hello Norden

The #1 Design Mistake & How to Fix It with Vintage Pots & Home Decor

This week’s Kassina’s Edit scales up the entryway with the Collected Entryway formula: a soulful console, one bold artwork, and a huge tree in an...

Kassina Folstad
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