Welcome to Scandi Week—Apartment Therapy's seven-day focus on all-things Scandinavia (often defined as the countries of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway). Sometimes it seems like the whole world is obsessed with trying to copy this corner of the globe, from its timeless style aesthetic to its now-famous coziness rituals. For the next week, we'll take a look at all of it—cleaning, pop culture, and of course tons of eye-popping design inspiration. Pull up a blanket and get hygge with us.
In 2012, I was 28, single, self-employed, and blessed by the once-in-a-lifetime combination of a post-recession housing market that hadn't yet rebounded, historically low-interest rates, an almost perfect credit score, and an inheritance from my grandparents that was just the right size for a down payment at the time. I found a cute, 1920s, 1,200 square-foot, two-bedroom bungalow in Oakland, California, with great bones and a Meyer Lemon tree in the backyard that just needed painting (the walls included not two, but three shades of metallic turquoise when I bought it). I planned to stay there for at least 10 years.
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