The Scandinavian look is heavily influenced by the all year round, distinctive weather that prevails all over Scandinavia. Long dreary winters with early dusk and a lack of natural light made architects, rethinking interior furnishings. Anything dark, gloomy, and heavy avoided, while every thing bright, pale, light, airy, and lustrous was included. Pale walls, floors, and furnishings reflected whatever little light was available, thus enlivening even the darkest days of winter.

Colors found in Scandinavian homes are the high marks; pale tones of white, cream and light blue are more common. Other than white, blue is the most popular color in the palette. It reminds clear skies even in the cold days of winter. Blues combine easily with white, cream, yellow, gold, and red. Hues of red show up repeatedly in interiors and offer an energetic look when combined with white and is also used with simple floral, checked, and striped fabrics. The natural textures, pale tints and blonde woods of the Scandinavian home create an ambience of gentle earthly tones, yet color is a strong player in the Nordic interior. Most Scandinavian homes are airy and uncluttered with strong colors employed to negate the feeling of melancholy.

In Scandinavian homes, the ceiling is the de facto fifth wall, and adds to the visual impact of the other four walls. Nordics believe in the importance of skies and heavens. The ceiling is often a delight to watch with its wonderful color combination of hues of red and blues with graphical representations. Furniture is a mix of straight lines with gently curving shapes in maximum details. Legs are delicate and tapered toward a narrower point at the bottom, either rounded or squared. Benches are common in interiors, often seen in a long narrow style with six legs and an upholstered top. Scandinavian style sofas feature wooden frames and turned legs, commonly with minimal upholstery, separate seat cushions, and pillow backs. Floors, cabinetry, and furniture are made of virgin pale wood; birch, white pine and other white woods are standard, sometimes bleached with white or pale paints. Furniture is invariably painted with pale or white colors to reflect more light. Carved figurines are also seen in fluted legs, scrolled table borders, and mirror frames. Fabrics used in interiors are all natural including linen and cotton either plain with commonly available patterns. Patterns found in any Nordic interiors are often printed on a bright white background with another complimentary color like blue or red. Floral and stripes are also common, commonly in one color plus white.

Mirrors are located strategically to reflect light and oval mirrors add to sparkle to interiors. Motifs and other designs in Scandinavian décor, show festoons of ribbons, wreath shapes, hearts, sheaves of wheat, and scrolling designs. Accessories are quite simple and arranged in an uncluttered manner. Most of them are light and pale in color, with wreaths, china, candles, and flowers dominating the interiors. Wreaths are simple yet elegant objects of interiors and round box wood ones are hung by ribbons in front of windows and bookshelves. Tabletop objects are simple with extreme elegance. Floral china is pale and restricted to one color (often blue) plus white. Fresh flowers are vibrant and lively and do bring life in to a room. Bright flowers in cream colored vases or clear glass containers do wonders to add grace to a living room. Lighting decorations are often bright with chandeliers, wall fixtures and simple yet elegant table lamps. Scandinavian architecture is unique and includes leaded glass windows, very ceilings, wall moldings, hard floorings and tile stoves. Walls are mostly white and pale and stenciling is applied to walls and furnishings with white and pale tones.

Nordic interiors exude extreme warmth; artificially created by adapting very intelligently to the art of decoration- in Scandinavian way.

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