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Alcove Beds

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Just tripping along visiting various sites that are related to my newest obsession -- learning more about Scandinavia, specifically Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Anyway, I kept seeing these interesting bed on various blogs and websites and thought I would share them with you. I think they are ever so interesting . Take a look..... Catalano Architects And this http://brianvandenbrink.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/BUILT-INS/G00007Ouzdf3eRqc/I0000KsyHyCpjDpU/P0000KgctNNKTJ7s And this http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/cozy-alcove-beds-142591 And this http://scandinavianfolk.blogspot.co.uk And this theessenceofthegoodlife.blogspot.com  And another 24.media.tumblr.com  And theessenceofthegoodlife.blogspot.no  This theessenceofthegoodlife.blogspot.no  Pat

Nordic Noir

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At work we were talking about various TV shows we are watching and a much younger, trendier co-worker said, " I think it so cool that you like Nordic Noir." Nordic Noir?  What is that? Well, I googled it and found:  Scandinavian noir or Scandinavian crime fiction, also called Nordic Noir, is a genre comprising crime fiction written in Scandinavia with certain common characteristics, typically in a realistic style with a dark, morally complex mood. According to one critic, "Nordic crime fiction carries a more respectable cachet... than similar genre fiction produced in Britain or the US". Language, heroes and settings are three commonalities in the genre, which features plain, direct writing style without metaphor. With its roots in the ground-breaking TV dramas The Killing, Borgen, Wallander and The Bridge, Nordic Noir has become a genre in its own right, influencing screenwriters far beyond the Scandinavian Peninsula. I just love Bron/Broen (T