"It’s Like Living Inside a Snow Globe" — White Works Year-Round in This Stockholm Apartment, but It Comes Into Its Own at Christmas

A white living room with white B&B Italia sofa, glass coffee table and Christmas tree with oversized white bow.

Embracing white has become a bit of a classic Scandinavian design signature, along with the likes of Finn Juhl chairs and Hästens beds. Allowing that cool, Swedish light to bounce off pale walls is a look that has influenced countless designers and decorators the world over and seen a proliferation of different whites on paint color cards.

But for this all-white, period apartment in Stockholm, transformed into a modern home, the color comes into its own during the festive season — a show of the true versatility of the ultimate neutral.