How did you find me?

I'm curious.

I've noticed that you, sweet readers, are really from all over the world. So amazing. Can I just ask you how you found my blog? My blog stats only tell me so much and I'd love to hear how you ended up reading my little posts from way over here in Sweden.

Also, is there anything in particular you'd like to read about or see photos of? Those of you who've already written and asked for specific topics, I promise, they're coming up soon!

The peonies above from my garden are for you!

Comments

[tracey in toronto]

this is my first time here at your blog. i found you because one of my favourite bloggers www.crazyauntpurl.com linked to your flickr page and then i ventured over here from there...

[Christine]

Hello - I found you on Apartment therapy a few weeks ago (I think) and I am so glad I did. Your blog is very inspiring. I'm curious how you keep all your whites so clean. We had white hand towels but they didn't look pretty after a while even after washing.

[Tasneem Noor]

Hi! I'm not sure which blog i was reading that had your blog on it's favorites list! But i'm really glad ive found it!

I love your photos and mostly am so amazed by how you've managed to build all that furniture on your own.

I'm from Singapore and and my husbands from Sweden....we're hoping to back move to Sweden as soon as we can!

Your blog is truly an inspiration to me. Makes me want to go to Sweden right NOW!

Thank you!

[sunny]

I've been a fan of your flickr photos since Day One and had hoped you'd become a blogger!

Love your blog!

QUESTION: I have a place for mail when it comes in - and I recycle the junk mail. But can you walk us through how you handle mail, bills,etc. and how you store your paperwork - maybe how you decide what goes where?

I have a basket of unopened mail..I will open it soon - but have no clear routine to follow with the paperwork.

thanks :)

PS: I too would love to see how you organize/store your clothes and maybe toiletries too.

[mollysusie]

Hello! I also came from the link on Crazy Aunt Purl's website. I'm so glad I found you...I live in a small apartment and need all the organization and decorating help I can get. Plus I love your cat stuff.

[mayalu]

I only discovered the blogging world recently...with Design*Sponge's DIY contest. We were both finalists and I fell in love with the peak into your son's room. Then you turned up on Cookie and I discovered your flikr stream...I've been smitten with your home and meticulous style from the first moment. I can't tell you how thrilled I was when you started this blog...I'm a regular visitor...all the way for Northeastern US. Thanks for each helpful and inspiring post!

[JustMeC]

I found you via kirtsy I think, which referenced the apartment therapy site. I love your aesthetic and style... not to mention your amazing organizational skills. Thanks for all the great ideas!

[Peggy]

I don't remember exactly how I found your blog, perhaps via Flickr or Apartment Therapy. I am absolutely fascinated by your organization skills and your "clean and simple" living style. The minute I saw the pictures of your home, I knew I would become an instant fan.

[Jean]

I live in a suburb of Seattle. I discovered the photos of your home from Flickr's IKEA in My Home {the boat room} or through a trail of favorites on Flickr from Yvonne Eijkenduijn or Ali Edwards. Looking at the favorites of others on Flickr is a wonderful way to be introduced to images.

{stripey fish on Flickr}

[Daniela]

I am fron Buenos Aires but I live in Bogota Colombia , I found you in Haus Maus
I love your houseee
Daniela

[Steffi]

I think I found your log at desiretoinspire, if that's were you are in the favorites. I love interior blogs, specially since I move next months and need inspirations!
I love your blog! I have douzens of bookmarks in my furniture folder, but yours is one of my daily reads! You are a great inspiration!

[Kaiti (near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)]

I came from Crazy Aunt Purl too. Laurie (aka Crazy Aunt Purl) mentioned you in her June 17th blog. She linked to both your flickr page and blog - can't get to flickr from work so I came to your blog. I love it!

And from yours I found Lindzi.blogg.se. Can't read a word of it, but she has beautiful photos!! It's amazing where you can end up by following links.

Thanks again for your blog! (and the flowers - they're gorgeous)

[Dee]

I found you at Crazy Aunt Purl's blog. She linked to your blog.

I would love to see pictures of your town, the foods you eat, the places you go, what you grow (if anything) --- just basic stories of how you live your life, the ordinary stuff that is so different from my ordinary stuff in the near-tropics.

[MargeHess]

I followed this link from crazyauntpurl. I love the clean look of your house and am interested in any downpairing and organization.

[MargeHess]

I followed this link from crazyauntpurl. I love the clean look of your house and am interested in any downpairing and organization.

[manon]

Well i don't really remeber where I found you. It must have been something about your roompicture (I don't even remember if that is a workspace or something else). Then I checked out your flickr page and saw that you have a blog. and here I am.
I really love the way your house is organized. I love your kitchen.

When I read the Apartment Therapy tips I aksed myselöf how you make your hubby to throw away stuff. I really can't keep everything he likes. ;)

[Jules]

I found out you had a blog via AT LA, but I have always been a fan of your pictures (via the usual big blogs D*S being one, I think?). Anyway, I am so inspired by your organizational skills! I wish I could be so tidy. I would love for you to advise on what I should store in these big cupboards I have in the bedroom and hallway. I know they are supposed to be linen closets (at least the one in the hallway) but they are so impossibly deep I can't imagine how I would access items stored in the very back.

Maybe that could be a feature on your blog! We send in our storage conundrums, and you give your opinion on how to remedy?

[Eva]

I came through CAP's blog this morning. I'm in Luxembourg, but I've been to Sweden (Knivsta, with visits to Stockholm and Uppsala... mostly for shopping hehehe) several times. I love Clas Ohlsons'... and the other shop where you can find loads of snicksnacks is Tiinmarii or something like that hehehe. I don't know how to spell it.

Cheers Eva

[kellyt]

I either found you on Design Sponge or Cookie. Your new blog is so much up my alley it's scary. I fell in love with your tidy, bright and (very!) organized house. Every time I see pictures of your house, I'm inspired to go clean out or organize a closet or the laundry room. No kidding! Here's an odd request, I'd love to see the inside of your refrigerator! There is a food magazine here in the US that features celebrity refrigerators and it's so much fun to see what they keep in there.

[Heather España]

Hmmm, let's see. I think I found Superhero Designs during a random search for Superhero items. Through Superhero Designs I THINK I found Design Sponge, and through Design Sponge I found you! I love the internet... what a crazy web of connection. Anyway, I love your blog and usually check every day to see if you have posted something new :). Thank-you for all of the visual eye candy and inspiration you give us here!

[koryanshea]

Hi! So nice of you to ask! I'm also a crazyauntpurl reader and that's where I found you!
I really like your blog, it's so inspiring, AND I found some really great links here!

[M]

Hi!

I don't know for sure but I think I found you in someone's favorites at Flickr. And I love your blog! I always like to peek in people's wardrobes / cupboards / boxes, and your blog let's us do that without feeling guilty! That's great, thanks!

[Holly]

I found you via Flickr group Organization. I love your organizing posts and you family life seems so sweet as does your teenager. You seem very blessed!

[C.E.R.]

Came across your pictures on the "Corners of My Home" group on Flickr. Your house is adorable!

[ANN]

I don't remember how I found you, but after reading everyone's comments I think I can narrow it down to either design sponge or ali edwards. i love your blog and the inspiration it gives me to get some of my own things in order.

[Rachel]

I found you on Apartment Therapy, it was the fist post I ever read on AT, and gee am I glad I did!

[molly]

I found you through Flickr and AT. Saw you in both places and thought, "wow cool style!" I love your blog, your style and your family. I live in Washington, DC but grew up in the desert of Arizona.

[Monica]

hmmm, I think Apartment Therapy. But like everyone else, I fell in love with you style and took a look at your flickr pictures. Which, of course, led us to your blog. Plus, the fact that you live in Sweden and reference Swedish stores (love Clas Ohlson!!) confirms that I can make my home beautiful outside of the US!! Thanks Benita!!! :-)

[Melissa]

Chez-I found you thru flickr. I also had a thread going on Mothering.com about your pics, which I think you buzzed by and wrote a comment on, LOL. I am in central US, in central Missouri. Come over and join us at Mothering in the decluttering and organizing section and help us out when you have time.

[Johanna]

Hej Benita!

I found you via someone elses blog that had a link to your Flickr site. I like your style and I as well must have everything in their places.. ;) Later I discovered your blog and am now visiting it regulary.

Hälsningar från Finland och god Midsommar! ;o)

[joan]

Hi from Louisiana where it's VERY hot and humid now. I originally linked to your blog from one of these: Apartment Therapy, Unclutterer, Rearranged Design. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I read all of those (and now your lovely blog) every day and it's all kind of a blur. You are doing a FABULOUS job with your postings. I enjoy all of them. Thanks!
joan

[Ali]

Thank you for the peonies - my favourites at the moment. And I found you over at Flickr.

[Sam]

Hi, I'm from Scotland but live in Paris. I think I found your flicker photos first through 'A Cup of Jo' or 'Apartment Therapy' (maybe) and then I read somewhere that you had started a blog.
I find your blog so inspirational and really enjoying seeing how you organise your lovely home.

[Kellie]

i think it was the CAP link for me too. The gorgeousness of your home and your wonderful organisational skills are such a treat!

[Sally]

Hi! I'm from Hawaii, and I found you through either AT or sfgirlbybay. I love your style!

[kirstie]

I live in London. I found your flickr page through apartment therapy, and then started reading your blog. I think you are the most inspiring source for organisational tips that I have ever found (including magazines and books), I suppose because I really believe that you live like that - its not just a set up for a magazine shoot.

We live in a small house with two small children (under 1000 square metres) and I find it really motivating to see a house that is small, beautiful and perfectly adapted to the people who live there. I like the boat too.

I'd like tips for storing bath toys, but I think you might be past that stage!

[Making it Lovely]

I've been a big fan of your photos on flickr for a long time! I'm so glad you're blogging now. :)

[Veronique]

I found you on Decor8. I'm from France and I live in the US.
Thank you for sharing your life.

Love your blog!

[Ana Burmester Baptista]

Greetings from Portugal!
So nice of you to ask! I think the fisrt time I came across you was via sfgirlbybay. I checked your FlickR photos, your Etsy shop, fell in love with your beautiful house up until the day I found out about your blog! This is trully an addiction (a healthy one!) as you manage to bring out the simplest solutions and ideas for things I considered huge problems!
Thanks a lot for sharing it with us and keep up the good work!
Ana

[Kristie]

Apartment Therapy, literally just days after you started this blog.

I'm curious about your clothing storage, but I remember from the last blog post that you will be showing that soon.

[Robin]

I found your blog when I did an image search for "shoe storage" and your flickr account came up -- I am attracted to the fact that you are, piece by piece, making a relatively modest home into your dream. I am in the middle of a similar journey in northern Colorado, USA. You have a wonderful eye for color and design and you also seem to find ingenious ways to live with and celebrate the "warts" inherent to any house. Very inspiring!

[Libby]

I came to your flickr photos via apartment therapy (which was referred to on another blog I read - can't remember which one). I subscribed to your flikr feed just weeks before you started your blog. I just love your clean organised style.

Libby (in Australia)

[christine in san diego, ca]

found you from crazy aunt purl!

[Samantha]

CrazyAuntPurl linked to your flikr page and I clicked on your blog link. I'm in Michigan, in the US.

[Concha]

I found you via flickr some months ago and I'm delighted that yoy have started writing a blog! I love Swedish aestetics and organizing... so I LOVE your home!

[quinn]

Hello Benita -
I found you (as have many others recently!) through Crazy Aunt Purl. I am always interested in functional design, as my house is 624 square feet (57.9 square metres) and has many, many wonderful windows...so no storage space on the walls. It is a challenge, but I will not sacrifice the views for closets :)
I hope to be inspired by your methods of combining beauty with function.
It would be even better, however, if you would come visit me and build things... :)
quinn

[birgit]

yeah
it took me some time to remember how i found your flickr and afterwards your blog
castanet set a link to your foto storing old maps
so i started to scroll your fotos
looking at your amazing white house
thinking yeah no kids no pets
when i saw pictures of your son and the two cats
bendin' my head ashamed
since this time i study your blog
trying to organize my house
i will never have a white house like you
but i try
i love your blog and the fotos
best wishes from kassel germany
birgit

[ami]

I come here for inspiration/organization tips, and I've gone back and looked at many of your photos again and again. I found your blog while I was searching for something on flickr, although now I can't seem to remember what that was.

[ami]

I come here for inspiration/organization tips, and I've gone back and looked at many of your photos again and again. I found your blog while I was searching for something on flickr, although now I can't seem to remember what that was.

[Peggy]

Crazy Aunt Pearl for me.... she commented about your beautifully decorated home and she was right!... I have cleaned out a few drawers... you have inspired me to be neater and more organized... do you make housecalls??... New Mexico is a nice state to visit!

[Sara B]

G'day. I'm from Brisbane, Australia. I originally found you through Flickr, just browsing favourites, then read on Decor8's blog you had your own. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful home, it's inspiring. And now I've found a heap of organisation blogs which feeds another fetish! Look forward to more....

[Jo]

Found you through D*S, if I recall correctly! One of the biggies, anyway. It was the photo of your kitchen; the white tiles and shelves and the two stools. Made a big impression.

And then one click leads to another, as we know, and hours are lost to Flickr in wondrous admiration.

As others have said, it's the little corners of your home that I've loved seeing (and to the fridge suggestion, I say yes!). I also appreciate the detail and photos on your diy projects. I get a real sense of how they came together, the level of difficulty, how long they took, and so on.

Would love to see more of your daily routine (in the vein of Erin's DAILIES). I'm good at the big one off organisational projects but less successful in the drip drip drip of everyday life. Before I know it ~ mess and clutter again.

From Jo down in NZ

[Jac]

Hi! i loveeeeeee your house. :D i found your photos through ali edward's favorite on flickr. and through those, i looked through all your photos and i love them!! and i saw you again on apartment therapy and read your write up and stuff. We have bought a place recently and we are in the midst of getting our place renovated so i read your blog everyday for ideas and inspiration. you are awesome! any great tips or words of wisdom for people who are just starting in renovations? i know you guys tooks about years to slowly do up the place and i see your lovely place and i wonder how long will it take for us to get there! I am from Singapore by the way :)

[lucy]

About a week ago I saw your "organising shoe shine" Photo on Flikr's new domesticity group that led me here. And I have been hooked since. Your home organisation is inspiring!

[helen]

I don't remember how I found your blog, but I noticed your flickr account couple months ago, and I was amazed! I love to read your blog, all posts are great. I especially enjoy the ones about your DIY projects and organizational tips~ Thank you for taking your time to share!!!

[Lora]

I found you via crazy aunt purl as well...Your blog is very inspiring, I spent some time this weekend cleaning out some drawers. You mentioned that you are coming to NYC soon. You really need to check out The Container Store on 18th and 6th Ave.

[Molly]

Ha, Crazy Aunt Purl here too! She's probably going to get new readers this week too!LOL

Your blog is so refreshing and inspiring! Now I'm after my hubby now to make that cool shoe cubby.

Molly(in northeast Texas)

[mel]

Hi :)

I found your blog thru Flickr, I have been drooling over your photos for quite a while. i think I found you at Flickr thru someone's favourite.

I live in Sydney and dream of building a small bedside table out of MDF.

I would love to hear about how you store and organise your extra groceries. Also how do you keep your towels so white with a teenage boy?

cheers

[Clare]

There was a feature on your lovely home in an Australian house magazine.I loved your work space so I tracked you down.So glad I did.When you have time(because you are the organising guru I see),can you give some ideas on childrens storage.I have two small boys sharing a room in a small house and the amount of stuff they have....LEGO!!!!....is making for a crazy floor chaos.Thanks so much.

[KnittingKnutty]

I found you from a blog on Crazy Aunt Purl.

[Jen]

Flickr!
Love your photos, looking forward to reading your blog : )

[Eliane]

I think it's via Apartment Therapy that I subscribed to your pictures on Flickr, which led you to your blog. I like how you have fun with your house. Your interior is very cute, very Martha Steward-y (which I know you'll take as a compliment).

[All Things Lovely]

Oh wow, the peonies are delicious! I found your lovely blog through a friend, she thought I might like to see how you recovered your ironing board! I'm going to add you to my blog roll, your blog is delightful.

[Ibabe]

Hi,

Really can´t remember exactly where I found your blog. I can say, that first fall in love with the photos of your house in flickr and then found the blog.
And can´t stop reading it everyday.

Keep on in this lovely way and thanks for sharing with us.

Ibb

[Barb (Australia)]

I found your photos on Flickr (can't quite remember how) and was very excited when you started up your blog. I check it daily and find it so inspiring. I started throwing things out of one of my cupboards yesterday and I plan to do a little bit each day until I have a home as beautiful as Chez Larsson!

[Serenknitity]

I found you through Crazy Aunt Purl, too (or should that be p2 - sorry, knitting joke). I love your house and tips, and I love Sweden - went to West Gotaland (I think) two years ago and it was heaven - few people, lots of lakes.

[Aidan]

I found you via flickr. Anything on your garden would be wonderful, or what neighborhoods look like in your town, or your produce market, what is fresh at the moment?

[Lucy]

I came across you,by Fickr's on getting organised. Which I have looked at everyday since and now what could be even better a blog.....I have been cleaning,re-organising and even trying to build things.

[Caroline]

I found you via some other blog recently (sorry, I can't remember). I bookmarked yours right away & like to check in to see what your latest point of view is. I really enjoy it.

[Minna]

Hello! My first visit here - and definetely not the last one. I found you on Topblogarea.se... curious as I am I just had to check the newcomer on the top ten!!! Congratulations!

[Catherine]

Your blog was linked on Crazy Aunt Purl, and I liked the combination of pictures and text. Both are clean and easy to absorb. So now you're on my RSS feed.

As far as what I'd like to see, just keep doing what you're doing. We're here because we like what you do. :)

[Anna]

I'm another reader from Crazy Aunt Purl!

What a beautiful house! I love all the color!

[katie]

found you in desire to inspire's winks. i'm enjoying your site from here in north carolina. thanks!

[Angela]

I found you through Crazy Aunt Purl just recently. I love to see what those in other countries are doing.

[Jaime]

I found you via Apartment Therapy and I am so glad I did, your blog inspires me to be organized and neat! Thank you!!!

[Brandy]

I am from central NY, USA and I read Crazy Aunt Purl (www.crazyauntpurl.com). She cracks me up.

She mentioned your blog the other day and commented on your cleaning/organizing style. I followed the link and I totally agree with her. Your home is so crisp and clean while still looking very warm and inviting. I'm getting a lot of good ideas from you.

So thanks very much and just keep doing what your doing!

[lizb]

another one from apartment therapy - I love your blog, your style, your ability to organize!

[Katie]

I found you through another blog. I'm just looking many kinds of inspiration, artistic and otherwise. I love your photos and ideas.
Thanks!

[Barb]

I've enjoyed your flickr photos for a long time. I probably found them on the organized pool or something similar. And then another blog I read, Crazy Aunt Purl, posted a link to your blog. And here I am.

[S.HOPtalk]

Benita:

As you know, I found you on flickr many months ago. I knew instantly you were a star in the making. :)

So thrilled you decided to pursue blogging. xo~suzanne

[S.HOPtalk]

Benita:

As you know, I found you on flickr many months ago. I knew instantly you were a star in the making. :)

So thrilled you decided to pursue blogging. xo~suzanne

[Betsey]

CrazyAuntPurl.com mentioned your site, and I've always been a fan of Swedish living/design. I grew up North of Chicago near the lake in an ethnically Scandinavian neighborhood (I'm German-American, and the only child in my elementary school who wasn't part Swedish). However, I still love my crisp lines, primary colors, tailored design, and the feeling that we should capture as much winter sunlight as we can.

Your site is a good fit. Plus, it's so refreshing that you're designing functional family space on a budget.

[Carol]

Another one from Crazy Aunt Pearl! I wish I had your organizational skills! You inspire me. Your peonies are beautiful....my favorite flower, although it is toooo hot in south Alabama for them!

[Shaquanna]

I found you from another blog (I believe)-one that I cannot find or remember. Then I saw more photos and searched for articles, and then got/found your blog. I would like to know more about your photo organization-I did see/learn some from your flickr photos, and to see how you keep your photos in albums. Thanks.

[Mia]

Hejsan! Jag tycker mycket om din blogg ;-)

That's about all the Swedish I know! I found you through Door Sixteen, Anna's blog.

I really like your tips about organizing the house, and I love your clean, very special style that is neat and at the same time very cozy.

Your blog gives great inspiration! I love the "down to earth" -attitude, and of course all the wonderful photos.

[Cynthia]

I think I found you through Apartment Therapy or maybe Design Sponge. You're my idol and I love your photos and your house. The organizing tips post you did for Apartment Therapy was great.

[Alex]

I followed a link from apartment therapy, and have been hooked ever since. I've saved many of your photos into my "inspiration" folder and just really enjoy your blog. I love organization and I love design, and you are the perfect combination of the two. Some of my favourite posts are benign things like photos of how you organize (beautifully) your papers/kitchen drawers/etc.

[Esther]

I found you on flickr after realizing that all those pictures I was putting in my favorites were all yours!! I absolutely love your house...and I'll admit it, admire your lifestyle.

[yarnlet]

I began reading Chez Larsson after Holly mentioned you on haus maus. Thank you so much for sharing your home with us!

[M]

I forgot to mention, I'm from Holland.. And I'd love to go to Sweden one day.

+ if I can make a little suggestion for an upcoming post, maybe a peek in your fridge? :)

[Daisy Steiner]

I found you on flickr. I was joyed to find someone with a passion, nay talent for home organisation. I have used a few of your ideas and hope to use more when I have the places to implement them. I look forward to each and every post from you - I was so happy when you became a blogger!
I'd love to see more about how you organise inside your kitchen and other food cupboards.
Oh and cleaning products etc.

[Nicole]

I live in Stuttgart Germany and I found you through a link from the Hausmaus blog. Wow, you are super organised! I have a 6 bedroom house and I still do not have enough space for everything we own. I'm loving your storage tips. Compared to your talents I am definitely a work in progress.

[enthusia]

i found you on flickr. i don't use flickr much myself anymore, but i keep an account so i can look at photos of homes like yours.

[Rachel Shingleton]

I've also been a huge fan of yours via Flickr. Your style is so distinctive, refreshing, and exciting. I was thrilled when I found your blog, and appreciate your online friendship! :) Cheers and hugs -- Rachel

[Remy]

Greetings from sunny Florida,

I found your blog after the link was posted on Crazy Aunt Purl.

I like your home and your cat items as well.

[Jan]

Hi, I believe I found you through Apartment Therapy.

[Carolyn]

I love your blog! I found you through Ali Edwards site when she mentioned the Apartment Therapy site and I've been reading your stuff ever since. I too would love to see how you organize toiletries. I have way too much stuff on the bathroom counter and am into minimizing clutter as much as possible.
I organized my sewing thread today with an inexpensive wooden thread spool rack. It looks awesome.
Thanks for all your tips and all you share.
Carolyn in Oregon

[MaCo]

From the Flickr group very small houses, or was it tiny houses. Well, diminutive dwellings in some fashion. Nice blog!

[Ksenia in Canada]

Hi Benita,

I ran into you on flickr and on apartmenttherapy.com.

I'd love to read about any aspect of the interior of your home, things that have inspired you, design advice that you'd have for others, ideas you have for rooms that you haven't yet implemented, etc.

Love your blog!

[Cami]

I found your blog via desiretoinspire.blogspot.com. You've got such an amazing house!! I hope to see more of it! XO from Argentina!