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10 Stylish Living Rooms from Around the World
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Belgium, Family with Kids (and a Cat!)
A while back we took a look at Apartment Bathrooms from Around the World which was fun to put together, but is was not necessarily a group of "style conscious" rooms. We decided to go for another 'round the world type post, but this time, go for a geographically varied group of rooms that all show an eye for design. Enjoy!

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We dove into Normal Room this afternoon and were not disappointed with what we found - we're always amazed at all the countries represented on the site.

indonesia121008.jpgIndonesia, Couple

usa121008.jpgUSA, Single person

singapore121008.JPGSingapore, Couple

mexico121008.jpgMexico, Family with kids

hungary121008.jpgHungary, Couple

italy121008.jpgItaly, Couple

netherlands121008.JPGNetherlands, Couple

lithuania121008.JPGLithuania, Couple

finland121008.jpgFinland, Couple

All photos found on Normal Room, a site where people from across the globe post photos of their own "normal" rooms - endlessly interesting!

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Comments (14)

I love Lithuania and Hungary. Very different rooms but... maybe it's the paper globe lamp? Maybe it's that they don't look quite so perfect.

posted by backgarage on December 10th 2008 at 10:07pm
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I love the Lithuanian room -- cozy, warm, very real.

posted by twitteringbirdie on December 10th 2008 at 10:16pm
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The Indonesian house looks so cool . . . and I love the painting in the Mexican room.

But for me . . . Finland is the clear winner!

posted by Griffin on December 10th 2008 at 10:49pm
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Lithuanian all the way!! The paint in the Mexican room is so wonderful however!

posted by amelie de lune on December 11th 2008 at 2:24am
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Finland!

posted by jyw on December 11th 2008 at 2:39am
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apart from Belgium and Lithuania, most of these rooms look pretty sterile and generic.

posted by wc_canuck on December 11th 2008 at 7:41am
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I love the arrangement of glass shelves in the USA room -- I have used those brackets before but I never thought of that approach, and it's really elegant!

posted by SherryBinNH on December 11th 2008 at 9:33am
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Lithuania, but I'm not that impressed with any of them.

posted by jooly on December 11th 2008 at 10:06am
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Interesting site. Kind of fun.

posted by dn on December 11th 2008 at 10:30am
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Lithuania hands down. It has warmth, an exotic ethnic touch and the placing of it all along with the lighting makes it romantic in a foreign kind of way. It reminds me of old New York apartments with their old floors and steam heating radiators. The curtains are stunning and show their elegance against the night.

Love it!

posted by click212 on December 11th 2008 at 10:56am
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yeah! finally, some lithuanian love!

posted by rasabasa123 on December 11th 2008 at 11:00am
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Stylish. Are you kidding me??? These rooms are awful!

posted by esilverstrim on December 11th 2008 at 12:00pm
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OMG... I've lost SO many hours browsing "normal room"

posted by Modfan on December 11th 2008 at 12:00pm
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Wow, Finland does it for me!

posted by eddie p on December 12th 2008 at 2:43am
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