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Welcome to Scandi Week—Apartment Therapy’s seven-day focus on all-things Scandinavia (often defined as the countries of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway). Sometimes it seems like the whole world is obsessed with trying to copy this corner of the globe, from its timeless style aesthetic to its now-famous coziness rituals. For the next week, we’ll take a look at all of it—cleaning, pop culture, and of course tons of eye-popping design inspiration.

Your house needs more sloths.

Is it Halloween yet?

Decide if what you need is a little more brains, a little more heart, a little more courage, or you know, just a fresh coat of paint and new throw pillows, and then scroll to get inspired by seven interiors, each paying homage to a different Wizard of Oz character.

All of their minifigs are PERFECT.

Must See TV meets COTY

You could make around $10,000 a year.

This isn't about seat up vs. seat down. This is about the lid, the more important thing.

Flipping through the new IKEA catalog each year gives us more than a just peek into what new products the retailer is adding to shelves; it's a window into what will be big in interiors in the next 12 months. The pages are packed with inspiration, and this year we narrowed it down to eight trends we expect to see a lot more of in 2020.

The author of "Pasta, Pretty Please," and curator of the @saltyseattle Instagram account is known for creative carb-based works of art.

Remember the excitement when the [Sears/JCPenney/Delia*s/American Girl/insert your favorite childhood catalog of choice here] arrived? For me, that feeling is still alive and well. Last week, I eagerly awaited a certain special delivery, and I was not disappointed. In my mailbox I found an advance copy of the 2020 IKEA catalog, and today I get to share it with all of you. The catalog theme is Save Our Sleep, and it’s not hard to imagine why they’ve chosen that focus.

This has both form and function.

Aside from obvious signs like yellowing leaves, it’s difficult to determine your plant’s “mood,” but the Lua makes greenery-to-human communication pretty clear cut.