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From dark to bright The shop STEN on Visingsö Island is housed in an old 40's stone building that used to be a combined smithy and hardware store. After the death of former owner, Rune Gustafsson, the premise was bought by Marie Bergman, her partner Mikael Brunell and daughter Amanda. Many islanders probably wanted it to continue as it was, but the new owners had other plans. Instead, they began a major renovation project, turning the black, dirty, and oily into white, bright, and pristine! After a lot of hard work, on both the inside and outside, the shop now breathes new life with a lovely mix of fashion and interior design, as well as yarn, linseed oil, plants, and some edible goodies. – Just when the shop opened, an old man came in and stood there looking around for a long time, both thumbs hooked under his suspenders. Finally he said to us “Rune should have seen this”, and he shed a tear, Marie says, as a tear rolls down her own cheek. Today, they have run the shop STEN here on the island for four summers and customers are starting to know them, returning again and again. – We are incredibly happy to have ended up on this very spot, on lovely Visingsö Island. Surrounded by beautiful nature and unique tranquillity, we feel relaxed even when we go a hundred miles an hour, Marie says. She has been in this business for over 30 years and Amanda was practically born into it. – We really share our passion for this! We love creating, and sharing this interest makes it even more fun, Amanda says. Marie adds: – We are always on the lookout for new, unique, and cool things for the shop, and we try to find carefully selected goodies from many suppliers to create a wonderful feel. They are passionate about the aesthetic and, according to themselves, their style is bright, simple, timeless, calm, and harmonious. White, natural, grey, brown, and black are dominating colours. Their style of clothing is also rather simple and timeless. Lots of natural fabrics, like linen and cotton. The shop normally opens for the season after midsummer and opening hours usually vary depending on weather conditions. You’ll find their opening hours and lots of other things on their Instagram: @stenvisingso. You can also see how they decorate their own home at @enkeltoljust.
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WELCOME TO US ON THE BEAUTIFUL VISINGSÖ!
FÖLJ OSS PÅ GÄRNA PÅ INSTAGRAM: STENVISINGSO , DÄR SER DU ÄVEN VÅRA ÖPPETTIDER
IN THE RENOVATED OLD SMITHY FROM THE 40’S YOU’LL FIND A GREAT NYGÅRDSANNA SUPERGA MIXTURE OF CLOTHING, FURNITURE, RABENS SALONER MELTINPOT PLANTS, COLOR AND MORE GOSSIP HOS OSS HITTAR DU KLÄDER & INREDNING FRÅN MÄRKEN SOM:
FREE PEOPLE STREET ONE ONE TEASPOON OTTODAME PENN & INK KNIT-TED BRAEZE M.M...
Inside the old smithy.
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FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: STENVISINGSO THERE YOU’LL ALSO SEE OUR OPENING HOURS
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120 m2 exhibilion on Visinl!sö with 50th .:entury apartment, .:ale, old vehit:les, radios, BP-eas station, and more. 1708-241688
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INSTAGRAM: OLGASHUS
BRAHEGATAN 55, GRÄNNA KLOSTERGATAN 33, JÖNKÖPING