Hello Home, Magda Marnell

We visit Amanda on a sunny autumn day out on Ingarö, in the Stockholm archipelago. Here she lives with her family in an architect-designed home that brings a sense of calm to the soul. Large windows and generous natural light are softened by Sheer linen curtains in Sand. The house is surrounded by greenery and tranquility. Nature is constantly present, both outside and inside, where the forest almost feels like an extension of the home’s rooms.

Amanda and her husband Marcus immediately fell in love with the character of the house – and we completely understand why. The stone walls, the six-meter-high window section in the living room, and the many oak details – the built-in bookshelf, the staircase balustrade, and the upper floor clad in wood from floor to ceiling. The contrast with the stone materials on the ground floor creates a beautiful balance throughout the home.

In front of the house stand hundred-year-old oak trees, while spruce and pine forest stretches out behind it, and just a short walk down the hill lies the water. Amanda laughs as she says she could go on listing the things she loves about the house forever.

Amanda works as a coach and healer. After several years in marketing and the startup world, her body began to push back and the inspiration she once felt started to fade. While she and her husband were living in Los Angeles, she decided to retrain as a holistic health coach.

Shortly after, she and a friend launched the podcast Holy Crap, which over five years grew into one of Sweden’s largest podcasts within spirituality and personal development.

Today, Amanda hosts the podcast Radiant Journey and runs the online studio Radiant Studio, where she works with nervous system regulation and healing. Her work is about helping people feel safe in their bodies, release fear, and begin to live more from a place of trust – in life and in their own inner compass.

Much of her inspiration comes from beautiful places and environments. Amanda believes that people have always been drawn to beauty – a flower, a sunset, or an azure-blue ocean. Creating beauty is therefore an important part of her work. She is also inspired by people’s life journeys, especially those who have had the courage to walk their own path ahead of their time.

Throughout the home, Sheer linen curtains in the color Sand appear in the kitchen, living room, and bedrooms. Amanda explains that she had long had a clear vision of how she wanted the home to feel – almost like a cinematic scene, with doors and windows open and curtains gently floating in the air. The sheer linen curtains therefore became a natural choice. They also pair beautifully with the other natural materials throughout the home.

Linen is often described as “high frequency,” Amanda shares, and many people feel that when wearing natural materials like linen they feel clearer, lighter, and more harmonious in their bodies. Amanda believes the same applies to the home. “Linen curtains create a clear and light feeling in the home,” she explains.

Amanda also shares her best styling tips for decorating with sheer linen.

First: don’t be afraid to add textiles, even if you have beautiful windows or a minimalist home. Textiles soften the room, dampen sound, and help frame the windows.

Second: linen curtains are perfect on sunny days when you want to shade the room while still keeping the light. When sunlight filters through the fabric, it creates a soft, almost magical glow with beautiful shadow play.

And finally: choose a color that harmonizes with the room. In their home, where the goal is to create a calm and nature-inspired atmosphere, the sand-colored linen curtains are a perfect match. In a digital world filled with constant impressions, it can sometimes feel good to minimize visual noise and allow the home to become a place for rest and recovery.

At the end of an oak-clad hallway on the upper floor are the bedrooms. Here, a large window covers an entire wall, functioning almost like a living forest painting to fall asleep and wake up to. The sheer linen fabric acts like a soft curtain against the stone behind it. In the bedroom, the sheer linen curtain is paired with a woven linen bedthrow in the same natural tone.

Upstairs there is also a window facing the forest right next to the bathtub – a kind of private forest bath, as Amanda describes it.

When we start talking about the coming spring, her face lights up. She looks forward to opening the kitchen doors and letting in the first fresh spring air. To watching the sun once again reach through the windows and create new patterns of light and shadow throughout the house. She looks forward to mornings filled with birdsong, drinking her matcha in the sun, taking long walks, and seeing the nature around her slowly come back to life. And perhaps picking a small spring bouquet from the garden.

“Sometimes you almost forget how green and beautiful Sweden is in the summer,” she says.