Photos by Annica Eklund — text by Francesca Benedetto
The Swedish mirror — p. 91
On lake Åsunden, the guesthouse of the Eklund sisters, heirs of a legendary brand. Where the family DNA is reflected in the values of the company, between their love of nature and their passion for the cult of hospitality Björkudden. We are in Sweden, in the countryside surrounding Lake Åsunden, on the edge of a forest of white- capped conifers. The windows of the Lake House, as its owner has renamed it, are lit up for the festive season. Annica and Marie Eklund, the two sisters at the helm of the company Bolon have bought a villa and transformed it into the family’s first guest house. The story of Bolon began more than sixty years ago in Stockholm, thanks to the intuition of Nil- Erik Eklund, who began producing rugs woven using the scraps generated during textile