The Hygge Life

The Hygge LifeEqual parts cookbook and lifestyle guide, this cozy little book shows you how to cultivate comfort and contentment and embrace lifes small pleasures with the Danish practice of hygge. Hygge (loosely translated as "coziness") is centered around the idea of inviting comforting elements into day to day life while creating warmth, community, and intimacy. The Hygge Life teaches you how small gestures (putting wool blankets and warm cider out for guests)

snowmobiling along the Russian border and panning for gold in the far reaches of Lapland

The burning quality of Stearin wax is superior to paraffin wax and fit any standard taper candleholder with longer burning times and cleaner flames

or just one or two drops to a dipper of water

and snow-covered landscapes of the frozen north

Make fruit/melon balls and also great for dishing up pet food

top attractions like Helsinki

and of history

just-cut forest fragrance

Smooth sailing for your skin begins with a rich formula of 20% natural shea butter

Iron and Water is Grant J

with tips for resources

Finnish Spruce