Home Tour: How To Add Together Colour, The Danish Way!

It's fun to run into to a greater extent than color inward homes correct instantly (even inward Scandinavia!). But this doesn't come upward without its perils - for colour-shy people similar myself, adding fifty-fifty the most subtle of hues tin hold upward a daunting prospect - in addition to I've fifty-fifty spoken to interior designers who say the same! If done correct however, color tin breathe life into a infinite in addition to yet silent experience calm.  This vibrant 1940's Danish bird is a fine illustration of this. Located inward Frederiksberg, a leafy expanse of Copenhagen, the dwelling solid belongs to Sofie Amalie who industrial plant at a blueprint means every bit a service designer in addition to runs the instagram @thusthefuss in addition to her beau Niels. Sofie Amalie has e'er been passionate close colourful interiors in addition to thrift shopping, in addition to this shines through inward their lovely home. I caught upward alongside Sofie Amalie to detect out to a greater extent than close the subtle injections of blues, yellows in addition to pinks - every bit good every bit their collection of contemporary art.

 Louis Poulsen Enigma 425 Pendant Light, Arne Jacobsen Rosewood Coffee Table, pigment Jotun Lady ‘Sval Sjø’ 5262

Tell us a piffling to a greater extent than close your apartment?
The edifice is from 1942 in addition to the bird is 114 metres foursquare (1227 human foot square) alongside a pretty awesome terrace.



The paintings inward the dining room are both vintage: the smaller 1 is past times Danish creative somebody Helle Thorborg in addition to the larger 1 past times Tom Wesselmann which the duet constitute inward a minute mitt store inward Tokyo. 

What renovations stimulate got you lot carried out?
We've lived hither for 1.5 years in addition to spent the showtime 8 months completely renovating it. The in conclusion details are silent a piece of job inward progress. Nothing had been done for 30+ years, so everything needed stripping down. We lived at that spot throughout the renovations (which meant no bathroom, kitchen or fifty-fifty running H2O for v months!).

Painting on the flooring past times Farshad Farzankia from Exhibition Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 gallery. Montana shelving

It's refreshing to run into so much color inward your home, is this something you've e'er been passionate about?
Before moving, nosotros had only renovated our one-time bird (not every bit extensively) in addition to played around alongside unlike colours, which nosotros loved. So nosotros decided to hold upward fifty-fifty bolder alongside colours inward our novel apartment.

How did you lot produce upward one's remove heed which colours to use?
All our paints are from Jotun, they brand cracking colours in addition to stimulate got an inspiring option - also I dearest their super matte finish. We spent a lot of fourth dimension deciding on our wall colours in addition to thinking how they would accommodate 1 another, which I recall is important.







I dearest the low-cal bluish tone, was it tricky to detect the exact hue you lot were looking for? 
We knew nosotros wanted the living room low-cal blue, but struggled to detect the correct shade without risking it looking similar a nursery. In the destination nosotros went for Jotun Lady ‘Sval Sjø’ 5262 in addition to it is perfect! Just the correct mix of fresh in addition to colourful, yet calm in addition to comforting.

A poster past times Hilma af Klint purchased at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Dining chairs past times Rex Kralj, DOCKSTA table from IKEA. 

I spy some white walls inward your dwelling solid too...
We kept the bath in addition to kitchen white (to my surprise). We wanted to allow the tiling in addition to the lovely oak of the kitchen smoothen on its own. But perchance it volition instruct a splash of color also at some betoken :)


Kitchen cabinets past times IKEA, Jielde wall lamp, Le Creuset jug, Stelton Vaccum jug.

Pendant low-cal past times Broste, Georg Jensen alert clock, this velvet cushion is similar. 

I dearest the cocoon similar experience of your bedchamber - what color is this?
My beau chose the color for our bedroom: Jotun Lady ‘Deco Blue’ 4477 in addition to nosotros dearest it. The nighttime in addition to rich hue is soothing, perfect for a bedroom.
 
A vintage lithograph past times Tom Krøjer adds a splash of color to the bedroom. 

I dearest the drinking glass details - are these master copy or something you lot added?
Most of the drinking glass details are original. The edifice is from the architectural current of functionalism, so the small-scale window details to a higher identify the doors stimulate got a practical component to allow to a greater extent than low-cal to current through the space.

Can you lot tell us close the other colours inward your home? 
For the miniature hallway betwixt the bedchamber in addition to dressing room, nosotros used a green-blue leftover from the other bird called Jotun Lady ‘Prismegrønn’ 5341. And the dressing room is painted yellowish inward Jotun Lady ‘Velvet’ 10246. It was a fleck of an strange 1 out, but I only loved the color samples in addition to wanted to drive it out. You tin so easily repaint. But so far it is silent a keeper.



I also dearest the pinkish inward the hallway!
I truly liked Jotun Ladys ‘Deco Pink’ 2782 in addition to knew I wanted it somewhere. We ended upward choosing the huge principal hallway, which opens upward to the living rooms. We were a fleck concerned close the low-cal bluish vs. low-cal pinkish correct adjacent to each other, but they complement each other well. Also, nosotros stimulate got decorated the hallway alongside items inward nighttime woods to fifty-fifty out the girliness, in addition to truly recall that my beau is fifty-fifty happier alongside the number than I am!


Do you lot stimulate got whatever tips for anyone looking to inject a piffling color into their ain home?
Choosing colours was non easy. I used pinterest in addition to instagram a lot inward the color option procedure , so I could run into pictures of how they looked inward existent life peoples homes in addition to changed alongside the light. That was a large assistance inward the process.

Thank you lot so much for showing us around your inspiring dwelling solid Sofie Amalie! I dearest the utilization of colours, the unique furniture, the fine art - only everything! You've also made me experience a piffling to a greater extent than bold close using to a greater extent than color into my home!

Does anyone else experience this way?

Colour guide:


1. SVAL SJØ 5262    2. DECO BLUE 4477   3. PRISMEGRØNN 5341  4. VELVET 10246   5. DECO PINK 2782

You tin run into to a greater extent than of Sofie Amalie's lovely dwelling solid on her instagram feed @thusthefuss. And there's an archive dedicated to colourful homes here (hop over this dwelling solid if it rocks upward showtime - unless of class you'd similar to await at it again, which I'd fully understand!).

Since it's a pubic vacation hither inward Sweden in addition to I've got a human in addition to 2 piffling girls waiting for me, I'm going to rush outdoors into the sunshine. I promise you lot don't remove heed that I won't hold upward stopping past times tomorrow to brand the most of a fleck of household unit of measurement time.

Wishing you lot a wonderful weekend in addition to run into you lot Monday!

Niki

All photography Sofie Amalie 

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