Johanne Landbo and Lukas Filip Fernandes, the couple behind the Instagram account @femte.til.venstre, have since moved out of the 1927 Copenhagen townhouse we first fell for on their feed—however that doesn’t cease us from revisiting its interiors (all of which you’ll be able to see in Femte Til Venstre: A Danish Couple’s Thoughtfully Appointed Home in Copenhagen). Impartial but textural, stripped-down but homey, the townhouse stays a examine in Scandi model and heat, straightforward residing.
As we speak we’re taking cues from the kitchen—enviable espresso station included.
Pictures courtesy of Johanne Landbo and @femte.til.venstre.
Above: At the back of the home is the kitchen, with unique wooden floors and glass doorways that open onto the backyard.On the time the couple discovered it, Johanne instructed us, “the home was very primary and fairly minimalistic. The flooring are the previous wood flooring from 1927….All rooms plain, painted white, so it was fairly straightforward for us to make it our personal and provides it a contact of us. It was in nice situation, truly; not a lot to repair apart from the enjoyable aesthetic issues.”
(“After I noticed it on the itemizing, I keep in mind writing to Lukas, ‘Take a look at this cute home; think about if we may truly make a snowman in our personal backyard!’” Johanne instructed us.)
Above: The centerpiece of the kitchen simply is likely to be the espresso bar. Set aside in blonde wooden, it’s topped with a marble scrap the couple discovered within the attic. (For extra intelligent marble-piece concepts, see Luxe on a Dime: 15 Excessive/Low Hacks for Utilizing Marble Scraps.)
Above: “We gave the kitchen a little bit of life with textured paint from Jotun and put up handcrafted Moroccan tiles in beige,” Johanne instructed us. “It provides the room such a relaxed feeling.” The tap (simply to the left, out of body) is a Quooker, good for fast tea-making and extra.
Above: A large marble-topped counter creates loads of area for baking.
Above: The couple finds a lot of their furnishings secondhand, through auctions, Fb Market, and the Danish classic web page, DBA. Right here, their daughter, Magda, sits at a classic Roland Wilhelmsson eating desk simply on the opposite aspect of the counter. “The very best half is that it’s a desk that you should use and use, let the youngsters play on it, eat on it; I can use it as a inventive area with out having to fret about it being fragile or soiled,” Johanne instructed us. “It’s meant for use, like the remainder of our furnishings.”
For extra on the area, take the total tour: Femte Til Venstre: A Danish Couple’s Thoughtfully Appointed 1927 Townhouse in Copenhagen.
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