Shots by Nana Hagel.
“I don’t like things that match also significantly,” says Nanna Friis, who lives in Copenhagen. “There are homes totally complete of Danish structure items, but I assume you will need to crack up the uniform and include touches of crooked issues.” Friis models and imports handmade rugs by way of her shop Kusiner. Now that her kids are developed, she’s residing on her own. Here, she talks about the evolution of the space, chilly swims, and disregarding regulations about rugs…
Living Space
Sofa: Ikea, identical. Chairs: Olsson Møbler. Table: Carl Hansen & Son. Wall-mounted mild: And Light-weight. Flooring lamp: Fritz Hansen. Yellow lamp: “an old glass lamp from my mom.” Tiny paintings: “one from my grandmother and 1 from my artist buddy, Malene Bach.” Politiken poster: classic. Rugs: Kusiner, “it’s assembled from leftover parts.”
On locating the apartment: My father was born in the developing future door, and I grew up in this region, just a couple of streets away. I lived overseas a good deal, but seem at me now: I have finished up in my outdated community. My cousin lived in the apartment downstairs, which is how I discovered out this just one was for sale. An older lady lived here before me, and the location was dark and dusty with doorways blocked off, but the potential was there. It just necessary some gentle and paint, and the flooring necessary to be sanded.
Ground lamp: Fritz Hansen. Couch: Ikea, identical.
On dwelling alone: Again when I acquired the apartment, my two children each received a bedroom, and I slept in the dwelling space. It was cozy and total of Ikea furnishings. It experienced to accommodate many far more needs, and I experienced fewer suggests then. My kids, Gustav and Nora, are 27 and 23. Now that my kids have moved out, I’ve realized to really like living on your own, but I also really feel fortunate that I have good friends and spouse and children just about the corner.
Silver candlesticks and porcelain dish: “inherited from grandparents.” Contemporary candlestick: Luxo Dwelling.
On hand-me-downs: These antique silver candlesticks arrived from my grandmother. My father gave them for me after my grandmother died, and he often reported that I could market them if I essential the hard cash. He was 50 percent joking, fifty percent serious. As a boy or girl, just about every Wednesday, I would bike from college to my grandmother’s property in Hellerup, the exact community that I dwell in now. I would arrive all-around 1 p.m. – she would have just woken up – and we’d have tea and toast. She would convey to me stories about all the little parts all-around her home. Nowadays I gentle the candles every working day in the wintertime. It’s a typical Danish hygge point.
On encompassing by yourself with publications: I go to a e-book club with my girlfriends, so I examine a good deal. I mostly pay attention to the audio guides, but I will obtain a physical duplicate of the ebook if it’s truly excellent. I have a masters in English, so my bookshelf has a whole lot of classics from when I analyzed. I have basically prepared a several publications myself, so they are on the shelves, also. I also did 3 cookbooks with mates — 1 developed the recipes, one more took the photographs, and I did all the producing. I nonetheless prepare dinner from them, as does my 86-year-old mother.
Bed room
Rug: Kusiner, “from an earlier collection of Berber tufted carpets from Marrakech,” equivalent. Photograph over the bed: Kristian Granquist. Sheets: Studio Feder. Bedside desk: classic, equivalent. Bedside lamp: vintage, comparable. Caftan: Britt Sisseck, identical.
On commencing a new undertaking midlife: I’d go through about the Bedouin women in the Negev Desert who weave carpets and went there to visit. The Bedouins were traditionally nomads, but now they can’t wander any longer because of to politics and borders. I started out doing work with them — I was 51 and ready for a adjust — but I was also a whole novice. I barely realized how to determine sq. meters. It worked out due to the fact of difficult work and determination, but mainly since of coronary heart. By weaving and marketing their do the job, these females make a residing and turn into independent. To me, this cooperation is quite fulfilling. I go there typically just about every four months, due to the fact these associations are so important. I never imagined that this would be my organization, but now I desire only of carpets and my weavers and wool and dyes.
Rug: Kusiner. Dresser: “from my grandparents,” equivalent. Lamp: Arne Jacobson for Louis Poulson. Mirror: “from my father,” equivalent. Sector totes: “collected from all more than the planet,” very similar.
On Danish heirlooms: Twentieth century parts from Danish architects are component of the Danish DNA. You see them all over the place, like in the dentist waiting around area and in the library. They however feel pretty present day, even while some are from the 1930s. They do not scream ‘I am a structure object!’ They mix by natural means into any sort of setting, like the desk lamp by Arne Jacobson on my grandparents’ dresser. It is a helpful and unassuming style and design. I in some cases control to obtain secondhand pieces by 20th century architects, and I’ll ultimately go them on to my children.
On chilly swims: I use all these totes! Some are for storage (scarfs, hats and gloves), some I use for browsing, and some I bring my towel and flip flops in when I go to the sea. I have been swimming in the winter season for 20 many years. Winter season swimming is a large issue below and I can’t live devoid of it. Most people today do it with a sauna, but in which I swim, we have only a bridge with a little shifting facility. My buddy and I soar in (no swimsuits), then sit and chat later on with espresso and bread. At this point, we know every person there.
Kitchen area
Cupboards: Ikea, “not confident what I got but the Havstorp appears to be related.” Brass handles: Norrgavel, comparable. Ceiling-mounted lights: And Gentle. Brass candle holder: Barbara Bendix Becker, identical.
On kitchen area renovations: Ahead of, this kitchen area was little and dark with cupboards from floor to ceiling. They blocked nearly all the gentle from the kitchen window. I opened factors up to make it experience greater, and I added brass handles to Ikea cupboards.
Teapots and cups: Wedgewood. Classic finds and cutting board: Andrea Brugi, equivalent. Shelves: “built by a carpenter.”
On ritual: Coffee in the early morning. Tea in the afternoon. I do not cook every working day for myself, but when I do I’ll make anything simple and mild, like an omelet and a salad.
Eating Space
Rugs: Kusiner. Table: “vintage teak from the fifties,” comparable. Chairs: Thonet and Arne Jacobsen. Overhead mild: Le Klint. Art: “vintage or from my grandmother, plus a rust lithograph by Catherine Raben.”
On playing musical chairs…with rugs: Alright, rugs! Now we are talking. These are patchwork rugs that I assemble from leftover parts. As a substitute of a reliable rug that normally takes up the full area, the unevenness and patched glimpse suits well with my scaled-down condominium. I shift my rugs about all the time. Most of the orders we get are for incredibly large rugs, but I imagine men and women are also hung up on size. If the rug is gorgeous with traces of the fingers that created it, you will uncover a position for it. And you can make compact islands of woolen fluffiness that incorporate a good deal of character to a area. Or mix many small rugs for a stylish, messy seem.
Desk: “vintage teak from the fifties,” very similar. Chairs: Thonet and Arne Jacobsen. Overhead light-weight: Le Klint. Art: “all vintage or from my grandmother, moreover a rust lithograph by Catherine Raben and a Matisse print from Fondation Maeght in France.” Lamp on dresser: Barbara Bendix Becker, equivalent. Dresser: vintage, very similar.
On Sunday dinners: We still have Sunday dinners with my youngsters, their partners, my ex-partner, and the kids’ granny. I also have close friends more than for evening meal. I like to make a great deal of compact dishes, like salads, a lot of veggies, cheeses, and desserts. Of training course, I also use my cookbooks.
Poster: vintage. Dala horse: classic from Sweden, similar. Pottery: Barbara Bendix Becker. Lamp: “an antique inherited from my grandmother.”
On posters: I acquired this poster at the Nationwide Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. when I traveled to the States in 1986. I really like exhibition posters.
Desk: “vintage teak from the 1950s,” related. Chairs: Thonet and Arne Jacobsen. Overhead light: Le Klint.
On evolving family structures: My ex-spouse and I are extremely excellent close friends and have basically just purchased a shared summer months property for the family members to acquire. My son is expecting a newborn lady in August, so it will be a put for youthful and previous. My daughter lives in Barcelona, so we have lengthy chats on the cellular phone. Both equally my youngsters are very independent and normally have been, but they connect with me often. Preferably, to be a father or mother of a younger grownup is to be like the edge of the pool. The ‘kid’ will swim to the edge, then drive with their legs against the edge and swim back again out again.
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On getting the most out of a smaller balcony: It is just off the dining place, and I enjoy maintaining the doorways open up all summer long. I increase contemporary herbs, compact strawberries, figs, and a couple of climbing bouquets. It is remarkable what can expand in smaller pots, survive as a result of winter, and occur back in the spring.
Thanks so a great deal for sharing your beautiful condominium, Nanna.
P.S. A lot of extra home tours, such as a colourful farmhouse and the relatives dwelling with an epic board activity selection.
(Images by Nana Hagel.)
