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 immediately (even inward Scandinavia!). But this doesn't come upwards without its perils - for colour-shy people similar myself, adding fifty-fifty the most subtle of hues tin endure a daunting prospect - too I've fifty-fifty spoken to interior designers who say the same! If done correct however, color tin breathe life into a infinite too 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 works at a blueprint means every bit a service designer too runs the instagram @thusthefuss too her beau Niels. Sofie Amalie has e'er been passionate most colourful interiors too thrift shopping, too this shines through inward their lovely home. I caught upwards alongside Sofie Amalie to notice out to a greater extent than most the subtle injections of blues, yellows too 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 piddling to a greater extent than most your apartment?
The edifice is from 1942 too 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 soul Helle Thorborg too the larger 1 past times Tom Wesselmann which the twain industrial plant life inward a minute manus store inward Tokyo. 

What renovations stimulate got you lot carried out?
We've lived hither for 1.5 years too spent the start 8 months completely renovating it. The concluding details are silent a piece of work inward progress. Nothing had been done for 30+ years, too 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 too so much color inward your home, is this something you've e'er been passionate about?
Before moving, nosotros had only renovated our erstwhile bird (not every bit extensively) too played around alongside unlike colours, which nosotros loved. So nosotros decided to endure fifty-fifty bolder alongside colours inward our novel apartment.

How did you lot gain upwards one's take away heed which colours to use?
All our paints are from Jotun, they brand nifty colours too stimulate got an inspiring alternative - also I dear their super matte finish. We spent a lot of fourth dimension deciding on our wall colours too thinking how they would adapt 1 another, which I retrieve is important.

I dear the lite bluish tone, was it tricky to notice the exact hue you lot were looking for? 
We knew nosotros wanted the living room lite blue, but struggled to notice the correct shade without risking it looking similar a nursery. In the goal nosotros went for Jotun Lady ‘Sval Sjø’ 5262 too it is perfect! Just the correct mix of fresh too colourful, yet calm too 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 too kitchen white (to my surprise). We wanted to permit the tiling too the lovely oak of the kitchen polish on its own. But perhaps it volition larn a splash of color likewise at some betoken :)

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

Pendant lite past times Broste, Georg Jensen alert clock, this velvet cushion is similar. 

I dear the cocoon similar experience of your bedchamber - what color is this?
My beau chose the color for our bedroom: Jotun Lady ‘Deco Blue’ 4477 too nosotros dear it. The nighttime too rich hue is soothing, perfect for a bedroom.
 

A vintage lithograph past times Tom Krøjer adds a splash of color to the bedroom. 

I dear 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 menses of functionalism, too so the small-scale window details inward a higher identify the doors stimulate got a practical business office to allow to a greater extent than lite to stream through the space.

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

I also dear the pinkish inward the hallway!
I truly liked Jotun Ladys ‘Deco Pink’ 2782 too knew I wanted it somewhere. We ended upwards choosing the huge primary hallway, which opens upwards to the living rooms. We were a flake concerned most the lite bluish vs. lite pinkish correct side past times side 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, too truly retrieve that my beau is fifty-fifty happier alongside the trial than I am!

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

Thank you lot too so much for showing us around your inspiring dwelling solid Sofie Amalie! I dear the occupation of colours, the unique furniture, the fine art - only everything! You've also made me experience a piddling to a greater extent than bold most 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 upwards start - unless of course of teaching you'd similar to await at it again, which I'd fully understand!).

Since it's a pubic vacation hither inward Sweden too I've got a human being too ii piddling girls waiting for me, I'm going to rush outdoors into the sunshine. I promise you lot don't take away heed that I won't endure stopping past times tomorrow to brand the most of a flake of solid unit of measurement time.

Wishing you lot a wonderful weekend too run into you lot Monday!

Niki

All photography Sofie Amalie