White Clarity

There is a plethora of choice when it comes to choosing a colour palette for your home, vibrant rich colours to muted pastel shades contrasted with neon flashes, or accent walls finished with paint or speciality wallpapers. For some, however, they love to be surrounded by the ultimate classic, white: far from a dull or lazy option white gives a timeless quality to any home. Clean, simple and pure an all-white room forms the perfect canvas. Whether contemporary or traditional, urban or countryside, romantic or modern a white room gives as wide a spectrum of choices as a colourful room. Please see a selection below…

Pin It Now!

The small things in the big picture

If given the opportunity Anne will, at the drop of a hat whisk herself away to her beloved Latin America, a contintent she has zigzagged across for the last fifteen years. As with so many travellers, Anne's visual curiosity for the exotic places and people of these lands far away from Scandinavia has brought her to embrace the artisan-esthetic: rough around the edges, seemingly simple, yet astoundingly durable. Her funkis apartment in Oslo must be seen both in light of her personality and occupation. Though strict and with a typical Scandinavian reticence, her home is filled from dawn till dusk with a heavenly light which embraces you from the first moment you enter her home. Just like Anne… view interior feature

Pin It Now!

Sitting on the dock of the bay

The young couple are both estate agents, Kristin and Erlend were living it up in Oslo when they decided to give the whole city-life the cold shoulder and embrace country living. So they sold up everything and left Oslo behind with it’s scatterd coffee bars and glorious bustle. The two of them have recently finished the wooden house of their dreams, and are now settled in with two mini me’s.. Now, they feel like they have replaced the perspective of a bird, looking down towards the Oslofjord, with a complete close up on Steinsfjorden. Indeed, Kristin actually grew up a few minutes up the dirt road on her bike, and there are other towns and cities closer by to explore. They can even just sit and have a double espresso made from their own machine in the morning, enjoying the views sitting on their newly built doc… view interior feature

Pin It Now!

Old and new

An unpretentious blend of old and new, best describes this family home north of Copenhagen. When the owners took the apartment over it needed much renovation; however, it was important for the couple to maintain the feeling for the place that they fell in love with, its fine detail and high ceilings. Rooms were painted white to improve the sense of light and space and the kitchen was torn down and built up in conjunction with the new family room that used to be a dark dining room… view interior feature

Pin It Now!

At a collector's studio

Converted into a place of dwelling or an artist’s workshop, many textile mills in Northern France reopen their doors to a new lease of life. Most become lofts as they offer an interesting framework for someone who knows how to fill in the blanks. This 1901 building was perfect for an art collector who realized he had always wanted to have a large area without constraints to highlight the works he had acquired. Passionate about contemporary art, he tried to find a place for each painting and each sculpture. "In my house, I needed more walls....this is why some paintings have remained on the ground!” Half apartment half gallery the furniture has also been chosen for its aesthetic look, from the Egg chair of Arne Jacobsen to the white sofa by Mies van der Rohe nothing is left to chance. We enter in the very personal universe of one who has created it. Each piece tells a little of its history: a little history of the artist that has created it and a little history of the one who has acquired it… view interior feature

Pin It Now!

White Cube

White and delicious. Sky High ceilings with soaring walls and windows opening up to the great world. Well executed craftsmanship, and materials selected from the top shelf. In the middle of Oslo, is an uncompromising white cube. The loft on Fagerborg includes what housing agents call a rare occasioning. There are no unsightly beams in their way, either visually or practical. And unlike in many other loft-conversions, one must not stand on tiptoes to reach the outside world through peepholes that only let in some light, but does not provide an overview of what's happening on ground level. Top floor and attic has now become one, and it's all about the big white room, a white cube, as it is called in the art world, without being in any way square… view interior feature

Pin It Now!

Penthouse in Albert Dock.

The novelist Chris Fowler bought this penthouse when he was looking for a bright and spacious space to live and work. Spending all day working at home, he wanted something which was open to the sky and nowhere could he have found a brighter, sunnier penthouse than this delightful, modern house built above a former industrial building by the Battle Basin in the King’s Cross area. The apartment has an overwhelming emphasis on the colour white – furniture, flooring and walls, apart from the few odd touches of steel grey in the kitchen, oak doors, brown cushions and the occasional bright splashes of colour in the artwork, flowers or fruit which punctuates the space. Undisputedly modern, this sleek apartment captures the essence of open plan, 21st century living… view interior feature

Pin It Now!