20/08/2026
It sometimes seems like we’re changing absolutely everything in our home, but there are some things that made us decide it was ‘the one’ when we bought it
I think the hallway is one of the most important places in a house. It’s the first impression after the façade itself and sets the tone. It’s the room where you should feel your nervous system reset when you enter it. So I really wanted it to feel like a room - which meant it had to be big enough
this might feel like a detail, but I love that you can’t see the staircase when you enter the house or from any living space. You have to turn 90 degrees at the end of the entryway, making it part of a journey through the house rather than an ‘in-your-face’ necessary element. This adds to the entryway being a separate room.
Besides, I love how just the location of the staircase divides the rooms in the entire house. We placed a new walnut staircase from the ground floor up, but didn’t alter the location
We changed almost everything except its location
The element that probably needs the least explaining. We had to carefully remove it during the renovations and had it restored because it wasn’t in the best shape. Now it’s often pointed out by guests and it gives us a midday golden hour in the living room
I’m so happy to live in the city centre and be able to walk everywhere, have shops nearby and always have something to do, but…
I love to stay at home too, and I never feel locked in because the house is far from small.
We preferred to buy a house where we could already live during the renovations to save costs, and this one was perfect for just that. It was divided into two apartments, so we lived in one of them during the first phases. A disadvantage of the size is that the renovations take longer and are more expensive because there’s just a lot more space to cover
For the previous owners, it seemed to be somewhat of a wasted space, used to store stuff. It’s a room that’s not connected with any other room, apart from the hallway, so it wouldn’t have made for an inviting living space. But I’d always dreamed of having a separate laundry room and this one was just perfect for that. We did alter it, adding som