Name: Henrick
Location: Orust, Sweden
I have a cottage on the island Orust in Sweden. Built about 1760, and restored in 2004. The style is New England, with the base in black, white, glass and stainless steel. It's about 90 square meters and a garden of 2,000 square meters, next to the sea. The fine line to preserve the old and adding new things is quite hard. So its not a typical Swedish cottage.
More pictures and some text can be found at my design and interiors blog HenrickĀ“s Tankegängar.
Thanks Henrick!
Images: Bella Häkansson
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SWOON! I love it. When can I come visit? ;-)
Perfectly Beautiful.
I like color, but the rustic elements and textures give this home warmth. I could live here.
It's adorable. I am more drawn to neutral pallets and this is very calming and inviting.
Gorgeous!
I'm normally a color girl, but I love the use of different textures (the beams, woodwork, furry blankets, etc.)
That woodstove (?) Stove(?) in the kitchen is great.
Would love to see more of this house.
I like the wood elements weaving in and out with the white, beautiful.
This is nice, but I don't think an environment so devoid of colour is liveable. Unless the residents all loll around in dayglo coloured clothes to balance things out?
It is a sweet, serene retreat get away house. So beautiful to not be distracted by too many colors. The warm wood details and the green touches are just enough.
I love it.
Dull.
Let me expand on that. If I had to do anything but sleep in that place, I would go absolutely insane from the lack of color.
Let's hope the inhabitants *dream* in color, at least.
I think the beautiful wood tones are accented wonderfully by the neutral palette. Really beautiful. The texture is great.
I'm normally a color person but I would love to stay in a place like this, except that I could never keep it clean. :)
They say this is accompanied by a 2000 sq meter garden -- I bet the view from each of the windows adds quite a lot of color in person. I don't imagine anyone would actually be color-starved with a huge garden right outside.
This is beautiful, with the perfect amount of history coming through. I love the color restraint! There's a difference between fearful neutrals and confident neutrals, and this place knows what it is. Well done!
I'm really starting to love black and white. It's true, if it doesn't look deliberate (and confident) the look fails. It's definitely hit or miss. Hard to pinpoint why, but this is an unequivocal hit. I wish I could figure out the formula.
i'm drooling over this kitchen! the perfect mix of modern and rustic. love it!!
Ahhh...furs on the beds. That's what I call living!
I want to like it, I really do. But I've got to have a splash of color!
I'd add more flowers - wildflowers, flowers from the garden, herb plants, and beach finds (stones? sea glass?). And, more fruits and veggies displayed in beautiful bowls. Let the sun shine in, open the windows and let the breezes blow through. Delightful.
As a recent convert back to using light gray (it has been 30 years!), I'd suggest soft light gray paint and gray/beige accents here and there (perhaps on the wall behind the beds? in the living room) - colors of driftwood and sand. It softens the black and white ever so subtly and make it less formal.
Wow. Compare to Jason & John's hypersaturated home...makes me dizzy.
Very pretty. I would never think to decorate like this (all black and white) but I admire the restraint of it when I see pictures. It seems very clean and calming. I love the exposed wood wall. Why the two twin beds though?
I lOVE it! would add beautiful flowers everywhere. Oh and would add touches of various shades of light grey as well.
very nice!
Very nice - love color palette too.