A Spacious Family Apartment with Original Details in Stockholm

On the fifth floor of a beautiful Art Nouveau building in Stockholm, you can find this spacious family apartment with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

The apartment has a unique layout with cozy angles and an inner hall with a fireplace that can be used as a second sitting room. Turn-of-the-century elements have been preserved, like wooden doors, high skirting boards, and a built-in serving cabinet that adds a lovely historic atmosphere to the home.

The entire apartment is painted in light hues like green, gray, and pink, paired with the occasional color pop like a pink sofa, a red piano, or a green rug. It’s colorful without being overwhelming.

living room parquet floor large rug pink sofa bay window
living room herringbone parquet floor bay window

The living room is defined by a large bay window overlooking the street with historic buildings. Thanks to the apartment’s high location, sunlight flows into the room even in the winter months.

pink sofa
large bay window
bay window view
living room light blue walls pink sofa

The walls are painted in a light blue shade, which pairs beautifully with the pink sofa. The original is painted white, making it stand out nicely, and on the floor lies the original herringbone parquet floor.

view into home offic
cork desk

One larger room has been divided, creating two smaller bedrooms. One can be accessed via the double doors in the living room and is now used as a home office with a cork desk.

inner hall half painted walls

Older Scandinavian apartments often have an inner hall, a space that can be used for all kinds of things, like a home office, a library, or even a bedroom.

inner hall half painted walls fireplace

In this apartment, it is used as a music room with half-painted walls and a cozy fireplace in the corner that was probably added in the 1920s.

double wooden doors
hall with red piano

The long hall with wooden floorboards and built-in wardrobes is spacious and offers storage. There is even room for a bold red piano and charming old cinema chairs.

hall with cinema chairs
kitchen with light pink and white-tiled walls

The kitchen faces the courtyard, and it is a charming room with walls painted in a light pink hue paired with square white tiles for a nice bistro look.

kitchen white backsplash tiles
kitchen white backsplash tiles

The ceiling height has been utilized by adding a double row of upper cabinets, providing ample storage. The light gray cabinet doors are paired with nickel and leather handles and a stainless steel countertop.

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kitchen table with bench white tiled walls

In the corner by the window, there is plenty of space for a large dining table set upon a green rug and with a wooden bench.

kitchen dining space white tiles

Hanging above the dining table is a beautiful brass and glass pendant light from Anders Pehrson.

white tiled kitchen nook
dark blue hall original built-in cabinets

From the kitchen, you walk into a serving hallway with the original serving cabinets and built-in wardrobes from the year the house was built.

bedroom orange bedspread

The master bedroom is spacious and faces the quiet courtyard. The walls are painted in a light gray hue paired with wooden floorboards.

bedroom wooden wardrobe
bedroom velvet blue curtains
bedroom light gray and dark blue walls
gray bedroom
bedroom with desk

In total, the apartment has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, perfect for a larger family. One of the bedrooms (next to the kitchen) also has an original built-in wardrobe.

freestanding bath white tiles green ceiling

The largest bathroom has a freestanding bath, white tiles, and a ceiling painted in a gray-green hue.

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hall with balcony

The hallway is bright thanks to the double glass doors leading to the apartment’s small balcony.

small balcony A Spacious Family Apartment with Original Details in Stockholm

styling by Van Keppel and photography by Boukari for Historiska Hem.