A Charming One-Bedroom Apartment in Södermalm

The 1920s meets the 2020s in this charming one-bedroom apartment in the cozy Södermalm area in Stockholm. The apartment has a floor plan of only 37 square meters, but a smart layout and high ceilings make it feel much larger than that.

Light color tones, original wooden floorboards, and original wooden doors create a harmonious interior. The apartment has an open layout between the hall, kitchen, and living room, making it feel more spacious, while the bedroom is fitted with floor-to-ceiling wardrobes to maximize storage space in the small home.

living room bookshelves balcony doors

The living room is a charming space with the original wooden floorboards and walls painted in Beckers Garn, a light and warm beige tone.

light living room glass doors wooden floor

Glass doors open to a charming balcony, extending the living area in the warmer months of the year.

courtyard balcony
light colored living room
living room large round mirror

A strategically placed mirror opposite the balcony doors helps to reflect light throughout the room. The apartment has a unique layout. The right door in the living room opens to a built-in cabinet that the current owners turned into a tiny home office. The left door opens to a shower room.

tiny pink home office in built-in closet nordroom

The built-in cabinets are painted in a dusty pink shade and fitted with shelves painted in the same color, creating a charming cloffice (the name used for a home office in a closet).

small bedroom built-in wardrobes wallpapered ceiling

The bedroom is painted in a calming gray-green color called ‘Mossa’ by Beckers which harmonizes perfectly with the wallpapered ceiling.

bedroom built in wardrobes

The wall is fitted with floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, adding plenty of storage space to the small room.

bedroom ochre velvet headboard
bedroom velvet headboard floating nightstand
walpaperd ceiling

The ceiling is decorated with the Rosenvinge wallpaper by Boråstapeter.

open doorway

An open doorway leads to the kitchen space.

kitchen
kitchen reeded glass wooden cabinet

The kitchen was renovated in 2022, adding a Ballingslöv kitchen with oyster beige mirror cabinet doors and a sensate-treated natural stone countertop. The walls are painted in Beckers ‘Garn’ (same as the living room), and the joinery is painted in the slightly darker Beckers ‘Säv.’

kitchen open cabinet
kitchen with open cabinet wooden floo
hall view into kitchen
hall with wallpaper and string shelving system

The entry hall is decorated in the Cole & Son ‘Leopards’ wallpaper and fitted with white String shelves to store shoes and coats.

styling by Gärde and photography by Borgelin for Historiska Hem.