Preserved Details and Wallpapers in a Warm 19th-Century Country Home

This beautiful, renovated 19th-century house is set in a peaceful landscape, surrounded by pastures, meadows, fields, and forests south of Sweden’s capital, Stockholm.

A farm has stood on this site since the 17th century, but the current traditional red house was built in the mid-1800s. The house has been well cared for by its owners, preserving much of its original character, while being updated to a modern home.

The interiors are a perfect blend of rustic charm, 19th-century features, and state-of-the-art technology, such as underfloor heating and a Sonos sound system built into the ceiling of the entire downstairs floor.

The thick timber walls are paired with exposed wooden beams and newly added wallpapers, creating warm and charming spaces with a hint of color.

The large countryside kitchen features custom-made cabinets from Haiders carpentry in Orsa, a cast-iron wood stove, and built-in amenities.

The rustic timber walls are combined with a warm brown wallpaper by William Morris called Seaweed. The joinery in the form of panels, lining, and niches is painted in English red.

The original stove stands proudly in the center of the room.

A cozy dining area is fitted in front of the windows overlooking the fields surrounding the house. Partially glass doors lead to a covered veranda.

From the kitchen, you move into the living room, which is located in the center of the home, behind the hallway.

The living room features a glass veranda that faces the pastures and forest, and also has a door to the outside. 

The walls are decorated with a green patterned wallpaper (Under the elder tree by Boråstapeter), and the joinery is painted in a matching gray-green linseed oil paint.

The fireplace in the corner adds a warm atmosphere to the cozy sitting room.

The central part of the first floor is a versatile space currently used as a second sitting room and home office, featuring a striped sofa, a blue rug, and a wooden desk.

The room is decorated with the blue Hares in Hiding wallpaper designed by Emma von Brömssen.

A newly installed wood-burning stove warms the room.

The home’s largest bedroom occupies the entire south side of the upper floor. The room has two built-in wardrobes, and the walls and slanted ceiling are decorated with the blue floral wallpaper called Darcy by Colefax and Fowler.

The two other bedrooms on this floor are decorated with green leaf wallpaper, called “Hazel” by Boråstapeter.

The newly renovated toilet on the first floor is designed in a turn-of-the-century style with Victorian red-and-white floor tiles, narrow beadboard paneling, and fittings from Burlington.

The north side of the lower floor is divided into a bathroom, sauna, and laundry room. All rooms feature Wasasten floors.

The white-tiled bathroom features a walk-in shower and a sauna in the corner.

The green double front doors welcome you into a built-in porch and hall with beadboard walls and Wasastone floors.

The surrounding garden is 1791 m2, with lawns, large old trees, and shrubs.

photography by Jahnson for Historiska Hem.