A Swedish Apartment with Period Features and Charming Color Pops

On the second floor of a 1920s apartment building in the charming Södermalm area in Stockholm lies this wonderful apartment with period details from the 20s, contemporary furnishings, and charming color pops in every room of the house.

The apartment showcases a lovely blend of early 20th-century charm and contemporary design. Period features like herringbone parquet floors, barred windows with handblown glass, a fireplace, serving cabinets, and mirrored doors have been preserved and paired with a fresh interior palette using bold color accents to spruce up the spaces.

pale yellow living room dining table with red bench
pale yellow walls living room color accents

The apartment has an open-plan living area with pastel yellow walls, a herringbone parquet floor, and woodwork painted in a darker yellow shade.

blue sofa
living room herringbone parquet floor

These muted tones are paired with bolder color accents like a blue sofa, a red dining table bench, and colorful cushions. It creates a vibrant, colorful space without being overwhelmingly colorful.

view from living room window
beige-yellow walls living room
dining table red bench

A beautiful rustic wooden dining table sits between the sitting area and the kitchen.

open plan living space classic kitchen
kitchen extra high upper cabinets

The kitchen was renovated a couple of years ago, adding classic white cabinet doors with white metro backsplash tiles and a double row of upper cabinets to maximize storage space. I like that the uppermost cabinets have glass doors for a more open look.

kitchen large window
open kitchen classic white cabinets parquet floor
original cabinets kitchen
original built-in cabinets

The original built-in serving cabinets from the 1920s have been preserved. The new kitchen cabinets pair seamlessly with these cupboards.

open hall
pale yellow inner hall with bookshelves

I have often mentioned it, but older Swedish apartments often have an inner hall. This space usually connects all the rooms in the house and can be used as an extra sitting room, a home office, or even an extra bedroom.

inner hall with pale yellow walls fireplace

This inner hall is used as an extra sitting room with bookshelves lining one wall and a charming fireplace in the corner with a limestone shelf. The pale yellow walls are paired with blue and terracotta color accents.

fireplace
glass double doors

Barred double doors with the original handblown glass lead you into the bedroom.

glass doors to bedroom
bedroom green painted ceiling

The bedroom also pairs a muted neutral tone on the wall with bolder color accents. The walls are painted in Jotun’s ‘Froströk’ while the ceiling is painted a vibrant green shade, and the wardrobe wall has ochre yellow doors.

bedroom green ceiling ochre built-in wardrobes
bedroom antique desk under window

A pretty antique desk sits under the window, creating a charming home office.

bedroom nightstand
bedroom green painted ceiling glass doors
hall wooden floor 1 A Swedish Apartment with Period Features and Charming Color Pops

The hallway pairs pale yellow walls with pine floorboards and an antique 1920s corner chair.

styling by Lingsell and photography by Orchidéen for Historiska Hem.