Freja and Magnus Bak Josias had been anticipating their first little one inside weeks once they got the keys to their new house in Frederiksberg, close to the middle of Copenhagen. The highest ground of a two-story, turn-of-the-Nineteenth century construction constructed as employees’ residences, it appealed to them due to its age and placement, hidden behind a street-fronting grand home. And since Freja, an architect specializing in historic preservation, noticed learn how to forged it in a brand new mild.
“I work with listed buildings and with these you are likely to do as little as attainable,” she explains. “In our case, we needed to perform a little greater than restoration: we modified the unique by taking down the ceiling and one of many partitions.” This makeover—performed in a mere two months—created an open aerie for the household, with a double-height residing space and a brand new kitchen constructed to suit the constructing’s wonky measurements.
There’s additionally wall house for the couple’s rising assortment of up to date Danish furnishings and artwork, which just like the hovering areas, lend new life to previously humble quarters. Be a part of us for a tour and scroll to the top for a glimpse of the development in progress.
Images by Theo Theo Company, until famous, all courtesy of Freja Bak Josias.
