Bright apartment in a panel house in Stockholm
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04 Apr 2023
The Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor bureau has renovated an apartment in a typical "panel" in the south of Stockholm and filled the interiors with bright colors
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Jesper Vestblom
A young family with four-year-old twins bought an apartment in one of the panel houses of the 1980s in the south of Stockholm. Almost nothing could be changed in the layout, so the owners turned to the local studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor for help. The architects suggested reviving boring interiors with bright colors and remodeling the pantry, adding storage space.
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Jesper Vestblom
During the renovation, the architects came up with a compact storage solution. They redid an inconvenient storage room, which was located almost in the center of the apartment, and divided this room into three small storage spaces next to the living room and kitchen. This was done by reducing the hallway, while the main corridor leading to the living room with a mini-office was preserved.
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Jesper Vestblom
A large open shelving divided the large room into a living room and a mini-office with a blue "work" wall. The office can be fenced off with a curtain to create additional peace and quiet. The palette was chosen from a combination of three main colors — red, blue and yellow — they run all over the apartment. The architects softened the saturation of colors with white-painted floors and light-wood furniture.
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Jesper Vestblom
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Jesper Vestblom
The kitchen was painted from floor to ceiling in bluish-lilac, in the same shade a built-in bench was made next to the dining table and a high wardrobe hidden behind a "secret door".
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Jesper Vestblom
The twins share one bedroom, which can be accessed through two high and narrow doors, according to the architects, this brought a playful touch. Small windows were added above the bright red doors to increase the natural light of the room.
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Jesper Vestblom
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Jesper Vestblom
Inside the twins' bedroom there is a sleeping area and a game room, separated by a low wall — it creates a distinction between the two zones. "One of the most important — and fun — tasks was to make the room space efficient and free up space both for playing with children and for parents' recuperation," the architects of the studio say.
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Jesper Vestblom
