The brilliant, new first flooring of Suzanne Pardijs’s household house close to Utrecht within the Netherlands took place largely resulting from an accident. In January 2021, throughout the peak of the pandemic, Suzanne was carrying a heavy chair to her upstairs studio when some hanging laundry brought about her to lose her footing. The ensuing fall “introduced every thing to a standstill for a 12 months,” she tells us—and left her with pins in her foot and leg and lingering mobility points.
Suzanne and her husband, Michael Kaashoek, stay with their two teenaged sons and two cats in a circa 1900 home on among the finest preserved streets within the village of Maarssen. Skilled as a graphic designer, Suzanne had turn into a designer specializing in daycare facilities and colleges. Her accidents led her to refocus her design follow to home settings, to find quilting and embroidery, and to discovered the Each day Apple Neighborhood, a gaggle of Dutch creatives who share concepts and sources.
Their house of 20 years, in the meantime, had began to really feel cramped and, in Suzanne’s phrases, “overshadowed by lingering unhappiness.” She and Michael, who occurs to be an expert carpenter, had lengthy talked about “inviting extra mild in by merging the kitchen and lounge.” The time had come. Michael was prepared to use his abilities at house, however Suzanne needed to first give you a plan. Right here’s the story of the household’s reinvented quarters.
Pictures by Marieke Verdenius, courtesy of Suzanne Pardijs.
Tinta Luhrman, an inside designer good friend (previously of Woodchuck) who shares Suzanne’s intuition-driven strategy and clear aesthetic, gave the method a religious jumpstart: “Tinta generously carried out an power cleaning in our house, serving to me reconnect with our house,” says Suzanne. In a position to envision what was wanted to proper the wrongs, Suzanne excised thick partitions and designed a brand new kitchen and “steel-framed façade of glass” to mild up the house. The door with reeded glass was handmade by Michael: it results in Suzanne’s new studio. Scroll to the tip for a glimpse of Earlier than and After.
