Freja and Magnus Bak Josias had been anticipating their first baby 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 staff’ 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 the way to forged it in a brand new gentle.
“I work with listed buildings and with these you are inclined 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—executed 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 area for the couple’s rising assortment of latest Danish furnishings and artwork, which just like the hovering areas, lend new life to previously humble quarters. Be part of us for a tour and scroll to the top for a glimpse of the development in progress.
Pictures by Theo Theo Company, except famous, all courtesy of Freja Bak Josias.