The interior design dream in the water tower
Just outside Stockholm is a beautiful water tower that was built in 1910. The building has since also been used as a pharmacy laboratory and then served as a studio for Stockholm-based artists. In the 90s, the old water tower was converted into apartments.
In one of these apartments, Christina Nydahl, founder of WTP Studios, found an exciting renovation project where she then moved in herself.
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The apartment is on two floors and a spiral staircase has been built to make room for a kitchen where the previous staircase went up. An exciting solution that creates a beautiful surface by the arched window.
The water tower was built in the early 20th century and transformed into a tenant-owner association in the mid-90s. Each apartment in the building offers a unique floor plan and a wonderful view.
Christina has a background in marketing and communication, and founded WTP Studios a few years ago, which specializes in interior design assignments for private clients. She is constantly looking for new challenges and when she found this apartment, she immediately felt that it would be an exciting and creative project, where the architecture of the home itself made her have to think outside the box.
The kitchen is minimalistic in its design, but the dark brown wooden doors create an organic feeling that feels alive and warm. The kitchen's smooth oak doors have been matched with a dining set in a beautiful mid-century design.
The water tower from 1910 is built in beautiful dark brown brick and has arched windows in different sizes, all of which offer miles of views to every direction. The apartment that Christina bought is located at the top of the house and has a large terrace that offers views of both the capital and beautiful green areas with sun from morning to evening.
When Christina decided to take on the apartment, she knew it would be a challenge, as the apartment's floor plan is like a piece of pie with windows placed in different places and heights.
Together with Christina, we created a kitchen that then had to control the other design choices for the home.
With such an exciting and unique object, and Christina's sense of interior design and choice of materials, the result could not be anything other than a well-planned and sophisticated success. The whole apartment underwent a major makeover and the stairs between the floors were moved to make room for the new kitchen.
The faucet comes from Dornbracht and has a bend that is repeated in the beautiful curved window arches that run throughout the apartment.
A luxurious option that is offered for all our bespoke kitchens are cabinet insides, frames and cutlery inserts in solid wood. This gives that little extra to a kitchen and gives your kitchen details a nice setting.
The choice fell on a modern, dark-stained oak kitchen with wooden doors and an exclusive marble with distinct grain. The kitchen is designed to give a furniture feeling and create a uniform and inviting impression.
To get the furniture feeling that Christina requested, the fridge and freezer are hidden behind wooden doors, and the kitchen fan has also been built-in behind dark wood. The oven is the only detail that gossips that this is a kitchen and not just a beautiful piece of furniture.
Most of the doors and drawers have a push function, but behind the doors that hide the fridge and freezer, stylish handles designed by Vincent van Duysen have been fitted to make it easier to open and close.
The contrasting veined arabescato marble becomes a perfect backdrop for the porcelain from Hay.
With a minimalist kitchen design, the few elements chosen really take place and shine, such as the beautiful marble and the beautifully veined oak.
All material choices are of the highest quality and give a modern and uniform feel - the characteristic rich marble top, the cabinet interiors in oak and a small built-in bookshelf closest to the window, all completely site-built and tailored to fit perfectly in the room that does not offer a single straight wall.
The table and floor have also been chosen in a warm dark brown tone to feel like an extension of the kitchen, thus tying this part of the home together with the rest of the apartment.
Photo: Kristofer Johnson
Styling: Annaleena Leino
