Our villa, the story so far.......

Living in Sweden it is hard not to be influenced by the light, white interiors that are so typical here, so when we bought our villa (built 1909) three years ago, I had a pretty good idea of how we should tackle our project.  Many rooms were in a poor condition and looked really tired and extremely dated, so were definitely in need of a makeover!  So, we have undertaken a great deal of re-decoration, and in some places re-design, in order to reinstate some of the buildings original character.  We have removed plastic lino flooring to expose original floorboards, taken away wallpaper to reveal tongue and grove wood panelling, re-plastered walls,  painted brown walls and ceilings and the beautiful staircases, which were painted black, white, and we also installed the Scandinavian style wood burner,  and replaced plastic concertina doors with wooden ones. However, much more work is still required, but isn't that always the case with older properties?  Yet, the house already seems more comfortable with its fresh, light and white 'back to basics ' interior, which is much more fitting to a building of its character and age I think!

 Enjoy your day....  Lilly x