A glimpse into estate agent Caroline’s home: an optimised one bedroom apartment with a nice hotel feel

“I wanted something that I could create from ground up, just the way I wanted, with my choice of colours and material. So buying something fully renovated was not relevant for me as I wanted my own style. The idea was to create a mini one-bedroom apartment in luxurious packaging with a nice hotel feel and an optimal layout for pleasant dinners. All the apartments I was interested in had high ceilings and were located on the upper floors of the buildings with a lot of light. Later, I looked only in Vasastan/Östermalm as I work there as an estate agent and wanted to live in the same area,” says Caroline.

“The apartment in Vasastan is located in a turn-of-the-century property from 1913 and needed a major renovation since the previous owner had lived there for more than 40 years. As part of the total renovation, I converted it to a one-bedroom apartment by demolishing the old kitchen, which unfortunately had become dilapidated over the years, and converted the room to a bedroom instead. The new kitchen was moved to the living room and given an open-plan design. Brown vinyl flooring covered the entire apartment, I replaced it with a stylish herringbone parquet that now characterises the apartment.”

“I started by creating a mood board to get a complete feel of the final result. It comprised a timeless colour pallet and carefully selected durable materials to pay respect to the building’s year of construction. It was important for me to use a mix of modern and quality materials to showcase the age of the property. Naturally, wall mouldings, deep window recesses, embedded storage, high skirting boards, ceiling mouldings, ceiling roses, panelled doors and crossheads were obvious elements in the renovation,” says Caroline and continues:

The most difficult part was designing the kitchen with all the white goods that I had chosen given the little space available in the living room. I had a confined space to work with, but in the end I got the design just the way I wanted. Choosing wall colours from Jotun along with the wall mouldings from D-cor was the easiest part as I wanted a timeless colour pallet of white and light grey along with the herringbone parquet and beige kitchen.”

“I am incredibly satisfied with the end result of the material choices and everything has turned out just the way I wanted, if not better,” concludes Caroline.

“I would describe the style as a mix of trendy loft and chic/boutique with a relaxed hotel feel”

“The nicest part of my work is that all days are different and we meet so many nice people, and help them find their new dream home. It is also very time-consuming and gives very little free time at home but we also have the possibility of planning our days the way we want, which creates greater freedom at work.”

“My Instagram is a blissful mix of my private life with my small Pomeranian Ellie, friends and family, interior design, housing, exercise and of course mostly about my daily life as an estate agent in full swing!”